Reef Angel Forum

Well I tried out my new bluetooth attachment and reloaded the controller code with the dev library and now instead channel 2 is flashing but not channel 1 video attached for the "flash". response was still very slow but also stepped up and down instead of flashing https://www.youtube.com/w...

ahh then 5 to 10 seconds sounds good

No problem I will get it switched over as soon as I clean up an orange juice spill. So lightning would always happen in a cloud for between 5 & 10 seconds? Personally given that choice I would rather have the lightning random throughout the cloud and not have as many clouds. The point would be a...

Could an variable be set as to how long the duration can be or a min and max so that we can play with it as it is right now for example the duration of a storm is set in my code to be random between 7 and 15 minutes? If I had to pick a number though it would be 15 minutes for the duration As for the...

What you had posted for the test look pretty realistic in terms of the flash but a little to often and not random. Would the trigger be sent to much? I notice the trigger being sent several times per actual flash Instead should it be sent no more than once per second then the receiver code chooses a...

that worked on all the channels and they all flashed together.

That worked the way it should

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90Sk-sqA0DU

Could go through the How do I section and make an article for the most commonly requested items.

Im a "normal" user and I know what github is my grandmother not so much. Any user can click a link to the Wiki the fact that it is on github should not make any difference.

battery/solar operated RANet capable

rimai wrote:Do they ramp up and down as they should on the slope or parabola?

Yes they do, channel 2 even dims with the cloud it just doesn't flash.


What drivers are used? Should the response be better than what was in my video on the channel 1 that is working?

cosmith71 wrote:Yes, I'm using the RANet dimming expansion with LDD drivers. Roberto can chime in, but I think the RANet LED drivers should work as well.

Do you just get the slow blink as in your video?

--Colin

Yes I am using the RANet led drivers and I just get the slow blink

EDIT* the line of quoted code is in all three versions posted here as far as I can tell Here's that section. It was changed to Wire.write(0x8+(4*n)). for (int n=1; n<3; n++) { int newdata=4095; Wire.beginTransmission(0x40); // Address of the dimming expansion module Wire.write(0x8+(4*n)); // 0x8 is...

Im using the RANet as the driver which I desired to use instead of the meanwell drivers for the better response.

No, that would ONLY flash on channel 2. Was that line in the code you uploaded? If so, it's not the correct code. That line is different in the updated version. --Colin I was proposing to change it to flash only on channel 2 and see if it was an issue with the channel. EDIT* the line of quoted code...

I'm just trying to figure out why my mine is not working. Could it be a problem with the dimming channel itself?

so this would be changed to 0x16?

Here is video of only channel one taken after the last upload https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGVO2QumTa0 I just attempted to change it to only do the lighting on channel 2 by changing the code From this if (!FireInTheHole) { ReefAngel.PWM.SetChannel(1,DaylightPWMValue); // Whites are on channel 1 R...

rebooting reef angel controller

I use the reef angel with optiboot for uploading it does not give me an error, tried taking out the radio with no success

I just retried uploading all three of the codes with no difference both channels dim but only channel 1 flashes. I did just figure out that uploading to the receiver while the controller was on puts the controller in feeding mode for some reason. on the last uploads I unplugged the controller and I ...

Still no go here is my RA code #define NUMBERS_8x16 #define FONT_8x8 #include <SoftwareSerial.h> #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...

Still only channel 1

OK only channel 1 had lightning. Channel 2 dimmed with the cloud but did not do the lightning "strikes"

cosmith71 wrote:Make sure you switch back to "Reef Angel Plus Controller" before you compile/upload.

--Colin

My mommy always told me I was special. That worked have to wait a few hours to find out if the storm works.

I'm getting a compiling error /Users/Jason1/Documents/Arduino/libraries/ReefAngel/ReefAngel.cpp: In member function 'void ReefAngelClass::Refresh()': /Users/Jason1/Documents/Arduino/libraries/ReefAngel/ReefAngel.cpp:927: error: 'RANET_SERIAL' was not declared in this scope /Users/Jason1/Documents/Ar...

Another question for you how would I change the code to have daylights on both channel 1 and 2 Also would like for the minimum pmw % during a cloud to go down only to 5% instead of 0% but leave the parabola values otherwise to 0% at the end is this possible? When the whites are below 5% they wont ra...

you are my hero!

No go. displaying next storm but still no lights and I have no blue light on the RANet board (I assume this is the same one that comes on when uploading code) the green power light is on. #define NUMBERS_8x16 #define FONT_8x8 #include <SoftwareSerial.h> #include <ReefAngel_Features.h> #include <Glob...