remote display?

[wizsmaster]

Curt,

Somewhere in the past on the forum i remember reading about a remote display that may be in the works.

Could you confirm, or deny this, and if the answer is Yes, is there an approximate timeframe that we'd be looking at until such product may be released?


Thank You,

marco

 

[RWillieK]

That was my idea a while back.......I would be interested in one though.

 

[JB NY]

Here is the remote display outside my fishroom. I mounted it in the wall right outside the door. costs about $75 I think. pulls from my AC3 and another temp probe in the room once a minute.

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&postid=10611043#post10611043

 

[clp]

I'm sorry but it is company policy to not comment on any unannounced products.

Curt

 

[RWillieK]

JB NY - would that work with a AC Jr?

 

[wizsmaster]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10854628#post10854628 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by RWillieK
JB NY - would that work with a AC Jr?

He pulls the data via Telnet - so i doubt it, unless hook it up via Serial port, AquaNotes and write something to poll the AquaNotes website for data.

 

[JB NY]

Yeah I poll the data from telnet. I used to pull it from html, but I poll every minute and the webserver on the AC3 sometimes hung or slowed down after a few days. Telnet seems to stay up all the time. So it's a AC3 or AC3Pro solution.

 

[wizsmaster]

Here is the link to the "official" DIY build of a remote screen!

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1219081

And my end result - Your milage may vary.

 

[benf]

Sweet!! I am still unclear how the info gets from the AC3 to the LCD

 

[wizsmaster]

a computer.


The LCD hooks up to the computer via USB - the computer is on the same network as the AC3 - and polls via Telnet interface.

 

[benf]

ok, thats what i was afraid of...too bad its not wireless. Its still neat though!

 

[wizsmaster]

I justed to clarify - This is NOT to compete with any product Neptune Systems might be working on.

This solution is for the DIY crowd, and requires a little bit of computer knowledge. It also requires a dedicated PC w/ windows to drive the LCD screen.


Hopefully Neptune systems will be releasing a remote screen for the AC 3 series of controllers, that does not require a dedicated PC - that would be very nice.

In the end this "solution" if you want to call it that, cost me a grand total of $142.75 + a dedicated PC that i had laying around.