Aqua Controller III

Anyone else have one of these? I absolutly love the controller but the instructions they give you are terrible. alot is left for you to figure out by yourself, which I can tell you makes me nervous given that this thing can turn off any one of your aquarium components.

Couple questions:

Does anyone have any sample code that they use for their set up? Thought this might save me some time and error.

There are little icons that you can use when you set the name of your timers. Do these mean anything? Do they effect how the system works? Is there a key for what each of these Icons are?

When setting up the heater function are you actually using the Aqua controller to turn the heater on and off or are you allowing the heater to do it's job and setting up the aqua controller to only turn off the heater if it sticks?

How do I get tank stats posted to websites-- IE personal webpage or in my signature like Otty has?

I have a bunch of questions but will leave it at these for now.. This is really a sweet new toy- just have to kick the tires a bit to figure out how she works!!! ;D

Thanks Everyone!

 

There is all kinds of ways to do this but here is what I run as my code.

ACT$-A02/ Actinics
FUG$-C02/ Fuge lts
COL%-A04/ Chiller
FN2$-B06/ Chiller coil fan
HET%-A05/ Heater
ATO#-A07/ Auto top off
KAL#-A06/ Kalk mixer
CO2&-A08/ CO2 valve
AIR&-B01/ Outside air over tank
FAN&-B05/ End of tank fans
EXT&-B04/ Exhaust fan at other end of tank
ALM&-C01/ Alarm module
MON$-B07/ Moon lts
DAY$-C03/ Metal Halides
SUM&-A01/ Sump fan
OZ3&-B08/ DelZone O3
FN3&-B02/ Fish room exhaust
MAN#-D01/ Return pump on manifold
CLP#-D02/ Ocean Motion pump

If Temp > 82.0 Then DAY OFF
Max Change 090 M Then DAY OFF // 90 min off time if temp is too high
If Temp > 83.0 Then ACT OFF
Max Change 060 M Then ACT OFF // 60 min off time if temp too high
If Power 000 Then DAY OFF
Max Change 020 M Then DAY OFF // 20 min before MH's fire if power goes off
If Power 000 Then OZ3 OFF
Max Change 015 M Then OZ3 OFF // 15 min change before Ozone kick back on
If Time > 09:00 Then ACT ON
If Time > 01:00 Then ACT OFF
If Time > 15:30 Then DAY ON
If Time > 22:00 Then DAY OFF
If Temp < 79.3 Then COL OFF
If Temp > 79.5 Then COL ON
If Temp < 78.8 Then HET ON
If Temp > 79.0 Then HET OFF
If Time > 21:00 Then FUG ON
If Time > 06:00 Then FUG OFF
If Time > 10:00 Then ATO OFF
If Time > 13:30 Then ATO ON
If Time > 10:05 Then KAL ON
If Time > 11:30 Then KAL OFF
If Time > 21:40 Then ATO OFF
If Time > 02:00 Then ATO ON
If pH > 08.40 Then ATO OFF
If Time > 21:43 Then KAL ON
If Time > 23:15 Then KAL OFF
If pH2 > 06.70 Then CO2 ON
If pH2 < 06.70 Then CO2 OFF
If pH > 08.40 Then ALM ON
If pH2 < 06.50 Then ALM ON
If Temp < 78.0 Then ALM ON
If Temp > 81.0 Then ALM ON
If Time > 00:15 Then ALM OFF
If Power 000 Then ALM ON
If Time > 01:00 Then MON ON
If Time > 09:00 Then MON OFF
If Temp < 79.2 Then AIR OFF
If Temp > 79.1 Then AIR ON
If Time > 09:00 Then FAN ON
If Time > 01:00 Then FAN OFF
If Temp < 79.3 Then FN2 OFF
If Temp > 79.5 Then FN2 ON
If Time > 01:00 Then EXT OFF
If Temp > 79.4 Then EXT ON
If Temp < 79.1 Then FAN OFF
Max Change 030 M Then FAN OFF
If Temp < 79.1 Then EXT OFF
Max Change 030 M Then EXT OFF
If Temp > 79.2 Then SUM ON
If ORPA < 390 Then OZ3 ON
If ORPA > 391 Then OZ3 OFF
Max Change 015 M Then OZ3 OFF // 15 min to keep Ozone from bouncing on and off
If Timer OZ3 = ON Then FN3 ON
If Timer OZ3 = OFF Then FN3 OFF
If TmpA > 79.7 Then FN3 ON
If Time > 00:01 Then MAN ON
If Time > 00:00 Then CLP ON
If FeedA 000 Then CLP OFF

 

This is great! Thanks! They give you a couple samples but make no attempt to walk you through it. I used to be a VB programmer so I get this stuff, but to code VB you need to know the VB programming language otherwise your code will not work.. I was just not sure what the syntax options were for this.

Looks like you are doing alot around temperature which is great. What about the heaters is the AC the on off controlling the temp or do you let the heater do that and use the AC as the safe guard to shut them down in the event of a heater gone bad.

Do you have the HTML for the tank stats that you can share with me?

And just so everyone knows my wife is officially calling me a reef geek with my new toy.. Oh the bashings that we take... ;D

 

I let the controller take care of the heat and chiller because I keep them within a 0.8 degree change. As for hooking the tank up to the net you have to give it a IP address from your router. On your computer hit RUN then type cmd to get to your computers command prompt then ipconfig /all and it will give you all the data you need to set up the controller to talk. It is much easier to program over the internet.

 

Thanks I did that so I think I have what I need to pound the code in. I was just trying to figure out how I could have a cool signature with my stats and maybe a TF Dragster in the background!!!!

 

I think you also have to be a 3reef supporter to put something like that in your signature also. I think like 30 bucks a year or something, donating a little to make up for the extra features!
http://www.3reef.com/forums/3reef-forum-news-information/become-3reef-supporter-54931.html

 

Yep you have to be a supporter to have it in your signature. I can show you the site I use for my Host.

By the way......I still don't see the supporter in your profile yet bmshehan??? You said after Christmas you was going to help out and I think you have been spending plenty of money online in the last couple of days. Why not help Matt out???

 

Thanks Guys!! Ok - I signed up to be a supporter. Is there code somewhere to show the stats or did you guys write it yourself?

 

Look for a PM and I will give you my local host.

 

Where is your 3link badge!!