P0seid0n Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 That shield is a ground, verified with my volt meter, all is running as it should now. Link to comment
SpencerShepard Posted March 19, 2018 Author Share Posted March 19, 2018 On 3/18/2018 at 8:03 AM, P0seid0n said: Hi Spencer, in a previous post you mention cutting the cord that comes with the Bluefish. A friend of mine has the Bluefish, we cut the cords, inside there is a white, a red, and braiding that I thought was just shielding. Is that braid really a ground? His LED’s all work at 100% when I provide 5v to the PWM input, but when I try to control them, they blink, and when I put all four channels to 100%, they all go out. Im at a loss here. Thank you for your help! Yes, the braided wire is ground. The issues you are describing does sound like a grounding issue as well. Link to comment
Ken0 Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 I have one of your Bluefish controllers. I build my own LED lights using MeanWell LPF series power supplies. Here is my question. If I hook up the Bluefish controller to one of my lights it works just fine. If I connect the output of the bluefish controller to multiple lights it no longer works correctly. For example I am building 4 individual lights for over my 250 gallon tank. I want the 4 individual lights to act as one large light. So if I turn on my UV LED's I want all of them to turn on or dim at the same intensity. What I am finding when I connect multiple lights together is that the various color LED's are on when I have them set to 0%. I went through all of the various pages and set all the levels to 0%. Is there a limit to the number of power supplies each channel can control at one time? Since I built 4 lights with 6 channels (UV, Blue, Cool White, Warm White, Red and Green) each channel would need to send either the 0-10Vdc or PWM signals to control 4 power supplies. I did try both the PWM and the 0-10Vdc and I get the same results. I was hoping to use only one Bluefish controller not 4 to control my lights. Link to comment
risk1994 Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 Can the Bluefish control 2 Kessil A80's? should I daisy chain them or have each on its own channel? Link to comment
Titaniumbird Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 Will there be IFTT or Alexa voice control support? Link to comment
DaveFason Posted May 6, 2019 Share Posted May 6, 2019 On 4/25/2019 at 6:57 AM, Titaniumbird said: Will there be IFTT or Alexa voice control support? From my understanding, no. Link to comment
Garf Posted May 6, 2019 Share Posted May 6, 2019 On 12/14/2014 at 5:47 PM, SpencerShepard said: We've just released a new product, the Bluefish Power Dimmer. This product is a much smaller, packaged version of our now discontinued PowerPWM dimmer. The Bluefish Power Dimmer allows you to control many common LED strips. The Power Dimmer is connected in-line, between the power supply and LED product, and accepts the same mini-audio style plugs from your Bluefish controller. One power input and two outputs means the Power Dimmer functions as a splitter. Each Power Dimmer has 2 channels of control, and can handle up to 120W per channel. The Power Dimmer modulates the power to your LEDs with a PWM signal from the Bluefish controller. Essentially, PWM is turning the LEDs on/off much faster than your eye can see. This is the accepted “right” way to dim LEDs, as the spectrum remains the same despite the brightness. Supported Compatibility: – Ecoxotic Stunner LED strips – Ecoxotic Panorama Pro LED modules – Current USA TrueLumen LED strips – Current USA Orbit Marine fixtures Thanks for the clear picture of this setup. The LED controller challenged people like me appreciate it!. I know this is from several years back, are these still being produced? I see on your website they are out of stock. Ready to pull the trigger, but need the power dimmer to work with my Truelumens. Link to comment
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