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Re: Reef Angel Star Controller

Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2017 9:27 pm
by tkeracer619
What about the vortech rf control at the display? Seems like I would already have to run a cable up there.

Interesting thing about RANet... I work with one of the people who came up with zigbee.

Re: Reef Angel Star Controller

Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2017 10:58 pm
by tkeracer619
Any thoughts on this? What would it take to get the Vortech RF module 30 or so feet from the head unit?

Re: Reef Angel Star Controller

Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2017 11:26 pm
by rimai
Not sure how to do this. We are not even selling RF modules anymore.
They are very closed about their protocol and no help was ever provided. So, we decided not to carry those anymore.

Re: Reef Angel Star Controller

Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2017 9:17 am
by tkeracer619
I still have one so hopefully it will work. Since I already have a plus I may use it to develop my new setup and switch over to the Star once I am ready and confident I have it all working. At that point I can just use the Plus for the display to control the lighting and the vortechs. I like the idea of having a hardwired controller. The Wifi module was always flaky for me. Though, that could have been routing issues, i've since moved on to Ubiquiti network hardware which was a massive upgrade in stability.

Re: Reef Angel Star Controller

Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2018 1:40 pm
by akkord64
Can the eagle files be uploaded to the website for the star as well as the other missing modules? Looking forward to reviewing them. Thanks!

Re: Reef Angel Star Controller

Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2018 8:59 pm
by lnevo
tkeracer619 wrote:I still have one so hopefully it will work. Since I already have a plus I may use it to develop my new setup and switch over to the Star once I am ready and confident I have it all working. At that point I can just use the Plus for the display to control the lighting and the vortechs. I like the idea of having a hardwired controller. The Wifi module was always flaky for me. Though, that could have been routing issues, i've since moved on to Ubiquiti network hardware which was a massive upgrade in stability.
The RF module still works with my MP40WQD. One thing to note though is that for the QD I had to sync first with the older driver then switch the wireless module back to the QD. The sync software did not trigger anything on the newer driver. Once it was sync'd though, it works great.

Re: Reef Angel Star Controller

Posted: Wed May 09, 2018 10:32 pm
by tkeracer619
lnevo wrote:
tkeracer619 wrote:I still have one so hopefully it will work. Since I already have a plus I may use it to develop my new setup and switch over to the Star once I am ready and confident I have it all working. At that point I can just use the Plus for the display to control the lighting and the vortechs. I like the idea of having a hardwired controller. The Wifi module was always flaky for me. Though, that could have been routing issues, i've since moved on to Ubiquiti network hardware which was a massive upgrade in stability.
The RF module still works with my MP40WQD. One thing to note though is that for the QD I had to sync first with the older driver then switch the wireless module back to the QD. The sync software did not trigger anything on the newer driver. Once it was sync'd though, it works great.
Good tip!