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My Tank 157 gallon
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categoriesmore links...I'm pretty keen on my new Aquacontroller II, it lets me view my tanks temp ORP and PH from anywhere. AS well, I have 2 webcams pointed at the tank. One is a wireless D-link900, and the other is a Logitech Quickcam 4000. The Quickcam is better quality I think, I find the D-link too blue, but the Dlink is pretty snazzy in that it has a built in web-server. Both the aquacontroller and the webcams are run off an old Mac Laptop in my stand. I use Evocam software for the webcams, it delivers the video online using javascript. Microsofts Bastardized version of javascript doesnt always work with it, if it's not working for you, you might need to install the real version by Sun. My Neptune Aquacontroller is connectd to the same Mac Laptop. It uses the standard Aquanotes software that you can get with the unit. The software is written for Windows, So I have to run Windows XP in emulation mode on my mac (using virtualPC), & a serial to USB adaptor. Who uses serial anymore? Anyway it works well, and the laptop was just gathering dust. The neptune also emails me if my tanks specs fall outside of a specified range, or if power goes out. The laptop is wireless, so I didnt have to string any ethernet wires from my internet Router to my tank. Pretty sweet huh? Can You believe I bought the COntroller used for only $150 US! The bottom-most image is the same webcam, but as a flash file. P.S. If you like fish cams, then you may like my new FREE website, reefvideos.com It's got a collection of reef related videos that I've filmed & edited. They are pretty educational. It's a podcast as well, listed in apples store. I've just started the site, but people are watching 4 gigs of video a day on average!
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