Storm & Storm X Controller Manual
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1. short pressing the knob the main menu cycles through four settings Auto The place where you ll normally be is at the home setting where the status message is either Day Night Sunrise or Sunset depending on the time of day This is the automatic mode with set it and forget it functionality Be sure to return to this mode after any tinkering in the other modes Sim Mode lets you simulate your sunrise sunset settings Simply jog through the percentage indicator to see how your settings will appear It depicts your lighting settings from Night 096 to Day 10096 and everything in between This feature introduced in Firmware 2 2 Manual Mode allows you to control the brightness manually with the knob This is not limited by the settings and rather increments and drives ALL of the PWM channels by the same amount On the Storm X you ll have fine control over the lower range of brightness and coarse control at higher brightness levels to facilitate scrolling through the 4096 levels Dark Mode forces the PWM outputs to assume your nighttime settings Off Mode turns off all PWM outputs a 096 duty cycle Setup Menu The setup menu may be accessed by pressing and holding the knob long press from any of the main menu screens Set PWM Day Here you ll set the full brightness that you want your LEDs to attain The values are given out of 255 for the Storm controller and out of 4095 for Storm X Set PWM Night Same as above but the brig2. Storm amp Storm X Controller Manual Welcome to your new Storm PWM Controller Please familiarize yourself with the features of your new controller as described in this user manual We ve put a lot of care into the design of every aspect of your Storm Controller and we re confident that it will provide you with many years of trouble free service Features e 16x2 Character LCD Display e 6 Channel 8 Bit PWM Storm 16 channel 12 bit PWM Storm X e 256 Dimming Levels Storm 4096 Dimming Levels Storm X e Real Time Clock Module e Manual Sunrise Sunset Time e Geolocated Sunrise Sunset e Staggered Sunrise Set Delays e Intuitive Wheel Interface e SmoothRamp Dimming e SmoothRamp Clouds e Cloud Channel Clustering e Lightning Storm Effects e Moon Phase Simulation e Upgradeable e Arduino Compatible e Auto dimming LCD Storm X only Specifications e Input supply 9V 12V 5 5mm x 2 1mm barrel jack center positive e PWM output 0 5V PWM from 0 to 100 duty cycle e Max PWM current per pin 40mA Storm 10mA Storm X e Integrated header for DS18B20 Temperature Probe 4 7k pullup on board e Mounting dimensions 3mm holes 9 92mm x 37mm footprint e Board dimensions 98mm x 43mm e Coin cell CR1220 compatible e Extra pins Storm A6 input only A7 input only D12 DS18B20 header e Extra pins Storm X D6 LCD Dim D8 D9 8 bit PWM D10 8 bit PWM D13 D11 8 bit PWM D12 DS18B20 header A6 inp
3. ake note that D10 should not be used to operate cooling fans because it will turn off the fan s during the Sunrise and Sunset periods when cooling is still necessary Storm You ll see a menu that reads CH4 CH5 Fan Y N which allows you to toggle between controlling fans or not It is important to note that this setting specifically affects CH4 and CH5 on the controller and those are the pins that you should use to control your fans if enabled Once Y is selected the CH4 and CH5 channels will output 25 KHz PWM signals in accordance with the settings set in the Set PWM Day Night dialogue Therefore the signal will ramp between the two values and you ll want to pay attention that the fan ramps up with your lights so that nothing overheats during sunrise sunset 11 6 9 2014 GC Ode EEC Storm Fan Speed Diagram CH4 amp CH5 w Fan Mode ON Fan Speed Max Wir 22 69 N w 22 2 Sunrise Day Sunset Storm X Fan Speed Diagram Pins D9 Fan amp D10 Accessory 100 94 65 Max LL Min Min 0 010 Sunrise Day Sunset 12 6 9 2014 GC Ode EEC Storm Pin Diagram PWM 12 3456 D12 TEMP 5 COMMON GROUND Storm X Pin Diagram PWM 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101112 13 14 15 16 J k G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G COMMON GROUND D9 D10 D11 FAN P 13 6 9 2014 GC Ode EEC CORALUX 3 200 Storm amp Storm X Mounting Template Central t
4. d every 0 10 minutes 2 Cloud every 0 9 minutes 10 Cloud every minute Cloud Channels Allows grouping of LED strings under a common channel so that the LEDs on that channel are linked to the same cloud events Suppose you have three LED strings over half your tank and three over the other half Then you could either go for a single channel to make 4 6 9 2014 USES the whole tank experience clouds simultaneously or you could go with two channels so that each half behaves independently Lightning Freq uency 0 10 Randomly generated lightning effects This effect is linked to the cloud intensity and only appears when a cloud is overhead Setting this to 0 turns off lightning effects and a value of 10 maximizes lightning effects Moonphase Adjust On Off Simulates the phases of the moon Turning this setting on will adjust your nighttime PWM settings Set PWM Night by an amount that corresponds to the current phase of the moon For example if it is a full moon then your night lights will shine at full brightness as set in Set PWM Night If it is a new moon the night time illumination level will be zero The intensity of night lights will vary between these two extremes in accordance with the real phases of the moon geolocated to coordinates programmed in the Storm X Note that to take advantage of the full resolution of this setting your nighttime PWM settings should be at least 30 so that there can be a differ
5. ely sacrifices CH4 and CH5 On the Storm X you have the option of setting the minimum speed and maximum speed of the fan The outputs are on the D9 and D10 pins of the Storm X The D9 pin will follow the Min and Max settings while the D10 pin will act as a digital output turning on 5V during the day and off at night sunrise sunset This does not sacrifice any of the 16 LED control channels See appendix for a more detailed description of the fan function Daylight Savings On Off If on it will shift sunrise amp sunset times appropriately for DST The clock does not automatically adjust so you will have to manually correct the clock Set Clock Set the time and date SETTINGS SETUP Storm Menu Map SET DAYLIGHT SAYINGS COH SET SUNSET MODE CH4 CHa NT RIEN CHI SUNRISE TIME LI zu rece ALTO EHTER SETUPS zu TIME ALTO SET RAMP TIME MOOMPHASE ADJUST LUFF J LONG PRESS 45 MINUTES LIGHTNING FRE SET RAMP DELAY SET CLU FREI CLOUD CHANNELS SHORT PRES SCROLL VON FD SEC 6 9 2014 Firmware Updates The firmware can be updated via a user supplied FTDI cable Download the latest firmware and libraries and load them onto the board using an FTDI cable and the Arduino IDE Make sure that the power supply is not plugged in the board will be powered via the FTDI cable For a complete video tutorial on the firmware upgrade procedu
6. ent illumination level for each night of the month This means that you may need to have a dedicated low brightness moonlight channel Set Lat Long GMT The coordinates that determine the sunrise sunset times calculated by the automatic sunrise mode An easy way to find out is to google san francisco latitude longitude which tells you 38 deg N 122 deg W which translates to settings of 38 122 The GMT is Greenwich Mean Time offset during non daylight savings For San Francisco it should be set at 8 as opposed to the DST value of 7 Zone GMT Offset PST 8 MST CST 6 EST 5 AKST 9 HST 11 Temp Display C F Firmware 2 0 and above If you have a DS18B20 temperature probe hooked up to the header you can adjust whether it displays in Celsius or Fahrenheit units Fan Control Firmware 2 0 and above On the base model Storm enabling this option will change the function of CH4 and CH5 to operate a speed controlled PC fan 4 pin Technically speaking it increases the PWM frequency from 490 Hz which is good for driving LED drivers up to 25 KHz which is what PC fans expect The fan must have its own 12V power supply separate from the Storm with the Storm providing the PWM input to Pin4 on the fan The pin 6 9 2014 GC Ode EEC out of such 4 pin fans is described here by Intel http wwwi intel com support motherboards desktop sb cs 012074 htm Note that enabling this option on the storm effectiv
7. htness at nighttime Set Sunrise Mode Auto Manual In Auto mode the Storm will calculate the sunrise and sunset times for the latitude and longitude of your location of choice Yes you can simulate the length of day of your aquarium s natural habitat or simply have it pegged to your local sunrise and sunset In Manual mode you set the sunrise sunset times Set Sunrise Time The time at which the controller transitions from night to dawn 6 9 2014 GC Ode EEC Set Sunset Time The time at which the controller transitions from dusk to night Ramp Time Both sunrise and sunset will be of this duration Can use this to create light zones and cross fade dusk dawn effects Ramp Delay Allows you to delay sunrise and sunset times certain PWM channels by a specified amount allowing the phase in of different banks of LEDs at different times Useful for fine tuning your sunrise and sunset profiles as a Ew Bs s LED1 LED2 LED3 DELAY 3 DELAY 2 SUNRISE SUNSET The controller uses SmoothRamp Dimming following a sinusoidal dimming profile for sunrise sunset and cloud effects This closely mimics nature s natural sunrise and sunset profiles Cloud Freq uency 0 10 Simulates the passing of an overhead cloud resulting in a temporary reduction of light output Follows SmoothRamp profile to simulate a soft edged cloud Setting this to O will turn off cloud effects for all channels 1 Clou
8. re see http Wwww youtube com watch v zbKBewlF2cpk 6 9 2014 GC Ode EEC Typical Connection Diagram Storm LED Controller PWM Outputs 123456 GND Blo eie tc PWM Inputs mm 123GGV gi ry E LDD 3 Board LED OUT 1 2 3 Note The GND connections on the Storm and Storm X are common so only one GND connection is necessary to the Driver or Driver Board to establish the common GND connection Size wires to accommodate your current requirements 6 9 2014 GC Ode EEC Connection Diagram Schematic Driver amp Fan Power Supplies Not Shown PWM GND PWM GND PWM GND Driver 1 Driver 2 Driver 3 10 6 9 2014 GC Ode EEC Typical Connection Diagram Fan Control Storm LED Controller 12V PWM Outputs 123456 GND 4 wire fan Pin 4 wire fan support 7 Pini Ground 4 12 V FAN_TACH 4 FAN_CONTROL Storm X The Storm X has a slightly different implementation of fan control It allows you to set the fan minimum and maximum PWM duty cycles speed and will output these settings on pin D9 The output will be the minimum value at Night and the maximum value from Sunrise Day Sunset Pin D10 operates as a digital output providing at OV signal at Night amp during Sunrise and Sunset and a 5V during the Day This can be used in conjunction with a relay to provide on off control to devices that you only want to be on during the day T
9. ut only A7 input only 6 9 2014 GC Ode EEC Board Layout Storm X PWM LED Controller 7 4 TE 1 z qT ea gt 2 7 M E we 2225224 c9 i R10 R9 f R12 au a X Controller pun 8 8 f LE ID Os 2 O lt emm dog 1023 186 j ev A7 amam 9 101112131415 4 T 3 A A E A 5 7 7 27857 62 T h T 1 b ez 94441445455341 DNO rib l a 7 rg em ne LED Contro l 7 zoer Sie Board Layout Storm PWM LED Controller 051307 mt HD34782 HERDER MC33269D 44 n 24 1 T cem A E 5 gt n paio PIIHI LED Controller 01 RTHEGA328P RU V1 0 022013 SS oa 90 120 m 1 Outputs LCD DJ 35 06 09 018 0411012 6 7 0518820 R gt 50 D12 GND pum TORM LED Controller 6 9 2014 GC Ode EEC Navigation The click wheel system is designed to be as intuitive as possible All menu items can be accessed via a combination of four basic control movements Right turn left turn short press and long press Main Menu By
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