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IR control? Or other way to control LED?
Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2011 3:25 pm
by JoshSD
I have a cad lights led fixture with single 12v power cord but with a wireless IR remote control. Is it possible to drive an IR blaster with the reef angel that could be programmer to control the light? Or would I need a different fixture to be controllable with the RA? Id like to use more than one light setting over the course of a day. Thanks in advance for any advice on this.
Re: IR control? Or other way to control LED?
Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2011 4:37 pm
by rimai
RA doesn't have IR capability.
The fixtures that RA can control are Ecotech Radion, Aqua Illuminatio, Ecoxotic retrofit and many DIY fixtures.
Re: IR control? Or other way to control LED?
Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2011 2:49 pm
by JoshSD
OK, I will have a PC that will be set up for data collection, and with an automation app (probably Girder) I will use to create a simple IR light controller. Girder would be able to schedule the IR commands to control the light, but it would be nice to have an interface that I could use to coordinate some actions with the RA.
Can the RA generate and send events to another system?
Re: IR control? Or other way to control LED?
Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2011 3:38 pm
by rimai
Can you explain how one would interface with such automation app?
RA can send serial commands to this app.
Re: IR control? Or other way to control LED?
Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2011 3:59 pm
by JoshSD
Girder should be able to receive events from a serial interface, or via some kind of network call. An event sent to Girder can be mapped to trigger any action.
If this worked, for example I could coordinate RA's wave maker function with a lighting sequence controlled by Girder on the PC.
Re: IR control? Or other way to control LED?
Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2011 4:14 pm
by rimai
Yes, you can send serial commands at anytime with RA
Re: IR control? Or other way to control LED?
Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2012 8:10 am
by JoshSD
rimai wrote:Yes, you can send serial commands at anytime with RA
And I can send events via the wifi adapter? Hadn't realized when I posted this earlier it uses the same physical interface as serial on the RA. Thanks.
Re: IR control? Or other way to control LED?
Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2012 9:33 am
by rimai
That is a tricky question.
Although you can send commands over wifi, you can only send to one server.
Usually people send data to the reefangel.com server to keep their webbanner updated, but you can send to any server of your choice.
Re: IR control? Or other way to control LED?
Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2012 11:53 am
by JoshSD
rimai wrote:That is a tricky question.
Although you can send commands over wifi, you can only send to one server.
Usually people send data to the reefangel.com server to keep their webbanner updated, but you can send to any server of your choice.
In this context, commands = events? = data?
Guess I will have to try some things out.
IR control Or other way to control LED
Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2012 12:32 am
by MichelleO
At all I do not know, that here and to tell that it is possible
Re: IR control? Or other way to control LED?
Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2012 1:41 pm
by JoshSD
JoshSD wrote:rimai wrote:That is a tricky question.
Although you can send commands over wifi, you can only send to one server.
Usually people send data to the reefangel.com server to keep their webbanner updated, but you can send to any server of your choice.
In this context, commands = events? = data?
Guess I will have to try some things out.
Just to close this out:
Amusingly, although the remote control for the CAD Lights LED unit says "IR Remote Control" it is apparently not infrared, as it works in non line-of-sight, and was also not picked up by an IR receiver. It must use some sort of RF. For me, it's not worth trying to figure out. I replaced this fixture with an AI Sol Blue module, and will control it with the RA.
Re: IR control? Or other way to control LED?
Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2012 1:52 pm
by rimai
Interesting...
I wonder why they advertize as IR...