Apex PAR Monitoring Kit (PMK) - Setup Guide
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Once connected, you must tell the ASM that a PAR sensor is connected. You will only need
to do this once. You may do this using the display menu or through the Apex dashboard.
This cannot be done through APEX Fusion.
If using the display menu: Go to Setup –> Module Setup –> Config Module –> ASM_# -
Set Probe Type. ‘Par’ will usually be preselected; if it is not, use the up or down buttons to
scroll until ‘Par’ is shown. Press the center button, then press the Home button.
If using the Apex dashboard: Navigate to Configuration -> Module Setup, and select the
ASM. In the ASM Configuration block, use Probe Type dropdown to select ‘Par’ if it not
already selected. Then click the Update button. Do not change the default values for
Range Minimum and Range Maximum.
You will begin seeing PAR readings within a few seconds. Note that graph data will appear
on your dashboard once data is accumulated. Based on your logging interval and system
performance, this may take a few minutes to an hour.
You can rename your probe from the default Parx_Y where ‘Y’ is the module number
assigned by the controller to your ASM module. For our examples, we’ll assume we’ve
renamed it to ‘PAR’. You can do this using either your Display module (Setup –> Module
Setup –> Modify Name) or using the native dashboard by navigating to the Configuration –
Probe/Input web page. Note that you cannot rename probes in Fusion at this time.
VERIFY THE INSTALLATION
After your ASM is connected to your Aquabus and the PAR probe attached, you can verify
your installation either with your Display module (navigate to Setup – Module Setup –
Modify Name to see it listed) or via the classic Dashboard via the Configuration – Module
Setup web page.
You can add your PAR probe to your dashboards (native and/or Fusion) by dragging it from
the unused tiles bin to the active dashboard. With the native dashboard you click on the
EDIT button, drag then save. In Fusion you click on the padlock icon, drag then click on
the padlock icon a second time to lock. You can find more detailed instructions at Neptune
Systems Support web page.
PROGRAMMING EXAMPLES
The PAR probe values may be used in outlet programming just like your other probes such
as Temp, pH, ORP or Conductivity. All of the program statements that work for those
probes will work for your PAR probe. For example, if you want an email alert whenever
