So back to the WP40. Had Victoly whip me up a nice little cable adapter to control my WP40 via the Apex, and not by its supplied control box anymore. He modified a Reef Angel Jaebo cable for me to use with my Apex.
Look for the Jaebo/Speedwave cable
http://www.reefangel.com/order.aspx
One cable should be able to control two pumps via the variable dimmer module (VDM) that is built into the full version Apex (4 variable ports). You can buy a separate VDM module if you have the Apex lite or Jr.
Victoly's modified Jaebo to Apex cable:
After a crash course in programming and actually using my Apex as more than just an over-glorified timer switch, I setup some pump profiles by using some programming I found online already, and then customized it for my system.
Here's the Apex wizard I copied my code from (Slief from Reefcentral):
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1994312
The most amazing thing happened... I put in the code, and it worked! Don't ask me how to program or set yours up... mine was pure dumb luck and straight copying of code. If I can do it, even an untrained monkey has hope.
Here's a screen grab of my Apex variable port program chart:
Here's video of the wave mode:
And of the dawn/dusk mode:
All my modes are as follows:
Set Wave1
If Time 11:30 to 16:59 Then DuskDawn <-----softer pulse of 7 secs on and 3 secs off for dawn and dusk
If Time 17:00 to 00:59 Then Wave1 <-----stronger pulses of on off cycle about 1 per sec (similar to my nano wavebox but way more turbulent)
If Time 01:00 to 03:29 Then DuskDawn
If Time 03:30 to 11:29 Then Night <-----sustained slower current at 30% power
If Outlet Timer1 = ON Then Rt_Flush <-----30 sec burst at 100%, followed by 30 secs off. When I get my 2nd WP40, I'll actually have a Lt_flush
If Outlet Timer2 = ON Then DuskDawn
If Outlet Timer3 = ON Then Wave2 <-----not functioning right now until I get the 2nd WP40. Basically same as Wave1 but both pumps not synced
If FeedA 000 Then OFF
This is just a start. May implement some tidal swells of 1 hr one direction, then reverse direction of flow. Would need the 2nd WP40 before I can start messing with that however. Did I mention how awesome this pump is? If not, then... its AWESOME!