raspberry pi terminal
journalctl -fu reef-pi.servicevcc needs 5v power
When you dim, do you see reef-pi logs mentioning the pca9685 percentage? are you checking the voltage output from pca9685 pin. Can you share a screenshot of reef-pi log, while you dim from UI ?
that mean reef-pi the software is working fine, and most likely pca9685 board as well. I see you have set the dimming to 0%. Can you change it to 50%. And the use a multimeter to read the voltage from pca9685 output pin.This is my register of reef-pi
how come if I set the fixed control to 0% instead of 50% gives me 10v on the pwm and then the object that I have in connection starts at most? I'm building a ceiling light to the LED and I would like the intensity to be reduced to 0v to shut off completely is there any other programming to use? STILL THANKS FOR ALL THE SUPPORT YOU HAVE GIVEN UNTIL NOW @Ranjib
I think he is saying that a setting of 0% gives full brightness (100%).yay
are you saying its working reverse? Or its not giving the full range? Check the active high/active low settings address your problem
finally my lights controller works perfectly. I explain my mistakes ... first error: I had not sent the 5v to the VCC connector but mistakenly had inserted the plug on the V + connector second error: I had not enabled the enable pca9685 in the configuration as soon as I enabled and made the raspberry reeboot it immediately started and started to dim as soon as I set the 50% setting on the pwm to 5v precise on fixed control in the light working area. Now I would have the last question because finally everything works
and now either switch to the controller Ph <3
Are the lights running through a relay that reef-pi is controlling? If so, then you can have that turn the lights off in the timers tab.
yesAre the lights running through a relay that reef-pi is controlling? If so, then you can have that turn the lights off in the timers tab.
In the example below, I have my dimming set as you see, but my lights are turned off/on at the power source @0830 and @1945
In the lighting tab, you will see the min value and start value boxes. Set these to 1.
@Ranjib will this override all of the 0's in both the auto and fixed settings?
Are the lights running through a relay that reef-pi is controlling? If so, then you can have that turn the lights off in the timers tab.
In the example below, I have my dimming set as you see, but my lights are turned off/on at the power source @0830 and @1945
In the lighting tab, you will see the min value and start value boxes. Set these to 1.
@Ranjib will this override all of the 0's in both the auto and fixed settings?
If your lights are unable to dim to 0% then you will need some other way to turn them off. This can be as simple as a wall timer, which would be independent from reef-pi, or run on a relay controlled outlet from reef-pi.
