Radion g5 blue changing colour

[Ollie05H]

I have recently got 2 radion g5 blues and have noticed something a bit weird. The main portion of my schedule is running ab+ where all channels are set to 100%. During this phase it sometimes seems to change colour and look more blue or on different occasions one looks slightly different colour until I choose a scene and then resume the schedule. Im not sure if it’s just my eye making it look different after I look at my other tank. Has anyone else experienced this?

 

[LiamPM]

Have you gone threw your schedule and data points to make sure you havent got a time point that is changing the colour without knowing. Its easy to accidentally add a point to be fair.

Otherwise, if its a colour difference between two units on teh same tank then id give "calibration" a try - Can be found in the settings menu and clicking each device, then towards the bottom.

 

[Ollie05H]

Have you gone threw your schedule and data points to make sure you havent got a time point that is changing the colour without knowing. Its easy to accidentally add a point to be fair.

Otherwise, if its a colour difference between two units on teh same tank then id give "calibration" a try - Can be found in the settings menu and clicking each device, then towards the bottom.

Thanks for the reply, no there are no points between it changing the colour. If I keep noticing it, I think I will try the calibration

 

[Rando]

Basically, you should first calibrate several lamps when commissioning them.

 

[Smite]

I've felt this way too. I had a slight oversight originally but still walk by sometimes wondering why it looks so blue mid day. It's subtle to the point where I wonder if it has to do with ambient light, or if maybe my eyes are adjusting from normal house lighting sometimes?

My oversight*
I originally set my time on all blue. Then I went ahead and set my peak photo period of AB+ (all channels up) at 55% intensity. Then my time off all blue again. What I didn't account for was from my time on all the way until my peak photoperiod, my lights were slowly blending from all blue to AB+ over 2 hours.
Now I have my on time all blue and another set point 30 minutes later @ AB+ 30% overall intensity. So over those 30 minutes I get a blend from B/RB/UV to full AB+ at a lower intensity.

I do still feel I walk by my tank and it appears much more blue than standard AB+. I haven't sat down to do it but I plan to enter mobius once I feel its heavy on blue, enter my schedule and click on the AB+ set point and watch the tank for a change in color.

 

[spicymikey]

I am having similar problem. I just started a thread like this myself. In my case it is not a calibration issue. I have already calibrated twice and the lights look fine when start or resume a schedule. But over time, sometimes within an hour, they drift off the schedule and are doing things that I don't have programmed. To make it worse they don't all do the same thing at the same time So I have a big hot mess. I've contacted Ecotech and they are basically telling me I'm doing something wrong. I have been testing this for 5 days and tried everything I can think of. It is not me. They have a serious issue with their G5s and they know it.

 

[spicymikey]

I am having similar problem. I just started a thread like this myself. In my case it is not a calibration issue. I have already calibrated twice and the lights look fine when start or resume a schedule. But over time, sometimes within an hour, they drift off the schedule and are doing things that I don't have programmed. To make it worse they don't all do the same thing at the same time So I have a big hot mess. I've contacted Ecotech and they are basically telling me I'm doing something wrong. I have been testing this for 5 days and tried everything I can think of. It is not me. They have a serious issue with their G5s and they know it.

I think I found the problem of the drifting light schedule overnight. At least it is a bug in the Radio firmware related to the first "SUN" data point in your schedule. I won't repeat myself, just check out this post. Hope it resolves this frustrating issue for others

Problems with brand new G5 XR30s drifting off planned schedule

I am getting frustrated and thought I'd ask the forum if I am alone since @Tim at EcoTech says there are "no bugs" in their current firmware or software. First of all, anyone in the business of writing code would never honestly make a statement like that. There are ALWAYS bugs! . Plus, I...

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[Smite]

I think I found the problem of the drifting light schedule overnight. At least it is a bug in the Radio firmware related to the first "SUN" data point in your schedule. I won't repeat myself, just check out this post. Hope it resolves this frustrating issue for others

Problems with brand new G5 XR30s drifting off planned schedule

I am getting frustrated and thought I'd ask the forum if I am alone since @Tim at EcoTech says there are "no bugs" in their current firmware or software. First of all, anyone in the business of writing code would never honestly make a statement like that. There are ALWAYS bugs! . Plus, I...

www.reef2reef.com

were you experiencing spectral changes throughout the day or your schedule starting at different times?

 

[spicymikey]

were you experiencing spectral changes throughout the day or your schedule starting at different times?

Not that I noticed. But its harder to tell subtle differences when the intensity is high. Its been a second night now and they worked perfectly again. So I am as certain as I can be that this was the issue.