Convert Apex Program to ecosmart live

Reefn00b · 07/14/2019, 12:24 PM

Guys,

Need some help. A friend of mine has a 180 with 3 radion gen 4 XM15 Pro's over the top connect back to an apex. I absolutely love the look of his lighting schedule.

I have a 180, with the exact same lights. I took screenshots of his program and tryied to replicate it through ecosmart, but it doesnt look exactly the same.

Is there some sort of conversion i should have to do, i matched each of the sliders but my "sine wave" doesnt look exactly the save in the port and the lights to the eye look a little different. Below are the screenshots i took for reference.

Reefn00b · 07/14/2019, 12:25 PM

Last of the images

Reefn00b · 07/14/2019, 12:34 PM

This is what the same program (shortened) looks like in ecosmart

Reefn00b · 07/15/2019, 08:44 AM

Bump... Anyone with feedback? Am i in the right subtopic? There has to be a conversion of some sort Im thinking to get the overall values to match?

oreo57 · 07/16/2019, 10:02 AM

First.. Your difference in ramp time points changes the look.
Like one has 2 hour between points where you have like 1/2 hr..
Linear dimming (brightening) is visually tricky..so "could" be problem.

Point is your program is different to start with...

Doubt if there is a "conversion" protocol of any kind but trail and error...
but ????
You'd need to exactly set it up to see if there are differences..There might be.

Work w/ the world...not fight it..

07/15/2019, 08:44 AM	#4
Reefn00b Registered Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Myrtle Beach, SC Posts: 524 Blog Entries: 1	Bump... Anyone with feedback? Am i in the right subtopic? There has to be a conversion of some sort Im thinking to get the overall values to match?

07/16/2019, 10:02 AM	#5
oreo57 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2013 Posts: 1,793	First.. Your difference in ramp time points changes the look. Like one has 2 hour between points where you have like 1/2 hr.. Linear dimming (brightening) is visually tricky..so "could" be problem. Point is your program is different to start with... Doubt if there is a "conversion" protocol of any kind but trail and error... but ???? You'd need to exactly set it up to see if there are differences..There might be. Work w/ the world...not fight it..