Extremely Disappointed in AquanIllumination

[Cammunoz]

Originally Posted by drtrash

Sorry to hear of struggles, I would of thrown the towel in long ago.

I would have but i couldnt return them or get my money back.... but as of now they are functioning


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[Cammunoz]

Originally Posted by pisanoal

The lights put off their own wifi signal. You know how you connect to the lights first, then enter the settings for your router so they can connect to it? Once you do this they stop broadcasting their network and use yours. You can leave them on their own signal, you just won't be able to access them on myAI. You still have access to the same settings via the app though. You would have to connect to them the same way you did in the beginning, by switching to the network called hydra26........ Whatever the parent light is named. I forget the naming scheme as I sold mine when I upgraded.

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Tried it wow never knew that thanks!


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[Cammunoz]

Originally Posted by pisanoal

The lights put off their own wifi signal. You know how you connect to the lights first, then enter the settings for your router so they can connect to it? Once you do this they stop broadcasting their network and use yours. You can leave them on their own signal, you just won't be able to access them on myAI. You still have access to the same settings via the app though. You would have to connect to them the same way you did in the beginning, by switching to the network called hydra26........ Whatever the parent light is named. I forget the naming scheme as I sold mine when I upgraded.

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Also do you remember when putting them on their own wifi stand alone if the lights ever flashed blue or green? one of my lights is off and pulses blue and the other is also off but pulses blue and green?


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[noob916]

Originally Posted by Cammunoz

So Mario from Aquatica came through he took the matter into his own hands and swapped out my two replacements for a new order that had just shipped in . Got them home and they Worked like a Charm!
Thanks to him lights are ok now as far as AI the lights they sent were either recycled or just plain crap but my new ai hydra 26s are awesome


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After all this, would you still use them again?

[Cammunoz]

Idk hard to say i need more time with them see how the coral react, reliability etc jus to be fair


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[Cammunoz]

They should of came out with a physical controller for it incase wifi failure


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[pisanoal]

Originally Posted by Cammunoz

Also do you remember when putting them on their own wifi stand alone if the lights ever flashed blue or green? one of my lights is off and pulses blue and the other is also off but pulses blue and green?


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I don't remember to be honest. It was a while ago, and once I went that route they were set and forget. Never had another connection problem. I will say that you need to make sure to clear the memory properly whenever establishing a new connection. I believe the setup guide tells you what the flashing lights mean. I think one color means its synced as a parent, the other means its the slave. I thought blue green meant it was trying to establish a connection, but that was over a year ago that I set them up. Reference the documentation though, i'm positive its in there somewhere.

[pisanoal]

Originally Posted by noob916

After all this, would you still use them again?

Their wifi setup is a pain at best. Customer service seems to be below par. They are really slick lights for a good price. I had several issues both on setup and customer service getting them replaced and would consider them again.

[Cammunoz]

Ya as far as speaking with the coral and light response they do well especially for being a smaller light 2 cover my 90 completely
i m just frustrated with the issues i had but now they seem ok


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[Cammunoz]

Final thoughts the color mismatch has happened again...! I give up enough is enough. These lights need there wifi setup completely reprogrammed they disconnect all the time also! Wish i could go back in time and not have bought these. If you are going to charge that much for lights make sure the programs/ leds are on par . Its sad i can go with a chinese led for athird of the price and have better results!


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[drtrash]

Hello kessil

[Cammunoz]

Originally Posted by drtrash

Hello kessil

Yes if i can trade them for two or sell them lol


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[Tron_954]

Have you tried taking them to someone else's WiFi? Say.... Neighbors or local fish store...

[Cammunoz]

Ya no luck heres some pics of the colors off



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[Cammunoz]

Half the tank is purple the other is blue


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[drtrash]

Can you adj one to compensate? Based on your experience I bought kessil ap700 and setup connection operation was what we hope for in a light

[Cammunoz]

Originally Posted by drtrash

Can you adj one to compensate? Based on your experience I bought kessil ap700 and setup connection operation was what we hope for in a light

Not really i can set each one as a parent but then when they are on standby one blinks all night trying to find a signal


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[gus6464]

Originally Posted by Cammunoz

Half the tank is purple the other is blue


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So what you are saying is that having both lights at the same exact color setting yields a different visual color?

[Cammunoz]

ya half the tank is blue the other purple


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[gus6464]

Originally Posted by Cammunoz

ya half the tank is blue the other purple


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K so the problem you are having is related to diode binning. Basically the bin of the blues on one of the pucks differs from the other. This a problem with Cree mainly as their binning is just absolute crap. Trying to get exact matching binning from them is like pulling teeth.

Now more likely the bin of the diodes AI bought is all supposed to be the same so the problem lies with Cree quality control. They basically labeled a massive bin of LEDs one thing when they were supposed to be another. Since you keep getting replacement pucks more likely all the diodes on their replacements is basically tainted. So what you can do is ask AI for replacement pucks for all of your lights since it's obvious their replacement batch is different than their shipping which makes sense as the ones that came with the light were built a long time ago while the replacement ones are fresher.

[Cammunoz]

Originally Posted by gus6464

K so the problem you are having is related to diode binning. Basically the bin of the blues on one of the pucks differs from the other. This a problem with Cree mainly as their binning is just absolute crap. Trying to get exact matching binning from them is like pulling teeth.



Now more likely the bin of the diodes AI bought is all supposed to be the same so the problem lies with Cree quality control. They basically labeled a massive bin of LEDs one thing when they were supposed to be another. Since you keep getting replacement pucks more likely all the diodes on their replacements is basically tainted. So what you can do is ask AI for replacement pucks for all of your lights since it's obvious their replacement batch is different than their shipping which makes sense as the ones that came with the light were built a long time ago while the replacement ones are fresher.

Interesting thanks for the info. Ya i have had it with them this is the third time i swap them out . Ive just given up if they both fidnt have to be on yhe same tank i would have no issues well their is the connection issue to.time to trade them or sell em


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[gus6464]

Originally Posted by Cammunoz

Interesting thanks for the info. Ya i have had it with them this is the third time i swap them out . Ive just given up if they both fidnt have to be on yhe same tank i would have no issues well their is the connection issue to.time to trade them or sell em


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So when they swapped out I assume they just sent you one puck and not a replacement for all of them?

I don't see how they didn't realize this the second you told them about the problem.

[Cammunoz]

Originally Posted by gus6464

So when they swapped out I assume they just sent you one puck and not a replacement for all of them?



I don't see how they didn't realize this the second you told them about the problem.

They didnt send pucks they sent new units the first time they were mismatched the second wifi modules werent working and third wifi works when it wants but the color issuecame back


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