Eln 60-48d drivers with apex controller

[AriMiko43]

Anyone here have experience hooking up these drivers to a apex controller? I ordered 96 LEDs with 6048d drivers and I'm going to be adding the Neptune Apex controller. I know I have to dial down the drivers to 750ma. If anyone has hooked up these drivers to a apex to simulate sunrise and sunset I would appreciate info and tips. Thank you

 

[qy7400]

It's really easy, are you planning on 2 or 4 channel, gives you a little more control. The new Apex firmware has a lot of new features for storms/clouds/sunrise/sunset, only thing you'll need to remember is the Meanwells when you drop below 10% is they shut off and flash when you shut the power. 750mA is the constant current driver, you can safely run them up to 1000mA; I have mine at 975.

 

[qy7400]

Sample code for ramping up one blues....

Profile: BLUE-UP (PF1)
Control: Ramp
Ramp time 60, Start 11 (anything less is off) end 95

Profile: BLUE-DN (PF2)
Control: Ramp
Time: 60 Start: 95 End: 11

Profile: BLUE-MAX (PF3)
Control: Ramp
Time: 1 Start: 95 End: 95

Repeated for White on PF4, 5 and 6

Under Outlet Setup
Outlet: VarSpd1
Name: Blue
Control: Advanced
Icon: Light A
Setup:
Fallback OFF
Set OFF
If Time 13:00 to 14:00 Then BLUE-UP
If Time 14:00 to 22:00 Then BLUE-MAX
If Time 22:00 to 23:00 Then BLUE-DN

 

[AriMiko43]

OK but do you plug the led cords into the energy bar or do you use a rj45 cable?

 

[ming]

the power cord goes into the energy bar, and the RJ45 is the dimmer cables (both of these come out of the meanwell)

 

[AriMiko43]

Ming the LED King, will you be willing to help me with the wiring if I need it? My last fixture was 48 leds powered by the lpc35-700. This fixture I'm using the eln 60-48d's and I'm a bit nervous with the drivers and dimming the potentiometer. Plus I also want to hook it up to the Apex instead of using a enercell. Ming if it's ok, can you pm me your number in case I have a question once I have the leds ready for wiring?

 

[ming]

You won't be using a POT, since the apex will do all the dimming. Since you previous made a fixture with LED's, the only thing new is the dimming cables. Once you're ready to wire the Meanwell's dim+ and dim- to the RJ45, the hardest part is figuring out which wires on the RJ45 are the + or -. Once you splice the RJ45, you'll see a bunch of wires, color coded. The White/blue RJ45 wire goes to the red wire on the meanwell. The green RJ45 goes to the black on the meanwell. Thats your first set. The second one is white/orange RJ to red meanwell, and orange RJ45 to black meanwell. All remaining RJ45 wires are not used. You have 2 RJ45 ports for dimming on the apex for a total of 4 sets of dimmers. You can ask me any questions, feel free to post the questions so everybody can see the answer in case they have the same question.

There's actually a diagram out there on the web which can show you which pins from left to right instead of color coded in case your RJ45 doesn't conform to the regular colors.

 

[Aqua Pro Builder]

Ari,
How many pound is the radioactive monster clownfish? I wonder where did you catch it.

 

[AriMiko43]

Thank you Ming, I will do.

Haha you like that Wingo? It was a 67 pounder and I caught it off the tip of Long Island while I was drifting eels for striped bass.

 

[skene]

must be a mutant from the japan nuclear seepage.