why are my light going out before the program tells them to?

[ddc0715]

i have 4 kessil 360we linked into my apex so why are they going dark before the program finishes.? at 20:15 the tank is totally dark.

 

[Coolcasino]

Make sure your Apex has the correct time.

 

[oreo54]

IF I remember correctly most 0-10v analog lights can't "dim to zero".
So when some hit 10%.. lights out..

This is where 0-10V and 1-10V dimming drivers are different. 1-10V lets the dimming signal go down to 1V or 10% light output. This means the light will only go down to 10%, therefore there will still be some visible light and power going through the system. For this reason, a switch at the AC main lines is needed to shut off power when the light is not needed. 0-10V dimmers on the other hand go down to .57V or 5.7% light output before cutting off power.

Not sure how the Kessil responds (edit.. I do now.. ).
Many, and fairly standard, put a timer on the plug so at to kill the light b4 reaching 1V ish.. (10%)
Some drivers get wonky @ sub 1V

Optional (not required): If you plan to power the A360 power supplies with your EB8, then you'll want to program the EB8 outlet the A360 is connect to using the "Light Wizard with an "on time" of 9:00 and an "off time" of 21:00

A360 Programming/Setup Via Fusion

There are three aspects to configuring the A360 with the Apex System- the physical connections, the color (how blue or white) and the intensity (how bright). To get stared: Connecting and identifying the physical connections. Physica...

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NOTE: The minimum output intensity of an A360 is between 15 - 10%. Below the 15% - 10% the light will turn "off"

IF linear .. at 20 you should be at 20%.. 20:15 would be a bit err "early" to reach 10 or less % at which point your tank goes dark.

 

[ddc0715]

thanks that makes scents I have my kessils set up via a VDM and after re-reading this my setup is correct, i have adjusted the lights to 15% at 22:00 and added a 22:30 pnt to be zero. fingers crossed. hopefully, they will go off between 22-22:30

At the moment my dashboard and graph are in sync. last night, when I posted this thread these two were not in sync (last two pic) @ 8:15 (20:15) the graph said i was approx at 20% color and 25% intensity, the dash brd said i was at 2% color and 0% intensity and my tank was dark (lights were off) ALL at 20:15.

 

[Kessil]

thanks that makes scents I have my kessils set up via a VDM and after re-reading this my setup is correct, i have adjusted the lights to 15% at 22:00 and added a 22:30 pnt to be zero. fingers crossed. hopefully, they will go off between 22-22:30

At the moment my dashboard and graph are in sync. last night, when I posted this thread these two were not in sync (last two pic) @ 8:15 (20:15) the graph said i was approx at 20% color and 25% intensity, the dash brd said i was at 2% color and 0% intensity and my tank was dark (lights were off) ALL at 20:15.

This is the proper way to go. If you absolutely want you lamps on until a certain time, set a 15% intensity point at that time, and your 0% intensity sometime after that.

Everything posted above about the dimming features and limitations of 0-10v control is all correct, so we won't add anything else.

 

[ddc0715]

So fixed the problem, solution was at 22:00 the lights fall to below 15% as advised the lights do NOT stay on after 15 percent. Thank you all. HOWEVER I learned that the time points in the graph are controlled by the apex clock, not the local clock. it was 9:12 or 21:12 here not 10:12. The local clock read 21 an the apex clock read 22:00 lights out so the apex clock is what controls represents the time pnts in the light wizard section. Can this be changed? I would like for the program.to follow the local clock. I mean why two clocks in the first place?

 

[Coolcasino]

I believe 1 is used in the event that you go on a trip and can set it to local time. I really dont see the need for it. I only use 1 clock. Go to clock settings and adjust both clocks to the same time.