NICREW HYPERREEF 50/100/150 0-10V Control

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This goes over how to control a nicrew LED (hyperreef 50/100/150 only) with Hydros 0-10V output from a X4 or a WELE/WE (with a collective).

What you need:
- 2x of these TRS female to pigtail wires Amazon.com
- 1x of these TRRS male to terminal block Amazon.com
- 1x Hydros quad 0-10V cable

You have to use a TRRS cable system for the NICREWs as shown. One 0-10V channel controls the blue channel intensity and one channel controls the white channel. Wire the adapter as shown, leaving the V port unconnected. Also cut the white unused wires on both pigtails. Remember to use a TRRS cable between lights if you daisy chain them.

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Plug the light itself into a normal always powered outlet.


Next make 2 outputs of variable light type, one for the blue control and one for white control. Note to match the 0-10V output port connectors correctly:
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Next you need to make schedules for these above output controls. If you want to be controlled both the same, you can make 1 schedule and tie it to both blue/white channels. Otherwise you need to make 2 separate schedules, one for white and one for blue. The following shows how to make a schedule for the BLUE channel:

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Under light 1 select the output you made in the prev section. Set max levels, start and stop times and light mode. Make another schedule just like this one but name it WHITE and select NICREW WHITE as the output.
 
JeffB418 said:
This goes over how to control a nicrew LED (hyperreef 50/100/150 only) with Hydros 0-10V output from a X4 or a WELE/WE (with a collective).

What you need:
- 2x of these TRS female to pigtail wires Amazon.com
- 1x of these TRRS male to terminal block Amazon.com
- 1x Hydros quad 0-10V cable

You have to use a TRRS cable system for the NICREWs as shown. One 0-10V channel controls the blue channel intensity and one channel controls the white channel. Wire the adapter as shown, leaving the V port unconnected. Also cut the white unused wires on both pigtails. Remember to use a TRRS cable between lights if you daisy chain them.

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Plug the light itself into a normal always powered outlet.


Next make 2 outputs of variable light type, one for the blue control and one for white control. Note to match the 0-10V output port connectors correctly:
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Next you need to make schedules for these above output controls. If you want to be controlled both the same, you can make 1 schedule and tie it to both blue/white channels. Otherwise you need to make 2 separate schedules, one for white and one for blue. The following shows how to make a schedule for the BLUE channel:

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Under light 1 select the output you made in the prev section. Set max levels, start and stop times and light mode. Make another schedule just like this one but name it WHITE and select NICREW WHITE as the output.
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Can you explain why a 3.5mm Y cable wouldn't work? I'm looking for a reason that a breakout like that is needed, but I haven't dug deep enough in the details yet. This is really helpful though! Thanks!
 
Meshugy said:
Can you explain why a 3.5mm Y cable wouldn't work? I'm looking for a reason that a breakout like that is needed, but I haven't dug deep enough in the details yet. This is really helpful though! Thanks!
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Cuz you need to combine 2 channels into 1 plug. A y cable would only short 2 channels into 1.
 
I followed these instructions and they worked for parabola mode which OP shows in the screen shots. What do we need to do to get Latitude mode working? Would love to time it with my local sun rise/set schedule.
 
cdnco2004 said:
I followed these instructions and they worked for parabola mode which OP shows in the screen shots. What do we need to do to get Latitude mode working? Would love to time it with my local sun rise/set schedule.
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I got this working. Not sure why it would not work before but it worked today. I am however having all kinds of problems with the WEv2 that is my controller. Fighting to get CoralVue to authorize a replacement on a quicker timetable than a few weeks so I don't have the heart of my 220g reef system gutted and left with no controller for however many weeks it takes them to test then repair the unit.
 
Perfect guide. Thanks, Jeff.

Is it possible to make a virtual button in the Hydros to make the lights go into something like a photo mode? (adjusting the blue and white for better photos)
 
Aquachristik said:
Perfect guide. Thanks, Jeff.

Is it possible to make a virtual button in the Hydros to make the lights go into something like a photo mode? (adjusting the blue and white for better photos)
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You can create a virtual photo output and then make your light schedules depend on that output. A virtual output is simply an output with normal input, active in, advanced, etc parameters with no output device defined. Then create your photo light schedules making them depend on the output you just created with an off if off dependency mode and modifying your normal schedule to reference the same output with an off if on dependency mode. Manually turn on or press a button to activate the output and your lights will change.

Light schedule selection is very predictable in that highest intensity schedule prevails if schedules overlap and all other things are equal. In all probability, your white would be higher than norma/blue would be lower than normal for photos. Working under that assumption you really only need to apply the depends as off if off to your photo white and off if on to normal blue schedules. Others can be left unchanged. IF you have multiple light blue schedules then you would need to apply the depends to all blue schedules that have a higher intensity than photo blue.
 
I wired mine exactly but my blues flash, but if I pull the plug out a little the whites turn on….its a nicrew 150. Any ideas?

Michael
 
Sorry for the question just making sure I’m following along and do this right.. so if I have two lights daisy changed together, I’ll need to sets of the required items?

- 4x of these TRS female to pigtail wires Amazon.com
- 2x of these TRRS male to terminal block Amazon.com
- 2x Hydros quad 0-10V cable

Or what do you mean by “Remember to use a TRRS cable between lights if you daisy chain them”?
 
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