About to throw my Radions in the trash

tonto95 · May 12, 2016

I live in a rural area and had to go satalite to get internet. It works good for my apex and may solve your issues.

shadow1013 · May 12, 2016

I don't think you'll need to as long as you hook them up to your computer. I believe you can still use EcoSmart Live and set it up that way. Reeflink will make it faster and easier to update but I don't believe it's required. I could be wrong though.

DMan said:
As long as you have the Reeflink.

Salty1962 · May 13, 2016

If you know someone with WiFi, you could go over to their place to program the lights then take them home to use. I know it's a pain but they would be programmed and you won't loose your investment

ckozma · May 13, 2016

shadow1013 said:
I don't think you'll need to as long as you hook them up to your computer. I believe you can still use EcoSmart Live and set it up that way. Reeflink will make it faster and easier to update but I don't believe it's required. I could be wrong though.

Well a good friend of mine just bought radions, and he does not have a reeflink and me managed to program his via usb.

BoneXriffic · May 13, 2016

Mmmmm, i might be a cave man but ill never be dark in my cave. Its time to upgrade to the halides....

Wifi probally gives you cancer anyway

Battlecorals · May 13, 2016

ckozma said:
Well a good friend of mine just bought radions, and he does not have a reeflink and me managed to program his via usb.

I am thinking tree same thing. I never had the reef link. I just plugged my lap top in with the usb cable and used ESL. Programmed 6 lights at a time this way. I don't think wifi had anything to do with it at all? but I guess i could be wrong. If the ops got a laptop I don't see why he couldn't do it that way? Correct me if I'm wrong.

could also just run them on a timer off/on and bypass the whole thing.

Salty1962 · May 13, 2016

Yes, ESL is web based but you don't need wifi to connect to it. It is a pain though if your tank isn't within reach of a Ethernet connection:mad:

Scottsquatch · May 13, 2016

I agree with the OP that you should not have to have the Internet to use a product. I am to the point that if somthing doesn't have knobs or buttons to control all its features I won't even buy it.

reefwiser · May 14, 2016

One can program a Radion with just the buttons on the unit.

Scottsquatch · May 14, 2016

reefwiser said:
One can program a Radion with just the buttons on the unit.

I don't own a radion, so I didn't realize that.

OP, did you see this? You should probably talk with reefwiser, he could have the answers you need.

Eaj1001 · May 14, 2016

bknapp said:
I can't connect them to ESL, they won't communicate with my WXM. Can't program them, can't set them up. I've emailed @EcoTech Marine and they said the only way to program them is with ESL and Wi-Fi. This shouldn't be the case. They used to have a CD you could use to program them but they no longer use that and you have to be on a computer with internet. Such a shame.

A friend has the same problem just talked about it this week. Hope you get a good solution!

masterbuilder · May 15, 2016

There are a few work-arounds but maybe you dont think those are worth it to you. No problem, sell your Radions....get T5...put the left over money in the bank.

Scottsquatch · May 15, 2016

The man has a point. T5's are tried and true. You could get a T5 fixture and add some blue LED strips or couple of those bulbs with LED's inside if you want the "pop" that LED's give your corals. I forget what they are called at the moment.

sn2per · Jul 29, 2016

I have a copy of the Connection Manager software that I could email to you. Are you able to grab it down onto a thumb drive or transfer from your phone to your PC? With the Connection Manager software all you need is a USB cable with a Micro USB connector at one end and a standard USB connector at the other. By connecting just one light you are able to find and setu all of your lights. ESL was just the next step and the Reeflink removed the need for the USB cable but the CM software still works. Drop me a PM with your email address if you want the programme.