Results 1 to 3 of 3

Thread: AI Hydra Storm and Ramp Overlaps

  1. #1
    Frequent Visitor
    Join Date
    Mar 2017
    Location
    US, Central
    Posts
    355

    AI Hydra Storm and Ramp Overlaps

    Hey all, my second post here!

    This question pertains to how ramping is impacted by storm profiles. I have tried searching this but there are too many posts regarding storm settings and no keyword seems to find what I want.

    I have 4 AI Hydra26's on a 110 tall. I have several profiles established that will give me a 5 hour ramp from sunrise to mid-day and then mid-day to sunset. Each profile slightly changes the color temperatures from a full actinic blue to an approx 10kK white. Using the seasons table, this gives me a very minimum mid-day profile in winter and an extended mid-day profile during the summer.

    My question pertains to the Weather Profile. I want to run a Weather Profile once a week that will knock the lights down to 30%-60% with the silly lightning effect for my kids and run my Vortechs in NTS mode. I don't know how long this needs to run just yet (I asked in my post #1 but feel free to answer that here!).

    So my actual question is - is if I set my hydra's into weather mode during a ramp profile, will the ramp profile continue in the background? Specifically, I hypothetically have a 'Profile X' kick off at 1 pm that drops my intensity from 70% to 30% over a 2 hour period....and I have a weather profile that kicks on at 11 and runs to 2:00 pm. Once the weather has finished, will the hydras go to 70% and begin my Profile X at the start (70%) or will they assume Profile X has been running and assume 50%.

    As a parallel to this, say my Weather 'Light Max Intensity is set to 60%. Will the non-cloudy light level remain at 60% during the entire duration of weather, or will at say 1:30 pm, the light intensity will begin to fall as the background Profile X would dictate?

    Here is the program code I have in mind for the is example:

    Hydra X:
    Fallback Off
    Set Off
    If Time > 18:00 Then [Nightlight]
    If Sun -060/-300 Then [Twilight]
    If Sun 300/060 Then [Twilight]
    If Moon > 120/-120 Then [Moonlight]
    If Sun 000/-300 Then [Sunrise]
    If Sun 120/-300 Then [Morning]
    If Sun 300/-300 Then [Noon]
    If Sun 300/-120 Then [Afternoon]
    If Sun 300/000 Then [Sunset]
    If <VO_Weather> Then [Storm]

    Where <VO_Weather> is the virtual outlet:
    VO_Weather:
    Fallback Off
    Set Off
    If Time > 11:00 Then On
    If Time > 14:00 Then Off
    If DoW S M T W F S Then Off

    Thanks,
    Chris

  2. #2
    Frequent Visitor
    Join Date
    Mar 2017
    Location
    US, Central
    Posts
    355
    I never got any feedback on this but what I found was that all other profiles are ignored during a weather event. I still have not confirmed whether ramping continues or stops during a weather event. But if a weather event kicks on at noon (100%) and reduces lighting to 80%, then a scheduled afternoon profile is scheduled to drop the lights to 60%, that profile will not begin until the weather event is finished.

  3. #3
    Frequent Visitor
    Join Date
    Jan 2013
    Location
    Moorpark, CA
    Posts
    66
    Have you uploaded you lighting schemes? I run AI Hydra 26s (non HD). I have never figured out how to program a storm.


    Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Similar Threads

  1. Question: Storm
    By Renoguy in forum Misc Apex Usage & Programming
    Replies: 0
    Last Post: 10-15-2019, 18:27
  2. Storm mode help
    By TerraReef in forum Apex Programming for Lighting
    Replies: 5
    Last Post: 10-25-2014, 04:54
  3. Storm and Clouds
    By Surfside74 in forum Apex Programming for Lighting
    Replies: 6
    Last Post: 07-11-2014, 15:24
  4. Storm and Clouds
    By Surfside74 in forum APEX Fusion
    Replies: 6
    Last Post: 07-11-2014, 15:24
  5. AI Storm
    By L8ndeb in forum Apex Programming for Lighting
    Replies: 4
    Last Post: 02-25-2013, 10:00

Bookmarks

Bookmarks

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •