KH Guardian Pro

gregcoyote · Jul 22, 2018

This is my first go around with this unit. Tech support was rather sketchy, but figured it out finally. I’ve been running it on my “Outside Corner reef” which is 26 years old. KH was always as good as my testing regime was. This looks like it will work nicely. Runs a test every three hours and makes adjustments if needed. Started high I’m letting it drop to 8.5 before it adds Sodium Bicarbonate. Running it sitting next to the tank so I can monitor it for a few more days. I have a high acro load so I need to stay stable.

Ranjib · Jul 23, 2018

Very nice

Justgottadiy · Jul 23, 2018

I bought one and it’s in the closet because tech support says I need to change the address. Was back and forth with them for over a week before I found that out and since idk how to do that it’s still sitting around useless. [emoji58]

Dan Snyder · Jul 23, 2018

Took me 4 months to get it to take a correct KH, sent in the unit twice, what a joke! Finally got it to work this week! So it does work but have to play with it a lot!

gregcoyote · Jul 23, 2018

Paulreefkeeper said:
I bought one and it’s in the closet because tech support says I need to change the address. Was back and forth with them for over a week before I found that out and since idk how to do that it’s still sitting around useless. [emoji58]

Maybe I can help. Having issues getting it to talk to your home router? Carlos is their tech support guy and he is pretty abrupt.

gregcoyote · Jul 23, 2018

Dan Snyder said:
Took me 4 months to get it to take a correct KH, sent in the unit twice, what a joke! Finally got it to work this week! So it does work but have to play with it a lot!

The key is that ph probe and mixing the reagent carefully. Once it settles in it seems stable.

Dan Snyder · Jul 23, 2018

Yea emailed with Carlos for months never got it to work! But a guy on here helped me. Finally got it running right! Just need to get it set up to my AIM, now! So mixed feelings on it 50/50!

gregcoyote · Jul 23, 2018

Dan Snyder said:
Yea emailed with Carlos for months never got it to work! But a guy on here helped me. Finally got it running right! Just need to get it set up to my AIM, now! So mixed feelings on it 50/50!

Roger that. I initially made it harder on myself because I didn’t fully understand how it worked.

Dan Snyder · Jul 23, 2018

Exactly

gregcoyote · Jul 29, 2018

Once set up, this unit seems very solid. It is nice seeing the whole Alk trend in my system. I don’t loose alkalinity as fast as I thought I did.

Justgottadiy · Aug 4, 2018

gregcoyote said:
Maybe I can help. Having issues getting it to talk to your home router? Carlos is their tech support guy and he is pretty abrupt.

That would be amazing if you wouldn’t mind. Sorry I didn’t respond sooner I’m still learning how to navigate this app on r2r

gregcoyote · Aug 4, 2018

Paulreefkeeper said:
That would be amazing if you wouldn’t mind. Sorry I didn’t respond sooner I’m still learning how to navigate this app on r2r

You need a basic WiFi enabled router. If you have that and your iPads and phones can talk to it, then you have “DHPC” enabled. This causes the router to issue a private IP to your devices so they communicate to your router and the internet. Your Guarduan should act like one of these devices and report the IP address it was assigned during its startup (usually 192.168.1.xxx:8090). This is the address you put in your internet browser so you can communicate and setup the Guardian. If it’s not giving you that address, then there is probably a issue with DHCP on your router or the Guardian is setup for a static IP accidentally or broken. If it’s setup for a static IP, rather than getting one assigned when it wakes up, you will see that address displayed when the Guardian starts up. Let me know what you see and provide pictures and details. We can get it sorted out.

gregcoyote · Aug 4, 2018

Remember the Guardian has to be close enough to your router to get a cable to it. It doesn’t use WiFi.

gregcoyote · Aug 4, 2018

If you can’t get a cable to it, there are work arounds that work.

Justgottadiy · Aug 4, 2018

gregcoyote said:
You need a basic WiFi enabled router. If you have that and your iPads and phones can talk to it, then you have “DHPC” enabled. This causes the router to issue a private IP to your devices so they communicate to your router and the internet. Your Guarduan should act like one of these devices and report the IP address it was assigned during its startup (usually 192.168.1.xxx:8090). This is the address you put in your internet browser so you can communicate and setup the Guardian. If it’s not giving you that address, then there is probably a issue with DHCP on your router or the Guardian is setup for a static IP accidentally or broken. If it’s setup for a static IP, rather than getting one assigned when it wakes up, you will see that address displayed when the Guardian starts up. Let me know what you see and provide pictures and details. We can get it sorted out.

Justgottadiy · Aug 4, 2018

Paulreefkeeper said:

Justgottadiy · Aug 4, 2018

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Justgottadiy · Aug 4, 2018

gregcoyote said:
Remember the Guardian has to be close enough to your router to get a cable to it. It doesn’t use WiFi.

I have long enough cable

gregcoyote · Aug 4, 2018

You are connected just fine. When you enter that address into your browser and are in the same network you should see the login page.

The Ph error is because the measured ph is out of wack. You need to calibrate your ph probe.