Reef Angel Forum

Hi Roberto,

Got the new PWM expansion in yesterday. All is well now.

Thanks for the quick shipping and responses.

Dave

Well crap. :-) I was browsing through the user manual and can't see anything that I did that would be out of the ordinary or any different from the way I originally had everything connected. Should the status light blink regardless of what generation module it is? I've got the 1st generation...I'm g...

I checked and double checked all the connections before powering everything back on. If it's borked, it's borked...I'll order a new one tomorrow. I've been wanting a couple other things as well, so I guess that timing worked out. Roberto, is there a way to just connect just the PWM expansion module ...

Nope, the status light just comes on and stays on.

My PWM expansion module started acting up today. I was rewiring some of my LED drivers today and not it appears that the expansion module is no longer communicating with the relay box. I didn't change any of the code on my INO file. I've tested the voltage on each channel coming out of the expansion...

Hey Roberto,

I just enabled all the watchdog stuff. I also switched back over to the Slope function to see if it makes a difference. I do have the max value set at 99 instead of 100, but I'll report back later with results.

-Dave

Hi Roberto,

I just went through my features file and all of the Watchdog stuff is commented out. Like I said, the issues I'm having now, I'm able to deal with. Maybe me controller doesn't like me anymore.

-Dave

Curt, Another update on this issue. I'm still having random lockups on my Reef Angel, but it's nothing major. Occasionally it won't come back out of water change mode, but again, I can deal with that stuff. One thing I did notice is what happens when I put the max value on the PWMParabola function a...

DOH!

Trying to figure this out...maybe my thinking or logic is backwards. I'd like the two powerheads to go off at night and just have the return pump on...here's the code snippet for the wavemakers if (hour ()>12 || hour ()<21) { ReefAngel.WavemakerRandom1(Port5,15,60);//Turn on/off Wavemaker 1 random c...

If it's of any consequence, it was doing the same thing using PWMSlope. I switched it over to parabola to see if that made any difference.

So Roberto helped me fixed the LED strobing that was going on, but I'm having some other issues now. It seems that the controller isn't quite right. All the timers and scheduling appear to be working correctly. The specified ports turn off for Feed and Water Change modes and the wavemaker function i...

That fixed it.

Thanks Roberto!

did what you suggested and got the same result. Here's the PDE. #include <ReefAngel_Features.h> #include <Globals.h> #include <RA_Wifi.h> #include <Wire.h> #include <OneWire.h> #include <Time.h> #include <DS1307RTC.h> #include <InternalEEPROM.h> #include <RA_NokiaLCD.h> #include <RA_ATO.h> #include ...

Ok, so I went digging through the file in question called twi.c I have no idea what this file does, but I commented out the following two lines. digitalWrite(SDA, 1); digitalWrite(SCL, 1); and the sketch compiled...Before I go and upload it to my controller, how necessary are the two lines I comment...

I also tried loading some of the example code snip-its and compiling them and it's giving me the same error.

I used the installer for version 0.9.4. Using Arduino v1.0

It's not a huge rush since my controller is up and running with the old code/libraries, but I wanted to add the wavemaker function.

Well, that would explain it. :-) So I updated the libraries and when I go to compile, I get the following error. C:\Program Files\Reef Angel Controller\libraries\Wire\utility\twi.c: In function 'twi_init': C:\Program Files\Reef Angel Controller\libraries\Wire\utility\twi.c:70: error: 'SDA' undeclare...

trying to add a single powerhead that will come on and off at random. I added this to my INO ReefAngel.WavemakerRandom1(Port6,15,60); // Turn Port6 on/off random cycles that lasts from 15 to 60 secs and get this error. error: 'class ReefAngelClass' has no member named 'WavemakerRandom1' Is there som...

Working great...it's quite cloudy on my reef today.

Only thing I wish could be faster would be the lightning strikes...more of a strobe effect rather than just a couple of flashes.

Roberto,

You, sir, are the man!

I'll be uploading everything as soon as I get home this evening.

Thanks!

I'd like to add two items to my menu. 1. Force Cloud 2. Force Thunderstorm but have no idea where to begin. I attempted to follow the instructions in the PWM Module User guide with no luck. My LED's are configured like this 3 Banks of 12 Royal Blues 2 Banks of XP-E Cool Whites 2 Banks of XP-G Cool W...

and here's it is, all soldered up and burning bright.

I'm actually going to be running each group of 12 of the XP-E's Royal Blues in two parallel strings of 6 off the 1400mA Buckblocks. The XP-E whites will be on 700mA FlexBlocks. and some XP-G's on the 1000mA BuckBlock. I got the first string of 12 RB's wired up last night. Looks like I'll be able to ...

Just ordered my PWM Expansion Module along with other goodies to make an LED setup for my 40. I'm going to be using BuckBlocks and FlexBlocks for the drivers with separate 24V power supplies for whites and blues. I remember reading that the buckblock/flexblock are reversed when it comes to intensity...

Any ideas what the issues were? Or what was the controller trying to do when an issue presented itself?

I'm staring to plan out my LED setup for my 40g. Here's the setup so far. 24" Heatsink 12" off the water. 36 - XP-E Royal Blue's on 3 - Meanwell 60-48p drivers 12 - XP-E Cool White's 12 - XP-G Cool White's I'm debating right now splitting the whites into 4 separate channels to have a rolli...

Here's what I managed to do. I only made a couple of changes. First if the lights are off, it just displays "Off". Second, I got rid of the "moon" on the end of each phase, so it now just displays "new", "full, "half", etc. ra-screen-2.jpg Thanks again to...

that's awesome!

I've got to learn how to place things on the custom main. I'll give it a shot in a few.

Thanks!

Would it be possible to show what phase the moon(moonlights) is in on the main screen?