Time to ditch my old controller, and go with the best

akindbro4u

akindbro4u

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First off thank you all, and especially Gareth, for making this decision for me. A no brainer really. I only have a few questions. I will address them with Ghl-direct tomorrow, when I try to pin down exactly what I need. Think it's gonna be a beast.
My only real question is, is the LED-Conrol1 a 10v pwm interface? If so, can I use this to drive meanwell Led drivers? I'm sure I discussed this at MACNA, but not sure what I needed to control these with the profilux. Gareth seems to be in the know on this stuff. Hope he is in the office tomorrow.
 
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Hi

Welcome to the best ;)

For driving meanwells you need the EVG cards. The meanwells have a 1-10V standard controllable input and this in theory could plug directly into the built in 1-10V interfaces on the back of the Profilux, however two things stop a direct input.

1. the cable required to plug into the back
2. Not so much of a concern but more of a functionality, and that is zero volt switching.

What the EVG PCB does is allow you to use any wall socket to power your meanwells and not a power bar socket. The EVG card senses 0VDC state and switches the 110V relays off on the PCB thus acting as a switch, you dont have to have the meanwells on any timer, it simply bcomes an auto process, 0VDC=0VAC

The EVG card also comes with the required cable to plug into the back of the controller making wiring a simple process.

The EVG PCB can control independantly two channels for exampls blue an white, you can also run in parrallel 3 drivers off of one channel, so 3 drivers will switch together.
 
Hi

Unless you have pacific sun products you do not need anything from them.

More details on this module will be available in a few weeks.
 
is it a PAB device, or a card? If it's PAB I should be ok to order my controller now, and add it later. Not that it matters card upgrades are easy enough.
 
ok trying to order my setup. Sent an email to ghl-direct a few days ago, and didn't get a response. are they away at a show?
 
Hey sorry I havent responded to your email yet, my regular days off are Tuesday and Wednesday so I wasnt in the office when it came in, I'm almost caught up now!

To be perfectly honest, my own experience is limited to devices using a non-pwm 10v signal, but I hear that GHL will be releasing a new module which will handle pwm signals (as Michael stated above).

If you are driving Meanwell ELN-60-48D drivers, they will accept a standard 10v signal (this is what I run personally). You can attach these to the EVG-AP-2F boards and control 3 drivers per channel on a board (6 drivers per EVG-AP-2F Board total).

However if you are using ELN-60-48P drivers then you would connect them to this new module, which would then connect to the 10V interfeces on the Profilux.
 
Never a problem. I know you are busy, just wanted to see if you were around. Thank you for spending time with me at MACNA, and showing me the product. I am glad to FINALLY be doing business with you. I've waited tooooo long to get set to do this.

I am using the eln-60-48p drivers, and am willing to wait on a controller for them. I have a diy controller for them for now, that I can switch over when the new board comes available. The EVG-AP-2F board can controller one driver independently, or three sharing the same set times correct? So if I want all four banks of say whites to be independently controllable, I would need four EVG-AP-2F boards. Am I understanding this correctly? It is my understanding that the p drivers can also be controlled by 1-10v, are there any extra features that I will gain with these pacific sun modules? i.e lightning??
 
The new 10v to PWN converter module will allow for lightning on PWM driven LED modules. I know for me personally this is a huge win, and I just ordered some new LED drivers to test this out when the module is officially released.

If you are using the EVG boards to send the signal to your Drivers and want to control each driver independantly you would need one board for every 2 Meanwells, as these boards have 2 channels on each one.

Personally, I would wait for the PWM module as it will give you better features, and a smoother dimming curve, and not to mention LIGHTNING! (*drool*)... I "might" be a fan of the thunderstorm feature....
 
GDominy said:
The new 10v to PWN converter module will allow for lightning on PWM driven LED modules. I know for me personally this is a huge win, and I just ordered some new LED drivers to test this out when the module is officially released.

If you are using the EVG boards to send the signal to your Drivers and want to control each driver independantly you would need one board for every 2 Meanwells, as these boards have 2 channels on each one.

Personally, I would wait for the PWM module as it will give you better features, and a smoother dimming curve, and not to mention LIGHTNING! (*drool*)... I "might" be a fan of the thunderstorm feature....
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I thought I read it would do lightning. My current diy controller does lightning, and it's not really a feature I wanted to give up. I'm with you about being a fan of the thunderstorm. On my setup I love it, but was not to impressed, with using the simus. Thats fine then I will wait for the PWM converters to be released to do the lighting control part. At least that will give me time to focus on getting the rest of the system working just how I want it. :)
 
Just wanted to add something here thats important
Although the profilux through this module could support PWM drivers that does not mean the drivers will allow for the storm function, this is driver dependant and not GHL, there is more to creating a storm than just PWM or the driver, so please do not go buying this expecting storms.

I am waiting more info from GHL to confirm all details. so lets be patient until then ;)

Once i get all the accurate info from GHL I will post here right away.
 
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;)maybe so but also I do not wish to read all the posts that would say

You told us.................

Patience, I am waiting a reply.
 
could we be any more cryptic??? LOL. I wish I knew what "trick" they are using. I have a fair guess, but I will leave it for those in the know.
 
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