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Old 12-20-2015, 09:15 PM
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So last week I bought the Apex standard controller system and today I set it up

Setting up the equipment and wireless adapter systems was the easy part took less than 45 minutes total

Loading the firmware and software was a nightmare took about 3.5 hrs to get it all straightened out then getting fusion to recognize my apex was ready to tear my head off and blow it up with a lot of help from a member on the canreef Facebook page I got that setup and running

Finally an hour or so of programming I am the proud owner of a very easy to setup and use Apex controller system .......

Only things not on it are my return pump, ATO, skimmer and Hydor Koralia smart powerhead controller they are on a normal power bar until I can figure out what to do with them
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I don't recall painless being a word used. And I gave you code for the return pump already
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Oh, and you didn't try to update FW over wireless, did you?
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Oh, and you didn't try to update FW over wireless, did you?
Nope However windows 10 kept hiding the damn update on me took awhile to figure that out

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Gonna keep return pump on separate power bar for now easier for my water changes ATM so frequent that they are
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Gonna keep return pump on separate power bar for now easier for my water changes ATM so frequent that they are

I don't understand how it's easier?
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I just dealt with this a few weeks ago and almost returned it.
Now that it's up and running it's a solid purchase.

My return pump doesn't shut off for feeding and I currently don't have any wet floor sensors so the code is just fallback on set on
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I just dealt with this a few weeks ago and almost returned it.
Now that it's up and running it's a solid purchase.

My return pump doesn't shut off for feeding and I currently don't have any wet floor sensors so the code is just fallback on set on
If you can get past the programming nightmare this is a very good purchase
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If you can get past the programming nightmare this is a very good purchase
Not sure if that quote was meant for me but that's what I said haha
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Not much of a nightmare there
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