Herpstat Pro Confusion

[alilshadee]

I just recieved my Herpstat Pro today and I was stoked to rip it open and hook everything up. I bought it because I could run 4 seperate heating sources. What I wanted was to run my lights at 92 from about 8-8, then let the undertank heaters kick on at about 82 till about 8 in the morning. I was also under the impression the bulbs could be programmed to turn themselves on at 8 and off at 8 p.m. as well as the undertank heaters being able to be programmed...buttttttt..I'm finding out I cannot do this or maybe I'm just doin something wrong. If you have a herpstat pro or any experience with them and what I'm tring to accomplish I would love any help...PLEASE....thanks MJ

[Aric]

You need a timer to make everything come on and go off when you want, I dont think the Herpstat Pro comes with a built in timer.

[alilshadee]

How would I hook up a timer with the herpstat???

[jglass38]

The pro has a night drop feature for each of the 4 outputs. That will allow you to set it to change temps for any of the heating sources. It will not turn lights off or on but will reduce the power to the heating element (lights or uth) to provide the right temperature according to the settings. Hope this makes sense!

[alilshadee]

I did see the night drop feature but I only saw where the whole system wasset up for the same night drop time. Do you know of a way to individually set each output for a diff time???

[jglass38]

I did see the night drop feature but I only saw where the whole system wasset up for the same night drop time. Do you know of a way to individually set each output for a diff time???

Here is a link to the manual. It should be pretty self explanatory. If you still have some questions, I would email Dion at Spyder Robotics and he will be more than happy to help. I don't personally have the Pro model.

http://spyderrobotics.com/products/h...pro_manual.pdf

[West Coast Jungle]

Contact Dion Brewington at Spyder www.support@herpstat.com. I know this unit can also be run into a computer to change programs and he would know the best way. I contacted them for advise with mine and he was real prompt and helpful.

[cassandra]

Dion is really nice - I'm sure he'd be happy to help you work out the technical details.

We have 2 Herpstat Pros and we love'em...but we don't use the night drop feature so I can't tell you much about it.

[alilshadee]

Yeah I wasn't going to use the night drop features too much also. What I do need, even though I looked at some old search posts, is where to put my sensors in 20 gallon tank. For the basking light should I stick it on the side of the tank or underneath the substate. I'm a little confused what to do in that department.

[kplunk]

You don't need a timer with the herpstat pro

outputs 3 & 4 can be used for lighting with simulated sunrise, sunset and even a moonlite feature