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Cumulus Solar Thresholds

Posted: Mon 18 Jul 2011 5:04 pm
by geoffp
Steve, what controls the "Sun" light on the solar section in Cumulus I have seen it come on and go off a couple of times, I set the minimum to 200, is there a combination of UV and W/m2 that activates the "Sun" LED

Re: Cumulus Solar Thresholds

Posted: Mon 18 Jul 2011 5:27 pm
by steve
It's based on the current solar reading (in W/m2) compared to the current theoretical maximum value. The default is 75%, and it's configurable in the Solar section of the Station settings. I'm using these settings with my VP2:

SunThreshold=75
RStransfactor=0.86
SolarMinimum=9

which seem to give me pretty good results. But it doesn't do so well early and late in the day, particularly on dull days; more tweaking needed, possibly.

Re: Cumulus Solar Thresholds

Posted: Mon 18 Jul 2011 5:44 pm
by geoffp
Thanks Steve, clear now :D