Apex Lights Auto On Off not working

[scotty49]

Hi I need help setting my lights on my apex. I can turn on and off fine and also set the lights on a pump setting on 1 sec off 1 sec. Set to auto and it works but when I select a light setting and set to auto I get nothing. I have checked 12/24 hr setting and tried advance settings with no luck.

Also I was wondering if someone can tell me if there is a fix to my drivers not completely turning off rapid LED tells me it is fine but since I am in Australia I am not using the eb8 and will have to rely on a timer switch.


Fallback OFF
Set OFF
If Time 09:38 to 09:40 Then ON
If Temp > 30.0 Then OFF
Min Time 030:00 Then OFF

[RussM]

If Time 09:38 to 09:40 Then ON

This statement is only turning on the lights for a couple of minutes.

Did you try a typical lighting period, such as this?
If Time 09:00 to 18:30 Then ON

Also, is the temp scale set to Fahrenheit or Celsius? If the temp probe setting is currently at Fahrenheit, your If Temp > 30 Then OFF statement will keep the outlet off.

With LEDs, it's generally not needed to shut them down based on tank temp... you might try removing the If Temp and Min Time statements entirely.

[scotty49]

After trying all last night I gave up. I woke to try again swapped back to 24 hr and it works fine I would suggest using 24 hr time to keep things simple

Thanks for your reply RussM

[RussM]

There's no AM/PM - If Time statements must use 24 hour time.