jinx Posted February 16, 2015 Author Share Posted February 16, 2015 I dipped the monti, nothing came off of it... The place I got it from always has issues keeping corals alive for long, that's why I rescued it Bad water chemistry is most likely the cause of the damage done to it. I've only had them up and running since last night, but they haven't gone out of sync yet. Wireless devices using the same frequency can interrupt the signal. Might want to check your other wireless devices to see. I have the controllers mounted on either end of the stand with the backs facing each other. I'll keep my eye on them when I can. Link to comment
jinx Posted February 16, 2015 Author Share Posted February 16, 2015 Well.. came home to find them out of sync. Switched the slave to the master and all is fine for the moment. I'll be digging into this issue deeper when I get some time. Link to comment
jinx Posted February 17, 2015 Author Share Posted February 17, 2015 I'd like to get my hands on a spare controller even if it's dead. Can't find anywhere selling replacement controllers for the RW's. Link to comment
markalot Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 If I toggle my master to slave, off, and back to master they will be in sync for a while, then drift out. It gets really funky if you start changing the wave frequency of the master pump. Sometimes the slave will follow, sometimes it starts missing cycles (stays on or stays off) and sometimes just goes bat shit crazy. I got what I paid for, a nice strong pump for cheap, and a controller with lots of colored LEDs. Link to comment
jinx Posted February 17, 2015 Author Share Posted February 17, 2015 I have a few wireless devices within it's range, not to mention a shit ton of other wireless signals that I can pick up in that room from neighboring areas. I'm home all day today, so I'm going to watch it closely and change the frequency of my router. It didn't happen over night again, so I also wonder if the photoresistor has something to do with it. I want to open a controller up and take a look at it. If all else fails, and they continue to screw up, I'll build a arduino controller for them. Link to comment
jinx Posted February 18, 2015 Author Share Posted February 18, 2015 So far, no syncing issues have shown.. since changing the slave to the master. That doesn't mean it won't do it again, but I have also covered the photoresistor with tape for now. Curious if it has to due with power fluctuations resetting the state of the controllers.. In the meantime, I've changed my router up a bit, just to make sure it wasn't causing the problem. I also contacted a couple places today and found one that will order me a new controller for $20, not too bad. I don't want to open up the only ones have currently, so this will give me one mess with In other news, the naso seems fully committed to eating nori. It even came to my hand, to check it out while I was placing it in the tank. The tang is the only one so far who is fully enjoying the new wave action.. LOL Link to comment
jinx Posted February 18, 2015 Author Share Posted February 18, 2015 Controller ordered and shipped! When it gets here, I'll open it up and take a good look at the components. Link to comment
jinx Posted February 22, 2015 Author Share Posted February 22, 2015 Had to add some crushed rubble to the front of the sand bed today to keep the sand in place with the RW-15s pumping. I really need to invest in a good camera one of these days.. The elkhorn is already showing new growth Link to comment
jinx Posted February 24, 2015 Author Share Posted February 24, 2015 Just got the controller and opened it up. It's running a nRF24L01 radio, a fairly common arduino module. Many users have had trouble getting the nRF24L01 modules to work. Short bit of digging has pulled this up > "Problems with intermittent operation are because of electrical noise on the 3.3V Power supply. Solution: ADD bypass capacitors across GND and 3.3V ON the radio modules. One user said, "Just Solder a 100nF ceramic cap across the gnd and 3.3v pins direct on the nrf24l01+ modules!" Some have used a 1uF to 10uF capacitor." I'll play with it more later... Link to comment
jinx Posted February 25, 2015 Author Share Posted February 25, 2015 Couple pics of the controller. Link to comment
jinx Posted February 25, 2015 Author Share Posted February 25, 2015 nRF24L01 pinout Data sheet Link to comment
jinx Posted February 25, 2015 Author Share Posted February 25, 2015 Still digging for the STC15F408AD data sheet, but they are running a 100uf cap on the GND VCC pins. Link to comment
jinx Posted February 26, 2015 Author Share Posted February 26, 2015 Finally!!! Saturday I'll be borrowing a PAR meter for a bit. Time to find out what's going on with my lights! Link to comment
BoricuaNY Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Very nice aquarium and attention to detail! Link to comment
jinx Posted February 28, 2015 Author Share Posted February 28, 2015 Couldn't get the meter today, so readings will have to wait until next week... Link to comment
jinx Posted March 3, 2015 Author Share Posted March 3, 2015 These came in. Time to see if I can get a arduino to send and receive to the RW controllers for fun. Link to comment
jinx Posted March 7, 2015 Author Share Posted March 7, 2015 Well some sad crazy news.. Woke up this morning to find the naso barely alive. He somehow got impaled through the eye by one of my birds nest. I've seen it all now... Sadly, he didn't make it much longer after attempting to save the poor guy he must have been freaking out and in the process broke a couple sps which I'm going to have to frag... ugh Link to comment
jinx Posted March 7, 2015 Author Share Posted March 7, 2015 Whoa that is crazy... Baffled as to what caused this to happen... Forgot to add this from the other day. My par readings with 6x54w T5HO 6" from the waters surface. Done with a Apogee mq-200. Link to comment
jinx Posted March 7, 2015 Author Share Posted March 7, 2015 I'll probably lose the pink bird that was involved in the main incident. It's pretty beat up and losing tissue quick Still trying to figure out what the hell happened, everyone else is fine. Link to comment
Sk8n Reefer Posted March 8, 2015 Share Posted March 8, 2015 Well some sad crazy news.. Woke up this morning to find the naso barely alive. He somehow got impaled through the eye by one of my birds nest. I've seen it all now... Sadly, he didn't make it much longer after attempting to save the poor guy he must have been freaking out and in the process broke a couple sps which I'm going to have to frag... ugh Wow- that's intense. Sorry to hear about that. I've never heard of that happening to a fish. Link to comment
jinx Posted March 8, 2015 Author Share Posted March 8, 2015 I'm wondering if the RW-15's had something to do with it. Link to comment
jinx Posted March 9, 2015 Author Share Posted March 9, 2015 On the bright side of things, some of my acro's are getting their color back and my german blue digitata is growing like crazy! Link to comment
jinx Posted March 16, 2015 Author Share Posted March 16, 2015 New blue polyp yellow gorg. Need to frag it to start it's rehab. My glass needs serious cleaning while I'm at it. Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 Whoa, that gorg is sexy! Link to comment
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