Aquaero Owners Club

BigDaddyKong

BigDaddyKong

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I want to start a thread for everyone that owns an Aquacomputer Aquaero fan controller. Post any pictures and screenshots you have of your Aquaero, along with any tips, tricks, lessons learned with the Aquasuite Software. Show us your overview page that you created.









 
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Displaying custom images on the Aquaero

Alright Kong! This thread isn't as popular as it should be, so lets get some content in here!

Here's a little bit from me - Displaying custom images on your Aquaero.

Firstly, creating your image. There are a number of rules the image must abide by for the Aquaero to display it:

- the size of the image should be 256 x 64 pixels
- can only be black & white
- the colour of the image is inverted when displayed on the Aquaero, so black is white
- the PNG format works for me

I use Fireworks to create and export my image:

aquaero_image_01.jpg


Once you have created your image, on the Aquasuite program navigate to Aquaero -> Information pages. Expand the "Special pages and logo" drop down and click the button "Upload custom logo to device". Navigate to your image and it shall be uploaded to your device once you have selected it.

aquaero_image_02.jpg


Lastly, expand the "Information pages" dropdown and select "Miscellaneous" from the list of "Available screens". Drag and drop the screen "User defined logo" from the left to the right to "Displayed screens". The confusing part here may be that it looks nothing like the custom image you created - it's just a dummy. Note - where you place it in the list of "Displayed screens" is the sequence that the Aquaero will scroll through. Remove any you don't need.

As an added touch, drag and drop the "User defined logo" to the box "Page during standby" - it will display your custom image when your pc is off (as long as your PSU is still on).

Use the buttons on the Aquaero or the remote control to cycle through the screens to see your custom image :).

xpower_14.jpg


Have fun and share your images :) !
 
Very nice. Thanks a bunch. I could not figure out why my image never showed up on the Aquasuite upload. Now I have it working, thanks again.
 
Intriguing I might have to get me one of these. It's a shame there is no 6 LT with no display because I wouldn't mind running PWM fans again. How do the 5's handle normal 3-pin fans? Do they give you like an equivalent range of 7-12v. They are so confusing to read about it would be great to hear your thoughts. I would be looking to just run about 10-13 fans varying by CPU and GPU temperature. Thanks, if they can offer what i'm after i'd love to join the club and add another sexy post to your thread!

JR
 
Kong said:
Very nice. Thanks a bunch. I could not figure out why my image never showed up on the Aquasuite upload. Now I have it working, thanks again.
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No problem mate, glad to help!

JR23 said:
Intriguing I might have to get me one of these. It's a shame there is no 6 LT with no display because I wouldn't mind running PWM fans again. How do the 5's handle normal 3-pin fans? Do they give you like an equivalent range of 7-12v. They are so confusing to read about it would be great to hear your thoughts. I would be looking to just run about 10-13 fans varying by CPU and GPU temperature. Thanks, if they can offer what i'm after i'd love to join the club and add another sexy post to your thread!

JR
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It's only 3 pin fans that I use (Silverstone ap181's) and I can go as low as 4volts on them, for uber silence. I use the pwm outputs of the aquaero to control the brightness of leds.

Get one, the level of control is unparalleled.
 
Aquaero guys I need some help as i'm stuck in a catch 22 of PC modding!


Firstly I haz an Aquaero! It's an LT with the 20mm heatsink...

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and I also haz many many fans! 12x Corsair SP120 Quiet Editions and 1x AF140 Quiet Edition. The fans are rated at 0.08A so they are pretty much 1 watt each.


Now my big concern is that my fans may be a bit too much for the Aquaero, not in terms of watts per channel because the Aquaero could clearly handle 25 at 12 volts, but in the heat produced when the voltage is turned down. Ideally I would just test them but I don't have a PC, because i'm building it. While I could go to my friends and test there I don't have any fan cables and splitters because I don't know how long they need to be because I haven't mounted my aquaero as i'm worried it may be insufficient. lol.

I also want to run dimmable white LED's from the Aquaero and i'm talking a big quantity so really the 4th PWM fan channel would be ideal. So do you guys think it would be a good idea to get a seccond Aquaero 5 LT and run it as a slave so it would work out like so...

Aquaero 5 LT Master with 20mm Passive Heatsink
C1: 2x SP120
C2: 2x SP120
C3: 2x SP120
C4: White LED strips

Aquaero 5 LT Slave with 20mm Passive Heatsink
C1: 2x SP120
C2: 2x SP120
C3: 2x SP120
C4: 1x AF140


OR will it be ok to just smash everything onto one Aquaero like this:
C1: 3x SP120 + 1x AF140
C2: 3x SP120
C3: 3x SP120
C4: 3x SP120
2-pin PWM: White LED strips


I do realize that I could just add power adjusts however they are fugly and will be much harder to package neatly. Getting the water block also isn't an option due to it's location. It also won't receive much passive airflow as it will be in the back compartment of my rig.

It would be fantastic to get some input from you guys who are experienced with the Aquaero kit before I start mounting and ordering cables.

JR
 
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I don't think the 5LT can run all those together. You can get a 6 and take the screen off and run it like an LT through the software. That could handle all the fans I think, and it would be cheaper than buying two 5LT models.


Another thing to note, if using PWM Corsair fans in a group, there is an issue when using splitter boxes. From what I am told, four PWM fans or more on some blocks are not controllable. Something about the fans and the PWM signal strength. I am only running three PWM Corsair fans per block, and don't have any trouble. I don't know what the non PWM fans will do because I have never tried them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPQaMowIrmU
 
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Kong said:
I don't think the 5LT can run all those together. You can get a 6 and take the screen off and run it like an LT through the software. That could handle all the fans I think, and it would be cheaper than buying two 5LT models.


Another thing to note, if using PWM Corsair fans in a group, there is an issue when using splitter boxes. From what I am told, four PWM fans or more on some blocks are not controllable. Something about the fans and the PWM signal strength. I am only running three PWM Corsair fans per block, and don't have any trouble. I don't know what the non PWM fans will do because I have never tried them.
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Thanks for the reply, i'm not using PWM fans so I don't think an Aquaero 6 would provide a massive benefit, I already have one 5LT and another will only set me back £55 as opposed to £140 for a 6 so its definitely a cheaper option in our market, i'm more than happy to add another 5 if one can't deliver and I have heard one or two fans per channel is really the limit when trying to slow them down. Apparently the poweradjusts can't handle much more either so a slave looks like the sensible option, besides dat epeen, practically the raid0 or SLI of fan controllers lol.

JR
 
Just make sure you get the heat sinks and put on it at the least.

The 6 can adjust non PWM fans, but I have never tried it.

What is everyone using for fan profiles?
 
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Hi all,

I'll be joining the club as well in a few months, but still have some questions regarding the fan controlling.

My case will be a 900D, 480rad in the top p/p (8 fans here) and another 480 push in the bottom (4 fans here). There will also be 2 AF120's as front case fans and an AF140 rear case fan, giving a total of 15 fans. Those case fans don't have to be controlled much as they provide some airflow through the case for the non watercooled components.

I'm thinking of getting a setup like JR's, and run two 5 LTs in a master-slave setup. One of them will be dedicated to the top rad and the other to the bottom rad.

The maximum amount of fans to be hooked up on one unit is 8 isn't it? With the use of fan splitters ofc, 2 fans / channel. The unit controlling the bottom rad could also have the two front case fans on its third channel and the rear case fan on its fourth channel. Will it properly handle 8 SP120s simultaneously?

From what I've read about these so far, they are very powerful units capable of many things. But how are the LED strips controlled with these? Are the attached to the white 4-pin connector and voltage adjusted like the fans are?

Cheers,
Asper
 
Asperatis said:
The maximum amount of fans to be hooked up on one unit is 8 isn't it? ... Will it properly handle 8 SP120s simultaneously?
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Any fan channel can deliver a current of 1.65A and the maximum combined current of all channels is 5A. Depending on the used heatsink the maximum power dissipation is dynamic limited.

As each SP120 draws 0.18A in use, you'll be safe to run 2per channel for a total of 8.

The limiting factor here won't be amperage, but heat generated by the fan amps when you run the fans slower than full speed. However 2 per channel is a comfortable limit for the Aquaero 5, so you're unlikely to run into problems doing that.

Asperatis said:
But how are the LED strips controlled with these? Are the attached to the white 4-pin connector and voltage adjusted like the fans are?
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Hopefully JR23 will step in to answer how he's set his up. It'll only work through the Aquaero 5 if it's just a single colour LED strip though, so if you have a RGB coloured LED strip, the recently released Farbwerk will be exactly what you're after.

Warchild said:
Hang on a sec. I thought this was capable of handling 20fans per channel without a need of any cooling?
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You have to be running the Aquaero 6 with PWM fans to do that (as per the demo vid earlier in the thread).
 
Warchild said:
hmm, I have the aqua aero 6 XT and was hoping to run around 25 fans on it. These were non pwm fans though.
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You might be in luck as the 6 XT does up the analogue wattage limit too, with a maximum current of 2.5A per output, for a total of 30W per channel at 12V.

So if your fans are 0.4A each or less (at 12v), you should be able to run 6 per channel for a total of 24 fans.
 
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DeMoB said:
You might be in luck as the 6 XT does up the analogue wattage limit too, with a maximum current of 2.5A per output, for a total of 30W per channel at 12V.

So if your fans are 0.4A each or less (at 12v), you should be able to run 6 per channel for a total of 24 fans.
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Yup, thats at least what I was basing my thoughts on. Because I know that this controller will deactivate the channels if the amp exceeds the maximum. Fans will most likely be on a low settings. My aim was mostly for controlling my pwm pumps.
 
DeMoB said:
Any fan channel can deliver a current of 1.65A and the maximum combined current of all channels is 5A. Depending on the used heatsink the maximum power dissipation is dynamic limited.

As each SP120 draws 0.18A in use, you'll be safe to run 2per channel for a total of 8.

The limiting factor here won't be amperage, but heat generated by the fan amps when you run the fans slower than full speed. However 2 per channel is a comfortable limit for the Aquaero 5, so you're unlikely to run into problems doing that.


Hopefully JR23 will step in to answer how he's set his up. It'll only work through the Aquaero 5 if it's just a single colour LED strip though, so if you have a RGB coloured LED strip, the recently released Farbwerk will be exactly what you're after.


You have to be running the Aquaero 6 with PWM fans to do that (as per the demo vid earlier in the thread).
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No those aren't PWM fans they are ordinary DC 3 pin and the Aquaero 6 can power a ton of them with no problem at all. In that video the Aq6 is directly powering and controlling 40 fans and two D5 pumps on its 4 fan channels. The Aq6 works in the opposite way to the Aq5 in that it gets cooler at lower volts rather than hotter.

The Aq5 is also capable of more than many people think. I have run 5 SP120 fans on each of the 4 channels for a total of 20 without any severe issue, high and low volts. That was with the old standard heatsink rather than the new larger one or the water block that can allow lots more to be run.
 
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Kong said:
https://forum.aquacomputer.de/wasserk-hlung/107395-neu-aquasuite-2017-daten-ohne-grenzen/

They now are starting to charge a license fee for older hardware. I have mixed feelings about this.
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Then I will stop purchasing from them or stop upgrading the software. I get the point they are making but at the end of the day I have purchased their product which entitles me to free software.

I see very little new features with each new iteration anyway. So I can't see why they should. If other companies can continue to support older products much longer than 2 years why can't they. They already charge far more than any other watercooling company.
 
Just imagine if Nvidia or AMD started charging you for driver updates after two years. The internet would burn down lol.
 
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