Feature Suggestions

How about a wireless Aquabus solution? My next tank will be on the opposite side of the home with little option to run a cable. The only other current option is to purchase an additional Apex and peripherals...not an attractive choice.
 
My RODI and salt mixing vats are in another room. I'd like to be able to set up floats on the vat and a solenoid. There is also instructions in the newby guide to set up a push button to make a pump mix salt for an hour then shut off. Can't do these things with a Neptune systsms or set up water bugs there because it is too far from my controller and I don't want to buy a second unit.
 
Gordonious said:
My RODI and salt mixing vats are in another room. I'd like to be able to set up floats on the vat and a solenoid. There is also instructions in the newby guide to set up a push button to make a pump mix salt for an hour then shut off. Can't do these things with a Neptune systsms or set up water bugs there because it is too far from my controller and I don't want to buy a second unit.
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You can do this with an Apex.
 
Lamp timers would be nice. My thermostat tells me when to replace my airfilter, it would nice if my apex sent me an email telling me I hit 2000 hours of halide life or something. OR X number of days since lamps were replaced.

I have a sticker I put up, but I have to look at it to remember. I dont even open my canopy doors more than 1-2 times per week.
 
E-mail: "Your Apex has noticed an increase in the amps being used on your outlet labled, 'light3_1'. Is this a new fixture and would you like to add a note to replace your bulbs in 12 months? Please visit this link to learn about bulbs and when they should be replaced: neptunesys.com/lamps/"

Nothing wrong with directing traffic to your website for information and reminding people about there wonderfull little controllers monitoring the tank. Smart technology.
 
The ability to control sunrise and sunset separately rather than the all-in-one SUN command. Right now I don't think that there is a way of creating a realistic sunrise and sunset with dimmable lights while still using the SUN command to vary the times.

What I would like is the ability to increase the blue LEDs from 30 minutes before sunrise until sunrise, then bring up the white LEDs over the next two hours and reverse the cycle at sunset, and still have the ability to vary the sunrise and sunset times with the seasons. I can do one or the other, but not both.

CJ
 
CJO said:
The ability to control sunrise and sunset separately rather than the all-in-one SUN command. Right now I don't think that there is a way of creating a realistic sunrise and sunset with dimmable lights while still using the SUN command to vary the times.

What I would like is the ability to increase the blue LEDs from 30 minutes before sunrise until sunrise, then bring up the white LEDs over the next two hours and reverse the cycle at sunset, and still have the ability to vary the sunrise and sunset times with the seasons. I can do one or the other, but not both.

CJ
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Many of these scenarios are supported using virtual outlets today (e.g., have the virtual outlet contain the SUN command and use an "If Outlet" command to control the light).
 
I'm Canadian eh.... so I wouldn't mind seeing the temperature readings in Celsius instead of Fahrenheit..... yeah eh :)
 
kenargo said:
Many of these scenarios are supported using virtual outlets today (e.g., have the virtual outlet contain the SUN command and use an "If Outlet" command to control the light).
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I guess I'm a bit dense, because I can't figure out how this helps. Right now I have the following program for the variable outlet that controls the LEDs

Blue
Fallback OFF
Set OFF
If Time 09:15 to 09:30 Then B_Sunris
If Time 09:30 to 21:00 Then ON
If Time 21:00 to 21:30 Then B_Sunset

White
Fallback OFF
Set OFF
If Time 09:30 to 11:30 Then W_Sunris
If Time 11:30 to 20:00 Then ON
If Time 20:00 to 21:00 Then W_Sunset

What I want to do is to use the SUN command for both of these to trigger the sunrise and sunset profiles. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,
CJ
 
CJO said:
I guess I'm a bit dense, because I can't figure out how this helps. Right now I have the following program for the variable outlet that controls the LEDs

Blue
Fallback OFF
Set OFF
If Time 09:15 to 09:30 Then B_Sunris
If Time 09:30 to 21:00 Then ON
If Time 21:00 to 21:30 Then B_Sunset

White
Fallback OFF
Set OFF
If Time 09:30 to 11:30 Then W_Sunris
If Time 11:30 to 20:00 Then ON
If Time 20:00 to 21:00 Then W_Sunset

What I want to do is to use the SUN command for both of these to trigger the sunrise and sunset profiles. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,
CJ
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I think I got it. I created four new outlets for the White LED sunrise and sunet times and for the Blue LED sunrise and sunset times. For example, to determine the white sunrise time I created this outlet:

SunriseW
Set OFF
If SUN 210/90 Then ON
If Time 12:00 to 25:59 Then OFF

for the sunset

SunsetW
Set OFF
If SUN 210/90 Then ON
If Time 0:00 to 11:59 Then OFF

Then I referenced these outlets for the variable output outlets. Does this sound right?

Thanks,
CJ
 
Yes, that is how you would do it and if you get a VDM (once they are available) you can use the same logic but assign profiles to get a real sun rise and sun set (using ramp).

Sounds like a reason to get a VDM :)
 
kenargo said:
Yes, that is how you would do it and if you get a VDM (once they are available) you can use the same logic but assign profiles to get a real sun rise and sun set (using ramp).

Sounds like a reason to get a VDM :)
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I'm doing that now! The meanwell drivers take a 0-10V signal, which is what the variable outputs output. I have 30 minutes for the sunrise and sunset ramp on the blue LEDs and a 2 hour ramp on the white LEDs.

CJ
 
How about a Relative Humidity sensor/probe? Would like to keep an eye on how humid my 12 fish tanks make my basement. Also wouldn't mind keeping track of the humidity in my herps habitats.(bearded dragon, leopard gecko)
 
It is not a perfect solution, but you could use two Humidistats. They are switches that close/open at a set humidity. You could set up a high and low point and use the I/O port of the Apex to detect them.

Todd
 
With all the websites out there some of us are using to connect to/monitor our controllers, something really should be done about security to avoid the risk of someone tampering with our controller programming and potentially causing very costly damages.

Can we get SSL on the web interface? If this isn't added, the possibilty of someone grabbing our credentials to get into a controller is very high. At least setup a mechanism thats more secure than basic authentication - clear text over the wire. In fact, I would suggest that people not be too quick to share their apex username/password with any other site until this is done - it is a risk!

Can we get a notification email whenever programming changes occur?
 
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