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Apex firmware upgrade

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by AJ, Sep 25, 2011.

  1. AJ

    AJ Inactive User

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    Hey Apex owners,
    Back in August, Neptune released an upgraded version of the firmware.  I just got it installed yesterday and it seems that they have made some significant code optimizations.  It's much faster.  I would strongly recommend that all Apex owners upgrade to this latest release.
    Latest Apex Firmware
    --AJ
     
  2. Waverz

    Waverz Expert Reefkeeper

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    If only it would speed everything up if you have 7 EB8's an EB4 and a PM1 hooked up. Talk about lag.

    AJ, do you know if they fixed the pH parsing error? That one drove me nuts for weeks, it took me forever to figure out what was going on.
     
  3. AJ

    AJ Inactive User

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    Holy outlets Batman! 7 EB8s and an EB4...wow, that's a lot of outlets!

    I never ran into the pH parsing error so I don't know one way or the other. What were the symptoms of that bug? I can tell you that I ran into the temp calibration bug that's mentioned, but I attributed it to a bad probe. The pH parsing bug was not mentioned in the firmware upgrade documentation...here's the revision history for the various releases:

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    * Firmware Revision History
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    Apex 4.11 8/1/11 Release 8B11
    - VDM AI Sol Blue lightning fix.
    - WXM Vortech ecoback fix.
    - Web temperature calibration fix.
    - misc bug fixes.

    Apex 4.10 5/1/11 Release 7A11
    - Added support for Apex Jr
    - Added support for AquaBus Lunar Simulator.
    - Added probe calibrate to web pages.
    - Updated bootloader
    - Updated Flash Utility with Apex discovery support.
    - miscellaneous bug fixes.
    - VDM - AI lightning flashes on sol blue fixtures
    - Vortech ecoback mode
    - display temperature calibration issue

    Apex 4.05 3/10/11 Release 4B11
    - added Aqua Illumination Sol Blue support to the VDM.
    - Increased number of profiles to 32.
    - Added additional network setup configuration options.
    - miscellaneous bug fixes.

    Apex 4.04 9/20/10 Release CA10
    - Support for VDM module
    - Support for EB4 module
    - Enhanced graphing with support for multiple probes and outlets.
    - probe naming and configuration from web browser
    - Added weather profile type.
    - Apex Display initialization bug fixed.
    - Daylight savings time datalog/graphing bug fixed
    - miscellaneous bug fixes.

    Apex 4.03 7/28/10 Release 7B10
    - Support for PM3 Module
    - Support for WXM Module
    - Enhanced power failure support for Apex base module (see system->Misc setup menu)
    - Fixed DST clock web page bug.
    - Fixed outlet initialization bug when clock auto updates.
    - Fixed EB8 power failure detection
    - Firmware update of Apex Display to fix firmware corruption issue
    - Fixed bug associated with longer probe names.
    - Added some telnet diagnostic commands used for technical support
    - Fixed very infrequent probe configuration bug on PMx.
    - Increase smtp timeout

    Apex 4.02 2/16/10 Release 2H10
    - Support for PM2 Module
    - Preliminary support for Vortech module
    - Initial graph page displays last 24 hours.
    - Customizable web status page.
    - Configuration Load/Save
    - Enhanced clock features. Day light savings time added, NTP internet clock set support

    Apex 4.01 11/04/09 Release BA09

    - xml fix for illegal probe name characters
    - multi-day graphing and datalogging on web pages.
    - support for multi-day xml datalogs and output logs
    i.e.: http://apex/cgi-bin/outlog.xml?sdate=091011&days=30
    http://apex/cgi-bin/datalog.xml?sdate=091011&days=30&interval=60
    sdate = start date, MMYYDDHHMM
    days = number of days to download
    interval = specifies the number of minutes between samples to output (only valid for datalogs)
    - made all probe names consistent between all xml and status pages.
    - support Apex Lite
    - support PM1
    - added defer command to filter/remove short lived changes in probe values.
    i.e. Defer 010 Then On

    Apex 4.00 8/29/09 Release 8J09
    - Improved accuracy of EB8 current logging
    - Added popup window for the module firmware update status
    - Fixed AM/PM clock bug
    - enhanced EB8 power failure functionality.
    - fixed misc. web page errors.

    Apex 4.00 8/11/09 Release 8H09
    - fix output status display selection bug
    - fixed email bug

    Apex 4.00 8/3/09 Release 8C09
    - Added EB8 support for lunar cycle dim command - on/off only
    - Optimized HTML web pages
    - Optimized HTTP web server
    - Fixed seasonal table bug for March
    - Fixed 'If Power Apex Off' bug
    - Fixed Feed Delay bug
    - Enhanced module and outlet deletion

    Initial 4.0 release

     
  4. sblomgren

    sblomgren Well-Known ReefKeeper

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    how do you update your apex? I have no idea how to do that?
     
  5. sblomgren

    sblomgren Well-Known ReefKeeper

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    Nevermind, I used this tool called the internet and looked it up on neptunes website!
     
  6. PotRoast

    PotRoast Well-Known ReefKeeper

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    has anyone used the probe calibration via the net?

    I am not sure how this works.....

     
  7. Stephen Webb

    Stephen Webb Inactive User

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    Yes I have. 
    I just pops up a box in the middle of the webbrowser with the realtime status of the raw probe number at the bottom of the popup. You wait for the raw number to settle. (Very much like at the display) You set what solution you are in and press ok. Then it asks for the second solution type. And you are calibrated. That is for ph.
     
  8. jtesdall Expert Reefkeeper

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    Thanks AJ, all updated. Don't notice anything different but that could be a good thing. Going to hope my feed issue is resolved. ;0)
     

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