Ive had an MP40W for a little less than a year and have been mostly happy with it. I am soon upgrading tanks so bought another MP40W but I waited until the Gen 2's were shipping so I didnt have to send my existing driver back to get the new firmware. I figured I would do it myself....
I ordered from Aquarium Specialty a new MP40W which I was assured was a Gen 2 and a magnet kit to upgrade my older MP40W.
I got the pump last week (minus the magnet kit but thats another story) and tried to upgrade my older one but was only getting the lights flashing on the supposed Gen 2 saying the upgrade was complete. There was no 3 minute wait like the instructions say, the light flashes instantly. I followed the instructions and tried a few times but get the same thing every time.
I tried setting up the night mode last night. I held the mode and set buttons until it flashed red, white & blue then held them again and the pumps did nothing but flash a few different colors and continued doing what I had them doing already. There was no 50% cut in power and they are both turned up almost to the max speed, they are not running at a lower speed.
The new MP40W came with the new magnet, screw, nut and back plate so it looks like it should be Gen 2. I called IceCap today and the gentlemen said that the box would have come with a round, silver sticker that says something like Gen 2 on it. My box does not have this.....The new pump has no extra features that my older pump doesnt have. Still the same 4 settings. He also mentioned that when upgrading the firmware, there is definitely a waiting period for it to finish and if I am getting the "completed" lights flashing right away, that means they are using the same firmware.
Did I get the shaft? The last thing I want to do at this point is send the driver in when I waited just so I didnt have to.
I ordered from Aquarium Specialty a new MP40W which I was assured was a Gen 2 and a magnet kit to upgrade my older MP40W.
I got the pump last week (minus the magnet kit but thats another story) and tried to upgrade my older one but was only getting the lights flashing on the supposed Gen 2 saying the upgrade was complete. There was no 3 minute wait like the instructions say, the light flashes instantly. I followed the instructions and tried a few times but get the same thing every time.
I tried setting up the night mode last night. I held the mode and set buttons until it flashed red, white & blue then held them again and the pumps did nothing but flash a few different colors and continued doing what I had them doing already. There was no 50% cut in power and they are both turned up almost to the max speed, they are not running at a lower speed.
The new MP40W came with the new magnet, screw, nut and back plate so it looks like it should be Gen 2. I called IceCap today and the gentlemen said that the box would have come with a round, silver sticker that says something like Gen 2 on it. My box does not have this.....The new pump has no extra features that my older pump doesnt have. Still the same 4 settings. He also mentioned that when upgrading the firmware, there is definitely a waiting period for it to finish and if I am getting the "completed" lights flashing right away, that means they are using the same firmware.
Did I get the shaft? The last thing I want to do at this point is send the driver in when I waited just so I didnt have to.
