Instruction Manual PT Series v1 PT 150 Overview The Platinum Series is Marintech s premium aquarium lighting solution targeted at fulfilling the high demands of SPS reef aquariums. It builds upon the Lumimmense's success by introducing an updated PAM driver and providing a modular solution, allowing for future customisation and expansion of the unit and its capabilities. As with our other LED aquarium lights, the Platinum Series features industry leading Cree LEDs, however this time we have incorporated Cree's XP G; a 5W white LED capable of over 490 lumens each. Incorporating a full spectrum solution, this series is set to raise the benchmark of affordable aquarium LED lighting solutions.
Contents 1. Remote Control...2 2. Full Spectrum and Layout...3 3. Setting the time...3 4. Built in Automated Sunrise/Sunset Program...5 5. Custom Sunrise/Sunset Program...7 6. Time Averaging System (TAS)...11 7. Acclimating...12 8. Temperature Controller...14 9. Hanging Kit...15 10. Linking Multiple Units...16 11. Troubleshooting...17 12. Specifications...18 13. Support...18
1. Remote Control The Platinum Series features an upgraded remote control and is used to configure the internal system settings and manage functionality. The below picture indicates the available buttons with an explanation of each button in the below list. 1. Power Turns the system on or off (standby) 2. Mode Select a custom or auto (pre programmed) schedule. 3. ID Synchronise multiple units. 4. Time/Temp Set the time and check current light temperature. 5. Heart This button is reserved for a future capability enhancement. 6. Timer Set manual time schedule. 7. +10 Increase the overall brightness (override) in multiples of 10 8. Up Arrow Various usage 9. 10 Decrease the overall brightness (override) in multiples of 10 10. Left Arrow Various usage 11. OK/Back Various usage 12. Right Arrow Various usage 13. D+ This button is reserved for a future capability enhancement. 14. Down Arrow Various usage 15. D This button is reserved for a future capability enhancement. 16. A+ Increase the brightness of Channel A 17. B+ Increase the brightness of Channel B 18. C+ Increase the brightness of Channel C 19. A Decrease the brightness of Channel A 20. B Decrease the brightness of Channel B 21. C Decrease the brightness of Channel C 2
2. Full Spectrum and Layout The Platinum Series PT 150 is a full spectrum aquarium light. It uses 5 different coloured LEDs to provide the full spectrum which consists of the following (total of 44 LEDs): Colour White 10,000K Royal Blue 453nm Blue 460nm Green 520nm Red 660nm LED Brand CREE CREE CREE CREE CREE LED Model XP G XP E XP E XP E XP E Total: Watt Rating 5W 3W 3W 3W 3W 150W Table 1 LEDs utilised in the PT 150 The light contains 3 channels with the channels containing the following colours: Channel: A. White (10,000K), Green (520nm) and Red (660nm) 2. Blue (460nm) 3. Royal Blue (453nm) Figure 1 shows the layout of the LEDs listed in table 1. Figure 1 LED Layout 3. Setting the time 3 Number of LEDs 12 16 12 2 2 44
Once set, the time and date is use to operate the simulation program for the sunrise/sunset schedule. To set the time: 1. Press the TIME/TEMP button once. 2. Using the Left and Right arrow buttons, select the current hour (24 hour time) 3. Using the Up and Down arrow buttons, select the current minutes (24 hour time) 4. Example (07:23 am) 5. Press OK/Back to set the selected time. 4
4. Built-in Automated Sunrise/Sunset Program The Platinum series features two options for the sunrise/sunset schedule. Users can select either a custom schedule or auto (pre programmed) schedule. The auto schedule closely represents natural light conditions and is suitable for most applications. The pre programmed schedule contains 20 schedule points. The below table shows the schedule when operated in auto mode: Schedule Point Channel A Channel B Channel C Brightness (%) Time Schedule Point Brightness (%) Time Schedule Point Brightness (%) Time 1 10 0700 1 10 0730 1 10 0530 2 20 0730 2 20 0745 2 20 0545 3 30 0800 3 30 0800 3 30 0600 4 40 0830 4 40 0815 4 40 0615 5 50 0900 5 50 0830 5 50 0630 6 60 0930 6 60 0845 6 60 0645 7 70 1000 7 70 0900 7 70 0700 8 80 1030 8 80 0915 8 80 0715 9 90 1100 9 90 0930 9 90 0730 10 100 1130 10 100 0945 10 100 0745 11 90 1800 11 90 1830 11 90 1900 12 80 1815 12 80 1845 12 80 1915 13 70 1830 13 70 1900 13 70 1930 14 60 1845 14 60 1915 14 60 1945 15 50 1900 15 50 1930 15 50 2000 16 40 1915 16 40 1945 16 40 2015 17 30 1930 17 30 2000 17 30 2030 18 20 1945 18 20 2015 18 20 2045 19 10 2000 19 10 2030 19 10 2100 20 0 2015 20 0 2045 20 0 2115 To select the auto schedule: Table 2 Pre programmed (auto) schedule 1. Press the Mode button. 5
2. The first three digits of the screen will spin with the fourth digit indicating the current mode (0 or 1) as seen in the example below: 3. Mode 0 is the auto mode with 1 being the custom mode. 4. Using the Up or Down arrow buttons, select 0. 5. Press the OK/Back button to confirm. The light will now begin operating as per the preprogrammed schedule. Note: The current brightness will not change until the next schedule point is reached. For example, if the current time is 0642, the brightness will change at the next scheduled point, 0645 (see section 6 Time Averaging System TAM). 6
5. Custom Sunrise/Sunset Program The Platinum series features two options for the sunrise/sunset schedule. Users can select either a custom schedule or auto (pre programmed) schedule. The custom schedule allows the user to program the schedule to suit their requirement. Unlike the pre programmed (auto) schedule, the custom schedule is restricted to 10 schedule points (0 9). The custom schedule must be selected prior to programming. To select the custom schedule: 1. Press the Mode button. 2. The first three digits of the screen will spin with the fourth digit indicating the current mode (0 or 1) as seen in the example below: 3. Mode 0 is the auto mode with 1 being the custom mode. 4. Using the Up or Down arrow buttons, select 1. 5. Press the OK/Back button to confirm. The light will now begin operating as per your custom schedule. Note: The brightness will not change until the next schedule point is reached. For example, if the current time is 0642, the brightness will change at the next scheduled point, 0645. To program a custom schedule: The custom schedule contains five (5) components: Channel, Schedule point number, Schedule point status, Schedule point time, and Schedule point brightness level. The schedule points are programmed across three (3) screens as shown on the following page. 7
Screen 1 (S1) Component Channel Schedule Point Number Schedule Point Status Screen 2 (S2) Channel Component Brightness (%) Screen 3 (S3) Time (24hr) Component 8
Step 1: 1. Press the Timer button. 2. Screen 1 (S1) will be displayed. 3. Press the Left arrow button to select the channel you wish to program. 4. Press the Up and Down arrow buttons to select the schedule point. (0 9 total of 10 points) 5. Press the Right arrow button to select whether the schedule point is ON (on) or OFF (of). 6. Press the OK/Back button to edit the selected schedule point. 7. Proceed to Step 2 Step 2: 8. Screen 2 (S2) will be displayed. 9. Press the Up and Down arrow buttons to select the desired brightness level for the selected schedule point (0 100). 10. Press the OK/Back button to confirm the brightness level. 11. Proceed to Step 3 Step 3: 12. Screen 3 (S3) will be displayed. 13. Press the Left or Right arrows to select the hour required for the selected schedule point. 14. Press the Up or Down arrows to select the minutes required for the selected schedule point. 9
15. Press the OK/Back button to confirm the brightness level. 16. Programming of schedule point is complete. 17. Repeat process for the remaining schedule points. Example of a custom schedule: Schedule Point Brightness Time Schedule Point Brightness Time Schedule Point Brightness A0on A000 0700 B0on B000 0600 C0on C000 0600 A1on A025 0900 B1on B010 0700 C1on C025 0800 A2on A050 1000 B2on B020 0800 C2on C050 0900 A3on A075 1100 B3on B030 0900 C3on C075 1000 A4on A100 1200 B4on B040 1000 C4on C100 1100 A5on A075 1630 B5on B030 1600 C5on C075 1700 A6on A050 1730 B6on B020 1700 C6on C050 1800 A7on A025 1815 B7on B010 1800 C7on C025 1900 A8on A000 1845 B8on B000 1900 C8on C000 2000 A9of N/A N/A B9of N/A N/A C9of N/A N/A Table 3 Custom schedule example Time 10
6. Time Averaging System (TAS) The PT 150 employs a Time Averaging System (TAS). TAS averages the distance between schedule times to provide a seamless transition as opposed to a stepped transition found in many other aquarium lights that provide a sunrise/sunset capability. By averaging the time between schedule points, the light slowly increases/decreases in increments small enough to simulate seamless transition. Example with TAS: Schedule Point 1 = 80% @ 08:00 Schedule Point 2 = 20% @ 10:00 80% 20% = 60% 10:00 08:00 = 120 minutes 60(%) 120 (mins) = 0.5 (%) Therefore, the brightness would reduce at a rate of 0.5% per minute. As the system has a minimum increment of 2%, the brightness would reduce by 2% every 4 minutes. Example without TAS: Schedule Point 1 = 80% @ 08:00 Schedule Point 2 = 20% @ 10:00 Without TAS, the system would simply stay at 80% until 10:00 where it would drop to 20% in a single step. 11
7. Acclimating If you are retrofitting the light to an existing reef tank (with corals) and the brightness is roughly the same (e.g. replacing metal halides with a Platinum Series LED), you should be able to go straight to the pre programmed (auto) schedule. If you are upgrading from fluorescents (T5 or T8), you may wish to decrease the overall brightness and gradually raise over a period of weeks to allow the corals to acclimatise to the increase in intensity. This will reduce the chance of any bleaching or undesired effects on the corals from a sudden increase in intensity. As a guide when upgrading from fluorescents, Marintech suggest that you begin by using the below settings in the table (Note: this is a guide only and may need alteration depending on coral placement etc.): Depth of Tank Distance from Water Surface Week 1 2 Brightness (All channels) Week 3 4 Brightness (All channels) Week 5 6 Brightness (All channels) Week 7 8 Brightness (All channels) 18 15cm 30% 40% 50% 60% 20cm 40% 50% 60% 70% 25cm 50% 60% 70% 80% 30cm 60% 70% 80% 90% 24 (2ft) 15cm 60% 70% 80% 90% 20cm 70% 80% 90% Auto 25cm 80% 90% Auto Auto 30cm 90% Auto Auto Auto 30 + (2½ft+) 15cm 90% Auto Auto Auto 20cm Auto Auto Auto Auto 25cm Auto Auto Auto Auto 30cm Auto Auto Auto Auto Table 4 Acclimation Guidance To program the unit for acclimating, simply follow the steps listed in section 5, creating only 2 schedule points per channel; one schedule point at 0% and the other schedule point at the desired level based on the guidance provide in table 4. 12
Acclimation example: Tank is 18 deep and the light is hung 20cm above the water surface Week 1 2. Schedule Point Brightness Time Schedule Point Brightness Time Schedule Point Brightness A0on A000 0700 B0on B000 0700 C0on C000 0700 A1on A040 1900 B1on B040 1900 C1on C040 1900 A2of N/A N/A B2of N/A N/A C2of N/A N/A A3of N/A N/A B3of N/A N/A C3of N/A N/A A4of N/A N/A B4of N/A N/A C4of N/A N/A A5of N/A N/A B5of N/A N/A C5of N/A N/A A6of N/A N/A B6of N/A N/A C6of N/A N/A A7of N/A N/A B7of N/A N/A C7of N/A N/A A8of N/A N/A B8of N/A N/A C8of N/A N/A A9of N/A N/A B9of N/A N/A C9of N/A N/A Table 5 Acclimation Example Time Using the settings from table 4 (and the example from table 5) as a guide will ensure that the corals can acclimate appropriately. This method would also be appropriate for planted tanks to avoid burning the plants. For fish only systems, cichlids etc., this method is not required as the maximum brightness setting will not affect the fish if upgrading from a system of lower brightness. If you are concerned about how to place the light and acclimation issues, please contact us. 13
8. Temperature Controller The PT 150 contains a temperature controller which protects the unit from overheating. In the event that the unit overheats (possibly due to inadequate ventilation or used in an environment with an ambient temperature above 40 C), the temperature controller will turn off the unit to protect it from damage. The overheat protection will engage when the unit reaches 60 C and will disengage when the unit returns to below 50 C. If this occurs, you will need to identify the reason for the unit overheating and employ measures to ensure that this is rectified (increase ventilation and/or install cooling in the room to bring ambient temperature to below 40 C). It could also be caused by excessive dust build up on the fans which can be cleaned using a clean (new) paint brush or air compressor (ensure the fan is held in a stationary position if cleaning with compressed air). The PT 150 temperature can be checked using the remote control. To check the current temperature of the unit: 1. Press the TIME/TEMP button twice. 2. The current temperature will be displayed on the screen (in C). 14
9. Hanging Kit The Platinum Series PT 150 is supplied with a hanging kit. The hanging kit consists of 2 stainless steel hooks and cable with securing devices to shorten or lengthen the cable based on the application. Marintech suggests the use of the Qubelok system to build a suitable frame if you are unable to hang the unit from the roof (much like the picture below). When hanging the unit from the roof, additional hooks will be required to secure into the roof and chain (or similar) required to extend the hanging kit. The chain is simply connected to the hooks supplied in the hanging kit and then onto hooks secured into the roof (not supplied). There is no optimal height for hanging the lights, however, Marintech suggest that 15 20cm from the aquarium glass is a good starting point. You may need to raise or lower the light depending on your tank depth and width. If you are not getting the spread you desire, raise the light. Conversely, if you are not getting the desired light penetration, lower the light. The hanging kit provides the most flexibility and is Marintech s preferred option for mounting LED aquarium lights above tanks. 15
10. Linking Multiple Units The Platinum Series features a unique linking system to enable multiple units to be operated by the one remote. To link units to the one controller, simply follow the below steps: To control an individual light or one set of lights: 1. Turn one unit on at a time using the switch on the side of the unit, switching the other unit off after the ID has been set. 2. Press the ID button twice. 3. Select o000 using the Up and Down arrows. 4. Press the OK/Back button. 5. Set the time as per section 3 Setting the Time. 6. Repeat with remaining lights. To control multiple singles or multiple sets of lights: 1. Turn one unit on at a time using the switch on the side of the unit, switching the other unit off after the ID has been set. 2. Press the ID button twice. 3. Select a desired number between 1 255 using the Up and Down arrows ( o000 o255 ) unique to the single or set. 4. Press the OK/Back button. 5. Set the time as per section 3 Setting the Time. 6. Repeat with remaining lights. 16
11. Troubleshooting Issue Possible solution/s 1. Light not responding to remote Switch the light off and back on using the switch on the side of the unit. 2. Unit Overheating Inadequate ventilation increase ventilation. Ambient room temperature is too high provide room cooling to bring the ambient temperature below 40 C. Build up of dust on cooling fan intake/s clean with a paint brush (new) or compressed air. Ensure the fan is held in a stationary position if cleaning with compressed air. 3. Auto schedule not running Ensure mode 0 is selected. 4. Corals reacting badly after light is installed The PT 150 is an extremely powerful light. As such, when converting from T5 or T8 fluorescents, corals may react badly (e.g. closed up or bleaching) if the light is too bright. Follow the acclimation guide to ensure this does not occur. 17
12. Specifications Specifications Platinum Series PT-150-V1 Number of LEDs 44 Actual Power Usage (using PAM) 117W Rated Power 150W Lens angle 90 degree PAR @ 80CM 370µmol/m²/sec Length 380mm Width 280mm Height 76mm White LED 10000K x 12 Red LED 660nm x 2 Green LED 520nm x 2 Blue LED Blue 460nm x 12 Moonlight LED Royal Blue 453nm x 16 Warranty 2 Years 13. Support All Platinum Series PT 150 LED aquarium lights are covered by a 2 year warranty. If you experience any issues with the light, please contact us via the details listed on the Marintech website www.ledaquariumlights.net.au. Feel free to contact us at any time with your questions or any feedback you may have regarding our product line. Thankyou for purchasing a Marintech Platinum Series LED aquarium light The Marintech Team 18