sfsuphysics
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Ok so I have an Avast Barrel Tender dohickey which supposedly makes keeping your RO/DI supply pain free in the sense it'll auto fill when low and stop when high. Unfortunately I have the Apex version that uses the Apex as a logic controller (basically if switch 1 and 2 open then open the solenoid, type of stuff). Well long story short I don't have an Apex, but I do have an AquaController 3 and a handful of Reef Keeper "light"(? jr?) so figure I could use one of these to make it work.
Now a breakout box seems SUPER easy, you have a single signal cable and a common ground, that's it. I don't even need to cram it all inside of a project box because all I need is two cables, just solder it, heat shrink and tuck it behind my 100G container and call it a day.
Now here's my question. Is it fair to guess that using the Reef Keeper (Digital Aquatics) is not going to be possible? Seems that everything has a rom chip on it or something to tell the head unit what it is, what version number it is, etc. ? Question 2: Is it really just as simple as plugging in a DIN cable into the Aquacontroller and setting up the switch programming? I don't know why but all the DIYs I've seen have been for Apex, and considering the Apex I would think they would have had something similar to that. Am I missing something?
Now a breakout box seems SUPER easy, you have a single signal cable and a common ground, that's it. I don't even need to cram it all inside of a project box because all I need is two cables, just solder it, heat shrink and tuck it behind my 100G container and call it a day.
Now here's my question. Is it fair to guess that using the Reef Keeper (Digital Aquatics) is not going to be possible? Seems that everything has a rom chip on it or something to tell the head unit what it is, what version number it is, etc. ? Question 2: Is it really just as simple as plugging in a DIN cable into the Aquacontroller and setting up the switch programming? I don't know why but all the DIYs I've seen have been for Apex, and considering the Apex I would think they would have had something similar to that. Am I missing something?