Digital Aquatics Archon Owners Thread
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SoloGarth
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Well in case anyone was curious DA did agree to refund my purchase and I shipped my system back to them Monday. I am pretty disappointed as I really wanted this system to work but don't want to beta test it on my SPS tank.
One thing where I think they are making a mistake is the pricing. The Archon system costs significantly more than the comparable Apex system and the Apex comes with a display as well as cloud based control. I know people have stated that there are many new features to come but I haven't seen
anything that my RKE can't already do.
One thing where I think they are making a mistake is the pricing. The Archon system costs significantly more than the comparable Apex system and the Apex comes with a display as well as cloud based control. I know people have stated that there are many new features to come but I haven't seen
anything that my RKE can't already do.
janes_mw
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Glad they worked it out with you SoloG. As I have always said, you have to do what is best for you and everyones situation is a little different. I can say that I have been to the point to throw the towel in, but always jumped back a step before I took that move. I have had the APEX and the RKE. To me, both were the same with a few differences that didn't really mean anything. The Archon with built in wifi and open source was what caught my attention. The cloud is important and I know it is close to being "real" so my hopes are high. In the end, I think the Archon will be a solid performer, that is the only reason I am sticking with it. I like the fact that we can change the display pages to a format we want, folks like the beta users can and will develop an App and enhancements are truely up to the user community. We just need to get through the phase that should have been worked out ..... again, the gripe of most of us "common folks"
.I really wish it would have worked out better for you as you would have been a great example of a working system.
FlyingFishSKYw
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Glad they worked it out with you SoloG. As I have always said, you have to do what is best for you and everyones situation is a little different. I can say that I have been to the point to throw the towel in, but always jumped back a step before I took that move. I have had the APEX and the RKE. To me, both were the same with a few differences that didn't really mean anything. The Archon with built in wifi and open source was what caught my attention. The cloud is important and I know it is close to being "real" so my hopes are high. In the end, I think the Archon will be a solid performer, that is the only reason I am sticking with it. I like the fact that we can change the display pages to a format we want, folks like the beta users can and will develop an App and enhancements are truely up to the user community. We just need to get through the phase that should have been worked out ..... again, the gripe of most of us "common folks"
I really wish it would have worked out better for you as you would have been a great example of a working system.
I, too, really want this to work, I see a lot of potential, but I'm almost to the point of giving up....
Can anyone tell my why my email alerts aren't working?
I'm using the same settings that worked on my RKL-NET (where xxx is my personal information):
Mail hub & port: mail.gmx.com 587
Mail hub user: xxxx@gmx.com
Mail hub password: xxxx
Recipient of email or text: xxxxxxxxxx@txt.att.net
I enter that all in, click Send, then a few seconds later click Test.
Nothing happens. When I click away from the Alarms page and back to it, all my fields go back to the example@gmail.com entries.
Also is there a way to enter additional emails?
Pickupman66
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Flying fish. It will go back and show defaults but it saves. Only one notification address. I know this data is stored on the flash drive but don't remember where. Let me look it up tomorrow
Edit. Duh. It's in the page. Etc folder. i just reset my system and I see that it's not taking. I'll get with Eric tomorrow and see.
Edit. Duh. It's in the page. Etc folder. i just reset my system and I see that it's not taking. I'll get with Eric tomorrow and see.
janes_mw
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I just tested mine again and it works:
I can get the mail alerts to work by:
Mail hub & port
smtp.googlemail.com 465 (leave the default in)
Mail hub user
get_a_gmail_account@gmail.com (I just got a quick gmail email address)
Mail hub password
your gmail password
Recipient of email or text
Enter the email address you want it to really go to here
do a send then test it
And your correct, the data does not stay there, but it does stay as your alarm email/text (at least it does for me).
mike
shred5
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SoloGarth, DA's lack of customer service is incessant, and perpetual. I was a loyal customer for 5 years and their "out of the garage" like business aproach is madening. I have went with a full out Apex setup and couldn't be happier! And Neptune's customer service is Stellar! There isn't anything an Archon can do that an Apex can't, And I do Automatic water changes with my Dos, which let's me know how water transfers went down to the ml. I really enjoy MP40 wireless control (with their wave patterns or your own fully custom patterns). The Fusion Web interface is a no brainer without any port forwarding nightmares. The Auto feeder is just what this traveling guy needs to.
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Not a DA user, but I know the gmx mail service stopped playing nice with the Apex a couple years ago due to authentication issues. It might be the same issue with the Archon... just a guess. Try a different email provider as it might be an issue with the email gateway and not necessarily the device.
FlyingFishSKYw
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Digital Aquatics Archon Owners Thread
I ended up using Gmail on the default port. Works good.
My Archon is now running the show. I don't have anything fancy, like dosing pumps or complex timers, though. My Ecoxotic Marine LED lights have their own controller and I'm using autotopoff.com's relay for my ATO. I'm thinking about hooking the float switch to the Archon and save the other relay for a future auto water change system.
The only "mission critical" thing is the float switch in my display tank. I've had an overflow due to a bubble in my siphon U-tube. Never again! Now if the water level gets high the switch triggers an alarm and the controller turns the return pump off.
Time will tell! I've jailbroken an old iPhone to use as a control/display. There is a jailbreak app called SleepDepriver that will keep the screen on. I'll mount it where my old ReefKeeper head unit used to be.
I'm really happy with the Archon's speed. It's much faster than the NET module was.
I ended up using Gmail on the default port. Works good.
My Archon is now running the show. I don't have anything fancy, like dosing pumps or complex timers, though. My Ecoxotic Marine LED lights have their own controller and I'm using autotopoff.com's relay for my ATO. I'm thinking about hooking the float switch to the Archon and save the other relay for a future auto water change system.
The only "mission critical" thing is the float switch in my display tank. I've had an overflow due to a bubble in my siphon U-tube. Never again! Now if the water level gets high the switch triggers an alarm and the controller turns the return pump off.
Time will tell! I've jailbroken an old iPhone to use as a control/display. There is a jailbreak app called SleepDepriver that will keep the screen on. I'll mount it where my old ReefKeeper head unit used to be.
I'm really happy with the Archon's speed. It's much faster than the NET module was.
SoloGarth
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Digital Aquatics Archon Owners Thread
Delmo this is an Archon owners thread and this it isn't the right place to be pushing Neptune's system IMO.
It is frustrating that no one answers the phone at DA, however, I have had no problem at all in getting support from them via email and after leaving a voice message they have quickly returned my calls. There is also a great deal of quick support to be had from the users on DAs forum. The Archon can do (or will do) things that the Neptune system cannot because it is open source and can be programmed to do whatever the user would like.
My system did not work as it should and was not ready to control my tank due to the complexity of how I run things. Digital Aquatics made things right by agreeing to refund my purchase. Perhaps once the system has had a longer period over which to iron out the kinks I will try again. For now I trust the RKE to handle things.
Delmo this is an Archon owners thread and this it isn't the right place to be pushing Neptune's system IMO.
It is frustrating that no one answers the phone at DA, however, I have had no problem at all in getting support from them via email and after leaving a voice message they have quickly returned my calls. There is also a great deal of quick support to be had from the users on DAs forum. The Archon can do (or will do) things that the Neptune system cannot because it is open source and can be programmed to do whatever the user would like.
My system did not work as it should and was not ready to control my tank due to the complexity of how I run things. Digital Aquatics made things right by agreeing to refund my purchase. Perhaps once the system has had a longer period over which to iron out the kinks I will try again. For now I trust the RKE to handle things.
Well, lets see...how about built in WiFi? How about user changeable interface via Linux open source?
Automatic water changes down to the ml can be done using the Archon and a DP1 module which is about 1/4 the cost of the DOS unit. However as Solo mentioned, this is an Archon users thread so poor taste in DA bashing and Apex praising. That all belongs in different threads.
Well, even as a DA beta tester I will freely admit that the customer support for a great many people has sucked. No other way to put it. However, I feel it is at least somewhat better and I hope getting better all the time. I just don't feel we need to pollute a valid thread that deals with a specific product by making it yet another re-hash of the other DA support bashing threads.
By the way, Eric just gave us a new update that seems to have corrected the timer issues.
Pickupman66
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1.08.5 has auto - restarts built in thst 7 didnt. 6 was faulty so they had to push people to 7 to remove it.
janes_mw
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Ok, thanks! I just wanted to make sure it was "calculated"
Things looking pretty stable now. Pretty happy that things are moving forward now.
Pickupman66
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Crickets in here. Since the Archon is Open source and allows you to customize the interface, what does yours look like???
Here is my home page. not much but the background changed, but I have more in the works.
Here is my home page. not much but the background changed, but I have more in the works.
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