LEDgardener

Hello fellows!

Has anyone aver tried to write custom firmware for the Coralux Storm controller?

I wanted to do custom ramp up and down times for each channel for example to make the Far Reds channel only com ON 15 mins after lights off.

I wrote to Coralux and they said it is possible by writing a custom firmware. I have no idea how to pul this off..

Looks a lot like a par of the project I'm fantasizing about. I didn't know of Coralux before, but looks like they built around the same core. I got in touch with a couple of Python programmers with Raspberry Pi/Arduino experience and am in the process of getting quotes. (And figuring out how to pay them.)

If you have any program language experience, Python is a breeze... very intuitive - lots of "english" (the code is fairly readable).

At least for Arduino, I would think you're going to be programming to react to sensor-input over GPIO (IF/THEN/ELSE) and "API" (or however the Arduino communicates) over Wi-Fi.

So, for example... you have a routine that is polling for new input, if none is entered, it polls again (and again, and again...)

IF (GPIO.1)
then doSomething.1
ELSE IF (GPIO.2)
then doSomething.2
ELSE IF
** for each input-pin a corresponding IF condition **
ELSE (if there was no input)
startOver

That's oversimplifying - but not by much. I've got to pick one of these up, probably best to start with Arduino, as it seems a perfect solution for task-based functions (it does a specific thing (or things) rather than the R-Pi which has pretty much a full blown operating system (like a PC/Mac).

If I'm incorrect (not with syntax, that's strictly a logic example) please set me straight.

Some advanced stuff!!

Bvolt you've gotta get an arduino and put this knowledge to use. We need some experts on this stuff!