This thread contains three sets of profiles and output programs which utilize the Season Table rather than hard-coded time-based scheduling. All three are based on the same concept as utilized in the older stickies here for AI Sols and Acan stickies. Apex firmware 4.31 or greater is required. This programming will NOT work with 4.30 or earlier firmware
- Lighting with sunrise, midday, sunset, and moonlighting based on the Season Table (without any weather events)
- Lighting with sunrise, midday, sunset, and moonlighting based on the Season Table, plus pseudo-random weather events (cloudy periods and stormy periods)
- Lighting with sunrise, midday, sunset, and moonlighting based on the Season Table, plus pseudo-random weather events (cloudy periods and stormy periods) and a fast but smooth transition in to and out of weather events
Weather profiles are used for both cloudy and stormy (with lightning) periods. Periods of weather are only permitted during late morning & afternoon hours - in this code, weather events are allowed between 1100 and 1600 (easily modified as desired) . By using a combination of DoW statements and some pseudo-randomization, some days will have a cloudy period, some days will have a stormy period, and some days will have neither; the time of the weather events will vary within the allowed window too. I chose to keep weather events relatively short in duration (in my examples, 37 minutes), but this is easily adjusted to suit individual preferences.
There are is also an override for use whenever desired simply by manually turning on a VO. The output for this is called LED_Demo. Use it to show off to friends, tailor the spectrum for photo-taking, or whatever you want. Using the concept illustrated, you can create as many manual overrides as you want, each with different spectrums.
I used an AI Hydra and AWM for developing these programs & profiles, but it can all be readily adapted for use with AI Vegas or Eco-Tech Radions. For Vegas, the available color are different that the Hydra - use the appropriate color intensity settings in the profiles for your Vega fixture(s). For Radions, use the Radion profile type instead of the Hydra/Vega type, and adapt the listed profiles for the Radion's colors.
A tip for less-experienced users: If you want to use this programming, do it in the following order:
- Rename and configure the necessary profiles FIRST
- Create and rename virtual outputs SECOND
- Program all of the applicable virtual outputs THIRD
- Rename and program AWM/WXM outputs LAST
Although not required, I strongly recommend that anyone using the Season Table for lighting should customize the Season Table for their geographic location. See this sticky: http://forum.neptunesystems.com/show...e-Season-Table
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