Reef Central Online Community

Hardware components of my two primary tanks and some of the fish I keep

Profilux Description of various Profilux informative posts

Salinity Calibration with Profilux

Posted 06/19/2011 at 09:03 AM by snorvich (System configuration and fish for my two tanks)

Balancing a refractometer against a GHL salinity probe.

The issue comes from the fact that the vast majority of reef keepers still calibrate their refractometer to 0PPT or RO water. Unless your unit is designed specifically for "Natural Sea Water" (and 99.9999% are not) then you have created a wrong slope to your unit and it is reading inaccurate.

Why? Refractometers are designed in the main to read NACL (natural pure salt, or brine) they are not designed...

snorvich

Team RC member

Posted in Profilux

Views 25254 Comments 0

Two Profilux on LAN -- how to control with PLC

Posted 06/09/2011 at 02:31 PM by snorvich (System configuration and fish for my two tanks)

Quote:

Originally Posted by snorvich

Thanks to Gareth, the answer (for anyone else who desires to do this) is:

On the Profilux itself:

1. Scroll to "System" in the list. Select it.
2. Scroll through system options until "Communications" and select it.
3. Select Com1
4. Change the device address to <2>
5. Leave the Baud rate at 9600 and select to continue.
6. Select "YES" at the save now screen.
7. Reboot the Profilux (by

...

snorvich

Team RC member

Posted in Profilux

Views 24516 Comments 0

ProfiLux Remote Access

Posted 05/16/2011 at 04:45 PM by snorvich (System configuration and fish for my two tanks)
Updated 05/19/2011 at 02:11 PM by snorvich

Tags profilux

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pro_Reef

Setting up your Profilux for remote log in isn't "too" complicated, but does require a little familiarity with your router.

First off you need to determine what the IP address of your profilux is. The simplest way to do this is to manually configure your Profilux with a static IP address. In the Profilux Software you do this as follows:

1.) connect to your Profilux using the Profilux Control Software
2.) Click on the "System" section of

...

snorvich

Team RC member

Posted in Profilux

Views 33608 Comments 0

GHL Dosing

Posted 05/07/2011 at 01:36 PM by snorvich (System configuration and fish for my two tanks)
Updated 05/19/2011 at 02:12 PM by snorvich

Tags profilux

Ok here we go the rest of the guide

So before we can even start talking about setting up dose rates and anything else we need to program the doser. (if you are reading this on the FM forum, I hope this info helps you also)

For slave dosers with the profiLux

This is where the profiLux shines above all other controllers, as you know GHL make a slave doser that works in unison with the controller, this gives the unique feature that you can dose in controlled...

snorvich

Team RC member

Posted in Profilux

Views 24661 Comments 0

Profilux control of Tunze

Posted 05/04/2011 at 06:12 PM by snorvich (System configuration and fish for my two tanks)
Updated 05/19/2011 at 02:13 PM by snorvich

Tags profilux

Quote:

Originally Posted by chem-e

I'm using two Tunze 6055 and an MP40 on my tank, but I use sequence 1 with 30% min to 80% max, off at night (only MP40 on night mode does the job), and 80% for storms (not that I use it).

Here's the info I got off the manual and I think this is one of the few sections that I find useful.

Hopefully, this is helpful.

6.5.2.1 Operational mode
Off – the pumps of this group are permanently off.
Permanent – the pumps are permanently active and

...

snorvich

Team RC member

Posted in Profilux

Views 23695 Comments 0

Page 1 of 2

Archive
< November 2024
Su	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa
20	21	22	23	24	25	26
27	28	29	30	31	1	2
3	4	5	6	7	8	9
10	11	12	13	14	15	16
17	18	19	20	21	22	23
24	25	26	27	28	29	30

vBulletin Message

Cancel Changes