ITC PAR Wise Meter New

[minus9]

@Hurricane Aquatics are you using a tablet? Laptop? I need to buy a tablet for my Pro Tools rig and want to get an Android tablet to use for both. Hopefully my PARwise will be here this week?

 

[Hurricane Aquatics]

@Hurricane Aquatics are you using a tablet? Laptop? I need to buy a tablet for my Pro Tools rig and want to get an Android tablet to use for both. Hopefully my PARwise will be here this week?

I've been using my Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra. I have a desktop and a laptop, but just never took the time to hook it up.

A tablet would work great.

 

[REEFLIFE.27]

So is the itc pairwise worth buying ?

 

[Hurricane Aquatics]

So is the itc pairwise worth buying ?

Yes, if you need a PAR meter.

 

[REEFLIFE.27]

Yes, if you need a PAR meter.

i do..

 

[minus9]

So is the itc pairwise worth buying ?

Yes, it's nice to have and it's software upgradeable, which is great! Being able to change spectrum without altering intensity is pretty nice.

 

[REEFLIFE.27]

What kind of lights do you have

 

[Hurricane Aquatics]

What kind of lights do you have

Metal Halide and LED for me.

 

[Aaron75]

What kind of lights do you have

I recently got mine and first impressions were it's pretty nice. I used my phone, a tablet or laptop would be much easier for viewing but it works. Very impressed with it, especially for $300

 

[REEFLIFE.27]

I have ai prime 16hd trying to find a good light schedule for a wb 15 gal peninsula. Not much out there on this itc parwise but Friday buying one from brs

 

[minus9]

Halide and LEDs on one system and LEDs on the other.

 

[REEFLIFE.27]

I recently got mine and first impressions were it's pretty nice. I used my phone, a tablet or laptop would be much easier for viewing but it works. Very impressed with it, especially for $300

How did you put it in underwater mode?

 

[Aaron75]

How did you put it in underwater mode?

I didn't mess with the settings, I haven't played with it a lot. But it seemed to be correct out of the box. It measured 1200 par out of water but that measurement taken was in water.

 

[minus9]

How did you put it in underwater mode?

On the left side you’ll see a picture/icon of the PARwise sensor, click/select it and it will highlight blue, which will indicate under water.

 

[Hurricane Aquatics]

I think I've already posted these, but for reference.

First one is MH and LEDs. The LEDs are adjust to 20% white channel, 50% blue and 50% UV.

Second Pic is LEDs only all three channels adjusted to 100%.

As you can see the first Pic with MH has a larger percentage of UV and a larger rise in the 700nm to 740nm range.

Second Pic, you can see the LED only has a bit of a larger rise in the 640nm to 660nm range.

Very close together overall. These Parwise graphs are smoothed out and don't show the spikes like a true Spectrometer would, but they are accurate.

 

[King Reef]

I have the Apogee MQ-510 and the Parwise reads 100 PAR more than the Apogee. I have another post where I test them both. I adjusted off the Parwise and am getting much better results.

I believe the Apogee is off.

The Parwise reads 380-800nm , while the Apogee read 400-700nm . I believe that would make for a higher reading with the Parwise . One guy i watch that test lights talks about testing Par vs ePar. ePar measures more far red (700-750) he gets an increase if around an extra 5-10percentish on grow lights. Which tend to use more reds

 

[Hurricane Aquatics]

The Parwise reads 380-800nm , while the Apogee read 400-700nm . I believe that would make for a higher reading with the Parwise . One guy i watch that test lights talks about testing Par vs ePar. ePar measures more far red (700-750) he gets an increase if around an extra 5-10percentish on grow lights. Which tend to

I was told that Parwise can't read true UV and that's the difference. However, it reads 100 PAR less than the Apogee with MH or LED. But it's accurate and a better PAR meter for me than the Apogee.

 

[mfinn]

I've been using my Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra. I have a desktop and a laptop, but just never took the time to hook it up.

A tablet would work great.

Using your phone?
How

 

[Aaron75]

Using your phone?
How

I used my phone. Just open the chrome browser

 

[Hurricane Aquatics]

Using your phone?
How

You use the adapter that came with it and plug it into your USB-C port on the bottom of your phone. Then go to the web address using Chrome. Turn sideways for landscape view and enjoy.