That's some write up bro. I have always been a gadget fan and been through pretty much every controller since they started to show up in market from ghl to Neptune and rk on various tanks. Things still fail and and life is no easy with them. My current system has no controller what so ever. The only thing I invested was in the ati hybrid lights and simple programming so I don't have to use timers . They have come up with so many updates in last couple years and I yet have to update mine and probably won't . As long as my lights are running and reef doing great I care less about updating it . Technology is good and but I am but not for me