Big Mistake
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Quick review as there are many out there on youtube and the like.
1) Why don't you see used 2nd hand Seneye Reef Monitors for sale?
Once the unit is registered it requires the user to inform Seneye of the transfer.
Apparently there is a huge black market for stolen Seneye Reef Monitors.
Just change the email in the registered account for the Seneye?
2) You have to register to use the device and the software. So really a rental.
But this is common these days; Telsa cars have features that are owner specific and don't transfer.
3) The software is only ok. A bit clunky and limited after so many years of development.
Both the PC software, Android App, and Cloud account version.
4) The temperature was WAY off (in a reef aquarium sense. 4 degrees?) . I hope the rest is more accurate.
PC software allows trimming the temperature and other parameters.
I have an accurate thermometer I spent $100 on that comes with a certificate. Not for the rest of the parameters.
5) Sometimes the PC software/Monitor don't show changes in PUR/Spectrum. Have to sort of reboot the software and monitor.
I guess those are the complaints.
Assuming the PAR/PUR/Spectrum are accurate it has been very illuminating in regard to my tank lighting.
Should have bought it first. Tank, light, Seneye.
I would like to know how this thing works. A prism spreads the light across a CCD array?
I built a jig to hold the sensor stable in the tank without my assistance. Needs some work. Trying to hand hold it and run the software ...
$200 on a Seneye to check out a $100 Fluval Marine 20W Marine light. That will be another post. Very illuminating. (Is that a pun?) Still digesting the results.
If you rent for $70, and need to update the light, that means another $70 rental for just a PAR meter. No PUR or Spectrum.
The PUR is the Spectrum you see, a black curve overlayed shows how the spectrum from the lamp lines up with that PUR that Seneye has predetermined.
Basically PUR is blue and red, and green is not PUR.
Every vendor selling lighting for Coral should supply the spectrum of the individual LED channels and PAR.
Yes it is proprietary but all the other vendors have the equipment to analyze the competition so why hide it from the customer and consumer. Well ...
Now to turn the data into a beautiful Coral garden.
I think I can see how a true expert Coral gardener can just look at the Corals and know if the light is right.
Nothing worth doing is easy.
IMHO
-Big Mistake.
1) Why don't you see used 2nd hand Seneye Reef Monitors for sale?
Once the unit is registered it requires the user to inform Seneye of the transfer.
Apparently there is a huge black market for stolen Seneye Reef Monitors.
Just change the email in the registered account for the Seneye?
2) You have to register to use the device and the software. So really a rental.
But this is common these days; Telsa cars have features that are owner specific and don't transfer.
3) The software is only ok. A bit clunky and limited after so many years of development.
Both the PC software, Android App, and Cloud account version.
4) The temperature was WAY off (in a reef aquarium sense. 4 degrees?) . I hope the rest is more accurate.
PC software allows trimming the temperature and other parameters.
I have an accurate thermometer I spent $100 on that comes with a certificate. Not for the rest of the parameters.
5) Sometimes the PC software/Monitor don't show changes in PUR/Spectrum. Have to sort of reboot the software and monitor.
I guess those are the complaints.
Assuming the PAR/PUR/Spectrum are accurate it has been very illuminating in regard to my tank lighting.
Should have bought it first. Tank, light, Seneye.
I would like to know how this thing works. A prism spreads the light across a CCD array?
I built a jig to hold the sensor stable in the tank without my assistance. Needs some work. Trying to hand hold it and run the software ...
$200 on a Seneye to check out a $100 Fluval Marine 20W Marine light. That will be another post. Very illuminating. (Is that a pun?) Still digesting the results.
If you rent for $70, and need to update the light, that means another $70 rental for just a PAR meter. No PUR or Spectrum.
The PUR is the Spectrum you see, a black curve overlayed shows how the spectrum from the lamp lines up with that PUR that Seneye has predetermined.
Basically PUR is blue and red, and green is not PUR.
Every vendor selling lighting for Coral should supply the spectrum of the individual LED channels and PAR.
Yes it is proprietary but all the other vendors have the equipment to analyze the competition so why hide it from the customer and consumer. Well ...
Now to turn the data into a beautiful Coral garden.
I think I can see how a true expert Coral gardener can just look at the Corals and know if the light is right.
Nothing worth doing is easy.
IMHO
-Big Mistake.
