Robo-Tank DIY All-In-One Aquarium Controller User Manual
Robo-Tank DIY All-In-One Aquarium Controller
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User Manual v4.05 – Page 34
Storm Mode with Lightning Effects
The controller has a storm mode feature which allows you to have a lightning show running and have the powerheads create
more turbulence (powerhead control being added).
The storm starts by dimming the lights to a level you select, based on the settings you select the controller randomly chooses
how long the transition runs and when the lightning starts. Once the lights reach the level you selected for the storm the
lightning begins, based on settings the controller randomly selects how long the storm will last. You can select any channels
out the 16 that lightning actually occurs from, this is useful if you have red or green LED’s on a specific channel but don’t want
red or green lightning.
Once you select your channels the controller randomly strikes lightning on those selected channels. You can also adjust the
lightning intensity and time between lightning strikes, based on your settings the controller is random. When the lightning is
running you may get flashes from 1 or 2 channels.
For example channel 7 & 10 might go off at the same time but different speeds and intensities or channel 6 might go off by
itself, this helps give it a realistic effect. When the storm is over the lights gradually come back to the current light mode for
that time of the day. The home screen has different icons telling you when it’s clouding over, storming and clearing.
If you run the storm with the lights in night mode the controller takes this into consideration and doesn’t run the dimming
and goes right to the lightning show. The intensity is also much lower so you don’t freak out any of your fishy friends. To run
the storm press the Storm, on the Home screen.
Setting Up the Storm Mode
From the Home screen, press: Settings > Weather,
and you get the screen on the left.
This is where you adjust the storm effects. In the
middle column you can set the Length of Storm, this
is how long the actual lightning runs and doesn’t
include the time it takes to get to the lightning. You
can set a low and high number, the controller will
then randomly select a time between the two
settings. The bottom number must be larger or the
same as the top number.
Next we have Select Channels for Lightning Strikes,
this is where we select the channels we want
lightning to strike. If the box is checked lighting will occur on that channel, if the box is uncheck no lightning will occur on that
specific channel.
In the first column we have 3 buttons at the top. First the cloud target button which takes to you a screen to adjust the
intensity level of the LED’s for the storm. Next is Customize, this takes you to another screen with more settings. The last
button is Stop Storm and its red, this is because a storm is currently running. You can stop the storm here and start it up
again. This is useful when you adjusting the settings. If the storm is running and you change a setting it won’t affect the
current storm, you need to stop and restart it for the changes to take effect.
The controller has a Lunar/Moon Phase Simulation mode available. This is used to mimic the brightness of the lights based
on the brightness of the moon. If there’s a full moon the lights are brightest at night and when there’s no moon the lights are
dark. To use this feature turn it on and make sure your moon light mode is set to at least 30 intensity for the LED channels
you want lite at night. They need to be set to 30 because there are 30 days in the month or so. If you only want one LED
channel lite for the moon light set it to 30 intensity and all the other channels to 0. If you don’t want the moon light running
all night you can set a schedule on the AC outlet for your LED lights to turn off when you want the moon light off.
