I made myself a breakout box for my new tank. I purchased most of the components but designed the enclosure and then made it on a 3D printer. I think it turned out great and I no longer have to share the ground terminal with multiple switches!
I made myself a breakout box for my new tank. I purchased most of the components but designed the enclosure and then made it on a 3D printer. I think it turned out great and I no longer have to share the ground terminal with multiple switches!
Nice! How much you selling those for ;-P :-)
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Thanks! Here it is in CAD.
Avast Marine makes something similar to this.
Harry
Ok so I tried my owncustomize breakout box. I located a project box, and eight pin mini DIN cable (female end). The problem is that I know not which of the 8 colored wires corresponds with the ground! Can anyone please point me in the right direction
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You can probably watch Avast Marines DIY breakout box assembly video. See if that helps you. Might have to use a multimeter in the conductivity mode if that doesn't help.
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It is probably the non-insulated wire.
Red - Pin 1 - Input #1
Brown - Pin 2 - Input #2
Green - Pin 3 - Input #3
Yellow - Pin 4 - Input #4
Orange - Pin 5 - Input #5
Grey - Pin 6 - Input #6
Purple - not used
Blue - Pin 8 - Ground
Check with continuity to make sure your colors are standard. The pin number is the driving factor, not the color of cable, but this is the color code if it's standard. It's possible your purple is ground if you only have 7 conductors.
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If the wires aren't insulated it's not gonna work. I have a feeling they really are insulated and you just didn't notice it (they could be epoxy coated which goes on clear). Look up "mini din 8 pinout" then take a multimeter on the continuity setting and check to see which one beeps to pin 8
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Sorry, I meant to say that they are ALL insulated. I have a multimeter, but unsure exactly how to check...you just attach one lead to pin 8 and other lead just check each wire until I get any activity on the meter...right?
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Mine doesn't beep audibly. Just meter
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Then set it on resistance and you know it's the right wire when the resistance is near 0.
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If you are reading a negative voltage, then it most likely that you have the voltmeter leads backwards or reversed on the pins. The pin-outs are in the this thread, and it also shows + & -
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get your meter to test Ohm's(resistant)
put the leads of your meter together and see what the meter reads, this is the same readings you wand to see when you test the cable pins
find pin 8 in your mini din (who has a layout for the mini din) and connect the one lead tho this pin and de other lead to the end of the cable en find the correct one, where the meter gets the same reading as before the other ones will give no readings
hi does any one have a link on how to program sw1-6? I am not getting any response from apex once the sw are closed. I am shorting out the wire and apex does noting.
Switches themselves are Inputs and cannot be "programmed". On the Apex, all programming is done on Outputs. For example, if you want to turn an output off when Sw1 is closed, use this:
Set ON
If Sw1 CLOSED Then OFF
As for the display not showing the switch closed, keep in mind Fusion is a web site that has about a 30-60 second delay when something changes on the Apex before it shows the change on the dashboard screen. But the Apex itself reacts to the change within 1-2 seconds and the output will turn off. If you want a faster response on your screen, use the Apex.Local dashboard instead of Fusion.
this is what I got, so basically I just want the apex to do what ever I tell is when it sees a close loop.
I added that command line to the skimmer and nothing happened.Screen Shot 2021-08-22 at 3.32.14 PM.jpg
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