Vortech Controller is out.

GSMguy · 08/15/2007, 09:35 AM

http://www.aquariumspecialty.com/cat...oducts_id=1840

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showth...readid=1185310

what does everybody think?

i am ordering mine today

and we dont have to send our pumps to them they send the upgrade to us.

also as far as i can tell the single controller and the wireless controller are the same.

King-Kong · 08/15/2007, 09:48 AM

!!!!

/me runs around the room waving hands

GSMguy · 08/15/2007, 09:52 AM

kong i was thinking about you

glad you found my thread.

your going to have some real fun now.

where is jnarowe i figure he will be dancing the morning away as well.

OliverM3 · 08/15/2007, 09:58 AM

Very cool just ordered mine.

Thanks

E-A-G-L-E-S · 08/15/2007, 10:00 AM

This is a good day

NewSchool04 · 08/15/2007, 10:07 AM

so can one wireless controller control two pumps?

GSMguy · 08/15/2007, 10:10 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by NewSchool04
so can one wireless controller control two pumps?

well no you need to upgrade all the pumps to the new drivers. one driver will be designated as the Master pump and the others will be slaves. slaves will be controlled by the master.

E-A-G-L-E-S · 08/15/2007, 10:18 AM

Ahhh...thnx for clearing that up for me.
so what is different about what is for sale on the first than what we can order now? Is it just that if you order a vortech from then on you can have the new driver from the start as opposed to the upgrade we current users will now do?

GSMguy · 08/15/2007, 10:24 AM

i dont know if the vortechs that are shippied from ecotech after the 1st of september will come with wireless stock.

reefnut2790 · 08/15/2007, 11:28 AM

so the upgrade goes into the white box that currently has the dial for flow adjustment? doesnt sound like it has a lcd or anything for display. wonder how you know what setting your picking. will be ordering my upgrade as soon as funds allow =-)

GSMguy · 08/15/2007, 11:30 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by reefnut2790
so the upgrade goes into the white box that currently has the dial for flow adjustment? doesnt sound like it has a lcd or anything for display. wonder how you know what setting your picking. will be ordering my upgrade as soon as funds allow =-)

no you detach the cord from the white driver you have now then plug the cord in the new controller module/driver. so its simple and quick plus you dont have to send the pumps in as many thought in the past we might have to do.

reefnut2790 · 08/15/2007, 11:41 AM

ok cool so it is a whole new replacement for the white box

rockin!

GSMguy · 08/15/2007, 03:16 PM

bump

jnarowe · 08/15/2007, 04:06 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by GSMguy
where is jnarowe i figure he will be dancing the morning away as well.

Nope, no dancing around. Just a quick call to work things out...Didn't find out until Marc posted in his thread. Now if I could just get those Eco-Tech guys to fasten a heat sink and adapter to my pumps that will accept CPU fans!

Seriously, I am working on a mod to keep mine cool. The fan has worked really well so hopefully other users will learn from that and gauge whether they need additional cooling.

GSMguy · 08/15/2007, 04:06 PM

and here it is, sort of
very nice sleek design

jnarowe · 08/15/2007, 04:07 PM

The rendering makes it look like plastic doesn't it? And again it doesn't look like there's much in the way of information like speed, temp, cycle, etc.

GSMguy · 08/15/2007, 04:10 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by jnarowe
Nope, no dancing around. Just a quick call to work things out...Didn't find out until Marc posted in his thread. Now if I could just get those Eco-Tech guys to fasten a heat sink and adapter to my pumps that will accept CPU fans!

Seriously, I am working on a mod to keep mine cool. The fan has worked really well so hopefully other users will learn from that and gauge whether they need additional cooling.

you know those liquid cooling heat sincs for CPUs? what about removing the rubber sticker on the back of the vortech and replacing it with a liquid cooling system.

or an icecap variable speed fan controlled by the driver based on heat...

Also since these things are wireless will i be able to hook up to the internet and check on my pumps? that would be cool all they need is a vortech thing that hooks to the wireless router in my apartment allready.

GSMguy · 08/15/2007, 04:15 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by jnarowe
The rendering makes it look like plastic doesn't it? And again it doesn't look like there's much in the way of information like speed, temp, cycle, etc.

see the clear stripe on it? That will have series of leds that will tell you what mode its in and they are providing a key to understand the led modes also the key is on the back of the driver.

this is much cheaper to design and build, also the plastic is bettter suited to the Marine enviroment. stainless is expensive. for 50 bucks we are getting the wireless controller not just the single controller as we all thought before plus we get to do it ourselves no sending in the pump.

also i hope this thread is the place to critique the controller with out turning it into a flame fest all thoughts are apreciated

jnarowe · 08/15/2007, 04:20 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by GSMguy
you know those liquid cooling heat sincs for CPUs? what about removing the rubber sticker on the back of the vortech and replacing it with a liquid cooling system.

or an icecap variable speed fan controlled by the driver based on heat...

Also since these things are wireless will i be able to hook up to the internet and check on my pumps? that would be cool all they need is a vortech thing that hooks to the wireless router in my apartment allready.

all good points. I don't know anything about the liquid coolers. I figured even a variable speed fan mounted in a heat sink and attached to the motor would be good, but since I am one of, if not the only person with this issue, it doesn't pay for them to do the build out.

yeah, hooking into my wireless bridge with some software on my PC would be good, or even better would be a link to AquaNotes.

GSMguy · 08/15/2007, 04:24 PM

i need aquanotes written for Mac OSX i dont even have access to a pc. lol

GSMguy · 08/15/2007, 04:36 PM

Johnathan have you seen on melevs reef the pics of his acrylic computer fan housings? why not have something rigged up that would attach a fan to the outside of the tank and blow on the vortech? it would be nice and clean looking and could be held on with some suction cups.

reef / aholic · 08/15/2007, 04:51 PM

WHAT IS IT!!!

jnarowe · 08/15/2007, 05:00 PM

Yeah I have seen them...no way on the suction cups. don't allow them inside or outside my system for anything I have to rely on. The reason why I want the heat sink is to mate a fan right to the pump itself, and power it off the pump power supply if that will work.

GSMguy · 08/15/2007, 05:00 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by RoBolton
WHAT IS IT!!!

what is what ?

NewSchool04 · 08/15/2007, 08:38 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by jnarowe
Nope, no dancing around. Just a quick call to work things out...Didn't find out until Marc posted in his thread. Now if I could just get those Eco-Tech guys to fasten a heat sink and adapter to my pumps that will accept CPU fans!

Seriously, I am working on a mod to keep mine cool. The fan has worked really well so hopefully other users will learn from that and gauge whether they need additional cooling.

Are you having heat issues with the VorTech?

08/15/2007, 09:35 AM	#1
GSMguy Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Northern New Mexico Posts: 17,420	Vortech Controller is out. http://www.aquariumspecialty.com/cat...oducts_id=1840 http://reefcentral.com/forums/showth...readid=1185310 what does everybody think? i am ordering mine today and we dont have to send our pumps to them they send the upgrade to us. also as far as i can tell the single controller and the wireless controller are the same.

08/15/2007, 09:52 AM	#3
GSMguy Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Northern New Mexico Posts: 17,420	kong i was thinking about you glad you found my thread. your going to have some real fun now. where is jnarowe i figure he will be dancing the morning away as well. __________________ Nick. Conehead. Shallow Reef club. Current Tank Info: 48"x27"x14" Envision Acrylic rimless, 6x39w ATi Sunpower, Custom ATB Deluxe Skimmer, 4x tunze nano stream,ATB flowstar 1500, ACJR, Tunze osmolator.

08/15/2007, 10:00 AM	#5
E-A-G-L-E-S Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Lehigh Valley, PA Posts: 7,038	This is a good day __________________ Smug Egotistical Contemptuous It's difficult to get a man to understand something that his salary requires him not to.

08/15/2007, 10:07 AM	#6
NewSchool04 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Go Bears! Posts: 7,629	so can one wireless controller control two pumps? __________________ 180 w/ Tek 8 bulb T5 fixture 2 6105 Tunze w/ 7095 controller Tunze Wave Box

08/15/2007, 10:18 AM	#8
E-A-G-L-E-S Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Lehigh Valley, PA Posts: 7,038	Ahhh...thnx for clearing that up for me. so what is different about what is for sale on the first than what we can order now? Is it just that if you order a vortech from then on you can have the new driver from the start as opposed to the upgrade we current users will now do? __________________ Smug Egotistical Contemptuous It's difficult to get a man to understand something that his salary requires him not to.

08/15/2007, 09:48 AM	#2
King-Kong Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Gainesville, FL Posts: 2,346	!!!! /me runs around the room waving hands

08/15/2007, 09:58 AM	#4
OliverM3 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: PA Posts: 616	Very cool just ordered mine. Thanks

08/15/2007, 10:24 AM	#9
GSMguy Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Northern New Mexico Posts: 17,420	i dont know if the vortechs that are shippied from ecotech after the 1st of september will come with wireless stock. __________________ Nick. Conehead. Shallow Reef club. Current Tank Info: 48"x27"x14" Envision Acrylic rimless, 6x39w ATi Sunpower, Custom ATB Deluxe Skimmer, 4x tunze nano stream,ATB flowstar 1500, ACJR, Tunze osmolator.

08/15/2007, 11:28 AM	#10
reefnut2790 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: cincy, ohio Posts: 123	so the upgrade goes into the white box that currently has the dial for flow adjustment? doesnt sound like it has a lcd or anything for display. wonder how you know what setting your picking. will be ordering my upgrade as soon as funds allow =-)

08/15/2007, 11:41 AM	#12
reefnut2790 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: cincy, ohio Posts: 123	ok cool so it is a whole new replacement for the white box rockin!

08/15/2007, 03:16 PM	#13
GSMguy Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Northern New Mexico Posts: 17,420	bump __________________ Nick. Conehead. Shallow Reef club. Current Tank Info: 48"x27"x14" Envision Acrylic rimless, 6x39w ATi Sunpower, Custom ATB Deluxe Skimmer, 4x tunze nano stream,ATB flowstar 1500, ACJR, Tunze osmolator.

08/15/2007, 04:06 PM	#15
GSMguy Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Northern New Mexico Posts: 17,420	and here it is, sort of very nice sleek design __________________ Nick. Conehead. Shallow Reef club. Current Tank Info: 48"x27"x14" Envision Acrylic rimless, 6x39w ATi Sunpower, Custom ATB Deluxe Skimmer, 4x tunze nano stream,ATB flowstar 1500, ACJR, Tunze osmolator.

08/15/2007, 04:07 PM	#16
jnarowe Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Poulsbo, WA Posts: 14,710	The rendering makes it look like plastic doesn't it? And again it doesn't look like there's much in the way of information like speed, temp, cycle, etc. __________________ Jonathan--Recovering Tankaholic. Current Tank Info: 70g fresh planted

08/15/2007, 04:24 PM	#20
GSMguy Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Northern New Mexico Posts: 17,420	i need aquanotes written for Mac OSX i dont even have access to a pc. lol __________________ Nick. Conehead. Shallow Reef club. Current Tank Info: 48"x27"x14" Envision Acrylic rimless, 6x39w ATi Sunpower, Custom ATB Deluxe Skimmer, 4x tunze nano stream,ATB flowstar 1500, ACJR, Tunze osmolator.

08/15/2007, 04:36 PM	#21
GSMguy Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Northern New Mexico Posts: 17,420	Johnathan have you seen on melevs reef the pics of his acrylic computer fan housings? why not have something rigged up that would attach a fan to the outside of the tank and blow on the vortech? it would be nice and clean looking and could be held on with some suction cups. __________________ Nick. Conehead. Shallow Reef club. Current Tank Info: 48"x27"x14" Envision Acrylic rimless, 6x39w ATi Sunpower, Custom ATB Deluxe Skimmer, 4x tunze nano stream,ATB flowstar 1500, ACJR, Tunze osmolator.

08/15/2007, 04:51 PM	#22
reef / aholic Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: houston \| texas Posts: 647	WHAT IS IT!!!

08/15/2007, 05:00 PM	#23
jnarowe Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Poulsbo, WA Posts: 14,710	Yeah I have seen them...no way on the suction cups. don't allow them inside or outside my system for anything I have to rely on. The reason why I want the heat sink is to mate a fan right to the pump itself, and power it off the pump power supply if that will work. __________________ Jonathan--Recovering Tankaholic. Current Tank Info: 70g fresh planted