Which Wave box?

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Tony@cambs

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Hi all,

New to the forum. I am just in the process of setting up my Profilux :)

Quick question - one of many - will the Profilux run the Tunze Wavebox extension? No point paying the extra for the controller if not needed, but will I be missing any other parts?

TIA,
 
Many thanks for the reply. I will look to get an additional Cable ordered then :)

I get my profilux tomorrow, and I will start the timer to see how long until I get stuck :lol:

Regards,
 
My wavebox extension is not working right after 3months of perfect operation. it starts and after a few seconds it stops pulsing. I cut out the power to it, plug it back in and it starts up again and after a few seconds...it stops.

I did notice that the jumper in the power supply is red, is it me or is this supposed to be green? Can't find anything about it in the manual.

If I remove the multipin controller plug it runs at 100%...

Any ideas?
 
sounds more like the wavebox than anything else if it was workign fine for 3 months, the profilux controls it by software.

Simple check, set the L port to illumination and then manually increse decrease and see if the pump reacts.
 
I am having a similar problem with my Profilux. I am running 2 x Tunze stream pumps which have been running for a couple of months with no problems on the Profilux, then recently one of the pumps started to ocassionally stop working. I replaced this pump with a new one, same happened again to the new pump, and regardless of what I do I cannot get it running again. Once I unplug the Pumps from the Profilux they run at 100% if I try to plug them back in only one pump will run.
If I leave them disconnected for some time, then plug them back into the controller they will again work. I have noticed though that when the pumps are connected to the Tunze controller they appear to be pumping more water than when connected to the Profilux. Any help would be very much appreciated as I am at my wits end with this problem.

Cheers
Tony.
 
Some interesting comments here, and comments that I have seen elsewhere!

I really did not what the expense of the Tunze controller when the Profilux 'should' be able to replicate, and better, the standard controller?

ho hum,

Tony
 
The Profilux far out weighs the Tunze controller on many fronts.

Open up the software and have a look at the massive amount of variable control you have over the Tunze controller. One to start - 8 pumps!

In all honesty I have never ever had a report of the profiLux NOT out performing the Tunze controller.

There is a standard setting we advise and that is 1-10V interface set to 3-8V, but this is not a fixed rule so if the pump runs slightly slower than through the Tunze controller, play with this setting.

Also look at what you have the ProfiLux control settings set to, it is highly likely you have a setting throttling back the pump.

But as I said above, throughout the global network of thousands running on Tunze we have never ever had a single issues, in fact the complete opposite.

But please email me directly if you have some set up issues.
 
Sorry Guys,

Do not take my earlier post the wrong way!! I am more than happy with my Profilux setup and to be honest I would not be without it, in fact I would highly recommend them to anyone in the market for an aquarium controller over all others.
I am just frustrated with what appears to be an intermittent problem that once the pump stops regardless of what I do, swapping cables etc I cannot get the pump to start again unless I remove the cable from the L1/L2 then the pumps will run. When I try to reconnect it the same pump will just stop the minute the connector is plugged back into the profilux. If I connect my individual Tunze controllers back on they work with no problems. My comment about how much water the pumps pump using the Tunze controller over the Profilux is quite a difference. Both my pumps are built into a weir section in my tank which kinda acts like a large wave box. the water level in the weir section drops and rises 2" to 3" whilst being controlled by the Tunze controller, however with the Profilux as the controller the water level hardly moves.
I have also noted that in my Profilux settings on the pump page that there is a status for three pumps even although I am only running 2 pumps. Pump 1 & 2 change with min and max settings however pump 3 has no settings and is not active however it has a status of 20% and I cannot appear to remove it so I am not sure here either.
Both pumps are set to 3-8v Interface have tried changing but cannot say I see any difference.

As said earlier any help would be appreciated.
Cheers
Tony.
 
Hi

the control of pumps is a very simple task for ProfiLux: it outputs a voltage between a lower and a upper limit and hopes that the pump runs at minimum at the lower voltage and at maximum at the upper voltage.

1. pump's flow lower?
According to what other customers reported the Tunze controller outputs between 3V and 8V. So if we do now exactly the same where should be the difference in the behaviour? Why should the pump run slower at 8V coming from ProfiLux than at 8V coming from Tunze controller? Maybe the Tunze controller outputs 8.5V in some cases - then just increase the upper voltage in ProfiLux. You should then notice a higher flow.

2. Pump shuts down
Can be many things, e.g. just the settings.
I recommend to do what Michael explained some posts before:
- set the function of the L-port in question to "illumination"
- now use "light scenarios" (activate manual override) to vary the output between 0% and 100%. What happens?

3. pump 3 doesn't disappear
if you change count of pumps of group 2 to 0 pumps 3 and 4 will be deactivated (assuming your group 1 has 2 pumps)
In the table below the pumps 3 and 4 are shown but they are doing nothing.
 
Thanks for your help Matthias I will try the things you have suggested.
I have also been playing around with the Tunze 1 & 2 cables and I think we are getting closer to identifying a fault in one of the cables or the Y adapter.

1. I believe you are correct with what you are saying regarding the min - max v. I think the lack in performance is due to the problem I am encountering which looks more and more like a faulty Profilux Tunze cable.

2. Again I think this is due to the cable but I will try what you suggest as a secondary check.

3. I have gone through the settings on the pump page of the software and adjusted the number of pumps but whatever I do makes no difference to the status of 20% for pump 3 even when I remove all pumps from both groups.

Once again thanks for your help.
Cheers
Tony.
 
Here is a copy of the settings on the pump page as mentioned above. Check out pump three with a status of 20% when there is nothing setup or running, and no cable connection.
Sorry for hyjacking the thread.

ProfiluxScreenshot.jpg


Cheers
Tony.
 
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