Rkpeterson. That really is brilliant. Any chance you can share some details behind that? Pictures even better.
Pretty please.
You bet, happy to! Except, why does everyone always spell my name wrong? You know, once a guy I'd been partners with for over a decade spelled it wrong on a
legal document. what the heck?
Anyway, I digress.
So, you plug one end of that Apex-Kessil cable into the incoming port on the Kessil, and the other into one of the variable out ports on the Apex. (I just realized that I tend to assume that everyone has an Apex 2016 and if not, all of this may not pertain to you; very sorry!) But assuming you have an Apex 2016 (or add-on VDM) the var out ports are the pair next to each other that are similar to Ethernet jacks. When you plug 1 cable in, you get 2 Apex variable outputs to play with. If you then go to the Outputs page in Apex Fusion, you'll probably see the variable outputs at the top (lower down with a VDM), ID numbers 0 through 3. 0 and 1 are spectrum and intensity for the jack on the left, 2 and 3 for the jack on the right. Then click on each Output where you get a graph that you set for photoperiod and intensity. I also plug the Kessil fuge light into an Energy Bar outlet, so you can control the light's actual power flow that way as well. Note that this isn't really necessary if you're short on 120V energy bar outlets; you can do it from the variable outlet programming alone. You can also pull the renamed variable outlet control tiles onto your dashboard from the unused tiles area if you want to do anything manually with the fuge light. (Mine is pretty much set it and forget it.)
Here's a shot of my Outputs page, with the renamed variable outputs that control the fuge light:
Here's what you get when you click on ID 2, the variable output which adjusts color:-
It's at 40% all the time, which with the Kessil should be a reddish-bluish (grow) light. Higher percentages give a redder 'bloom' light. You don't need all the time points as in the graph there, I was just experimenting and never removed them. The graph of the intensity variable out is also a straight line, only at 100%, because I keep it on max all the time. You might do this differently.
As you see in the graphs above, the light should still be on from noon to 6 pm. But because I also have the power supply for the light plugged into the Apex, I can program that to just turn it off off for 6 hours a day. That also lets me use the cabinet door switch. Here's the code for that outlet/output:
If you don't want to plug the Kessil fuge light power supply into the Apex EB, then just use the intensity variable out and graph as above to bring the level down to 0% when you want it off.
