Vertex Illumina LED Light Ficture APP for reef aquariums

[Uncko Macko]

I'd love to have an app to control Vertex Illumina LED fixtures. I'm sure many others would love to see this also.

Here is the light.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BizXT0dIHNE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkqwjXy_w5Y&feature=related
Vertex Illumina SR 1200 LED gets captured on video

Vertex Aquaristik > Products > Lighting > LED > Illumina > Illumina SR 200

I'd be happy to help test.

Thanks,

Mike

 

[Uncko Macko]

Vertex Illumina LED: First Look at the Light Studio Computer App

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQTUExnQxLY&NR=1

 

[kaediil]

Unfortunately, after a quick look, I could not find much about the protocol to talk to these lights, but what I did find references something called Zigbee. That is a wireless protocol that Android does not support.

-frank

 

[Uncko Macko]

I've heard of that before. some home automation stuff. Hmm. I would have thought it to be more proprietary than that. I wonder if there is a way to port the "v-link" wirelss model through a router and access it online.

Thanks for looking into it.

-Mike

 

[Uncko Macko]

Reef controller running Android with ZigBee and an app store. reef hobbyists spend massive amounts on stuff like this.

Vertex Cerebra Now on Beta | Reef Gizmo

 

[kaediil]

Sorry, I should not have said Android does not support, I do not believe there is a phone with a zigbee radio in it. Since zigbee is what is uses to talk to the Vertex, you need special built hardware with Android and a driver for the radio running on it. So, it won't work on a normal consumer phone with Android.

-frank

 

[fishnugget]

I just ordered a vertex illumina and controlling this on my phone would be great.