6105??

[bruce 1]

Can a RKE or Apex controller the 6105 pumps? If so would I still need to buy the Tunze controller? Is there an advantage of using a RKE or Apex or Tunze controller?

 

[rvitko]

The apex for sure can run the pumps, you will need the Apex cables, the RKE I think requires an additional module, but I am not sure. In general these controllers can do more, but they are more difficult to set up compared to our controllers where the features are more preformatted, on the Apex of RKE you have to set every variable, nothing is preprogrammed to just click a button or icon.

 

[CEB125]

How difficult is the programming on the apex?

 

[James77]

Yes, the RKE requires the APC module to run Tunzes.

The programming for the Apex is not too difficult at all. You need to set up profiles, a profile being something like alternating between 2 pumps at 30 and 100% every 30 seconds. All of that is preset menus where you fill in times and percentages, always keeping the minimum above 30%. You would then just set that profile onto the appropriate connectiosn(V1/V2) would be one of the channels. If you wanted to do multiple profiles for different flow at differernt times, you just set the profiles to certian times, like "if time is 04:00 to 08:00, then profile 1.

Roger, the Apex and RKE put out 0-10V signals, do I recall right that there is an upper limit of 8 volts that should be the maximum supplied to Tunzes? Meaning that you woulld set the Apex controller at 80%, and that would be 100% on the pump?

 

[rvitko]

I am not too familiar with the Apex, and 8V is somewhat variable, at 100% on our controllers it can be nearly 9V, I generally measure 8.4-8.7V and 10V may be generous, it could be 9.2V or so making the difference pretty nominal.