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Old 04-15-2010, 08:26 PM
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Got it just wanted to make sure =) I know you're no noob AND you're on hardwood lol. What controller are you using to manage water changes? I missed that detail.
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Old 04-15-2010, 08:29 PM
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Got it just wanted to make sure =) I know you're no noob AND you're on hardwood lol. What controller are you using to manage water changes? I missed that detail.
no worries, thanks for keeping me on my toes! it is appreciated

I run a profilux controller, but I'm pretty sure all the controllers out there have level sensor inputs? I don't know for sure as I've never seen any other one in person, but I would assume that they do?

My profilux actually has 3 level inputs. I use one for a fresh water auto-top-off, and the other two are being used for the automatic water change tank.
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Old 04-15-2010, 09:21 PM
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Wow lots to catch up here ! Looking great by the way. I'm waiting for my Profilux III update kit. How is your main display? I've read about some complaints that display is really dim or parts of it. Also did you get warranty with yours, with all the self installs and problems with the way people are doing them I've been told that self install are not warrantied. I've wrote to them with this concern and all they did was respond back with the "how to install update manual" .
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Old 04-15-2010, 09:32 PM
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Wow lots to catch up here ! Looking great by the way. I'm waiting for my Profilux III update kit. How is your main display? I've read about some complaints that display is really dim or parts of it. Also did you get warranty with yours, with all the self installs and problems with the way people are doing them I've been told that self install are not warrantied. I've wrote to them with this concern and all they did was respond back with the "how to install update manual" .
I do find the main display dimmer than the previous one, but I rarely use the main display. Instead I have the ProfiluxView II that I use for all displays. Very hand because the controller is tucked under the stand.

I did not get warranty with mine, I doubt that that's even possible? To be honest, if I was them i would not warranty self installs either as A LOT can go wrong, horribly wrong. I think people should only attempt self installs at their own risk. Aqua-Digital (Canadian supplier) actually provides an upgrade install service if you ship him your unit he'll install it for you and that *may* be warranty, I don't know. Again, I certainly would not recommend to anyone to do the install by themselves if they are at all hesitant. The instructions are pretty good but there are little gotchas like 1. they don't actually spell out how to remove the top cover. 2. There are screws that need to be removed from the PCB but they are not standard screws so you need to run out and buy a screwdriver for it but they don't tell you what types of screws they are! (I was lucky and just happened to have that screwdriver around from when I took apart my cell phone ). There were other little things that weren't documented that I stumbled on and had scour the internet to find answers too
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Old 04-15-2010, 09:49 PM
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Ya I heard about the free install from Aqua-Digital, but I'll tackle my own. Thanks for the heads up on the few unnoted details. Forgot to ask, what epoxy are you using for you rock work - Aquascape Milliput Epoxy ?
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Ya I heard about the free install from Aqua-Digital, but I'll tackle my own. Thanks for the heads up on the few unnoted details. Forgot to ask, what epoxy are you using for you rock work - Aquascape Milliput Epoxy ?
while you've got that bad boy open, make note of what USB chipset you have on there. It is the chip on the USB controller/port. If you want to install the windows usb driver you'll need the chipset, there are two different ones. I had to open up my box a second when I found out I needed this info. If you need to flash your firmware with the flasher program (like I did), you'll also need to know which microcontroller you've got in there. The flasher program lists a crap load of them and I had to do some searching to figure out which one I had.. I could not for the life of me get the box to flash via USB or ethernet, had to use the serial port and a USB to Serial convert because I have no computers in the house with a serial port. I also had troubles connecting to the P3 upgrade with the latest ProfiluxControl software. I had to flash the firmware to the latest in order to use ProfiluxControl.

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Old 04-15-2010, 10:08 PM
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I use Tailor Aquatics Epoxy. Seems to be the only kind LFS in calgary (at least the ones I visit) seem to carry.
We also carry the D+D Aquascape Epoxy.
Out of 10 Epoxy sales 6 are D+D and 4 are TA.
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