APEX code for a T5 Acclimation Mode?

[Drauka99]

I am adding 6 -t5s to my existing setup. I was wanting to see if someone might have already generated a code for something like this. I was thinking something along the lines of each day the t5s running an additional 30 minutes to a set maximum time of say 8 hours. starting at 3 hours.

Anyone know of anything like that?

Of course I could manually adjust the time on each night but why not just code it in if its not to hard.

 

[Harry_Y]

When I switched to Metal Halides I just did it manually.

 

[Ryengoth]

I am adding 6 -t5s to my existing setup. I was wanting to see if someone might have already generated a code for something like this. I was thinking something along the lines of each day the t5s running an additional 30 minutes to a set maximum time of say 8 hours. starting at 3 hours.

Anyone know of anything like that?

Of course I could manually adjust the time on each night but why not just code it in if its not to hard.

Over what time period? If you are doing for 7 days you can do a DOW profile selection and set each profile as a lighting function with different on/off timing.

 

[aaron23]

Wow lol that's too complicated for me :()

 

[Drauka99]

I was thinking over 25 days. So each day the photo period for the t5 would increase 30 minutes. I could live with 15 minutes longer each day too.

I am not seeing a good way to do it with the way Apex code is setup but I am no programed.

At this point it looks likely that I will just be adjusting the on off times each night for a month. Not a big deal with Fusion I bet.

 

[gus6464]

Another option is buying Centium dimmable ballasts and connecting them straight to the Apex via the VV ports. Those ballasts are plug and play with Apex.

 

[Ryengoth]

I didn't see a day-of-month function so, at best, you could do a weekly adjustment by specifying a different profile ID for different days. I'll look again and see what options there are. There are 3 virtual "outlets" that you can change the state on so you -could- use all 3 to logically flag week 1 through 4 based on the day-of-week, if nothing else is using those. It would reset after week 4, back to week 1. Within each week you could specify a different set of profiles. You'll have to configure a profile for each light step change, though. If each day is a different pattern then that means 28 profiles.

 

[Drauka99]

Thanks, I can just adjust the timing each night on my phone or computer for the acclimation time. As it is I am usually peeking at fusion several times a night anyway.