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    Feed mode and left light goes out?

    I recently had to reboot my Apex and when I put it in feed mode A, the left light goes out. Look at the coding and can't seem to find anything that is triggering it. I am quite news to the apex, so be patient with me.

    Lights are kessil a160 (x2) if that matters.

    Thanks for your help.

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    Post your code please. If you used the graph to program please also post the advanced tab.

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    Code for the intensity or color?

    Edit:

    Color is
    Fallback OFF
    tdata 12:00:00,0,0,20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0
    tdata 13:00:00,0,0,59,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0
    tdata 16:00:00,0,0,90,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0
    tdata 18:00:00,0,0,90,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0
    tdata 20:00:00,0,0,59,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0
    tdata 21:00:00,0,0,20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0

    Intensity is:
    Fallback OFF
    tdata 12:00:00,0,0,20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0
    tdata 13:00:00,0,0,37,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0
    tdata 16:00:00,0,0,50,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0
    tdata 18:00:00,0,0,50,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0
    tdata 20:00:00,0,0,37,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0
    tdata 21:00:00,0,0,20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0
    If Time 21:01 to 11:59 Then OFF

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    Code looks fine.

    Does it do it everything you feed or was it a one off? (If so was it close to 9pm?)

    Is the wire bundled parallell to another wire that turns on or off during a feed?

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    I'm not sure by what you mean by either of those questions. It only does it in feed mode A. What baffles me is that it never did this until I had to reset the unit.

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    I'll rephrase.

    Does it happen consistently when you press FeedA or did it just happen once or twice?

    Look are where the kessil wire is routed. Does it run alongside another power cable of a device that turns on or off during FeedA (like a return or skimmer)?

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    It consistently happens ever since I had to reboot the apex, which was today.

    My feed mode A, turns off both of my MP40s and the wires eventually run alongside each other.

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    Try separating the wires and initiate FeedA and see if that makes any difference. If not, do you have the power cable for the kessil plugged into an energy bar outlet or a wall outlet? If the former, post that code too.

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    Seperated wires and it still turns off. They are both plugged into the energy bar (2 & 3). The one that is going out is the slave if that makes any differene. But one thing I noticed is that I, for some reason, have them set up so that they are controlled and i cannot tell which one is doing the controlling: see attachment.


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    Make sure the energy bar code is set to advanced for both lights with.

    Fallback ON
    Set ON

    The other thing you need to do is turn the sliders one by one to manual OFF to see which one is actually controlling the kessils (it won't be the blue led or white led outlets. Those are used for AI sol over serial only). Once you figure that out rename the working varspd outlet and copy the code you want over. Then rename the unused outlets to something like varspd_3_1, spare_2_1 etc. So you don't get them confused later. From your dashboard it appears that you have two VDM modules even though I suspect you only have one. After doing the above, delete the "ghost" module in the modules page.

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    Did everything you mentioned and I'm still getting the left light.

    Here is the adjusted coding:


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    You have them plugged in on the left variable speed port on the base and then daisy chained from the right light to the left light correct?

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    Post the programming for the outlets the lights are plugged into.

    In the previous screenshot, you circled Blue and White LED, those are the serial outlets from the vdm. They should not be in use in this application.


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    Quote Originally Posted by zombie View Post
    You have them plugged in on the left variable speed port on the base and then daisy chained from the right light to the left light correct?
    I have it plugged into the VDM and NOT the actual Apex hub.

    Quote Originally Posted by vhuang168 View Post
    Post the programming for the outlets the lights are plugged into.

    In the previous screenshot, you circled Blue and White LED, those are the serial outlets from the vdm. They should not be in use in this application.
    I removed those from my display.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Xander View Post
    I have it plugged into the VDM and NOT the actual Apex hub.
    The programming you posted is for base_var1 & base_var2, which are the V1/V2 ports on the Apex itself.
    Please do not send me PMs with technical questions or requesting assistance - use the forums for Apex help. PM me ONLY if the matter is of a private or personal nature. Thanks.

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    so should i plug them into the apex unit and not the VDM? Will I have to reprogram?

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    You can either move them to the base unit or copy the code from those two to V1 and V2 of the VDM. Either way will work.

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