Kessil AP700 Controller

DiCon Fiberoptics

About this app

► Features
* Hue control to blend Red and Green colors to pre-uniquely-tuned Kessil Blue spectrums and can be used in programs
* Full color wheel control & custom color saving
* Simpler and easier connection than tablet versions, optimized for smartphones
* Create and preview custom light schedules with Program Mode
* Flexible grouping and renaming to create your own aquarium lighting profile
* Lock and Unlock feature allowing the light(s) to run program automatically (Next firmware update allows you to lock the light fixture so you have no fear of kid interruptions or accidents)
* Coral Acclimation Mode
* Moonlight (Lunar Cycle)
* Blue and Red Moonlight effect mode
* Add special effects such as Storm and Rainbow to program for aesthetic
* Easily check firmware version of AP700 in app
* Cloud backup coming soon!

► About Kessil

Kessil specializes in aquarium and horticulture LED lighting using patented Dense Matrix LED technology. Kessil's products produce a powerful, penetrating stream of light with specific wavelengths to enhance plant and coral growth. Kessil is leading The Spectral Revolution®.

For more information, please visit:
http://www.kessil.com/
http://www.youtube.com/kessiltube

Ratings and reviews

Functional, simple app. A few tips to ensure success: 1. use the wifi direct option. 2. hold your smartphone within 2 feet of light fixture when connecting. 4 Stars because Lunar option is too bright and intensity cannot be turned down, and also because Acclimation option does not display the start/stop date and does not display reduced light intensity during the cycle.

TL;DR: Amazing lights, mediocre application. Stable and usable application, but it would benefit from having more pre-programed options to choose from than 'standard', 'acclimation', etc. Better yet, an ability to upload/side load tested configurations from a community like reef2reef into the app and apply them with one tap. Also, no ability to update firmware from the app, must use a computer? That seems short-sighted; or if this is possible, it's not clear at all where to do it.

Absolutely terrible control app, even when it works. After about twenty tries. But after that, it still runs extremely slow, constantly glitches, gets stuck in various functions, and simply lacks proper control. I first got one of these lights when they first came out. Figured the app back then just had growing pains. Three years later, it's just as bad. And their only response, including to reviews here, is to contact them. I did, and the reply was useless. Basically said "it is what it is."