I would just ask Fluence what to use. The idea is pretty simple, you would decide you want a minimum of 600 umol/sqm of light intensity 12 hours per day. You connect the photosensor/controller at the canopy to the Fluence dimmer. The light will instantaneously dim or brighten as needed to supplement the sun to get up to 600 umol/sqm. So on sunny days it doesn’t run at all, if clouds come out it cranks up just enough to reach 600.
This is how the pro’s use supplemental LED lighting, this couldn’t be done with HID lighting.
Though, this one requires a 0-10V supply and is horrendously overpriced. I’ll find some more appropriate ones. As Muleskinner notes, Fluence might have a suggested photocell dimmer that they recommend as well.
Leaving the pigtails unconnected results in 100% output.
I’m pretty sure Fluence uses Meanwell drivers. They have a 3-in-1 dimming option. Resistance mode, 0-10V mode, and PWM mode. That opens up the possibilities a bit. The only problem with the 3-in-1 is it is impossible to get them less than 10% with the dimmers (probably that 1V offset you see).
A photocell and a timer would do it, could get both at the hardware store. No need to mess with the dimming to extend greenhouse hour IMO.
We are topping out at just over 15 hours of sun. There may be a time when I am trying to max out the yield and it might help, but right now, I am keeping up with myself just fine.
Again, this one uses a 24VAC input supply. A wall dongle could be used for 24 VAC as a simple implementation. Though, a better supply would be suggested for areas that get hot or where there is a potential for unclean power.
A recent order of a couple of RAY44’s had this driver from “FSP Group” included:
I asked Fluence and they said any control system that works with 0-10v dimming will work fine. 0-10V is the industry standard. So basically any greenhouse photosensor/controller combo will work. They mentioned Argus controls as being good, I don’t know if they have anything that scales to the level of small home greenhouse.