First Thoughts: Vertex Cerebra

GarrettC · Jul 16, 2016

Here are some pics of controller and some polyp extention lol

Fishwampum · Jul 17, 2016

I have had the controller up and running since Wednesday. Did a bunch of updates and calibrated/installed the ph probe and temp prob. Turned on all the electric sockets and hooked up two pumps. All was fine until today when after doing an update the controller crashed with the log saying it had crashed with a java error and an inability to locate the SQLite date base to open it. That's where I am now. The MP-40 and MP-10, both are still connected to the power bar and are running.

Reefcowboy · Jul 17, 2016

Fishwampum said:
I have had the controller up and running since Wednesday. Did a bunch of updates and calibrated/installed the ph probe and temp prob. Turned on all the electric sockets and hooked up two pumps. All was fine until today when after doing an update the controller crashed with the log saying it had crashed with a java error and an inability to locate the SQLite date base to open it. That's where I am now. The MP-40 and MP-10, both are still connected to the power bar and are running.

Could you take a pic of the display? Does it have the message on the home screen?

lkoerkemeier · Jul 17, 2016

Fishwampum said:
I have had the controller up and running since Wednesday. Did a bunch of updates and calibrated/installed the ph probe and temp prob. Turned on all the electric sockets and hooked up two pumps. All was fine until today when after doing an update the controller crashed with the log saying it had crashed with a java error and an inability to locate the SQLite date base to open it. That's where I am now. The MP-40 and MP-10, both are still connected to the power bar and are running.

@Fishwampum try just restarting the controller. I had that once as well and once restarted it was ok again. Just hold down the power button until the menu comes up and select restart. Then once powered down, unplug the power and plug it back in.

-Lars

Fishwampum · Jul 17, 2016

Reefcowboy said:
Could you take a pic of the display? Does it have the message on the home screen?

I'm getting errors uploading the pictures. Maybe too large, I will work on reducing the size of the pictures.

Fishwampum · Jul 17, 2016

I tried the quit and restart with the same results. It has something to do with java.lang.RuntimeException:Unable to create service.control.ControlService:android.database.sq.SWLiteExceptions:unable to open database file

Fishwampum · Jul 17, 2016

Fishwampum · Jul 17, 2016

Reefcowboy · Jul 17, 2016

Hummm. Im reaching out to others who have gotten this controller for a few days now as well. Hopefully I can have someone help you through this

GarrettC · Jul 17, 2016

Can any of you guys get firmware updates or do you have to register on site that still is not up yet ??

lkoerkemeier · Jul 17, 2016

Fishwampum said:
I tried the quit and restart with the same results. It has something to do with java.lang.RuntimeException:Unable to create service.control.ControlService:android.database.sq.SWLiteExceptions:unable to open database file

Maybe try to run the updater again. Like I said it's not a smart updater so you can run it as many times as you want. Maybe something went wrong on the update.

GarrettC said:
Can any of you guys get firmware updates or do you have to register on site that still is not up yet ??

Anyone can get updates. You just trigger it from the unit.

-Lars

gcarroll · Jul 18, 2016

What updates are there to get at this point? Curious as to why people are updating their units?

GarrettC · Jul 18, 2016

Does anyone now when the cloud site will be up in thought it was on last Friday or today is what it says in booklet we got with controller??

exigency · Jul 18, 2016

I believe it is up: https://forum.cerebra.club/

GarrettC · Jul 18, 2016

I created a account yesterday and got confirmation number and get this message on anything I do
Sorry, you are not authorized to view this page.
Please try logging in or logging in as different user Login or send a message to the admin

Reefcowboy · Jul 18, 2016

GarrettC said:
I created a account yesterday and got confirmation number and get this message on anything I do
Sorry, you are not authorized to view this page.
Please try logging in or logging in as different user Login or send a message to the admin

No offense, but the always "it's on the way" reputation of this controller so far has to be upsetting some buyers so far. Why release it when everything is not ready for it?

Fishwampum · Jul 18, 2016

GarrettC said:
I created a account yesterday and got confirmation number and get this message on anything I do
Sorry, you are not authorized to view this page.
Please try logging in or logging in as different user Login or send a message to the admin

I talked to support this morning. Seems this is not a 24/7 real person support setup. They will be mostly relying on the cerebra.club site for administration of help. The person who approves access to the web page is not in yet, she has the weekend off. Once she is in you get verified by her and then you can access the site, cerebra.club. Even though you, like me, got approval via email to become a member.
My problem with a crash has not been solved. I was told this morning that the programmer and whoever else designed the controller box will be contacting me via phone today. That's all I know so far.
BTW, the person I talked to, Dave, was very nice and helpful with what he could do this morning.

Fishwampum · Jul 18, 2016

Reefcowboy said:
No offense, but the always "it's on the way" reputation of this controller so far has to be upsetting some buyers so far. Why release it when everything is not ready for it?

It seems that you are right on at first look or second look

... and that is why the intro is reduced in price. It is not a release but a beta. No one should use this yet that doesn't accept that and what it means.

Fishwampum · Jul 18, 2016

gcarroll said:
What updates are there to get at this point? Curious as to why people are updating their units?

Cerebra has an auto update feature. It will list all that is new. Mostly 'stacks' and other 'inits' that would help a programmer but nothing in user language.

GarrettC · Jul 18, 2016

Fishwampum said:
I talked to support this morning. Seems this is not a 24/7 real person support setup. They will be mostly relying on the cerebra.club site for administration of help. The person who approves access to the web page is not in yet, she has the weekend off. Once she is in you get verified by her and then you can access the site, cerebra.club. Even though you, like me, got approval via email to become a member.
My problem with a crash has not been solved. I was told this morning that the programmer and whoever else designed the controller box will be contacting me via phone today. That's all I know so far.
BTW, the person I talked to, Dave, was very nice and helpful with what he could do this morning.

Awsome did that says anything about cloud site being up today ?? This site still say coming very soon....https://cerebra-cloud.com