Monday, March 14, 2011

RKE updated (regrettably)

I updated the firmware on all the RKE devices over the weekend and things were working well for several hours. I decided to feed the fish and use the RKE's standby mode, then the head unit "crashed". I re-programmed the head unit's firmware again, and it seemed to work even when I tried the standby mode. I thought that might have been the only hiccup during this updating process.
Unfortunately, this is what I came home to today at 7:30 PM:
Another, seemingly random, crash.
By the looks of it, it looks as if my main pump, protein skimmer, heaters and auto top-off devices had been powered off since 3:22 PM. LED lights and Vortech circulation pumps were kept separately on a good old-fashioned power strip.
The livestock looks healthy....so far.
Time to log on to Digital Aquatic's forum. Ugh.
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1 comment:

John Trimble said...

Hi Joe. I was wondering if you are the same Joe who posted an article on how to build a sufficient protein skimmer at the following website. http://joesreef.tripod.com/HTMLPAGES/diyskimmer.htm

I tried contacting this Joe from this site, but the email didn't go through. I just wanted to thank him for taking his time to create such a masterpiece that works well and should hold up very well for many years. If you are the same Joe who created that article, I have a few questions about it before I decide to buy the parts to build one myself. Thanks.