Special $499 deal ending Friday HURRY!

[AQD_ottawa]

Just to let you know we are closing the $499 deal this Friday 7th March.

The response from our dealers to this deal has been huge and brought a good number of new users to the world of ProfiLux.

We wish we could carry it on longer but all good things have to end some time.

All dealers have been notified.

 

[LCD]

I don't see one for $499.99. The Entry is $465.00 then the next one is the Beginner that is listed as $679.00. Which model is going for $499.99?

 

[AQD_ottawa]

This is because it is a promotional offer and you are probably looking at our own web site.

As the distributors who do not sell directly we do not list promotions.

If you speak with either Cherry Corals or one of our other retailers they will assist you fully

The pack contains

1 x ProfiLux Plus II
1 x Temperature probe (GHL)
1 x pH probe (generic)
1 x RS232 cable
1 x Tunze control lead
1 x 6 socket digital power bar
1 x Calibration kit

 

[chachijoe75]

I just ordered mine from Todd at Cherry Corals, exceptional service.

Hurry up this is an awesome deal!

 

[AQD_ottawa]

welcome to the world of ProfiLux.

If you get time, have a good browse through this forum so you get some good pre lnowledge of all things ProfiLux.

Welcome aboard!

 

[chachijoe75]

For the past two weeks this is the forum where I have been spending hours at a time. The posts by fellow reefers, the support Mathias, Todd and you have shown was a major purchasing driver.

Also, reading GHL competitor's forums and reading about all the problems inferior units run into and current unresolved issues posted by users made it clear, Profilux was the way to go.

 

[AQD_ottawa]

Thanks for your great feedback

We have also found of late many clients waiting for release of new controllers from other companies, getting bored with the wait and finding ProfiLux is not only available now but offers far more anyway.

 

[fish02]

Before I jump in on this deal, what are the differences between the Profilux Plus II and the EX? Sorry to ask this but I don't have very much time at work to investigate and I don't have the internet at home.

I have wanted this controller for a while now because of form and functionality, it looks much nicer than the other controllers.

 

[boboxx]

the EX is a small add on board that fints in inside. it had a salinity, redux and some extra L ports, this is nice because it leaves the 3 add on port open for future modual :c)

only problem is that i think the deal is done... it was last friday... but talk to Michael (AQD_Ottawa)

Christian

 

[AQD_ottawa]

If you hurry we will extend. But need to know fast as we have only one powerbar left that we received at special price.

You will need to speak to Cherry Corals as they have the hold on the last one.

 

[chachijoe75]

My controller arrived yesterday and it's already setup (went to bed @ 1:30AM!) I am very happy with my purchase. However, I was told that the unit was going to arrive with the latest firmware installed...this was not the case, the unit came with version 3. I didn't feel particularly good about having to pry open a brand new controller and no jumper to flash the bios anywhere. Please for future buyers, could you put the jumper in one the pins? just on pin 4 without shorting just to hold it in place. I was lucky to have an old hard drive and took it from there, but we all know that pin jumpers is not something that you just happen to have.

 

[AQD_ottawa]

Classic case of read the manual first!!!!!!!!

You do not have to do any of what you describe in the above

Please read the manual before even plugging your unit in!

You do not have to open anything to upload the new firmware.

Just plug the RS232 cable to the back of the controller and plug the other end to your pc, make sure you have profiLux control V3.08 loaded and download the latest version of V4.0 firmware

To clarify

1. You dont need any jumper
2. You dont need to pry anything open
3. The unit was supplied with the latest version of firmware at the time of manufacturer, since firmware can change quickly sometimes the revisions can come out during stock release.

This is a message to any new profiLux owner.

PLEASE PLEASE read the manual fully before even plugging the unit in, this will eliminate this sort of frustrating miss understanding as above.

Regards
Michael

 

[chachijoe75]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12123575#post12123575 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by AQD_ottawa
Classic case of read the manual first!!!!!!!!

You do not have to do any of what you describe in the above

Please read the manual before even plugging your unit in!

You do not have to open anything to upload the new firmware.

Just plug the RS232 cable to the back of the controller and plug the other end to your pc, make sure you have profiLux control V3.08 loaded and download the latest version of V4.0 firmware

To clarify

1. You dont need any jumper
2. You dont need to pry anything open
3. The unit was supplied with the latest version of firmware at the time of manufacturer, since firmware can change quickly sometimes the revisions can come out during stock release.

This is a message to any new profiLux owner.

PLEASE PLEASE read the manual fully before even plugging the unit in, this will eliminate this sort of frustrating miss understanding as above.

Regards
Michael

Michael,

I did read the manual before even unpacking the power bar, probe or opening any of the cables included. Please do not make assumptions...

While I was READING THE COMPLETE MANUAL, I got to page 65 (second to last page) which talks about updating the firmware. I read it, but disregarded it because I told myself, I don't have to worry about this, my unit is up to date!

Then I opened the rest of my items, connected the peripheral, downloaded the software from one Matthias' post. The first message that came up was that I was running an older version of the firmware and needed to update. I went to GHL's site got an older version of the software as a rollback. My unit worked, then I went to a post here in RC where Matthias posted the new manual, firmware and software. I referred back to the book because at this point it was clear, at least to me; that I needed to update my firmware if I wanted to run the new software. I downloaded the Fujitsu BIOS flasher from GHL, unzipped, located the new firmware but when I ran it, I got an error. This error was related to communication between the flasher app and the unit, yes after setting up the environment. At that point I went back to the book you presume I did not read and the instructions stated that I needed a jumper. I found one of my own, placed it, ran the flasher again and VOILA!...I was able to update and run the latest version of Firmware and Software.

There may be a different way to do this. But this is the way I undersootd it after following the the instructions written on the manuals.

Michael, my previous post was a sincere suggestion offered in good faith. There is no need for the 8 exclamation points in your opening statement. If I indeed made a mistake, there is always the option of sending a PM to clarify and for me to learn from my mistake.

It's perfectly OK if the unit arrived with an older version, the important thing is that it is working and I'm happy with it. But please don't point the finger at the customer

 

[AQD_ottawa]

We are sorry you took the post personally, our post was a concern regarding at the levels you were going to, to achieve an upload and the confusion you had got into, regarding the need to use the Fujitsu upload tool.

If unsure please pm us we can then go through the process much easy, rather than responding to threads.

So getting back on track. You seem to be confused as to the purpose of the the fujitsu flash firmware tool.

The first thing to point out is that the manual does not state that the tool is required for doing a standard firmware upload, the fujitsu tool is only mentioned in "IF all else fails"

Lets start at the beginning.

Firstly you never need this devise unless you have fully corrupted your ProfiLux.

You also would not have to roll anything back as the unit was delivered with 3.08 installed which is the forward point for uploading V4.0. if you have version 3.08 firmware you then would upload version 3.08 desk top software.

So to upload firmware 4.0.

establish a connection

make sure you have the new version of firmware sitting on your desk top unzipped

go to firmware upload in V4.0 using desktop version 3.08 (not 4.0)

when the unit states erasing flash, look at your profiLux and it will ask you to confirm the upload on the profiLux (this is where most errors occur as people press ok on the pc before accepting the upload on the profilux, it is important to get this in the correct order)

Once you have accepted the upload on the ProfiLux you can now press ok on the pc.

Once the upload has finished, allow the profiLux to reboot fully before pressing ok on the pc, if you do not allow the profiLux to reboot you will again receive an error

So as you can see, you do not need to open your profiLux up, no jumper is required and you do not need the Fujitsu tool.

The only time you ever will need to do the above is if you do not follow the upload proceedure above and manage to corrupt the firmware.

I am sorry you found my post personal, it is not meant, but desperately trying to instil the importance of reading the manual first to avoid errors in usage, and if you still are unsure contact us directly.

Once you have 4.0 uploaded you can now instal desktop V4.0.

If you still have confusions please email or gives us a call we have all the time in the world for all our users, no matter how simple or complex the question.

Best wishes
Michael

 

[Matthias Gross]

from now on all ProfiLux are shipped with jumper - for the worst case!
regarding firmware: the latest release version at the moment is 3.08, version 4.00 is still BETA.
We will ship with 3.08 until the we are 100% sure there are no problems at all. Until now it seems there are no problems - we will change the state to Release soon.

 

[AQD_ottawa]

ALL ProfiLux's from now on will be shipped with RS232 cables from us also as standard whether the client has an RS232 port or not.