Reef Angel Star Controller

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You can use any browser to upload code from the webwizard. It works from an iPhone, but editing code is a bit of a pain :)
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Seedlessone wrote:
rimai wrote:Yes, you can upload remotely using LAN only without the USB.
Use the web wizard and choose remote upload port instead of USB COM port.
Next time the controller connects to the portal, it will download the firmware and auto-update itself.
It saves the firmware to the SD card temporarily while it does that.
Do you have a picture comparing the two LCDs? Or is the Star LCD very similar to the RA+ in terms of pixel density, etc.
here's a side by side comparison. the stars screen is much bigger than the plus. Image

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So, what about the Ranet equipment some of us have? I'm not going to give up my wireless relays or dimming module, but the ability to control everything from the screen and Ethernet connectivity sound great. Let me know.

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I have the old relay expansion; would this just connect to the RA* USB and then the normal 25pin cable from the expansion to the old relay or would this require the Expansion Hub as well?
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GiraffeCat wrote:So, what about the Ranet equipment some of us have? I'm not going to give up my wireless relays or dimming module, but the ability to control everything from the screen and Ethernet connectivity sound great. Let me know.

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GC
I thought about that when designing it :)
You can plug the radio in the socket for RANet inside the unit. Yay!!! :mrgreen:
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Oh, there is even a socket for Bluetooth radio :)
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madweazl wrote:I have the old relay expansion; would this just connect to the RA* USB and then the normal 25pin cable from the expansion to the old relay or would this require the Expansion Hub as well?
No, you need one of the old Relay expansion modules.
I don't have them in the webstore anymore as I'm in the process of getting them made.
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rimai wrote:
madweazl wrote:I have the old relay expansion; would this just connect to the RA* USB and then the normal 25pin cable from the expansion to the old relay or would this require the Expansion Hub as well?
No, you need one of the old Relay expansion modules.
I don't have them in the webstore anymore as I'm in the process of getting them made.
Any idea when they'll come in? I'll need one and wanted to get the RA* before the price goes up, but would rather avoid two shipments.
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rimai wrote:
madweazl wrote:I have the old relay expansion; would this just connect to the RA* USB and then the normal 25pin cable from the expansion to the old relay or would this require the Expansion Hub as well?
No, you need one of the old Relay expansion modules.
I don't have them in the webstore anymore as I'm in the process of getting them made.
I have the old relay module (currently using two relay expansions on the RA+).
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Yeah, so you can use the relay expansion on RA* too. So you would have two relay boxes. One that comes with RA* and your relay expansion module.
You would need another module only if you want 3 relay boxes.
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Reef Angel Star dimming, where is the connector? How do I hook my wires into it?!? Please help!
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It's the RJ-45 port on the bottom. Next to the leak detector which is a smaller RJ port (6pin vs 8pin). There is a picture of it in the manual and the pin-out.
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lnevo3 wrote:It's the RJ-45 port on the bottom. Next to the leak detector which is a smaller RJ port (6pin vs 8pin). There is a picture of it in the manual and the pin-out.
Understood. But where do I get this connector?? Any special tool required??
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cgonser wrote:
lnevo3 wrote:It's the RJ-45 port on the bottom. Next to the leak detector which is a smaller RJ port (6pin vs 8pin). There is a picture of it in the manual and the pin-out.
Understood. But where do I get this connector?? Any special tool required??
It's an ethernet connector. Just cut the end off of an ethernet cable and there you go. :D
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Hi All.

In regards to the 4 dimming channels on RA*, is it possible to connect 4xd120/evergrow led lights to it, which would need 8 dimming channels? Are the 4 dimming channels PWM only on the RA*? I also have a dimming expansion so I can connect it there also, but would like to mix in 4 lunar lights which will need PWM. So which way would you suggest is the best way to connect these 12 channels?

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the star channels can be changed from pwm to analog and from 10 to 5 volts, just like the dimming expansion.
you may need the 16ch dimming option that exists but i don't know much more about it. otherwise with the 4 built in and the 6 expansion, you would be 2 channels short of 12.


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Would it be possible to run 2 of the dimming channels from the d120 into one of the expansion ports or the RA*? I'm not sure how much current can the channels can safely handle. I understand it's that only one lunar light per channel.

Thanks for the support.
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Yes. You can connect many drivers to a single channel. The lunar module doesn't have a driver and that is why you can only connect one.
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Okay cool. I'll run all the lunar lights off of the dimming expansion, and have all the d120s connected to the head unit. Just starting to play with the unit. Looking good. Great work on the design!

Thanks again.

Tim
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Roberto, we need a cool RA star themed web banner for everyone using the new controller ;)
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We do :)
Any takers on the design?
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I've noticed that the RA* relay box now defaults to Box1_Port(n) for the main relay. Previously the main relay didn't have a box# preceding it. Going to add another relay box so I may have to change the second relay box dip switches to box2?

Is there any way to tell what the name of last firmware I pushed out to the RA, either over the portal or over local was?

On the status screen the line that states "Cloud Connection" always states Disconnected, is this normal? I have been able to push out firmware over the network so I don't think it's a problem. But is there a way to add a timestamp to the last time the cloud connection was made?

Thanks,
Tim
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Correct on the boxes. All relay boxes are expansion boxes. So set first one to id 1 and the second as id 2.
If connection is showing disconnected, the username/password is wrong.
Did you update the password? Your login was created well before the cloud server came online and you need to reset password so the cloud server can authenticate you.
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Okay cool. I've changed my login credentials. I won't be able to check the connection status until later tonight.

Thanks,
Tim
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The connection problem has been fixed with the password update. However I am having some issues with the relay turning on when the RA* has been inactive. I had my lights to turn on at 10am, I checked the portal and everything looked fine. However when I got home the lights weren't on. I touched the LCD screen so that the screen wakes then the lights turn on. Do you know what would cause this issue? I'll test this issue again in the morning.

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If you're using Internal Memory, make sure and review all the values on the new controller.
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I used the settings in code so didn't think much about the internal memory. I looked over the internal memory and corrected some of the values on the webportal. Does the webportal upload the internal memory settings to the controller after saving it?

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rimai wrote:Are you talking about the main relay box of the RA+?
If so, it does not.
RA* only accepts expansion modules.
In order to use your main relay box as expansion, you need one of the old relay expansion modules, which we are in the process of getting them built to sell in the web store.
They cost $50.
We only have one of them in stock before we get the next batch.

Roberto - any update on the status of the old relay expansion modules?
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I have it. Send me a PM.
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when I loaded my code none of the time schedules are working properly, all my lights stay on. also when I go in to try reloading my code I cant get the com3 to show up, theres no ports listed. I cant figure out how to get the cloud working either. instructions are very vague.
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