What Happened to Digital Aquatics?

[evolusion]

yeah i checked and nope only a few pdf's pull up like a mounting guide... user guides and etc all error out. Would have been nice if they just open sourced their stuff for the people that did invest in their system,

 

[rvareef]

what a bummer!

 

[n2585722]

I searched on archon, and it appears all support is gone. A reference mentioned that a company name Dynon or something had purchased DA a year or so back. The way that the company discontinued the product and immediately removed all supporting documentation is a raise of the middle finger to the reefing community. Resellers of the product should be informing customers that they are buying an unsupported, non-warranted product, and the price should be reduced by half to account for the associated risk.

Dynon has always been the parent company for Digital Aquatics. They make avionics electronics.

 

[ReefCowboy]

They weren't New. Around for many years. Just couldn't hang. Failure to innovate.

I was referring to other new controllers that just hit the market.

 

[kurt_n]

Not too sure if I would abandon so quickly if you already have all the equipment. If you have all the necessary pieces it should work as expected whether the company is in business or not...

It should, but it seemed to be hit and miss. For some folks, there seemed to be a lot of personalized support from DA to get things working right. It's a shame they just washed their hands of it.

 

[alton]

RKL was a great cheap controller for lights and my heater. I never upgraded the software, what they came out with worked great for $100. My oldest RKL is nine years old and still works flawlessly. I am going to miss them if mine dies and I have to go spend the big bucks on Apex, great system just not keen on spending that much.

 

[2000se]

RKL was a great cheap controller for lights and my heater. I never upgraded the software, what they came out with worked great for $100. My oldest RKL is nine years old and still works flawlessly. I am going to miss them if mine dies and I have to go spend the big bucks on Apex, great system just not keen on spending that much.

Same...

 

[PrangeWay]

RKL was a great cheap controller for lights and my heater. I never upgraded the software, what they came out with worked great for $100. My oldest RKL is nine years old and still works flawlessly. I am going to miss them if mine dies and I have to go spend the big bucks on Apex, great system just not keen on spending that much.

Setting up a 25gallon nano-cube using an original vintage-2003 ReefKeeper I bought back when Apex was gouging Reefers like mad, I could use an extra Apex Lt I have sitting around, but more of a hassle to setup/run then old skool.


PW

 

[KCSUMPS]

Other thank Apex have you used other controllers you liked?

 

[pecan2phat]

Setting up a 25gallon nano-cube using an original vintage-2003 ReefKeeper I bought back when Apex was gouging Reefers like mad, I could use an extra Apex Lt I have sitting around, but more of a hassle to setup/run then old skool.


PW

I have a bunch of controllers but guess what's still on my reef tank

 

[tdhnry]

I have a bunch of controllers but guess what's still on my reef tank

Wow! I remember those! I used to have one of them. It still works?

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[pecan2phat]

Yes it still does!
Got it from Aquarium Specialty when they first came out maybe 14 years ago.
Very simple controller with no PH, float switch nor Ca reactor capabilities etc but it still keeps rockin!

 

[tdhnry]

Yes it still does!
Got it from Aquarium Specialty when they first came out maybe 14 years ago.
Very simple controller with no PH, float switch nor Ca reactor capabilities etc but it still keeps rockin!

If I remember right, doesn't it come with power strip that the head unit can control the individual outlets?

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[pecan2phat]

Comes with an 8 outlet power strip and the head unit can control each outlet individually, temp probe plugs into the power strip.
Has presets for light, pump, heater, fan/chiller, on/off, powerheads.
You cannot write code or tell it what to do other then the presets available.

 

[n2585722]

This is what they have been up to http://vashonaircraft.com .