12 ReefKeeper Lite User Guide
Programming
Wave Maker
The wavemaker setting allows the user to congure two opposing pump cycles, A and B. These
settings can be used with the Wave Maker function to generate turbulent ow within your tank.
Since these cycles oppose each other, WM A is always ON when WM B is OFF and vice versa.
To set Wave Makers
1From the General Menu, press [Down] until “Wave Maker” is ashing and press [Enter].
The rst setting is the amount of time that Wave Maker A will be ON, shown by “WM A”.
Hours will be ashing.
2Press the [Up] or [Down] buttons to change the current values for Hours, Minutes and
Seconds. Move from one eld to the other by hitting [Enter].
Hours range from 0 to 11. Minutes and seconds range from 00 to 59.
3After the last eld is set, press the [Enter] button to conrm.
The next setting is the amount of time Wave Maker B will be ON, shown by “WM B”. Hours
will be ashing.
4Press the [Up] or [Down] buttons to change the current values for Hours, Minutes and
Seconds. Move from one eld to the other by hitting [Enter].
5After the last eld is set, press the [Enter] button to conrm.
The next prompt is for “Random”. Selecting “Yes” will vary the On and O durations
between zero and the maximum set. The On and O durations set in the earlier steps deter-
mine the maximum value.
6Press the [Up] or the [Down] buttons to change between “Yes” and “No” and press
enter to conrm.
The screen will change and show “Save”.
7Press the [Enter] button to save.
You can go back from a save by pressing [Back] when save is ashing.
ReefKeeper Lite User Guide 13
Programming
Storm Mode
The “Storm Mode” setting is used to create random ON and OFF durations of the devices on the
system. For example, if a light is programmed to use storm mode, it will turn ON and OFF at
random time intervals. Storm Mode can be used on Lights and Pumps.
To set up Storm mode
1From the General Menu, press [Down] until “Storm Mode” is ashing and press [Enter].
The rst option will be “Day Of Week” and the rst “-” will be ashing by default. “Day Of
Week” represents the days of the week that you would like Storm Mode to operate and is
displayed as a sequence of dashes. Any or all of the days can be selected for Storm Mode.
Example: “S - - W - - S” = Sunday, Wednesday, Saturday “Active
2Press the [Up] or [Down] buttons to select the rst day, press [Enter] to set and move
to the next day. Continue until all days are set and press [Enter] to conrm.
The next prompt will be for the “Start” time with the rst eld (hour) ashing.
3Press the [Up] or [Down] button to set the rst eld (hour), press [Enter] to set and
move to the next eld.
The next prompt will be for the “On Duration” time with the rst eld (hour) ashing. This is
not a standard time but a total duration that Storm Mode is to be in the ON state.
4Press the [Up] or [Down] button to set the rst eld (hour), press [Enter] to set and
move to the next eld.
The next prompt will be for the “O Duration” time with the rst eld (hour) ashing. This is
not a standard time but a total duration that Storm Mode is to be in the OFF state.
5Press the [Up] or [Down] button to set the rst eld (hour), press [Enter] to set and
move to the next eld.
The next prompt is for “Repeat Count” and species the number of on/o cycles that the
Storm Mode will repeat. The default state is “00” and indicates that Storm Mode will not
repeat. When set to 01 Storm Mode will repeat one time.
6Press the [Up] or [Down] button to set the eld, press [Enter] to set.
The screen will change and show “Save”.
7Press the [Enter] button to save.
You can go back from a save by pressing [Back] when save is ashing.
