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Ashlar
Fri, 16th Feb 2007, 12:16 AM
What is it?

An application that I made that takes the statistics provided by your web enabled controller (AC Jr / 2 with AquaNotes, AC3/3Pro with ethernet, or Premium Aquatics LightHouse) and turns them into an image that you can use as a signature on your favorite forum, emails, or even as an image on your web page.

How does it work?

A program on my server reaches out every five minutes to your controller and gathers data that you specify. Temperature, ph, ORP, device status- most any data that your controller displays on a web page- all of it can become part of your image. This data gets formatted in the way you want, either fancy or simple, and turned into an image.

How much does it cost?

Nothing. Nada. Zip. Zero. There are no ads, no pop-ups, no tracking cookies, or fees. This was just something cool that I came up with because I'm a reef geek. If you feel guilty about using it for free, then renew your membership to your local reef club, send a donation to MASNA, or give a newbie a frag of something and help spread the responsible reef keeping ethic.

Okay, cool, how to I get started?

Register for an account at reefchat.org (http://www.reefchat.org) and once you're logged in, click 'Extras' then 'Signature Generator' from the top menu. Help is available from every screen, and I've even put up a HOWTO with screenshots. I'd appreciate feedback on how to make it better, too.

The controllers the application supports can grow, too. If you have another controller that has a web interface, and it's not listed here, I'd love to work with you to make it compatible.

Here are a few sigs that some users have..
http://www.rowelab.com/AquaController/rc_aiko670_sig.png

*edit: Yes, Brent needs to calibrate his ph probe *grin*
http://www.rowelab.com/AquaController/rc_brent_sig.png

http://www.rowelab.com/AquaController/rc_Ashlar_sig.png

MattK
Fri, 16th Feb 2007, 12:19 AM
Who's going to try this out first?

Bill S
Fri, 16th Feb 2007, 10:06 AM
Mine's not hooked up to a computer - I could never get the software to work.

Ashlar
Fri, 16th Feb 2007, 10:15 AM
Mine's not hooked up to a computer - I could never get the software to work.

AquaNotes? Yah, it can be a bit tetchy to get working. I got it working, but every time I have to reboot the pc, I have to mess with AquaNotes to make it work again.

erikharrison
Fri, 16th Feb 2007, 03:39 PM
that's awesome!

LoneStar
Fri, 16th Feb 2007, 03:42 PM
Very cool. I have a Lighthouse controller. I will see if I can get it hooked to the internet and then give it a shot one day.

Bill S
Fri, 16th Feb 2007, 04:55 PM
Any other options other than Aquanotes for my Aquacontroller?

slallen
Fri, 16th Feb 2007, 06:51 PM
Any other options other than Aquanotes for my Aquacontroller?

Bill which AquaController do you have? THe AC3 does not require Aquanotes.

Bill S
Fri, 16th Feb 2007, 07:17 PM
Aquacontroller II...

Ashlar
Fri, 16th Feb 2007, 07:36 PM
*nod* Bill, for an AC2 / Jr / Pro, without an ethernet port, AquaNotes is the way to go.

That being said, I have an AC2, and I wrote a script in tcl that connects via telnet to pull the data- but that's a total hack.

Ashlar
Mon, 19th Feb 2007, 08:42 PM
Oh! I added a new feature.. since I'm collecting folks stats every 5 minutes, why not graph em?

graph.. (http://www.rowelab.com/AquaController/index.php?userid=Ashlar&scope=today)

Ashlar
Fri, 29th Jun 2007, 06:47 PM
I added another new feature. You can get your stats in XML (for integration into your own web pages) as well.

http://www.rowelab.com/AquaController/Ashlar.xml

Like here:
http://www.carlosreef.com/TankStatus.php

Ashlar
Sun, 4th Oct 2009, 01:26 PM
I've added support for the Neptune Apex's XML, so you can show things like power consumption, etc..

http://www.rowelab.com/AquaController/rc_HeneryH_sig.png

Ashlar
Sun, 31st Jan 2010, 04:59 PM
*bump* I've added support for the new Profilux 3, as well as options for different fonts and font sizes.