Speedwave return as Dimming Port

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g6gang
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Speedwave return as Dimming Port

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So I finally hooked up my Jabeo cable to my Speedwave Return pump and the RA Plus. I have the power plugged in on Relay 8 and the Dimmer hooked up to Daylight.

From the web page I change the value to 20 and click set override. The pump then just shuts off. Putting it back to 90 and the pump works ok.

Are there certain values that will only work for this pump?

my code will look like (to make it slow down in feed mode as opposed to shut off) - I have not tried this yet:

Start:

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 ReefAngel.PWM.SetDaylight(90);
Loop:

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if ( feedStart==false) 
  ReefAngel.PWM.SetDaylight(90);
else
  ReefAngel.PWM.SetDaylight(10);
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lnevo
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Re: Speedwave return as Dimming Port

Post by lnevo »

The new dev libraries set a threshold because they do stop working below ~30% some have higher some have lower thresholds.

You could also use (ReefAngel.DisplayedMenu==FEEDING_MODE) as a check to see if your in feeding mode btw and not need the extra variable.
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lnevo
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Re: Speedwave return as Dimming Port

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oh also if you are using the DCPump library you could set the FeedingModeSpeed...
g6gang
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Re: Speedwave return as Dimming Port

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Thanks - Is there an upper limit as well? On my Speedwave controller there were 6 stops. I would normally run at the full 6 lights and then click down to 3 lights when I feed. I was hesistant to try setting Daylight to 100%.

Will 100% ~ 6 lights
30% ~ 1 light or 3 lights?

BTW I tried 30 and that also did not work - so 50% seems to kick things down to what I was looking for. Now trying to see what max speed would be.
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Re: Speedwave return as Dimming Port

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I also have speed wave and anything less than 50% is not enough to overcome the 3ft head that I have.
The pump does spin though.
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Sacohen
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Re: Speedwave return as Dimming Port

Post by Sacohen »

g6gang wrote:Thanks - Is there an upper limit as well? On my Speedwave controller there were 6 stops. I would normally run at the full 6 lights and then click down to 3 lights when I feed. I was hesistant to try setting Daylight to 100%.

Will 100% ~ 6 lights
30% ~ 1 light or 3 lights?

BTW I tried 30 and that also did not work - so 50% seems to kick things down to what I was looking for. Now trying to see what max speed would be.
I don't have the Speedwave. I have a Jebao DC1200, but have not set it up yet.
100% should equal 6 lights and if it decreases evenly then 3 lights should be 30%.

1 light would be about 16-17% I don't think the RA will take it that low.
Like Lee said the DC pumps have a lower limit (at least the Jebao's do) and it is around 25-30%.
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