Stevo's Profilux 4 - Ultimate Set Build Out

stevo01 · Sep 3, 2017

Anthony Mckay said:
Do you think its worth the extra cost of the pad Stevo ?

For me yes. I choose this as the main method of feeding and maintaining my system. The parameter and graph read outs are useful too, but you can do the same stuff with a pad I suppose.

Amoo · Sep 4, 2017

@stevo01 have you used their fluid monitoring stuff yet? I'm curious about how much of a PITA the metric to english thread conversions would be.

Mortie31 · Sep 4, 2017

Anthony Mckay said:
Sorry if this is a daft question. Doe's anyone use a tablet mounted somewhere on their aquarium using wifi to control the P4 rather than the touch pad ?
Thanks

I tried this, but soon ditched it as the data isn't refreshed, and times out to quickly, I did try one of the refresh apps but it never worked well, and there was a huge delay between pressing a feed button and anything happening... I wasn't happy and I still think it's a shortfall of GHL, but in the end I got a touch and I must admit it's a great bit of kit...

stevo01 · Sep 5, 2017

Mortie31 said:
I tried this, but soon ditched it as the data isn't refreshed, and times out to quickly, I did try one of the refresh apps but it never worked well, and there was a huge delay between pressing a feed button and anything happening... I wasn't happy and I still think it's a shortfall of GHL, but in the end I got a touch and I must admit it's a great bit of kit...

You shouldnt be experiencing these problems with the touch screen. I dont have these problems myself.

stevo01 · Sep 5, 2017

Amoo said:
@stevo01 have you used their fluid monitoring stuff yet? I'm curious about how much of a PITA the metric to english thread conversions would be.

Are you speaking of the calibration fluids? Yes, I use them and you should also. I calibrate the probes using the metric scale and after calibration switch it over to standard.

Amoo · Sep 5, 2017

stevo01 said:
Are you speaking of the calibration fluids? Yes, I use them and you should also. I calibrate the probes using the metric scale and after calibration switch it over to standard.

No I mean like the flow monitoring pipes, ir to measure flow through the return line and reactors. They all seemed to be metric fittings.

stevo01 · Sep 5, 2017

Amoo said:
No I mean like the flow monitoring pipes, ir to measure flow through the return line and reactors. They all seemed to be metric fittings.

Oh i see! Yeah thats not good.

Mortie31 · Sep 5, 2017

stevo01 said:
You shouldnt be experiencing these problems with the touch screen. I dont have these problems myself.

I don't think you read my post correctly I was having problems with a tablet and switched to touch screen

stevo01 · Sep 5, 2017

Mortie31 said:
I don't think you read my post correctly I was having problems with a tablet and switched to touch screen

Oh I see. Wow, my coffee must not kicked in yet lol!

Anthony Mckay · Sep 6, 2017

Thanks guys so touch screen it is lol

Anthony Mckay · Sep 6, 2017

Thanks guys so touch screen it is lol

VJV · Sep 24, 2017

@stevo01. Hi, thanks for this thread. Very informative. I am having several issues with my P4 and would really appreciate some help/guidance. I had setup a wifi connection with static IP. I must say that the connection via GCC was always sketchy, at best. Than, some 4 weeks ago, I was no longer able to connect via Wifi neither with GCC. I tried changing the configuration for Auto IP which caused further issues, as now I am completely unable to access even the connections window.

My guess is that I stopped having access with the release of the new update that came out a couple of weeks ago, which I did not know at the time.

My plan is the following:

1 - Delete the current WiFI connection in GCC
2 - Update to the new wifi firmware
3 - Redo the WiFi connection

Does this sound Ok?

stevo01 · Sep 29, 2017

VJV said:
@stevo01. Hi, thanks for this thread. Very informative. I am having several issues with my P4 and would really appreciate some help/guidance. I had setup a wifi connection with static IP. I must say that the connection via GCC was always sketchy, at best. Than, some 4 weeks ago, I was no longer able to connect via Wifi neither with GCC. I tried changing the configuration for Auto IP which caused further issues, as now I am completely unable to access even the connections window.

My guess is that I stopped having access with the release of the new update that came out a couple of weeks ago, which I did not know at the time.

My plan is the following:

1 - Delete the current WiFI connection in GCC
2 - Update to the new wifi firmware
3 - Redo the WiFi connection

Does this sound Ok?

Did this work for you?

mckinleyw · Oct 3, 2017

Ok so im following. I have an apwx classic "gold" and now im ready to upgrade. Ghl has caught my eye. Still got awhile before upgrade time so it's watch and research time lol.

Fudsey · Oct 3, 2017

Ya me 2 in the same boat as mckinleyw, tagging along

VJV · Oct 4, 2017

stevo01 said:
Did this work for you?

Hi, thanks for asking! It did work for me in the sense that I now have a working wifi connection. However, the process was far from straightforward and after reboot lost my sensor settings. Had to recalibrate the Salinity probe after that. The other strange thing is that when I try to access the iP address of the P4 at the bottom the wifi module firmware version comes out as n.a....? Even though things seem to be working.

But the system still infuriates me... the interface is a mess. I mean, yesterday I was in the middle of a maintenance water change when the level sensor in the sump sounded an alarm indicating water was getting close to overflow onto the floor. I dove for my PC and tried to stop the maintenance so that the return would start working.... nothing. Probably the connection had been lost. So now I dive into the P4 itself, removing the panel of my stand while the water level kept rising. Than pressing the (highly unresponsive and severely lagged) display I managed to stop the maintenance...

After that I noticed that the water level in the sump was too high and I had to disconnect the skimmer so that in would not overflow. Again, in myGHL I tried to click the outlet to the off position. The delay is so large that I ended up pressing several times. Still it would not go off. Than I thought,"let's put it in manual override" thinking that in this mode I would be able to manually override the skimmer outlet alone... nooooo, in manual override you loose control of EVERYTHING! [emoji35][emoji35][emoji35].

So my skimmer eventually overflowed into the sump, before I went of the outlet and manually pulled it out of the socket... I mean, this is not a controller! At best is a tool to keep your parameters in check. When performing even a simple thing as disconnecting one outlet is so counterintuitive what is the point? I have never owned an APEX but every time I have to interact with the P4 I feel I should have....

Sorry about the rant!

reefwiser · Oct 4, 2017

I use the myGHL for maintenance work. I have not set up the touch screen yet but would use that for maintenance task's. The new Phone app will be out at the end of October.

VJV · Oct 4, 2017

Hi Reefwiser, thanks for your support. In fact, most of the support I received thus far has came from you and a couple of other users. I do see that I need to buy the touchscreen because controlling the unit with myGHL is mostly impossible. Maybe the app will help, maybe not. I confess that if it were not for the cost I would switch to Neptune...

stevo01 · Oct 4, 2017

reefwiser said:
I use the myGHL for maintenance work. I have not set up the touch screen yet but would use that for maintenance task's. The new Phone app will be out at the end of October.

Im sorry that happened to you VJV, I also do not use wifi or myghl at all for maintenance, I do everything on the touch screen. I dont use any overflow sensors yet. It sounds like your wifi connection is weak, and is dropping the ball, but just a guess?

VJV · Oct 4, 2017

HI Steve. My WiFi has a very strong signal across the house. I stream full HD Netflix anywhere without a glitch. My internet connection is for 120MB download, and over WiFi I get on average 40MB, which is good. Never had WiFi issues so I guess this is related to the P4.

stevo01 · Oct 4, 2017

VJV said:
HI Steve. My WiFi has a very strong signal across the house. I stream full HD Netflix anywhere without a glitch. My internet connection is for 120MB download, and over WiFi I get on average 40MB, which is good. Never had WiFi issues so I guess this is related to the P4.

You should def get with support to clear this up. A lot of variables to consider and im sure than can run you through the checklist.