Reef Angel Forum

Now that you mention it, I seem to recall having that functionality when I first set up my RA 4-5 years ago, somewhere along the way it seems to have disappeared. If I had to guess, I'd say I haven't had it since I switched from T-5s to LEDs. My T-5s were just plugged in to my RA but the LEDs are on...

New board is finally in. When I first plugged it in the power LED and screen lit up but the screen was blank. I suspect the newer board was looking for a newer screen than the one from my "Reef Angel Main Unit 6.1" board. I figured loading in the code I had been using would solve the probl...

Adding the RA+ board to cart....
I notice there have been a couple display unit revisions in the last couple years. My RA is an earlier one, at least 3-4 years old, any issues with compatibility between the current RA+ board and my earlier display?

Thanks, why didn't I think of that? :oops: Powering the control head from the USB would prove if the controller works or not, unfortunately, it seems to be the latter. The unit is just as dead when powered from the USB port as it is when it's hooked up to the relay box. I guess it's pretty certain t...

My power went off yesterday and when it came back on, my RA didn't come back on with it. The controller is dark, no screen, no LEDs, no nothing. My WIFi expansion is flashing blue (and had been already, but I hadn't looked into the lack of connection yet) and my dimming expansion has power, nothing ...

Apparently, I'm good for about 4 days at a time. The android app is timing out and the portal is showing "unreachable address."

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I've lost track, is there a way to find out without running the setup and starting over?

Apparently the router isn't the problem, or at least not the whole problem. I've assigned a "DCHP reservation" but the WiFi seems to have "disconnected itself again after a few days. This time was a little different, instead of running the wifi attachment program, getting the new IP a...

Its a Motorola Surfboard 6121. I think I may have the static IP figured out, I'll know in a few days I guess. What I don't get is, why wasn't this a problem before the power went out?

Thanks Roberto, The thing is, my router has not lost power or been shut off in the last few months but I still need to reconfigure my port forwarding every few days. I need to find a way to get it to stick with the current IP address. Apparently the problem is indeed with the router, I just need to ...

I had my WiFi module running perfectly for a few months, I only had to reset it once in almost 6 months. Then came Hurricane Sandy and my tank ran intermitantly for 2 weeks while I ran the generator during the day only. Ever since then, my Wifi module can't seem to hang on to an IP address. It's goo...

Thanks again! Clearly, I'm in over my head on this one, I'll have to put this on hold until I understand it better.

Thanks Roberto, but I'm at a loss for how to incorporate that into here ReefAngel.PWM.SetChannel( 2, PWMParabola( InternalMemory.StdLightsOnHour_read(), InternalMemory.StdLightsOnMinute_read(), InternalMemory.StdLightsOffHour_read(), InternalMemory.StdLightsOffMinute_read(), InternalMemory.PWMSlopeS...

Here we go again... My white channel is still fine, but for t last few nights my other 2 channels have stayed at 1%. Obviously I could add the same code for those 2 channels (if I have enough memory) but I was wondering if there were something I could put in place to take care of all channels at onc...

I'm refering to the actinic offset for "standard lighting," can that be used for actinics that are on a PWM expansion? What about reverse cycle for a refugium?

Thanks Roberto. that's exactly the answer I had been hoping for.

I've added moonlights to my new fixture and am running them on channel 0 of a PWM expansion. I used four 3w LEDs and set them up as two strings of two on a Mean Well LDD-300H so that each LED is running on 150mA at just under 3V with the PWM signal at 100. I'd hoped that this would put me in the bal...

My whites shut off correctly last night. Thanks again for the help.

Thanks Roberto! I'll give that a try after lunch and see how it goes tonight. I did find that I have another anomoly that is probably related. As I was reading the code you posted, my white lights suddenly dimmed, it had seemed brighter than expected until then but I thought it was because I had low...

It's been a while, I hope this works correctly... Created with the wizard. #include <ReefAngel_Features.h> #include <Globals.h> #include <RA_Wifi.h> #include <Wire.h> #include <OneWire.h> #include <Time.h> #include <DS1307RTC.h> #include <InternalEEPROM.h> #include <RA_NokiaLCD.h> #include <RA_ATO.h...

I finally finished my new lighting yesterday and got it all set up. Channel 0 is moonlighting and channels 1,2 and 3 are royal blue, violet/blue/cyan and white. Everything ran well all day, the levels went up and down as they should all day. The glitch came when I checked on it after the lights shou...

Thanks Roberto, I'd hoped I was just not looking in the right place. We had an electronics recycling day a couple years ago and I got rid of all my obsolete equipment. I had planned to go to Radio Shack later today for a connector anyway, so picking them up would not have been a big deal. Much to my...

In reading the setup instructions for the dimming expansion, I see that I need to add (included) jumpers to the SDA and SCL pins. I opened the controller and found the pins but I don't see any jumpers. The expansion didn't come with any jumpers, I don't recall there being any jumpers in the box with...

Expansion is ordered, Power came back on tonight, now I just have to finish the fixture. I need to figure out the cabling next, is a RJ-45 and CAT5 sufficient fir the PWM signal? The run will be around 5-8'.

Thanks

So how would one go about ordering a dimming module with 5v PWM output? (At the rate things are going, I may even finish the new fixture before my electricity is back on.)

I need 1 channel to start (and I am using the single ATO) but I'll need 3-4 somewhere down the road. Is it possible to get a PWM dimming expansion with half 5V and half 10V? The other option is to re-think my drivers. I had planned to run 4 strings of 10 at 1000mA and 2 strings of 10 at 600mA. I cou...

I had hoped to use the daylight channel of my current unit, can I make this change myself or is it a major undertaking?

I'm hearing good things about the LDD drivers and they look like they should fit my project nicely. The thing that has me concerned is that the data sheet indicates that a " >2.5 ~ 6VDC" PWM signal is needed. I seem to recall that the PWM signal from my Reef Angel is 10v, no? Has anyone tr...