Apex Controller - Details?
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The goal of any company is to keep quiet about any new products until the last minute so they don't slow sales of current product while consumers wait for new ones. While is sucks to buy a ACiii the day before the Apex is shown at a show, I would not expect any kind of incentive to upgrade. ebay'ing the ACiii at a loss then buy a new one is the only real option.
SirVilhelm
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Highly doubt that, what kind of business model would that be? Every time a company releases a new product they have to take a big hit on all the people who bought last years model. Doesn't make sense.
I bought the Canon XTI right before the XSI came out, should canon reimburse me for the XSI? No. What about when I bought my Visio 48" LCD and 4 months later they release their new models, should Viso take the hit on my upgrade?
Not being a douche, but I just don't see how that makes any sense for a business...
SirVilhelm
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14786817#post14786817 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by ah30k
I tried to search the selling forum but the search feature seems permanently disabled here[/B]
Yea what's the deal with that? So hard to find any past info on here
SirVilhelm
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I didn't know there are different membership levels... can you PM me with details?
stealyourhouse
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I too am in the boat of just buying an AC3 in the last month. And while I don't expect a trade in or anything like that, I would like to see an AC3 firmware upgrade that offers a similar web front end to the Apex (with XML, etc).
The current web front end seems to be stuck in 1993
The current web front end seems to be stuck in 1993
unbreakable
D:
i want it
This video from MAX has me fumbling trying to get my credit card out of my wallet:
Is that possibly Curt that is demonstrating it?
http://www.viddler.com/explore/reefbuilders/videos/11/
The video doesn't show any interface that appears to be related to conductivity. However, there is the mention that PM1 is the "first" interface expansion offered. So, perhaps, conductivity will come later.
Paul
Is that possibly Curt that is demonstrating it?
http://www.viddler.com/explore/reefbuilders/videos/11/
The video doesn't show any interface that appears to be related to conductivity. However, there is the mention that PM1 is the "first" interface expansion offered. So, perhaps, conductivity will come later.
Paul
Let's start with some details on the Display module and AquaBus:
AquaDisplay Features
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- sleek and stylish case.
- compact size 3.40" x 4.05" x 0.65".
- mounting holes for easy attachment to wall/stand
- 7 mechanical buttons for speedy access user interface
- 128 x 64 Backlight display
blue background with white characters.
high contrast, excellent display quality
- Displays datalog graphs
- 4 Highly customizable status displays
placement of probe names and icons can be selected by user
can scroll manually scroll between different status screens
or automatically scroll through them.
- user adjustable contrast and backlight settings.
- backlight can be dimmed at night.
- Audible alarms
User selectable tones/songs for different warning/error types
- multiple displays can used on one systems.
all remote displays have the same functionality as the primary display
(i.e. can configure, graph, initiate feed cycles, etc. from all displays)
AquaBus
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- High reliability
Robust Error Correction
Industrial quality bus which uses a differential drivers
(unlike competing products which use an unreliable I2C or TTL bus)
- Either daisy chain or star wiring topologies are support
- Supports up to 240 different modules.
The most expandable Aquarium Controller.
- Bus cabling may be as long as several hundred feet.
- protocol allows all modules to be upgraded from the base unit.
no unplugging units and connecting them to a PC (extremely simple)
- Plug & Play
system will automatically recognize new devices and configure them.
More details to follow.
Curt
AquaDisplay Features
----------- --------
- sleek and stylish case.
- compact size 3.40" x 4.05" x 0.65".
- mounting holes for easy attachment to wall/stand
- 7 mechanical buttons for speedy access user interface
- 128 x 64 Backlight display
blue background with white characters.
high contrast, excellent display quality
- Displays datalog graphs
- 4 Highly customizable status displays
placement of probe names and icons can be selected by user
can scroll manually scroll between different status screens
or automatically scroll through them.
- user adjustable contrast and backlight settings.
- backlight can be dimmed at night.
- Audible alarms
User selectable tones/songs for different warning/error types
- multiple displays can used on one systems.
all remote displays have the same functionality as the primary display
(i.e. can configure, graph, initiate feed cycles, etc. from all displays)
AquaBus
-------
- High reliability
Robust Error Correction
Industrial quality bus which uses a differential drivers
(unlike competing products which use an unreliable I2C or TTL bus)
- Either daisy chain or star wiring topologies are support
- Supports up to 240 different modules.
The most expandable Aquarium Controller.
- Bus cabling may be as long as several hundred feet.
- protocol allows all modules to be upgraded from the base unit.
no unplugging units and connecting them to a PC (extremely simple)
- Plug & Play
system will automatically recognize new devices and configure them.
More details to follow.
Curt
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