Kessil light question

[Meeggles]

Hello all, any help would be appreciated. I recently bought a Kessil to Neptune Apex control cable. I want to use it to automate my lights but when I plug it in the light turns off and stays off and I can’t get it to turn on no matter what. Is the cable supposed to be plugged into output or input on the light? Maybe I’m not programming correctly in the apex program?

 

[Reef.]

My controller is in the input connector, sounds like the issue is at the Neptune end?

 

[PR_nano]

10v Input. Which Kessil light do you have? Not all are compatible. Here is a good BRS video for setting them up.

 

[Meeggles]

I have the a160we light

 

[PR_nano]

I have the a160we light

That one can be controlled by the Apex with the cable. It's the newer ones (360x) that are not supported, at least at the moment.

Hope the video helped you but here are a few pictures of mine. You need to set the outlets and profiles. I have 3 outlets (Power, Color, Intensity) and the number of profiles you want for ramp up/down. I had a lot initially but cut them to 3 for Color and 3 for Intensity.

 

[Meeggles]

Yes thank you this looks exactly like what I need. I’m about to try it out

 

[Meeggles]

My problem was I was plugging the cable into the Ethernet port . Now I have to buy the Neptune apex VDM LED & pumps control module. Oh well 1 step closer to getting it done

 

[PR_nano]

Glad you figure out the issue. Which Apex do you have? I have an old classic which includes 0-10v and didn't need the VDM. I believe the jr and el don't include the 0-10v ports.

 

[Meeggles]

Glad you figure out the issue. Which Apex do you have? I have an old classic which includes 0-10v and didn't need the VDM. I believe the jr and el don't include the 0-10v ports.

I have the EL

 

[WestMI-Reefer]

Yes thank you this looks exactly like what I need. I’m about to try it out

This was also helpful to me. I have 2 a160we coming soon and discovered that I only have an ethernet (which I mistook for 10v at first) I found it funny that I went through the same series of problems/solutions. How did the kessil via apex control light system work for you?

 

[areefer01]

That one can be controlled by the Apex with the cable. It's the newer ones (360x) that are not supported, at least at the moment.

You don't need a cable for the a360x. Wifi dongle is all that is necessary to get Apex support (verify Apex head unit model as I don't remember which ones all support). Kessil uses the iota layer to integrate and it is a huge quality of life improvement.