I mean, in Hanna testers, you're looking at ~$320, right?
Do you happen to have a MESH type wifi network. Also your 5ghz channel and the 2.4ghz channel have to have different names in most cases for the wifi strips to communicate with the controllers since they have to connect on the same channel as the controller and that channel cannot be a guest channel or one with inner communications between devices blocked which some routers do. The controller and wifi strip have to communicate locally. Also make sure the device with the app is also on the channel that the controller is on when trying to pair the wifi strip to your wave engine. I have used my WEv2 as a wifi master in my collective before and I also paired it with a wifi strip before I added it to my collective. I usually do not add new controllers to the collective right a way. I use them stand alone to check them that way before adding them. Hope this helps. There is a guy that is very good with networks on the Hydros facebook group and also on the Hydros forum if you cannot get it paired he may be able to help with the router settings that may be needed.
I do have a mesh network, will look into this, thank you.
Sometime it is better on MESH networks to get a access point and use a wired connection to the main router from the access then set the access point up with a different name and only enable the 2.4ghz channel. Some routers will allow you to set them up as an access point instead of router mode. If you have an older router you may check and see if can do that and how you do it. It will vary depending on the router. I did this with one of my older routers.
Not all routers are the same. I was having trouble with my old router with the wifi devices for the Hydros dropping out. I could reboot the router and it would all come back up ok. I would even have an occasional issue with my surface not being able to connect. Then the first of December I got a new car that had wifi access. I set it up to our wifi. After that every time I would come home our wifi would go nuts with things dropping off the network so about mid December I got a new router that was good up to 64 devices. At the time I didn't know I could not separate the 2.4ghz and 5ghz. It is not setup as a MESH network. but I set it up with the same name and login as the old one and I have had no wifi issues since then even with both channels enabled. Odd thing is I setup the old router as an access point it it has worked flawless doing that. I guess it was overloaded with too many device. I have about 40 devices on it.
I did mention that the key is finding a router that has and supports "Smart Connect," didn't I? I mean, that is a recognition that not all routers are the same... I even supplied which routers I used so that someone could look them up and find something with as many features/options. As a side hustle, I set up and maintain networks for local small and home-based businesses, so I know that not every router is the same. I also dislike Mesh networks because of how clumsy they are. Doing an Access Point (if feasible) Is almost always a better solution from a stability point of view.
I was just relaying I have the same thing with 2.4 and 5ghz having the same name and don't have an issue. I use a Asus RT-AX58U. I do have dual band smart connect on on my router. So I guess Asus and Netgear use the same name for it. A lot are having issues but it may be more of a MESH thing than the dual band.
Yeah, IME Mesh is less stable than Access Points and, often, does not contain advanced routing features like Smart Connect at similar price points. You have to jump way up the price point ladder to get those extra stability/compatibility features. Mesh systems have come a long way since the days of repeaters, but they still are not as versatile and feature-rich as an Access Point system of the same cost.
I found it better if your router allows for additional SSIDs to create a separate SSID for smart home/aquarium stuff that only runs on 2.4 ghz. Much more stable in my experience. Plus you can add some security settings to block Google and what not from accessing your data on the second network if you’re savvy
Yes, that's a very common "answer" to this problem, it used to be called Wifi-Steering or Band-Steering, and to be fair, most people just accept this as a necessary evil. But it doesn't have to be. By investing a bit more money up front (By way of nicer Wifi Equipment) you get better performance with fewer compromises. Not all routers and modems are created equally, and your ISP is buying the most bottom of the barrel one they can have mass-produced for their customers, they have almost no smart feature sets. Most people just accept the modem+router combo that their ISP gives them and call it a day. Most of the time they pay a rental fee for this equipment on their bill every month (not always, but most of the time). It's typically better to buy your own modem or modem router combo and use that. If your ISP doesn't allow you to have your own modem (this is a very small population of people as most ISPs allow it) you need to ask your ISP for a modem only (No router) or a modem + router combo that you can disable the routing on (called Bridge Mode) and buy your own network equipment that meet the needs of your connected household (eg. Smart Connect).
My mixing station is in the garage 35ft from the tank. I use an old CAT 5 cable that was already installed in the media box in the garage to the room with the tank for a data only cable so I could have the controllers at the tank and controllers at the mixing station in the same collective, I think Jeff sells adapters you can do it with. A collective cannot use wifi for communication between the controllers. Each controller still has to have wifi access to communicate with the cloud and the app.
Thus the perils of trying to draw any kind of useful comparisons. Seven years of consumer usage versus the effectiveness of a marketing department.
I was planning on pulling the trigger on a trident vs looking into a different alk monitor. I’m heavy into apex but I recently got rid of my Dos under my tank in favor of a much quieter versa. I’m going to wait to see how the Maven is reviewed before making a decision
You can control 2 dosing pumps from the 2 drive ports on the Maven so you can dose at least 2 things depending on test results with just the Maven an 2 dosing pumps.
