AI Hydra Settings Thread

[scottmccray]

Cammunoz



Do you mean on the AI app?

I figured it out. I was setting up from my laptop. You have to hold the reset button down for about 7-8 seconds until the light flashes red then it will go back to flashing blue/green as if not ever set up before.

[fixmgood]

I have an exclamation point next to one of the child lights,does that mean I have lost communication wifi,and if so do I just reset it by the little button on the light.

[Orcus Varuna]

Originally Posted by fixmgood

I have an exclamation point next to one of the child lights,does that mean I have lost communication wifi,and if so do I just reset it by the little button on the light.

I reccomend not setting the lights up as parents and children. The lights function so much better if you just make each light a parent. When I did try I had constant connectivity issues.


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[fixmgood]

If you set them up as all parents do they all run off one schedule,where do I find the info to set them up like that?

[Orcus Varuna]

Originally Posted by fixmgood

If you set them up as all parents do they all run off one schedule,where do I find the info to set them up like that?

You just set up each of your lights as a parent (if a light is currently set up as a child just hard reset it by holding the reset button) and upload the schedule to each light independently. If you look in the screen shots below each of my lights is set up independently but they all have the same schedule uploaded. Hope that helps! IMG_0650.jpgIMG_0651.jpg


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[Chicagoreef2016]

Originally Posted by KAKLANGLEY

If you want to change the time, say 11am instead of 8am, you can adjust your local/ personal time in the settings menu. This wouldn't change the photoperiod but will let you start the program earlier or later without moving each set point. If I set mine to 5:30am when it's actually 8:30am this would move the 8:30am program start time to 11:30.

Log in/ settings on the bottom right/ select date and time/ select time and adjust the hours or minutes as needed to delay the photoperiod without moving each individual set point

That helped out a ton. Way easier than trying to moving the settings up a few hours. Cheers!

[KAKLANGLEY]

Update on the time advance/ delaying. I reset the time earlier this morning for 3 hour delay, set to 5am when it was actually 8am and set time zone to pacific, the lighting time has remained 3 hours behind. I have only accessed the program/ app through Cloud rather than Local in the app menu. Don't know for sure if that is why the time was resetting, but I only want to change one thing at a time.

On a side note; it's probably easier to move each time point and not worry about time resetting!

[bowen1022]

Is the deep blue channel supposed to follow the rest of them or is it supposed to be flatlined above all the others? And go off later?


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[yeah]

Originally Posted by KAKLANGLEY

Update on the time advance/ delaying. I reset the time earlier this morning for 3 hour delay, set to 5am when it was actually 8am and set time zone to pacific, the lighting time has remained 3 hours behind. I have only accessed the program/ app through Cloud rather than Local in the app menu. Don't know for sure if that is why the time was resetting, but I only want to change one thing at a time.

On a side note; it's probably easier to move each time point and not worry about time resetting!

Changed my date and time to midway island/somoa island
So it's about 2hrs delay.. hopefully it doesn't reset.

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[Orcus Varuna]

Originally Posted by bowen1022

Is the deep blue channel supposed to follow the rest of them or is it supposed to be flatlined above all the others? And go off later?


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Since you are using an original ai prime you have to go and manually match it to the royal blue channel on the light. The controller program is not smart enough to make the leap that the Blue channel on the HD lights is equivalent to the Deep Blue channel on the original prime :/


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[fixmgood]

Thanks for all the replies I will spend some time over the weekend and get it figured out,and of course report back.

[bowen1022]

Oh ok good thing i asked lol thanks for the help


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[bowen1022]

Ok sorry to bother you again Orcus lol, the settings transfer funny.

Are the blues supposed to be at 100% or at 90% on the 12" profile?

Thanks again

[kto17]

thanks for all the help in this thread

[fixmgood]

Just finished moving the points to fit my time frame.I will have to monitor the effects of the new profile.

[bucfan]

Picture update

[bucfan]

Picture update

using Orcus Varuna's light schedule with 2 Hydra 26HD over my 55G

[marper331]

awesome pictures. I may try to use the same lighting schedule on my tank once I get a better understanding of how to use the app.

[KAKLANGLEY]

Originally Posted by bucfan

Picture update

using Orcus Varuna's light schedule with 2 Hydra 26HD over my 55G

Nice shots, whatt kind of camera you using?

[bucfan]

Originally Posted by KAKLANGLEY

Nice shots, whatt kind of camera you using?

Canon 60D


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[Orcus Varuna]

Originally Posted by bucfan

Picture update



using Orcus Varuna's light schedule with 2 Hydra 26HD over my 55G

What eye candy! Alot more than light settings go into a tank getting that kind of color and pe! Great job @bucfan


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[Orcus Varuna]

Originally Posted by Orcus Varuna

What eye candy! Alot more than light settings go into a tank getting that kind of color and pe! Great job @bucfan


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I kind of hope my settings are at least partly responsible though haha


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[bucfan]

Originally Posted by Orcus Varuna

I kind of hope my settings are at least partly responsible though haha


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Thanks! Yes your light settings helped a bunch. Before that I was struggling trying to find the right balance.

I've figured after trial and error that keeping things simple works best. And patience above all, that's the most difficult part. In this hobby we all expect miracles overnight but that's not the way it works.

[hubble]

I was about ready to give up on these Hydra's till I found this light schedule. I've only been running them a few days now with the new settings but things look so much better. Think I'll keep them a while longer and see how it goes before I swap to T5's........

[takoon]

Originally Posted by GfordQC

I asked this same question previously. No way yet to change the whole program all at once. You have to pull each one over individually. Def stinks for sure.

Hello guys
First, thanks for the schedule :-) ,I find to move all the schedule on phone or tablets just put 2 fingers like zoom and move right or left all the schedule move ;-)