Aquacontroller III set up?????

[rbnice1]

No the outlets should all be off, unless you go into manual under reef status and turn it on.

 

[robin coggan]

ya i into manual under reef status and turn it on

 

[rbnice1]

ok verify the dip switches on DC8(1)...

 

[robin coggan]

1down 2 up 3 down 4 up

 

[rbnice1]

change 3 to up.. sorry missed that. Switch 3 sets weather your addressing starts at 1 or 9 right now its set to start at 9.

 

[robin coggan]

U lost me do i have to change this MH1$-B1
MH2$-B2
MH3$-B3
T5A$-B4
T5B$-B5
LED$-B6
FAN&-B7
CO2&-A1
MJ1#-A2
KLK&-A3
MJ2#-A4
SKM#-A5
FUG$-A6
RTN#-A7

 

[rbnice1]

no just change the dip switch #3 to up. Should all be up but switch 1.

 

[robin coggan]

off of things theres a show on TLC about the coral reef

 

[rbnice1]

So did you fix the dip switch and is everything working?

 

[robin coggan]

u got it i mean DC8(1) works

 

[rbnice1]

great you ready to start programing?

 

[robin coggan]

all work now what

 

[robin coggan]

yes i am thank up for taking your time to do this

 

[rbnice1]

First you need to program your lights.

If Time > 14:00 Then MH1 ON
If Time > 20:00 Then MH1 OFF
If Temp > 81.4 Then MH1 OFF
Max Change 030 M Then MH1 OFF

This is mine from my old AC Jr. What it is doing is turning on timer MH1 at 2pm and turning it off at 8PM. If temp gets hot it turns it off as well. The Max change holds it in the last state for 30Minutes. That way if the temp gets hot and turns the MH off it wont try to turn right back on.

I would do this code for all your MH's but space the turn on time by a few minutes for example:

If Time > 14:00 Then MH1 ON
If Time > 20:00 Then MH1 OFF
If Temp > 81.4 Then MH1 OFF
Max Change 030 M Then MH1 OFF

If Time > 14:03 Then MH2 ON
If Time > 20:00 Then MH2 OFF
If Temp > 81.4 Then MH2 OFF
Max Change 033 M Then MH2 OFF

If Time > 14:06 Then MH3 ON
If Time > 20:00 Then MH3 OFF
If Temp > 81.4 Then MH3 OFF
Max Change 036 M Then MH3 OFF

This way your lights dont all kick on at once and blow your fuse.

 

[robin coggan]

ok done

 

[rbnice1]

obviously you can change the time to turn your lights on and off to whenever you want it.

Next lets do your T-5

I dont use any fail safes for my T-5's they dont seem to produce enough heat to worry about it. So you just want them on before you MH's and off sometime after. Mine look like this.

If Time > 12:00 Then T5A ON
If Time > 22:00 Then T5A OFF

If Time > 13:00 Then T5B ON
If Time > 21:00 Then T5B OFF

 

[rbnice1]

For LED moon lights here is mine.

If Timer T5A = ON Then LED OFF
If Timer T5A = OFF Then LED ON

Basically this is saying if timer T%a is off tunr the moon lights on.

 

[robin coggan]

ok i am liking the lights times done

 

[rbnice1]

Fan control can be done lots of different ways. I do mine simple. You can change the temp set points to what ever you are planning to run your tank.

If Temp > 79.8 Then FAN ON
If Temp < 79.5 Then FAN OFF
Max Change 010 M Then FAN OFF

 

[rbnice1]

I assume you will have a pH probe in a calcium reactor and will be controlling your reactors pH?