Integrate hydros with magnetic door switch for lighting?

[jrloyd]

Has anyone here integrated the hydros with their magnetic door switch to turn on under cabinet lighting? I have some wireless ones but would love them to be wired to come on when I removed the door. I saw a video somewhere that someone wired up a Phillips Hue light strip and ran it throughout the sump area but I can’t find it. Trying to figure out if it’s possible to do this setup and how.

 

[tbrown]

If you have an XP8, Start, or Launch you set the REED switch to activate the plug when the door opens. You need to have a 0-10V input on one controller as well. Plug the REED into the 0-10V Quad Cable, set the color on the controller for the REED, set the outlet to control with the 0-10V input.

 

[tbrown]

I haven't done it yet myself but I have looked into it and there are lots of people on the Hydros forums that have done it.

Also, there's directions on the Hydros website:

https://www.coralvuehydros.com/product-support/hydros-control/add-0-10v-input/

And a YouTube video:

 

[jrloyd]

Thank you for the information. It seems to do it correctly after I spent a day of my life trying to figure out how to do it, I would need 4 reed switches to turn on the lights if I wanted it to work with each door. I’ve decided I’m going to try and run the Phillips hue strip light throughout the inside of the cabinet and just place a motion sensor inside that will turn on the light from the motion sensor. Parker’s reef on YouTube did a video on it and it seems like a better option.