VDL UCI Digital – All-in-One Climate Controller for Indoor Growing

VDL UCI Digital – All-in-One Climate Controller for Indoor Growing

The VDL UCI Digital is a microclimate controller that combines all grow room environmental management into a single unit: temperature, humidity, ventilation, CO₂, lighting, and irrigation. Peripherals are plugged directly into their power outlets, and the controller switches them on or off based on the values you have programmed.

It includes a cable with a temperature and humidity probe and a screen-printed front panel with a display for configuring the entire unit. It stores a log file and alarms with a trend chart so you can review what has happened in the grow room.

Key Features

• All-in-one: temperature, humidity, intake and exhaust ventilation, CO₂, lighting, and irrigation managed from a single device.
• Independent day and night settings: separate temperature and humidity setpoints for the day and night periods, each with its own hysteresis.
• Intake and exhaust fan controller: regulates the speed of the two fans to maintain the climate without over-ventilating.
• 24-hour timer and irrigation timer: 24-hour timer for lighting and an irrigation timer for programming irrigation cycles.
• Manual mode: the front panel allows you to manually override each output to check that the peripherals are working.
• Log file and alarms: event history with a grow room trend chart.

What It Controls

• Temperature: day and night setpoints with independent hysteresis.
• Humidity: day and night setpoints with independent hysteresis.
• Ventilation: intake and exhaust fan speeds.
• CO₂: timed dosing.
• Lighting: switching on and off via a 24-hour timer through the power strip.
• Irrigation: irrigation cycles via the irrigation timer.
• Heat source: dedicated outlet that is activated only during the night period.

Maximum Loads per Output

• Exhaust Fan A: 0.8 A
• Exhaust Fan B: 0.8 A
• Lighting Power Strip: 10.5 A
• Irrigation: 1.75 A
• Heating: 8.7 A
• Humidifier / Dehumidifier: 0.4 A

Technical Specifications

• Type: all-in-one microclimate controller with direct power outlet control
• Dimensions: 47 × 35 × 18 cm
• Weight: 2.6 kg
• Lighting Capacity: up to 4 600 W lamps or 6 400 W lamps
• Probe Included: cable with temperature and humidity probe
• Lighting: 24-hour timer
• Irrigation: programmable irrigation timer
• Ventilation: intake and exhaust fan controller
• Heat Source: outlet activated only during the night period
• Panel: screen-printed front panel with display and manual peripheral testing mode
• Data: log file and alarms with grow room trend chart

VDL UCI Digital or Climatron Pro: Which One Is Right for You?

The VDL catalog offers two ways to control the climate. The UCI Digital uses direct control: each device is plugged into its outlet, and the controller manages loads in amperes, with a timer, irrigation timer, and fan controller. It is the practical choice if your equipment is switched on and off via power.

The VDL Climatron Pro is the modern digital alternative from the same brand: 5" display, 0–10 V outputs for dimming LED lights, VPD calculation, and network connectivity. It is the right choice if you use dimmable equipment and want to check data and alarms remotely.

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1. Fix the Digital UCI to the wall in the grow room, in a dry and accessible location, with the front panel visible so that the screen can be viewed.
2. Place the temperature and humidity probe at canopy height, away from the direct output of the light and the extractor airflow, so that the reading is representative.
3. Plug each device into its outlet, respecting the maximum loads: the extractors into outputs A and B (0.8 A each), the lighting power strip (10.5 A), the irrigation system (1.75 A), the heater (8.7 A), and the humidifier or dehumidifier (0.4 A).
4. Program the 24-hour timer with the light's on and off schedule, bearing in mind the limit of 4 lamps of 600 W or 6 of 400 W.
5. Enter the temperature and humidity setpoints for the daytime and nighttime periods, adjust the hysteresis for each, and configure the CO2 supply time and irrigation cycles in the cycle timer.
6. Use the panel's manual mode to force each output and check that all peripherals start correctly; afterwards, leave the device in automatic mode and periodically review the log and alarm history.