BTW, if you figure it out, please let me know or have him provide some feedback in this thread in the Neptune forum that I created; Thanks
Mark's 180 Starfire upgrade
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BTW, if you figure it out, please let me know or have him provide some feedback in this thread in the Neptune forum that I created; Thanks
Great job! I was wondering about the lighting spectrum...earlier (I think it was the May shot or June) it had a lower K rating as it appeared in the shot. Maybe 14k? No? Or was the camera adjusting the shot?
Looks great!
Thank You
The only bulbs I've ever had on this tank are 250 watt Radiums 20K and vhos'. I did get a new camera late last year so it was probably me just learning the differences between the two
Maximus
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I will post what I heard from Kurt here, if you don't mind. Here are the steps to get it connected to the Mac.
1. Connect cable from Apex to router
2. On Apex, go to setup then scroll down to net setup
3. Go to DHCP and turn it on.
4. Then scroll down to restart and restart the unit (this will take about 20-45 seconds)
5. Go back to DHCP and turn it off
6. Then go to ip address. For some reason, he told me to change the last few numbers of the ip address to .50. I cant recall what it was before but I changed it. My ip address reads 192.168.1.50
7. Next, you type in the ip address in your browser and an apex screen should pop up.
8. Type in Admin for username and either 123 or 1234 for the code ( I forget which one it was).
Let me know if this works for you. It worked for me!
1. Connect cable from Apex to router
2. On Apex, go to setup then scroll down to net setup
3. Go to DHCP and turn it on.
4. Then scroll down to restart and restart the unit (this will take about 20-45 seconds)
5. Go back to DHCP and turn it off
6. Then go to ip address. For some reason, he told me to change the last few numbers of the ip address to .50. I cant recall what it was before but I changed it. My ip address reads 192.168.1.50
7. Next, you type in the ip address in your browser and an apex screen should pop up.
8. Type in Admin for username and either 123 or 1234 for the code ( I forget which one it was).
Let me know if this works for you. It worked for me!
I need about 80ft of cable to do this unless the apex is not supposed to plugged into the power bar :sad2:
Maximus
Active member
There is a work around where it can be wireless but you need some sort of other device (video game type modem I think). I just hooked up my iPhone to the Apex and I can now control everything from the phone!
Just get another wireless router and create a bridge. There are a number of threads in there forum on how to do this. The only down side is that you will have to connect it to your laptop to do firmware updates, as the bridge will cause files to drop
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jtarmitage
Active member
Mark, I've got a spare Linksys wireless router for you if you need it...
Dave's Reef
New member
Sorry to hear about your flood Mark.... :sad1:
jamesdawson
New member
LMK if you need any help Mark
LMK if you need any help Mark
Sorry to hear about the issues Mark.
Please LMK if I can help in any way as I'm off work this week.
Hang tough,
James
LMK if you need any help Mark
Sorry to hear about the issues Mark.
Please LMK if I can help in any way as I'm off work this week.
Hang tough,
James
Underwaterparadise
New member
Been a while Mark, Sorry to hear about your "shocking" surprise! Good to hear everything is ok................well ok physically but mental is another story hahaha.............we are some crazy people waking up @ 4am checking on a box of water and end up shooting video, pics or searching for critters with a flashlight hahaha...........been there done that
Good to hear everything is ok................well ok physically but mental is another story hahaha.............we are some crazy people waking up @ 4am checking on a box of water and end up shooting video, pics or searching for critters with a flashlight hahaha...........been there done that
Thank Dave. Thats is great thing about this hobby. We always find opportunities to improve our tanks
Hey James. Thanks for the offer, but I'm not prepared for the over haul quite yet. I think I might look for a new pieces of LR.
Been a while Mark, Sorry to hear about your "shocking" surprise!
Thanks Rob. I'm sure glad there are other people that are as sick as I am when it comes our tanks, It make me feel just a little better about this hobby :lol:
