rimai wrote:Yeah. StandardLights will use those settings.
So just change them on uapp. Then, there is no need for internal memory file to be loaded.

Ok, since I have the Internal File already loaded, I don't need to mess with that. Since the Webwizard doesn't offer any sort of offset as an option, I copied the code generated in Arduino when creating an Offset in the Arduino Wizard. Will this work?

ReefAngel.ActinicLights( Port2 ); /// T5's: Port 2 - Manipulate parameters via "Time Schedule - Actinic Offset" in Uapp. The offset values will add/subtract from Port 3 values below.

ReefAngel.StandardLights( Port3 ); /// Fixture Fans: Port 3 - Manipulate parameters via "Time Schedule - Turn Daylights On/Off" in Uapp. (matches Port 1 LEDs schedule controlled by Bluefish controller).

ReefAngel.Relay.Set( Port4, !ReefAngel.Relay.Status( Port3 ) ); /// Refugium LED: Port 4 - Opposite Port 3.

yeap

Thanks!

jcjrogers wrote:/// LED lights: Port 1 - Always On (LEDs are controlled by a phone app). Lights on 9:00am, Lights off 9:00pm.
/// T5's: Port 2 - Offset -180 minutes (-3 hours). Generates Lights on 12:00pm, Lights off 6:00pm.
/// Fixture Fans: Port 3 - Time Schedule. Fans on 9:00am, Fans off 9:00pm (matches LED schedule).
/// Refugium LED: Port 4 - Opposite Port 3 (Lights on 9:00pm, Lights off 9:00am.

Ok, I got it coded and updating the Uapp does update the internal memory parameters. However, the values for the "Actinic Offset" in the Uapp are locked to 0-255 minutes, and it doesn't allow a negative number. I can make it work logically, but that requires me to:1) Run my fixture fans as the offset, and 2) Run my Refugium LED as "Opposite" from the "Offset" port. That is a lot more clumsy than the way I described above. My fixture fans need to run any time my Main LEDs or T5s are running. Matching my Main LED on/off time (set with a Bluefish controller) isn't that tough but setting my fixture fans on/off based on a number of minutes greater than the start/end time of my T5s leaves a lot of room for error. Furthermore, any error would also manifest in my refugium LED. Is there a way to allow a negative number in the Actinic Offset field in the Uapp?

The logic of the code will not work if you use negative number, I think.
I don't see nothing wrong of using T5 as standardlights and fans as offset.

rimai wrote:I don't see nothing wrong of using T5 as standardlights and fans as offset.

I think it will work, it just complicates things. For instance, if I run my main LEDs 9a-9p (time set in Bluefish controller), I have to set my T5s in the center so I can offset my fans to match my LEDs. For instance, I could run my T5s 12:30p-5:30p and create a 210 minute offset, which would run my fans 9:00a-9:00p. If I ever want to change an on/off time for a light, I have to think it through, and a mistake could easily be made. Since my refugium LED runs "Opposite" my fans, I have to think that through as well.

It isn't a huge deal as I can make it work, it just isn't as clean as setting the on/off fan times to match the main LEDs and then creating a negative offset to run the T5s.

By looking at the source code, it seems it won't work with negative offset because we declared the offset as byte, which does not allow for a negative number.
https://github.com/reefangel/Libraries/ ... .cpp#L1429
But it is very easy to create your own function.
If you add this to the very end of your code:

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void MyOwnStandardLights(byte Relay, int MinuteOffset)
{
   int onTime=NumMins(InternalMemory.StdLightsOnHour_read(),InternalMemory.StdLightsOnMinute_read())-MinuteOffset;
   int offTime=NumMins(InternalMemory.StdLightsOffHour_read(),InternalMemory.StdLightsOffMinute_read())+MinuteOffset;
   ReefAngel.StandardLights(Relay,
         onTime/60,
         onTime%60,
         offTime/60,
         offTime%60
   );
}


You can call your own function like this:

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MyOwnStandardLights(Port1,-InternalMemory.ActinicOffset_read());


Which will pick up the offset from memory and use it in with negative offset.

rimai wrote:By looking at the source code, it seems it won't work with negative offset because we declared the offset as byte, which does not allow for a negative number.
https://github.com/reefangel/Libraries/ ... .cpp#L1429
But it is very easy to create your own function.
If you add this to the very end of your code:

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void MyOwnStandardLights(byte Relay, int MinuteOffset)
{
   int onTime=NumMins(InternalMemory.StdLightsOnHour_read(),InternalMemory.StdLightsOnMinute_read())-MinuteOffset;
   int offTime=NumMins(InternalMemory.StdLightsOffHour_read(),InternalMemory.StdLightsOffMinute_read())+MinuteOffset;
   ReefAngel.StandardLights(Relay,
         onTime/60,
         onTime%60,
         offTime/60,
         offTime%60
   );
}


You can call your own function like this:

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MyOwnStandardLights(Port1,-InternalMemory.ActinicOffset_read());


Which will pick up the offset from memory and use it in with negative offset.

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Thanks!!!