Aqua Computer Aquaero Owners thread

faxfan said:
Everything is connected fine and appears to the working, next step is getting everything calibrated, curves setup etc.

I am using an internal USB extension card. Pins 1 - 5 are reversed on two of the devices(?!?!!?). Luckily the ones I connected incorrectly were the res and flow sensor rather than the pump and controller.
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I presume you're using the latest Aquasuite 2016 then? And updated the firmware?

Yeah that's why it's best to use the USB cable they give you instead.
 
This is probably an easy one but I've just moved to Windows 10 and my Aquasuite v2016-4 overview page won't let me select any of the charts for displaying output. All I get is the value as text. It was fine under Windows 7. So, is there something I need to add?
Thanks
 
Worth exporting the page, uninstalling, reinstalling and importing the page again perhaps.
Another thing I've found is sometime Aquasuite throws a strop and won't display an overview page either at all or not for a long time. Sometimes happens on other tabs too. Closing Aquasuite (make sure it's gone from the task tray too) and re-opening it seems to fix it for me
I'm on Windows 10 Pro x64 (or was it Enterprise? *shrug* not near it now) and it was a clean install rather than an upgrade.
 
Hi,

Just got a loop going over the weekend using an Aquacomputer D5 USB pump. It's working fine, I can control the pump speed via the Aquasuite software - but I'm wondering if I can control the pump speed to vary based on water temperature?

At the moment the pump is being controlled by USB, but I do plan to pick up an Aquaero soon.
 
Scottland said:
Hi,

Just got a loop going over the weekend using an Aquacomputer D5 USB pump. It's working fine, I can control the pump speed via the Aquasuite software - but I'm wondering if I can control the pump speed to vary based on water temperature?

At the moment the pump is being controlled by USB, but I do plan to pick up an Aquaero soon.
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You can by setting up a curve controller instead of a set point controller, but as has been mentioned many times in this thread and various other threads related to it, pump speed/flow increase does not improve temps by any noticeable difference. Having adequate cooling (fans, radiators, etc) does. So set the pumps at a level that doesn't cause too much noise/vibration and keep it at that. All 3 of my pumps are running at about 3626RPM and I can barely hear them and I get a flow of 200l/h.
 
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At the moment even at the lowest setting the pump is audible, so I wanted it on min all the time unless temperature increased. Can you set up a pump speed curve without an aquaero though? I can't see an option for it.

I do have a shoggy sandwich coming that will help with the noise though hopefully.
 
Vibration isolation is probably what you need so the Shoggy Sandwich will help. Otherwise a pump mount with rubber feet.
Another possibility is that you've got air in the loop. As the bubbles go through the pump they make quite a racket. Your res should have a baffle of some kind to help filter those bubbles out and not let new ones in.
Unless you can set up a curve on the pump itself through Aquasuite, you're out of luck. I suspect you need an Aquaero to do that. You'll probably find, as said, that it makes little difference to the temps once you're over a reasonable minimum flow rate.
 
Thanks, don't think it's air I noticed quite a drop in noise once the bubbles had started to disappear. Will see what it's like with the shoggy. I'm picking up an aquaero anyway so will have a play when I get that.
 
I'd recommend the heatsink for the Aquaero. Partly for the heatsink (it's not strictly necessary for most) but mainly because it looks a lot nicer and gives the back a bit of protection.
 
My aquasuite (2016-4) is no longer able to get the temps from openhardware monitor. This "appears" to be since the latest Windows 10 update.

Anyone got this problem?
 
Not sure if this is going to be perceived as unhelpful but have you tried HWInfo instead? Its updated quite frequently for new hardware and software and it works on my Windows 10 after the update - hence why I don't know about open hardware monitor.
 
Cenedd said:
Not sure if this is going to be perceived as unhelpful but have you tried HWInfo instead? Its updated quite frequently for new hardware and software and it works on my Windows 10 after the update - hence why I don't know about open hardware monitor.
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No, that's fine I just want my temperatures monitored for the curves. However having removed open hardware monitor and installed HWINFO and I'm still getting nothing under "System" when I select datasources... weird.
 
I'm not in front of the PC that has this stuff in it at the moment but if I remember correctly, you can either:
  • set a virtual/software temperature sensor (forget which it is).
    The Aquasuite service keeps track of (make sure you have that installed and running) the data
  • or for graphs, you can just directly pull the data.
I think you only need to set up a virtual temperature sensor if you want to base curves off the data - but it's preferable to only base important decisions on something it's definitely going to be able to read even if Windows isn't running/working - ie sensors attached directly.
 
Everything was working fine, until this update (I believe it's the update). I'll have a dig, but I've changed nothing on the aquasuite or anything else :(
 
A reinstall has done the trick, my suspicions were aroused by the new permissions prompts. Thanks for the feedback, I'll probably use HWINFO now anyway :)
 
faxfan said:
A reinstall has done the trick, my suspicions were aroused by the new permissions prompts. Thanks for the feedback, I'll probably use HWINFO now anyway :)
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You should also update the firmware of your sensors and Aquaero (when you get it) with the new Aquasuite version. Aquaero's with older firmware tend not to work with newer Aquasuite versions.
 
I think it forces you to anyway. Aquasuite just whinges it can't communicate with the device until its firmware has been updated and offers to do it. Mostly it's the Aquaero itself that gets a firmware update. The other devices seem to be less frequent - I don't think I've had one yet - but it's worth noting it can only be done over USB connection and not over Aquabus.
 
Evening all. Just in case some of you haven't spotted it yet or could have your choice of unit affected, Aquasuite 2017 has just been released. Lots of new features (export data feeds to web and pull in data from other machines) but they've also changed the licensing model - details below

Aquasuite 2017 Release Notes

Completely new Licensing system.

In a nutshell, you get a free license with every new purchase for current 2017 version plus next version or if it's an Aquaero XT or Aquaduct XT you get current plus next two versions.
Existing users only get a free license if they have an Aquaero 5/6 XT, an Aquaduct XT or an Aquastream ULTIMATE. Otherwise, your last free version is 2016. 2016-5 is now available (same download, I believe it installs the version you're licensed for or gives you a choice).
Worst case a 1 year license is about £8.50 and a 2 year is £13.

Direct download (current version)

I'm off now to see if I can read my server's data from my workstation :D
 
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