Reeftronics' If Sun & Apex Season Table Calculator


     This tool serves as a companion to the stickies posted on the Neptune Systems Community Forum for advanced lighting programming using the Apex Season Table.

     The stickies are located here:

For AI Hydra, AI Vega, and Ecotech Radion lighting

For AI Sols

For Apex-Ready Acan Lighting

     Use this tool to easily adapt the example programming in those stickies to your preferences for different offset and ramp times.

     Sunrise Offset:

Select a value for offset from the time of sunrise per the Season Table.
A negative value will start your lighting schedule earlier than the time of sunrise per the Season Table.
A positive value will start your lighting schedule later than the time of sunrise per the Season Table.

     Sunrise Ramp:

Select a value to use for the ramp up from sunrise to midday.

     Sunset Offset:

Select a value for offset from the time of sunsetper the Season Table.
A negative value will end your lighting schedule earlier than the time of sunset per the Season Table.
A positive value will end your lighting schedule later than the time of sunset per the Season Table.

     Sunset Ramp:

Select a value to use for the ramp down from midday to sunset.

            Use this programming:

     Set OFF
     If Sun 000/-360 Then sunrise-profile-name
     If Sun 360/000 Then sunset-profile-name
     If Sun 060/-060 Then midday-profile-name

            Use a ramp time of 60 minutes in the sunrise profile(s).
            Use a ramp time of 60 minutes in the sunset profile(s).