I didn't invent this knowledge. I learned some of it by trial and error. I gained some of it from others on this site and the Neptune site.
What you need to know about the Kessil 360 and the Apex is that the light gets two different types of info from one cable. The cable goes from the V1/V2 port on the side of the Apex controller to the back of the light. The two types of info are programmed through the V1 outlet and the V2 outlet.
V1 programs the color of the light. 0 = Blue. 50 looks white to me. 100 looks most like full blown sunlight. I imagine this is the same as turning the knob on the light from one limit to the other.
V2 programs the brightness of the light. I will not call it intensity because both controls are called intensity on the Apex. That is because it could refer to any controllable unit - the intensity of a light, the intensity of a pump's output, the intensity of something else. V2 = Brightness.
Once programmed, both of these "intensities," color and brightness, go out through the V1/V2 cable to the back of the light.
On your computer (see getting online section, similar thread), choose the "Configuration" pull down menu from the list across the top. Choose "Profiles Setup." There are 30+ profiles that you can program. In order to make the 360 come on in a controlled manner, you will need to program at least 2 of these with some sort of flavor of lighting.
NOTE: After changing the parameters of your outlets/profiles, be sure to hit the update button at the bottom and then CHECK YOUR WORK. It has to actually make the change. It's not 100% by a long shot. Re-type as required.
I stole the ideas from another poster here and then expanded on them. I'm not taking credit, just consolidating the knowledge. Name them consistently so you can keep track of what you're doing.
1) I named 8 different profiles for the "brightness" intensity. Hindsight, I would have named them for brightness, but I was just learning. They are, "Int_Ris, Int_Mor, Int_Day, Int_Aft, Int_Set, Int_Eve, Int_Nig, and Int_Test." They are in order of the progress of my lighting throughout the day. The test is so you can quickly learn what the numbers do to the light.
In programming these profiles, you will tell the light how bright to be on at various times of the day.
Name a profile, select "RAMP," then set the ramp time, starting intensity, and ending intensity (sorry, brightness in this case). When you tell the outlet (V1/V2) to reference this profile, the outlet will tell the light to do whatever you program the profile to produce.
The ramp time is the time it takes the light to go from the starting intensity (brightness in this case) to the ending one. If you will leave the light constant for a while, set the ramp time to 1, and make the starting and ending intensities the same. If you are going to ramp the brightness from barely on to full, type 15 for start and 100 for end (about 12 is off, or so for the brightness of the light). If setting the sun, ramp from the highest intensity you want to 12 or 0 or 15 or so. If you use 0, the light will probably go off before the end time of the ramp.
Here are mine:
Ris
Ramp
120
14
55
Mor
Ramp
1
55
55
Day
Ramp
1
55
55
Aft (Same as Day, don't really need two, just keeping thoughts straight)
Ramp
1
55
55
Set
Ramp
120
55
14
Eve
Ramp
1
14
14
Nig
Ramp
1
14
14
Hind sight, the "Ramp 1 14 14's" Could be called hold, low and the "Ramp 1 55, 55's" could be called hold, high. That's all they do - hold the intensity (brightness in this case) at 14 (my chosen low) or 55 (my current chosen high - I will ramp this up to about 75 over time). But, I named them as I did to keep them straight while programming and learning.
The test one is the one I used to change over, and over, and over to watch the light.
2) I named 8 different profiles for the "Color" Intensity. They are, coincidentally, ColorRis, ColorMor, ColorDay, ColorAft, ColorSet, ColorEve, ColorNig, and ColorTes (for testing).
The profiles are programmed to look like:
ColorRis
Ramp
1
0
0
What does this mean? I have the outlet cycle from Rise, to Morning, to Day, to Afternoon, to Set, to Evening, to Night. During Rise, the brightness goes from 14 to 55 on the Color of "0" (ColorRis above). So, for the first 2 hours of the day (120 minutes), the light will be blue and go from minimum intensity of 14 to my current max of 55. The above profile tells the color to stay 0 = blue. There is no color intensity change, so the time for ramping is left at 1.
ColorMor
Ramp
1
0
0
The next two hours leave the light at bright blue (above).
ColorDay
Ramp
120
0
75
The next two hours change the light from bright blue to bright sun (above).
ColorAft
Ramp
1
75
75
This time frame leaves the light on bright sun color (above). ColorAft and Int_Aft both have a ramp time of 1 - it is a steady state color and brightness. There is no ramp. The time of "Aft" is programmed in the V1/V2 outlet - further below.
In the late afternoon, I begin to set the sun.
ColorSet
Ramp
120
75
0
These two hours change the color from sun to blue (above).
ColorEve
Ramp
1
0
0
The light is bright blue for 2 hours (above).
ColorNig
Ramp
1
0
0
The light stays blue (just above), but the "Brightness" intensity has it ramping down (see Int_Nig several paragraphs up).
ColorTes - I'm always changing these attributes to test the light.
Now I have 16 profiles. What do I do with them? Program the outlet (V1/V2) to use specific profiles at specific times of the day.
3) On the top menu list, select "Configuration" and choose "Outlet Setup." Remember that V1 means color and V2 means brightness and they both go through the line at V1/V2 to the light.
I named the first one LEDColor_V1 - (base_Var1) (stolen from someone). I did this by typing LEDColor_V1 into the name space.
Choose Control Type "Advanced"
I used Icon "Light A"
Under "Advanced Setup," I typed:
Fallback OFF
Set OFF
If Time 06:30 to 08:30 Then ColorRis
If Time 08:31 to 10:30 Then ColorMor
If Time 10:31 to 12:30 Then ColorDay
If Time 12:31 to 16:00 Then ColorAft
If Time 16:01 to 18:00 Then ColorSet
If Time 18:01 to 20:00 Then ColorEve
If Time 20:01 to 22:00 Then ColorNig
This is telling V1 (color) to cycle from my ColorRis profile to my ColorMor profile to Day, Afternoon, Sunset, Evening, and then to Night (really late evening, it is off at night). It does so at the times given. These times correspond to the ramp times because I built in steady state times where the color doesn't change. If I didn't build in steady state times, the light would simply stay in the last brightness and color until I tell it to change. For me, this is a learning process. I could get away with far fewer profiles and less commands, but, these all serve as place holders for me. First, I'm at color X and brightness Y, then I go to......
I named the 2nd one LEDIntens_V2 - (base_Var2). I did this by typing LEDIntens_V2 in the outlet name space.
Control Type Advanced
Icon Light A
In the Advance section, I typed:
Fallback OFF
Set OFF
If Time 06:30 to 08:30 Then Int_Ris
If Time 08:31 to 10:30 Then Int_Mor
If Time 10:31 to 12:00 Then Int_Day
If Time 12:31 to 16:00 Then Int_Aft
If Time 16:01 to 18:00 Then Int_Set
If Time 18:01 to 20:00 Then Int_Eve
If Time 20:01 to 22:00 Then Int_Nig
Like the Colors above, this is telling the controller to use outlet V1/V2 (the V2 part) to make the light go through the brightness profiles at the times indicated.
What does my light do?
Sunrise - turns on blue, very dim, and increases in brightness to bright blue over a 2 hour period where it stays for another 2 hours. Yep, just checked - it's there right now. Then, it'll stay bright and start ramping up to sunlight (color change only) over 2 hours. It'll then stay there until 4 o'clock at which time it will start to set back down to bright blue. It'll stay there for 2 hours then fade to dim blue and go out for the night.
This is probably too much light. I may change the first two hours to dim blue. I like looking at blue in the morning and evening.
See "How to test colors" Thread
What you need to know about the Kessil 360 and the Apex is that the light gets two different types of info from one cable. The cable goes from the V1/V2 port on the side of the Apex controller to the back of the light. The two types of info are programmed through the V1 outlet and the V2 outlet.
V1 programs the color of the light. 0 = Blue. 50 looks white to me. 100 looks most like full blown sunlight. I imagine this is the same as turning the knob on the light from one limit to the other.
V2 programs the brightness of the light. I will not call it intensity because both controls are called intensity on the Apex. That is because it could refer to any controllable unit - the intensity of a light, the intensity of a pump's output, the intensity of something else. V2 = Brightness.
Once programmed, both of these "intensities," color and brightness, go out through the V1/V2 cable to the back of the light.
On your computer (see getting online section, similar thread), choose the "Configuration" pull down menu from the list across the top. Choose "Profiles Setup." There are 30+ profiles that you can program. In order to make the 360 come on in a controlled manner, you will need to program at least 2 of these with some sort of flavor of lighting.
NOTE: After changing the parameters of your outlets/profiles, be sure to hit the update button at the bottom and then CHECK YOUR WORK. It has to actually make the change. It's not 100% by a long shot. Re-type as required.
I stole the ideas from another poster here and then expanded on them. I'm not taking credit, just consolidating the knowledge. Name them consistently so you can keep track of what you're doing.
1) I named 8 different profiles for the "brightness" intensity. Hindsight, I would have named them for brightness, but I was just learning. They are, "Int_Ris, Int_Mor, Int_Day, Int_Aft, Int_Set, Int_Eve, Int_Nig, and Int_Test." They are in order of the progress of my lighting throughout the day. The test is so you can quickly learn what the numbers do to the light.
In programming these profiles, you will tell the light how bright to be on at various times of the day.
Name a profile, select "RAMP," then set the ramp time, starting intensity, and ending intensity (sorry, brightness in this case). When you tell the outlet (V1/V2) to reference this profile, the outlet will tell the light to do whatever you program the profile to produce.
The ramp time is the time it takes the light to go from the starting intensity (brightness in this case) to the ending one. If you will leave the light constant for a while, set the ramp time to 1, and make the starting and ending intensities the same. If you are going to ramp the brightness from barely on to full, type 15 for start and 100 for end (about 12 is off, or so for the brightness of the light). If setting the sun, ramp from the highest intensity you want to 12 or 0 or 15 or so. If you use 0, the light will probably go off before the end time of the ramp.
Here are mine:
Ris
Ramp
120
14
55
Mor
Ramp
1
55
55
Day
Ramp
1
55
55
Aft (Same as Day, don't really need two, just keeping thoughts straight)
Ramp
1
55
55
Set
Ramp
120
55
14
Eve
Ramp
1
14
14
Nig
Ramp
1
14
14
Hind sight, the "Ramp 1 14 14's" Could be called hold, low and the "Ramp 1 55, 55's" could be called hold, high. That's all they do - hold the intensity (brightness in this case) at 14 (my chosen low) or 55 (my current chosen high - I will ramp this up to about 75 over time). But, I named them as I did to keep them straight while programming and learning.
The test one is the one I used to change over, and over, and over to watch the light.
2) I named 8 different profiles for the "Color" Intensity. They are, coincidentally, ColorRis, ColorMor, ColorDay, ColorAft, ColorSet, ColorEve, ColorNig, and ColorTes (for testing).
The profiles are programmed to look like:
ColorRis
Ramp
1
0
0
What does this mean? I have the outlet cycle from Rise, to Morning, to Day, to Afternoon, to Set, to Evening, to Night. During Rise, the brightness goes from 14 to 55 on the Color of "0" (ColorRis above). So, for the first 2 hours of the day (120 minutes), the light will be blue and go from minimum intensity of 14 to my current max of 55. The above profile tells the color to stay 0 = blue. There is no color intensity change, so the time for ramping is left at 1.
ColorMor
Ramp
1
0
0
The next two hours leave the light at bright blue (above).
ColorDay
Ramp
120
0
75
The next two hours change the light from bright blue to bright sun (above).
ColorAft
Ramp
1
75
75
This time frame leaves the light on bright sun color (above). ColorAft and Int_Aft both have a ramp time of 1 - it is a steady state color and brightness. There is no ramp. The time of "Aft" is programmed in the V1/V2 outlet - further below.
In the late afternoon, I begin to set the sun.
ColorSet
Ramp
120
75
0
These two hours change the color from sun to blue (above).
ColorEve
Ramp
1
0
0
The light is bright blue for 2 hours (above).
ColorNig
Ramp
1
0
0
The light stays blue (just above), but the "Brightness" intensity has it ramping down (see Int_Nig several paragraphs up).
ColorTes - I'm always changing these attributes to test the light.
Now I have 16 profiles. What do I do with them? Program the outlet (V1/V2) to use specific profiles at specific times of the day.
3) On the top menu list, select "Configuration" and choose "Outlet Setup." Remember that V1 means color and V2 means brightness and they both go through the line at V1/V2 to the light.
I named the first one LEDColor_V1 - (base_Var1) (stolen from someone). I did this by typing LEDColor_V1 into the name space.
Choose Control Type "Advanced"
I used Icon "Light A"
Under "Advanced Setup," I typed:
Fallback OFF
Set OFF
If Time 06:30 to 08:30 Then ColorRis
If Time 08:31 to 10:30 Then ColorMor
If Time 10:31 to 12:30 Then ColorDay
If Time 12:31 to 16:00 Then ColorAft
If Time 16:01 to 18:00 Then ColorSet
If Time 18:01 to 20:00 Then ColorEve
If Time 20:01 to 22:00 Then ColorNig
This is telling V1 (color) to cycle from my ColorRis profile to my ColorMor profile to Day, Afternoon, Sunset, Evening, and then to Night (really late evening, it is off at night). It does so at the times given. These times correspond to the ramp times because I built in steady state times where the color doesn't change. If I didn't build in steady state times, the light would simply stay in the last brightness and color until I tell it to change. For me, this is a learning process. I could get away with far fewer profiles and less commands, but, these all serve as place holders for me. First, I'm at color X and brightness Y, then I go to......
I named the 2nd one LEDIntens_V2 - (base_Var2). I did this by typing LEDIntens_V2 in the outlet name space.
Control Type Advanced
Icon Light A
In the Advance section, I typed:
Fallback OFF
Set OFF
If Time 06:30 to 08:30 Then Int_Ris
If Time 08:31 to 10:30 Then Int_Mor
If Time 10:31 to 12:00 Then Int_Day
If Time 12:31 to 16:00 Then Int_Aft
If Time 16:01 to 18:00 Then Int_Set
If Time 18:01 to 20:00 Then Int_Eve
If Time 20:01 to 22:00 Then Int_Nig
Like the Colors above, this is telling the controller to use outlet V1/V2 (the V2 part) to make the light go through the brightness profiles at the times indicated.
What does my light do?
Sunrise - turns on blue, very dim, and increases in brightness to bright blue over a 2 hour period where it stays for another 2 hours. Yep, just checked - it's there right now. Then, it'll stay bright and start ramping up to sunlight (color change only) over 2 hours. It'll then stay there until 4 o'clock at which time it will start to set back down to bright blue. It'll stay there for 2 hours then fade to dim blue and go out for the night.
This is probably too much light. I may change the first two hours to dim blue. I like looking at blue in the morning and evening.
See "How to test colors" Thread
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