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Kessil A360WE
Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2014 6:36 am
by ganjero
Anyone controlling a kessil A360WE with their RA? could you please share your code? Kessil states that you can control, manually or with a controller, spectrum and intensity independently. Is this possible with the RA? I was under the impression that to change the spectrum in LEDs you would need to change the intensity of one of the color channels.
Thanks
Re: Kessil A360WE
Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2014 7:13 am
by lnevo
The Kessil's have two knobs, when is for spectrum and one is for intensity. We can connect those to individual analog 0-10V channels and set them accordingly.
Re: Kessil A360WE
Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2014 8:02 am
by ganjero
Thanks Lee. Do you use one? Anyone care sharing their code.
Thank you
Re: Kessil A360WE
Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2014 8:16 am
by lnevo
I'm not using one myself.
Re: Kessil A360WE
Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2014 8:17 am
by rimai
Just use the wizard
The slope or parabola will give you a nice transition of dawn/dusk effect
Re: Kessil A360WE
Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2014 8:57 am
by ganjero
rimai wrote:Just use the wizard
The slope or parabola will give you a nice transition of dawn/dusk effect
Thanks Roberto. I have a question about using the wizard since I often see this as a recommendation. Do you use the wizard in separate code and then copy what you need to your current code? or can the wizard integrate new parts to your existing code without messing up other things?
Thanks
Re: Kessil A360WE
Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2014 9:51 am
by rimai
Wizard will generate a new code everytime. You can use the code as it is or add to it. You can also extract pieces from it to place in another code.
It's up to you
Re: Kessil A360WE
Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2014 1:52 pm
by ganjero
So for the Kessil the daylight channel controls intensity and the actinic controls the spectrum?
Re: Kessil A360WE
Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2014 1:57 pm
by lnevo
Depends how you're plugged in
Re: Kessil A360WE
Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2014 2:43 pm
by rimai
Yes
Or vice versa if you plug them the other way around
Re: Kessil A360WE
Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2014 7:07 pm
by ganjero
When using the RA, doses it matter the position of the manuals knob (how high or low)?
Re: Kessil A360WE
Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2014 7:34 pm
by rimai
IIRC, the knobs get disabled when you apply signal to the dimming port.
Re: Kessil A360WE
Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2014 9:22 am
by ganjero
I received the Kessil cable and got my light hooked to the RA last night. As you might know the light will not work with settings lower than 10% for the intensity, so is it possible to have a function that when the start/end times (or a sec/minute later) are reached the dimming ports go to 0? I want to turn off the light this way and not toggling on and off the outlet in the relay box. My current photoperiod goes from 11am to 11pm.
Thanks
Re: Kessil A360WE
Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2014 4:14 pm
by rimai
What times do you want them at 0%?
Re: Kessil A360WE
Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2014 4:16 pm
by rimai
Sorry, just re-read the post.
Here it is. Place it after the light waveform function.
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if (hour()>=23 || hour()<11)
{
ReefAngel.PWM.SetDaylight(0);
ReefAngel.PWM.SetActinic(0);
}
Re: Kessil A360WE
Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2014 5:49 pm
by ganjero
Awesome. Thanks!