Sunrise/Sunset mode with Shelly 0-10V dimmer and Meanwell LED dimmable drivers
Compatibility of Shelly with the drivers:
LED driver is LDD or NLDD.
Specs say these drivers are dimmed by PWM but dimming can also be done with 0-10V analog input.
Shelly 0-10V dimmer provides exactly that through a phone, web interface, or 2 other interfaces.
Wiring:
Wire the LED/driver/power supply as needed.
Wire the Shelly 0-10V dimmer as specified in the documentation.
Wiring details:
The white DIM wire of the LED driver connects to the “+” of the Shelly.
A black wire is connected to the ‘-” of the Shelly and to the “N” of the power supply.
(The black wire of the LED driver is also connected to the “N” of the power supply.)
Setting up Shelly
IMPORTANT:
Sunrise is one schedule
Sunset is a second, separate schedule.
Sunrise runs first and gradually increases the light intensity to the selected max level.
The light stays at that max level until the time for the Sunset schedule comes.
The free version of the software allows for 5 total events.
So it allows for up to 3 variations of the light level between the sunrise and sunset.
Steps:
Using the phone app or the web interface add the new device (the 0-10V dimmer).
Give it a name etc.
Select tab “All Rooms”
Select “Devices” – you see the Shelly with the name you gave it
Double click on the rectangle with the picture/name/on-off button.
To the right the the “Main controls” for this device appears.
Select the icon that looks like a calendar (Schedule)
Click “Add schedule”.
- Setting up the Sunrise schedule:
Select all days when you want the Sunrise to take place.
“Next” leads to “Time”.
Set the time when you want the Sunriseto start.
“Next” leads to “Action”
“Action” is what you want to happen starting at the time you specified.
Choose “Control Light”
Check “Light State”
Check “On” <– FOR SUNRISE
Check “Set Brightness property”
Choose the max. intensity that makes sense for the aquarium
Check “Set transition duration property”
(That is how long the sunrise will be happening)
Type the duration of the sunrise. Note that it is is SECONDS.
Click “Save”
In the “Schedule” area you see the Sunrise schedule.
It has on/off toggle button, some details, edit/trash button
Now we need to set up a Sunset schedule.
Otherwise the light will stay at the max Sunrise level forever. - Setting up the Sunset schedule:
Select all days when you want the Sunset to take place.
“Next” leads to “Time”.
Set the time when you want the Sunset to start.
“Next” leads to “Action”
“Action” is what you want to happen starting at the time you specified.
Choose “Control Light”
Check “Light State”
Check “Off” <– FOR SUNSET
Check “Set Brightness property”
Choose zero. You want the lights to be completely off at night.
Check “Set transition duration property”
(That is how long the sunset will be taking place)
Type the duration of the sunset. Note that it is is SECONDS.
Click “Save”
In the “Schedule” area you see the Sunset schedule.
It has on/off toggle button, some details, edit/trash button
Done with sunset.