Wireless Wave Driver FAQ

[thrlride]

I guess this is the best place to ask.

I am trying to set master/slave, I reset all three controllers and get the correct lights.

I then enter config mode as the instructions dictate and on what I want to be the master I click the black button. I get blue/green as planned. On both slaves after I enter config mode I click the white button and instead of blue/yellow I get blue/red. The controlllers are all within 6 feet of each other.

EDIT: so it appears my red/blue is because the 6' I have is not close enough, I will try my best to get them closer though I don't quite know how I can do that at the moment.

 

[hatfielj]

The wireless signal will not pass through water.

So, if I have a 4X2X2 tank and I put one pump on one of the 2foot sides and the other pump on the other 2 foot side will the signal still make it around to the other pump?

 

[hatfielj]

I suppose if I put both of the controllers under the tank cabinet then the signal will still be broadcast directly to the other controller, is this correct?

 

[thrlride]

I just made a board to mount all of the controllers together beneath the tank, hopefully that will suffice.

I am having an issue with one new pump that when it starts i hear a grinding sound. I will move the wet end and hope that is what it is. This pump was fine before the change.

 

[EcoTech Marine]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10937737#post10937737 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by hatfielj
I suppose if I put both of the controllers under the tank cabinet then the signal will still be broadcast directly to the other controller, is this correct?

Correct.

-Tim

 

[EcoTech Marine]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10937803#post10937803 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by thrlride
I just made a board to mount all of the controllers together beneath the tank, hopefully that will suffice.

I am having an issue with one new pump that when it starts i hear a grinding sound. I will move the wet end and hope that is what it is. This pump was fine before the change.

Your pumps were running at a fixed speed for their entire life prior to the addition of the WWD. There is a certain amount of noise to be expected as a result of the changing speeds/pulsing. In our experience it subsides with time and proper alignment.

-Tim

 

[sfsuphysics]

I don't have my driver yet.. gotta wait for them to be made.. *hint hint* But I'm like a kid in a candy store about to explode with ideas of what I want to try first. So I got a question or two.

The way I understand it the most efficient way to move water (i.e. volume) is when it's already moving and you don't have to do much to fight against it (basically the main principle behind gyres). Now I'm guessing the best way to get a "wave" to go through the tank is to have one pump on full blast to create a pressure wave in the water, and then have the other pump on low until the wave gets to the other side of the tank and reflects off that side then that pump kicks on full to push the wave back to the other side, and back and forth.

Now the whole anti-sync mode seems to allow this to work in principle, and I realize that with an assortment of tank sizes and shapes with various rock structures getting a specific "how to" would be next to impossible, but I'm curious how practical it will be to do this (if at all). I've seen the MACNA video and it did whet my appetite, but that tank was a cube with nothing it. How does it translate to more real world (i.e. the norm) of people who have tank lengths that are much greater than the widths.
(p.s. sorry for the run-on)

Also, if this "wave" I mentioned is possible (I just want to see gorgonians and other soft things swaying back and forth for the ultimate in nirvana for me ), can it be achievable with a single pump? I'm still working on getting another pump so right now I'm stuck with one on a 6 foot long tank with other static pumps in there.

 

[EcoTech Marine]

We were able to get corals going back and forth with one pump in pulse mode on a 6' tank. You are right on about the purpose of anti-sync mode. It serves to amplify the wave effect when the anti-sync pump is used on the opposite side of the tank as a slave.

Basically, you're whole post is right: we don't know exactly what to expect now. But in theory you're right on and experimentally we've already seen these effects in stocked aquariums. Because the max frequency of the pulse is 5 seconds, I think we're going to be ok even in long tanks. On a six foot tank we weren't even close to the 5 second max.

-Tim

 

[GSMguy]

Tim you think i can get a wave on this 36x18x18 tank? I am preparred to lower the water level if needed

 

[EcoTech Marine]

Hi GSMguy-

You should be able to get something, let us all know how it goes.

-Tim

 

[GSMguy]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10943345#post10943345 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by EcoTech Marine
Hi GSMguy-

You should be able to get something, let us all know how it goes.

-Tim

pulse mode 100% with the pulse set at about 1 and half seconds

water in my tank is Rocking 2+inch wave tim you have done something verys special.
i will try and get some photos or something

i see detritus lifting all over the tank.

F YA

thanks you Ecotech

 

[EcoTech Marine]

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Tim

 

[GSMguy]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10944048#post10944048 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by EcoTech Marine
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Tim

well its hard to capture i can say i took out one of the nano streams because i didnt think i needed it anymore. the tank is all stirred up now

i keep my water level very high and the wave is close to the edge so its hard to see. i measured it and the wave is only 1 and a quarter inch but that is great because i wasnt sure i could get it to create any kind of wave.

the big rock on the left had to be readjusted because it was moving back and fourth that is a 15 pound rock.

my Girlfriend is using my computer for school so i cant upload the photos yet but i will post what i was able to get when i can...

 

[sfsuphysics]

Well it just so happens I have a 6 foot long tank. I think I am going to be very pleased with these drivers when they come.

Another interesting bit.. will a wave cause unwanted water loss via the overflows? I know this has nothing to do with your unit, but could be an interesting characteristic.. perhaps the max height of the water in a tank will be lowered.

Ok.. I want mine.

 

[GSMguy]

i took the water level down an inch and the wave is now 2 inches or larger.