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Ashlar
04-10-2007, 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. At the same time, I store the stats in a database, and you can get a graph of your temperature, ph, or orp over time.

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

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

Click mine to view my stats for today..
http://www.rowelab.com/AquaController/rc_Ashlar_sig.png (http://www.rowelab.com/AquaController/index.php?userid=Ashlar&scope=today)

thepollock
04-10-2007, 12:40 AM
dose ur controler have to be pluged in to ur comp.?

REEFSTOCK
04-10-2007, 12:45 AM
Pollock, the JR plugs into the computer the AC3 plugs into the router.

Ashlar
04-10-2007, 08:58 AM
Right. The LightHouse plugs into your router as well.

Ashlar
06-05-2007, 07:42 PM
I'm really hoping someone with an RK II and the new firmware will work with me to get this going with it.

Ashlar
06-29-2007, 07:56 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

David Grigor
11-10-2008, 12:03 PM
I got a AC3 from Saltwater empire over the weekend and got it up and running.

I generated my real time data signature:

http://www.rowelab.com/AquaController/sig.php?n=David%20Grigor

But looks like img code not allowed in signatures. Any other way to get this into my signature here at TCMAS or is this type of thing just not going to be allowed ?

Chris Goetz
11-10-2008, 01:25 PM
Thanks David, I had forgotten about that. I'll have to give it a shot.

Do you have any concerns about giving them the login/password to your AC3? I do...

Have you tried the Vista gadget that Ken developed? I use and love it!
Here's his site: http://mysite.verizon.net/resoixy5/

David Grigor
11-10-2008, 02:26 PM
A little concerned but can delete. Right now just playing with the new toy.

sabbath
11-10-2008, 08:40 PM
Cool! I'm going to check it out.

Ashlar
10-04-2009, 11:30 PM
*bump*

I've added support for a couple more controllers- Neptune Apex, RKE with net module, and Profilux.

Ashlar
01-31-2010, 04:52 PM
*bump* I've added support for the new Profilux 3, as well as options for different fonts and font sizes.