Tunze 6055 DIN pin assignment

[Metal Man 1221]

No problem. That's a real bummer, but at least you've got it figured out now.

 

[rhwimmers]

So you guys opted to solder directly to the control box and not use a din5 cable at all, right?

 

[Metal Man 1221]

no way, The only soldering I did was to attach my cable to the DIN jacks which I ordered on line.
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Heres a couple more pictures, I hope they clear things up for you.

Here you can see the individual jacks that were pictured previously.
<a href="http://s1228.photobucket.com/albums/ee457/metalman1221/?action=view&current=DIN4.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1228.photobucket.com/albums/ee457/metalman1221/DIN4.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>

And here you can see the male jack inserted about half way into the female jack.
<a href="http://s1228.photobucket.com/albums/ee457/metalman1221/?action=view&current=DIN3.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1228.photobucket.com/albums/ee457/metalman1221/DIN3.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>

 

[rhwimmers]

Gotcha, I went with the radio shack cable so I guess its a little different

 

[rhwimmers]

If I hook this up, do I still need the pump plugged into the wall or is it all driven by the var3 and var4 ports? If it does need to be plugged in to the wall, then I should be able to control if its on and off, if that works then I know the cable is good?

 

[Metal Man 1221]

Yes, you will still need to have it plugged into the wall. The pump doesn't receive its power from the Apex. The variable speed ports only use a low amperage signal to indicate pump speeds depending on the level of voltage. Data in other words, just very simple data.

As far as testing the cable goes, I would set up a profile to have it go from 100% power (or 80% for the 6055) to 0% power (off) alternating every second. If, after configuring the profile to the correct variable speed port, the pump doesn't respond like it should, then you know your cable isn't wired correctly.

 

[rhwimmers]

Thanks, can you tell me what tuis would look like for the profile?

 

[mixer911]

rhwimmers, I thought it was my wireing, but it ended up that the Var Spd ports on my Apex are not working. The lights light up on the ports, but I tested the voltage and it is putting out less than 1v. May want to test that as well. I used a VDM module that I have for my LEDs and the pumps worked fine with that.

I wired mine with a MIDI (5 Pin DIN) cable similar to the one from radio shack.

Here is how I setup my profile and outlet for the left one. (Copied from Kenargo )http://www.kenargo.com/apexProgram/index.php

Profiles:

AM-Left
Type: pump
Minimum Intensity: 30
Maximum Intensity: 60
Sync: Enabled
Divide-by 10: Enabled
Initial off time: 0
On time: 8
Off time: 4

Day-Lft
Type: pump
Minimum Intensity: 30
Maximum Intensity: 75
Sync: Enabled
Divide-by 10: Enabled
Initial off time: 0
On time: 8
Off time: 4

PM-Left
Type: pump
Minimum Intensity: 30
Maximum Intensity: 50
Sync: Enabled
Divide-by 10: Enabled
Initial off time: 0
On time: 8
Off time: 4

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Outlet:
Variable Speed Port - TunzeLeft:
Set PM-Left
If Time 06:00 to 11:00 Then AM-Left
If Time 11:00 to 21:00 Then Day-Lft

 

[Metal Man 1221]

It's pretty simple, and it's actually the default settings for a new profile. Just make one profile a test one and assign it to your pumps to test them or the cables.

<a href="http://s1228.photobucket.com/albums/ee457/metalman1221/?action=view&current=Tunzetestprofile.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1228.photobucket.com/albums/ee457/metalman1221/Tunzetestprofile.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>

 

[rhwimmers]

Thanks for the code. So far no luck with the wires.

As soon as I plug in the AC plug into the adapter the pump turns on, even though var speed 3 and 4 are manual off...That right there tells me its not working, right?

 

[Metal Man 1221]

Yeah, it sounds like a problem with your cable. Which variable speed port is it wired to?

 

[rhwimmers]

the one onthe end which is 3/4 I am just wiring orange /orange white which are pin positions 1 and 2. Trying putting them on a cut off radio shack cable. The red AND yellow cables from the tunze give me ~7.5 and both the black and white giving me nothing (ground)...Ive tried several, if not all combinations and the pump turns on every time, regardless.

 

[rhwimmers]

I opened up my own thread on this just since I kind of hijacked yours - just a recap of it is below:

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?p=20161886#post20161886

 

[Metal Man 1221]

No problem, Ill check it out.