HELP - Neptune Apex Sunrise & Sunset Light Profile Setting - HELP

[EvanStagnaro]

So this has been puzzling and frustrating me for the past few days now and sadly I cannot find a lot of information online about it...

I have a Neptune Apex and use Kessil LED lights on my tank. For years, I just had then run on a table that I would manually adjust over time as the sunrise and sunset in my area changed. I finally got around to setting up the sunrise/sunset time in my Apex and now want to have my lights automatically reference the sunrise and sunset times to start profiles of ramping up and ramping down. The lights are connected to one of the Variable outputs on the Apex.

My goal is this:
At sunrise, start the IntSunrise Profile and run for 180 minutes.
Have the light intensity run at 60% from 180 minutes after sunrise to 180 minutes before sunset.
Start the IntSunset Profile 180 minutes before the sunset and run for 180 minutes.
Have the light intensity be 0 from sunset to sunrise.

This is my current code, however I have tried many versions of this...
Set 0
If FeedD 000 Then 60
If Sun 000/000 Then IntSunrise
If Sun 180/000 Then 60
If Sun 180/-180 Then IntSunset

I am so confused and cannot seem to get this right, however I'm pretty sure what I'm wanting to do is possible. If anyone can help, it would be so greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance!

 

[Tangdora]

Assuming you want the remaining of your time between sun rise and sun set to run at full strength and your sunrise and sunset profiles are fading low to high and high to low respectively then below will work and you will need a 3rd profile for fixed 60% lighting on your feed mode. If your rise and set are not fading then you only need one profile for all three.

Set off
If Sun 000/000 IntSunrise
If Sun 180/000 Then IntSunSet
If Sun 180/-180 Then ON (us a profile if you don’t want 100%)
If FeedD 000 Then (3rd 60% profile non fading) - can move this back to the top if you don’t want it superseding

 

[EvanStagnaro]

Assuming you want the remaining of your time between sun rise and sun set to run at full strength and your sunrise and sunset profiles are fading low to high and high to low respectively then below will work and you will need a 3rd profile for fixed 60% lighting on your feed mode. If your rise and set are not fading then you only need one profile for all three.

Set off
If Sun 000/000 IntSunrise
If Sun 180/000 Then IntSunSet
If Sun 180/-180 Then ON (us a profile if you don’t want 100%)
If FeedD 000 Then (3rd 60% profile non fading) - can move this back to the top if you don’t want it superseding

Thanks. Am I missing something though in line 3 you have:
If Sun 180/000 Then IntSunset

Would this trigger the sunset profile at 180 minute after sunrise?
Is it incorrect that you would do If Sun 000/-180 Then IntSunset to initiate sunset profile 180 minutes before the end of the sun during the day?

Thanks for the help on the order though!

 

[Tangdora]

Thanks. Am I missing something though in line 3 you have:
If Sun 180/000 Then IntSunset

Would this trigger the sunset profile at 180 minute after sunrise?
Is it incorrect that you would do If Sun 000/-180 Then IntSunset to initiate sunset profile 180 minutes before the end of the sun during the day?

Thanks for the help on the order though!

Would this trigger the sunset profile at 180 minute after sunrise? No because line 4 (If Sun 180/-180 Then ON) will become the last condition to evaluate at the point and stay active intill 180 minutes before sunset in which it will stop evaluating. Then line 3 will will become the active condition again for the last 180 minutes.

Is it incorrect that you would do If Sun 000/-180 Then IntSunset — this does not work. It’s saying run intsunset from sun rises to 180 minutes before sun set.

 

[EvanStagnaro]

Would this trigger the sunset profile at 180 minute after sunrise? No because line 4 (If Sun 180/-180 Then ON) will become the last condition to evaluate at the point and stay active intill 180 minutes before sunset in which it will stop evaluating. Then line 3 will will become the active condition again for the last 180 minutes.

Is it incorrect that you would do If Sun 000/-180 Then IntSunset — this does not work. It’s saying run intsunset from sun rises to 180 minutes before sun set.

I see. Thank you so much for the explanation! That helps so much!