Bitfenix Recon Fan Control Help

wildest_jjk · 31 Mar 2015 at 18:39

Hey guys,

I have just set up my bitfenix recon fan controller for the first time. It kind of works but I think I might have done something wrong during the install.

Once I run the recon application it loads the control page for me however this does not update until I manually run the fancontroller_daemon executable everytime. Does anyone have any idea why this might be the case?

Thanks

Jay Blizzay · 1 Apr 2015 at 04:53

You have to ensure you run the initial installation as administrator so it creates a startup service for the recon controller at boot.

wildest_jjk · 3 Apr 2015 at 20:54

Ok thanks that has helped.

Could anyone please confirm for me how many physical pins there are for the USB connector on the actual PCB of their recon?

I realise the USB connector is 4 pin but I just want to check that everyones PCB has four pins.

Thanks

Wrinkly · 4 Apr 2015 at 05:12

FYI, I found Phoebetria to be much better than the software provided with the Recon.

Phoebetria
Software control for the BitFenix© Recon fan controller.
This software was developed by Craig Robbins and Christopher Ferris in their spare time and released to the opensource community. This project was started because of the lack of support for the operating systems provided by the OEM software. Phoebetria currently supports all of the major operating systems including Windows, Linux and OS X. Through the awesome support from our fans Phoebetria has grown to be something larger than either of us ever imagined...
To see a full list of features and some of the people who have helped us along the way please see the Acknowledgments and Changes files distributed with this software. If you enjoy this software or you would like the latest information then please join us on our forums at www.phoebetria.com.

wildest_jjk · 4 Apr 2015 at 11:55

Yeh I did notice that but really I was looking for control over the network as well. I have got it working but still having a few issues with the USB connection.

If anyone does have a Bitfenix Recon it would be great if you could check the number of USB pins on the PCB for me. I need to know whether it is three or four.

Thanks

Unicorn · 4 Apr 2015 at 14:42

USB Pins on my recon is 3, 4th is for pwm which recon doesnt do.

U can use both Phoebetria and network control from my knowledge so why not give it a shot. The fan curves you can set on Phoebetria are also very handy if you use your temp probes properly

wildest_jjk · 4 Apr 2015 at 14:52

Unicorn said:
USB Pins on my recon is 3, 4th is for pwm which recon doesnt do.

U can use both Phoebetria and network control from my knowledge so why not give it a shot. The fan curves you can set on Phoebetria are also very handy if you use your temp probes properly

Thanks for your response

So just to confirm are you talking about the connection that I have circled in the picture below?

The number of pins that the USB connection goes onto is 3?

Dempsey22 · 4 Apr 2015 at 14:58

wildest_jjk said:
Thanks for your response

So just to confirm are you talking about the connection that I have circled in the picture below?

The number of pins that the USB connection goes onto is 3?

I just checked mine there and 4 pin connector goes into 3 pins on the PCB, the red wire isnt connected to a pin at all.

wildest_jjk · 4 Apr 2015 at 15:01

Dempsey22 said:
I just checked mine there and 4 pin connector goes into 3 pins on the PCB, the red wire isnt connected to a pin at all.

That's interesting then and kind of what I was expecting. I recently soldered a fourth pin onto the board as I was having problems and it was second hand etc.

Seems pretty strange there is not meant to be a fourth pin then even though there are four wires on the connector.