2 Aquariums, 2 Profiluxes, 1 PC

[gr82fly]

Currently we're running a 600 gal tank with a Profilux 2 and a 90 gal Elos with a Profilux 3 using a single laptop. The Profilux 2 is connected to the PC by a USB/RS232 cable while the Profilux 3 is connected by the home LAN via TCP/IP. Until yesterday, the Profilux 2 had older firmware 4.x on it so we actually ran two versions of Profilux Control software on the laptop (4.x and 5.x). Yesterday we upgraded the firmware on both controllers to 5.15.

So the questions are:
Can we run both controllers from the same Profilux Control software and just select RS232 or TCP/IP before we connect to the appropriate controller or should we install two instances of the software and dedicate each it to one controller?
In other words, is there data or settings that is stored locally on the PC where we'd be better having two instances of the software installed or is everthing stored on the controller itself?
Does anyone see a problem running both controllers from one version of Profilux Control?

Thanks

 

[AQD_ottawa]

Yes you can, you can run multiple devices through one software. You just switch between devices in the device tree

 

[gr82fly]

OK Thanks.

By selecting the device on the Decision Tree, you mean each device would show up if you connected both devices via LAN or something? Since one of the devices is RS232 and the other TCP/IP we wouldn't see that right?

 

[AQD_ottawa]

each device you can choose how it connects.

in the general screen on the left hand side you will see all devices you have connected, just click on the on the one you you wish too access and then press connect

 

[gr82fly]

OK Great. Thanks for the info.

 

[trueblackpercula]

not trying to hijack but how do you remove items from the tree once they are no longer needed?
thanks