I have just set up my AquaControlller and despite the learning curve it is a very powerful controller, in fact I have ordered a second direct connect to compete the automation of my components. I have attached a picture so see what everyone thinks about the light cycle and temperatures that I have chosen.
Sweet dude. I thought about getting a REEFKEEPER LITE for my 46. I don't run a reactor, but it would be nice to control lighting, temp, see ph, and such. Now when I set up my big tank that baby is gonna be sending me text messages at work if possible.
chris i would change a couple things if it were me. on your ac3 port you wrote off at 1400 but you have it set for 1600. not sure if that was a typo or not. second you have no back up plan if teh chiller of heater should fail. you can hook it up wireless and get emails or set manual alarms to notify yourself and add a few programing codes for signals. i would add this in addition to what you have done. if temp> then 80 then t5L off. and do the same thing for each light so if the chiller fails the lights wont come on and youll know to look for something. the chiller is set to turn off at 78.5 and the heater on at 78.0 but that doesnt allow much lead way and it may trigger one to battle the other right after one shuts off. to keep that from happening i would add a max change code so that they wont kick on within 30 minutes to an hour from each other or what ever you want the time line to be. i also have a code for my lights to kick on if the heater fails so its a code like if temp<77 then t5L on. its just a few extra steps to be safe and insure redundancy but its easy to do. just my .02. i think you will love this thing in no time. and the dc-8s go on rc all the time used for around 100 shipped if you want more then one. i dont know what the chiller draws that you are using but watch the 6 amp pull if the lights are on with it at the same time. i would put it on a seperate system with smaller drawing items to be sure of this. i split my mhs up between the two i have.
