Jebao AL150 WIFI communication failure

[Miguel.RS]

Hello guys,

So this is my first post here in Reef Central and it's a tricky one, because I'm reaching out for your help.
I own a 20 gallon aquarium with some Zoanthus, Discosoma, Green star polyps, Kenya Tree, Entacmaea quadricolor, with some sucess regarding the health of it's inhabitants.
Recently I decided to upgrade the lighting, since I didn't enjoyed the colors that much. I was using a ICA Coral Lamp (9 LED, 3 watts each: 8 Blue LED and 1 White), and bought a second hand Jebao AL 150, with dimmable LED, and WIFI connection. So, after fiddling around the different % of Royal-blue, white, red, green, purple and blue, I set up a automatic program just to receive an error message, that reads: "WIFI module and motherboard communication failure".

Every hour, the automatic settings that I have set up resets and the lights change colors, meaning I have to go on the APP and run the automatic program every time. How can I fix it?

I found this video:

but i've not been able to find the wi-fi replacement module that they announce. So, this is a dead end...

I would much appreciate your help.
Hope everything in the post is according to the rules. If not, i'll be sure to correct it.

Thank you,

Best regards,
Miguel

 

[oreo57]

Hmmm seems a long standing problem.
Jebao AL150 LED Lighting

2018 seems to have been a bad year for them.
Anyways most issues seem to have roots in wifi frequencies.
This odf has qr codes so it is possible you can get an update.

media.s-bol.com was first indexed by Google in February 2020

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  https://media.s-bol.com/qZyqZ5znO0RR/original.pdf

 

[Miguel.RS]

Hmmm seems a long standing problem.
Jebao AL150 LED Lighting

2018 seems to have been a bad year for them.
Anyways most issues seem to have roots in wifi frequencies.
This odf has qr codes so it is possible you can get an update.

media.s-bol.com was first indexed by Google in February 2020

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  https://media.s-bol.com/qZyqZ5znO0RR/original.pdf

Thx for the reply Oreo57

The QR codes on that document takes me to Google Store, to instal the Jebao APP. But I already have the most recent version!
Sadly that doesn't seems to be the way.
I've sent an email to jebao, but I'm not keeping my hopes up for a reply.

 

[Miguel.RS]

Hi guys,

I've been in contact with store managers, distributors and Jebao, and the anwsers dont't get me close to solving the problem. So I've disassembled the light to find this module:

This seems to be the same WiFi module that is removed from the YouTube video above.
So probably going to order a replacement module (20€) and risk it.

Best regards

 

[JohnL]

Good luck