Will the reef angel control the koralia pumps?

[mason dixon]

If not, does it control any brand pump besides vortech?

[rimai]

You can turn them on/off, but if you are talking about the controllable ones, no you cannot. It used proprietary driver that does not offer any tylenol third party control. That is the way Hydor designed it to be.
You can also control Tunze pumps by using one of the dimming channels if you have the analog type.

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[mason dixon]

Thanks rimai

Is their code out there to control the tunze pumps in a similar way to vortech's settings(lagoonal, nutrient, etc)?

[rimai]

There is no preset code, but you control the pumps with the same code you would control lights:

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  ReefAngel.PWM.SetActinic(50);

The code above would have the pump set to 50%.
You can go wild and create all sorts of waveforms. If you have a Tunze and RA with analog signal, let me know what type of waveform you would like to try out and we can come up with them.
I can copy them from the RF module. If you have 2 or more Tunzes, we can even have them work in anti-sync and back-of-tank and emulate the Nutrient Transport mode of the ecotech driver

[mason dixon]

Awesome! I will post back here when I 've got everything setup....hopefully this June/July

[mason dixon]

One more question:

If my LEDS took both dimmable sockets, is there an add-on for more dimmable sockets for the tunze pumps?

[rimai]

Yes, I can turn the PWM expansion module into analog type signal too. That gives you an extra 6 analog dimming ports.

[psyrob]

Do you need to have the analog type on the main controller to be able to have a analog-converted PWM expansion module work? Or will the converted PWM work if the main controller is not the analog type? I bought my controller before there was an option for PWM or analog,, I am assuming in those days (last June) that they were all pwm instead of analog?

[rimai]

You are correct that all boxes purchased last June were all PWM type signal.
The convertion happens on the relay box, so the head unit won't affect the signal.

[jgregory]

Roberto, you mentioned above: "You can also control Tunze pumps by using one of the dimming channels if you have the analog type"

I have the PWM - are there options for me to still control a Tunze pump?

-John

[rimai]

Unfortunately, it is not too easy without an additional piece of equipment.
You can get an expansion module with analog signal type.

[timmcq]

To controll a simple Koralia pump randomly on and off, i could use a wave maker type of mode, correct?

If RAGen is already set to use both dosing pumps, can another relay be used?

[DrewPalmer04]

Use only relays 5 and 6. They are special for use with consistent on/off

[rimai]

You can use any port for dosing pumps

[timmcq]

I'm just learning my RA. In RA Gen, on the Main Relay tab I have Ports 1 and 2 set as Dosing Pumps 1 and 2. When I select Port 5 or 6, the Wavemwker options are greyed out. How do I select 5 as a Wavemaker?

[rimai]

There was a change on how wm code was handled not too long ago and RAGen was never updated.
You can manually add the code or try the Reef Angel Wizard.
Open Arduino and go to menu Tools->Reef Angel Wizard

[timmcq]

I had not used the wizard. This is great!

Thanks Roberto!

[binder]

I had not used the wizard. This is great!

Thanks Roberto!

I would suggest using the wizard. It gets updated faster than RAGen does now plus it's incorporated into Arduino. Everything is all right there. Very handy to use.