CrazyEyes Posted October 1, 2013 Author Share Posted October 1, 2013 So Im kind of on the verge of yanking my hair out. On my last controller is was a combined controller, the LDD board was attached to the controller(Made by o2Surplus). My new controller is a Typhon from Steves. The controller has 16 Pwm pins. (2 rows of 8) The first are for 0-10v and the other are for 0-5v dimming. That I get but what I don't get is, why is there a + and - for dimming? I know the LDDs have Vin + and -, Vout + and - then Dim. But there isn't a Dim + and -. Im guessing the the Typhon has the + and - for drivers that use + and - for dimming, but in the case of the LDD it's just a single wire for Dim. Now my question is. My question is, when I go to wire the boards to the controller, I know they will go to the 0-10v spot but should they go to + or -? Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted October 1, 2013 Share Posted October 1, 2013 The ground of the PWM pins on the Typhon go to the ground on the 48v power supply. And the LDD are 0-5v only, not 0-10v. Link to comment
CrazyEyes Posted October 1, 2013 Author Share Posted October 1, 2013 Wait, why does the typhon itself need to get grounded to the 48v P/S if the typhon has it's own power supply? Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted October 1, 2013 Share Posted October 1, 2013 The pins need it since not all drivers use both. Link to comment
CrazyEyes Posted October 1, 2013 Author Share Posted October 1, 2013 See that makes sense. It was just a little confused because the last controller I used was built specifically for LDD drivers so there wasn't a - Pwm Pin. But then even when I was thinking to myself, the typhons aren't LDD specific and I know there are some drivers that use both + and - for dimming. Okay well that's easy enough then. So just wire from the LDD board to the + 5v pins, then just wire the -5v to the negative on the main P/S, I'm assuming it matters which ground I hook it up to on the 48v P/S. Which ground on the P/S do I connect to the - 5v pins to? Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted October 1, 2013 Share Posted October 1, 2013 The one with the Typhon built-in already had the wires traced out in the PCB for that All grounds on the PS are common, they all lead to the same place. Link to comment
CrazyEyes Posted October 1, 2013 Author Share Posted October 1, 2013 Ahhhhh haaaa, I see what happened now. Yeah here is the underside of the actual driver board on my old "typhon controller" http://s27.photobucket.com/user/DrftNme/media/DSC02507_zpse73ca722.jpg.html'> And here is my old controller itself, so yeah now I see where I was getting confused. Oh and good call on the - on the P/S, somewhere in the back of my mind I thought all the - would be the same but wanted to double check. http://s27.photobucket.com/user/DrftNme/media/LDDPcbs006_zps8913328b.jpg.html'>http://s27.photobucket.com/user/DrftNme/media/LDDPcbs005_zps45db9704.jpg.html'> Link to comment
CrazyEyes Posted October 3, 2013 Author Share Posted October 3, 2013 Sump is full of goodies now. Just got my ATO from AutoTopOff . com in. Pulled my soon to be recirculating bio pellet reactor from the dark dusty closet. Need to cut the bottom, put a flat piece of acrylic as the base and plumb up the pump for it, basically a diy reef dyanamic bio pellet reactor, because I am not spending over $200 on one when I have basically all the parts to replicate it. It won't be as tall as theirs but it should do just fine. http://s27.photobucket.com/user/DrftNme/media/IMG_0745_zpsfb46821d.jpg.html'> http://s27.photobucket.com/user/DrftNme/media/IMG_0746_zps1d7de491.jpg.html'> Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted October 3, 2013 Share Posted October 3, 2013 That skimmer looks like it needs a vinegar bath Also, if you want a mod to move your thread, just report one of your posts in it and ask them nicely, using at least one smiley face Link to comment
CrazyEyes Posted October 3, 2013 Author Share Posted October 3, 2013 Oh yeah, the skimmer is desperate need of a vinegar bath. I also think the acrylic needs to be buffed and polished. Like an idiot I left the skimmer outside for a few weeks in the sun. Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 Welcome to the members forums Link to comment
CrazyEyes Posted October 4, 2013 Author Share Posted October 4, 2013 Well how about that. Thanks for advice Ben. Link to comment
NirvanaandTool Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 Oh yeah, the skimmer is desperate need of a vinegar bath. I also think the acrylic needs to be buffed and polished. Like an idiot I left the skimmer outside for a few weeks in the sun. Buff and polish? Na! Its gonna be dirty in no time. Just vinegar bath it and then get it running! Link to comment
CrazyEyes Posted October 4, 2013 Author Share Posted October 4, 2013 Alright so, the IC sockets I bought, obvisiously they can't go right into the board because of this reason. Too many pins on the socket and not enough holes on the board..... http://s27.photobucket.com/user/DrftNme/media/IMG_0747_zpsa14fcacb.jpg.html'> http://s27.photobucket.com/user/DrftNme/media/IMG_0751_zpsec16fdd5.jpg.html'> Can I just remove the unneeded pins, it's either that, buy new sockets or just solder the drivers right to the board. Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted October 5, 2013 Share Posted October 5, 2013 Just clip 'em right off. Link to comment
CrazyEyes Posted October 7, 2013 Author Share Posted October 7, 2013 Found somewhere to have my reactor cut, also picked up a free piece of acrylic for the base. Here is the start of a diy recirculating bio pellet reactor. http://s27.photobucket.com/user/DrftNme/media/IMG_0752_zpsa624063b.jpg.html'> Link to comment
Giga Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 things are lookin good, led fixture done? I just managed to get mine done(minus the optics) and I LOVE the storm X. The sunset/rise is so smooth it's like the real thing and clouds are pretty neat too! Link to comment
CrazyEyes Posted October 7, 2013 Author Share Posted October 7, 2013 Thanks man. No I putting the led build on hold for the time being. I just want to get the actul tank up and running. The tank won't NEED light for a couple months after it's running anyways so I might aswell get things to get the tank itself running. Link to comment
CrazyEyes Posted October 7, 2013 Author Share Posted October 7, 2013 things are lookin good, led fixture done? I just managed to get mine done(minus the optics) and I LOVE the storm X. The sunset/rise is so smooth it's like the real thing and clouds are pretty neat too! Im honestly starting to wish I went with the storm controller. Link to comment
CrazyEyes Posted October 8, 2013 Author Share Posted October 8, 2013 Went and got some plumbing parts after work, still need to pickup a hole saw, uniseals and a true union ball valve and probably misc stuff, oh yeah and some weldon. http://s27.photobucket.com/user/DrftNme/media/IMG_0756_zps5e48267a.jpg.html'> http://s27.photobucket.com/user/DrftNme/media/IMG_0754_zpsb53d2afb.jpg.html'> http://s27.photobucket.com/user/DrftNme/media/IMG_0755_zps9f50b226.jpg.html'> Link to comment
Archaic37 Posted October 13, 2013 Share Posted October 13, 2013 If you want I found an awesome program for the typhon that another reefer made and I changed it up just a little bit. It is a much better program than what comes with the typhon in my opinion. Link to comment
CrazyEyes Posted October 13, 2013 Author Share Posted October 13, 2013 Are you referring to Meep? If so I am definitely going to give his program a shot. Link to comment
Archaic37 Posted October 13, 2013 Share Posted October 13, 2013 Are you referring to Meep? If so I am definitely going to give his program a shot. Yup! It is meeps program, I had some issues with the aesthetics (mainly how bright or dim the lcd was and placement of numbers/time) but the lighting portion is awesome. It is a little odd the 0-255 dimming instead of 0-100% but calculators are everywhere now a days. Im still in the works of adding a timer function to the moonlight so you can set a moonlight time instead of having it run from lights off to lights back on. Link to comment
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