Focustronic Alkatronic Manuel utilisateur

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User manual

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Introduction 4

Basic Philosophy#4"

Set-up-procedure 5

Placement#5"

Connecting hoses and prepare the measuring-beaker#5"

Establish software connection#7"

Socket setup and connection#8"

Physical set-up#8"

Establish Bluetooth-connection#10"

Prime hoses and Calibrate pumps/electrode#11"

Prime hoses#11"

Calibrate Pumps#11"

Calibrate the pH-electrode#12"

Functions and Graph Screens 15

Measurement interval#15"

HOME-screen#15"

Extra measurement#16"

Table/history#16"

Aquarium volume#16"

Reference values/actions#16"

Low reference value #17"

High reference value #17"

Action mode#17"

Wash out mode#18"

Test pump accuracy#19"

Test pH-electrode accuracy#19"

LCD-Screen#19"

Measurement postponed function#20"

Export Data#20"

Alert Reagent/Buﬀer Bottle#21"

Auto Update Mode/Upload Mode#21"

Connection to an aquariumcomputer/pH-computer#21"

Setup connection between Alkatronic and Aquariumcomputer#21"

Programming tip to Apex/aquariumcomputer-user#23"

Cloud-functions#23"

Baseline calibration#24"

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Product Registration – Warranty

Each unit of Alkatronic carries a limited factory warranty for 12 months upon

registration.%The online registration must be done within 14 days after purchase in

order to be deemed valid.%FOCUSTRONIC will also send update information such

as ﬁrmware updates or new features information via the registered email account.%

Product warranty is not transferrable.%Please register via our website

www.focustronic.net/product-registration .%"

Maintenance 26

Change hoses in the pumps#26"

Pump A and C #26"

Pump B and D #26"

Changing the pH-electrode#26"

Recalibration#26"

pH-electrode #26"

Pumps#26"

Trouble shooting 28

Bad accuracy#28"

Bad precision#28"

No connection between app and machine#29"

No wiﬁ-connection#30"

Failsafe message ”Restart”#30"

Appendix 32

Recipe for carbonate-solution#32"

Mixing reagent solution#32"

Changing hoses in Pumps#35"

Fail-safe messages in LCD#37"

Speciﬁcations 38

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Introduction

Congratulations on your choice of this highly advanced device, which automatically

measures alkalinity in your aquarium-system, and also within your own settled

reference intervals, performs actions to prevent alkalinity from going above or below

your desired reference values. "

Please read the whole manual very carefully before setting up and using the

device. There may be slight diﬀerences (of no importance) between what is on the

screen of the device and the pictures within this manual."

Basic Philosophy

The basic principal of Alkatronic is to act like a safety belt, intervening when your

alkalinity falls outside of the reference values you choose. The aquarist &s primary

technique for maintaining alkalinity, such as pH-computers for Ca-reactor or dosing-

stations for Balling, will still act as the primary means of alkalinity control. The safety

and stability provided by Alkatronic is more reliable when acting in that capacity. It is

like the "lane-assist" feature of a car, when you occasionally drift out of the lane, the

machine will correct it for you. Alkatronic will dose carbonate-solution from a

separate pump when alkalinity falls below your low reference value, and shut oﬀa

socket (for instance for your water-feeding pump if you run Ca-reactor or your

Balling-unit if you have that) when alkalinity rises above your high reference value."

When Alkatronic interacts, you will be able to track these actions through an on

screen graph or list, in our app. This contains information when Alkatronic had to

interact, and exactly what it did. Based on that, you can then ﬁne-tune your primary

equipment. "

The main purpose of the Alkatronic is thus to prevent a rapid drop (or increase) in

dKH due to some failure, which can cause the death of all of your corals, and the

second purpose is to achieve a very stable dKH value by helping you ﬁne-tuning

your ordinary equipment. "

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Set-up-procedure

When setting up this device for ﬁrst time, follow every points below very

carefully until page 13.

Placement

Make sure you place the Alkatronic in a location that allows you to easily manage

regular maintenance. The machine must be placed in a horizontal position. Actually,

some very very small tilting to the left is no harm, and actually some beneﬁt

(but is not needed), but never tilting to the right! "

It is possible to mount the device directly on a wall with our included wall mount, or

just let it stand on a ﬂat surface. The height diﬀerence between the Alkatronic

and the water surface level from where the machine will take the water for

testing, should not exceed 40-50 cm.

The reagent bottle should be placed as close as possible to the machine and

ideally at the same level or as maximum 20 cm lower than the machine.

Make sure that if you adjust any of these positions (the reagent bottle or the

machine itself), you recalibrate the pumps, as the delivery amount of ﬂuids can vary

based on the suction heights. "

Connecting hoses and prepare the measuring-beaker

All connections are made of Luer-connections. The female part of the Luer is

factory-mounted in the walls of the machine, and the external hoses described

below (1-5) should be installed tightly on the male part of the Luer, which should

then be twisted on the female part. See pictures below. This makes it very easy to

detach the external hoses when moving the machine. "

Female Luer

(Mounted in "

wall)

Male Luer

External hose

Twist to attach,

detach

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In the package we include:"

•Silicon hose, ID=3.2mm."

•Silicon hose, ID=1.6mm"

Please note:"

•Hoses running from tank/bottles should be as vertical as possible. Reduce

as much horizontal length as possible.

•You have to cut the proper length yourself, as that will vary between diﬀerent

set-ups. "

•The hose for the connections 3,4 and 5, you can use an ordinary 4/6 hose of any

kind, as these hoses are not crucial concerning function or accuracy. "

•But never use other hoses than included concerning connection 1 and 2!

•It is strongly recommended to have as short length as possible concerning

connections 1(maximum 0.5m) and 2 (maximum 1m, preferably shorter). "

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1) Cut the hose 1.6 mm in a proper length (if needed). Connect one end to the inlet

”Reagent In (1)”and the other end to the long plastic pipe. Put this plastic pipe

down in the reagent bottle."

2) Cut the hose 3.2mm in a proper length. Make it as short as possible, and

ideally not longer than 1 meter. Connect one end of hose A to the inlet ”Water In

(2)”and the other end to the included microﬁlter. Place the microﬁlter in a sump area

(or other area where you want to take the water sample to measure) where it will

never be exposed above the water´s surface. Never use this hose without the

microﬁlter, and make sure the microﬁlter never can ﬂoat up!

3) Cut the 3.2 mm (or similar hose, like an ordinary 4/6 hose

of any kind) in a proper length. Connect one end of this

hose to the outlet ”Waste out(3)”, and place the other end

in a container which will collect the wastewater from the

measuring procedure. If you measure every 6 hours, the

waste volume is around 1.5 liter/week. Every measure

produces around 55 ml of waste water. "

4) Cut the 3.2mm (or similar hose, like an ordinary 4/6 hose

of any kind) in a proper length. Connect one end of this

hose to the inlet ”Alk In (4)” and place the other end in a

container of carbonate-solution, made according to our

recipe (see appendix A). "

5) Cut the hose 3.2mm (or similar hose, like an ordinary

4/6 hose of any kind) in a proper length. Connect one end

of this hose to the outlet ”Alk Out (5)”, and lead that hose

to a sump area with ample circulation."

6) Put the included small white magnetic rod into

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the measuring beaker, and place the beaker inside the machine in its ﬁtting. "

Make sure the pipes inside the machine are in

proper position!! The premounted silicon hoses on

the pipes should be in contact with the pipeholder,

and in that way guarantee correct positions, but that

may need to be ﬁne-tuned by the user, so take very

good care to ensure the following pipe-positions (ﬁg

2a,2b):"

Wait to install the pH-probe until it is calibrated, let

it be in the transport cup until then. "

•Pipe from Pump C should be a few cm above surface of the water.

•Pipe from pump B must be in contact with the bottom. Very important!!

•Pipe from pump A must be around 2 mm above bottom. Very important!!

Establish software connection

The next step is to establish a connection between the APP in the phone/tablet and

the machine. "

General information:

The connection between Alkatronic and App concerning the most crucial

functions, is based on BT-connection, as that is the most safe and stable

connection. But it could take sometimes 5-10 seconds for the app to connect

when opening the app from a sleeping mode. That is normal!. Just wait, and

Figure 2a

Pump A

Pump C

Pump B

Pump D

Figure 2b

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within 10 seconds the app will connect and you will see a green dot in the app

window.

1. Go to APP-store and download the app. Do not open the app yet."

2. Make sure you have Bluetooth enabled on your Phone/tablet."

3. Power upp the Alkatronic with the AC-adapter. Never use any other adapter

than the one provided!"

4. Open the Alkatronic app. Select ”Add

New Device”. Follow the on-screen

instructions, type in the serial number and

user account details. Connection

between the App and Alkatronic is conﬁrmed by

a green dot at the Alkatronic logotype. "

5. In the app on the Main-screen, click on settings,

scroll down to wi-ﬁ, and type the SSID and

password of your home-router. This Wiﬁ

connection is not needed for the direct

communication between the app and Alkatronic

when you are near the machine, but it is needed

in order to reach the machine outside of your

home through the cloud, get alerts and also to

establish time-sync. After entering the data, press

save. "

Socket setup and connection

Physical set-up

For Calciumreactor-user with pH-probe controlled CO2-dosing

1) Plug the Alkatronic-socket into a power plug from wall."

2) Put the cord from the pump that feeds the calcium reactor with aquarium water

into the Alkatronic socket. See Figure 4. "

Now, as long as the Alkatronic socket is ”open”, which is indicated by a red light

on the socket, the Alkatronic socket gives power to your pump that feeds your

Ca-reactor (which usually is a peristaltic pump for continuously use). Only when

a measured dKH is above your settled high reference value (and action mode is

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enabled), will the Alkatronic plug shut oﬀ, and thus shut oﬀthe feeding pump, so

that no alkalinity is added to the aquarium. Se also ”Reference value/actions ”"

For Calciumreactor-user with timer-controlled CO2-dosing

1) Plug the Alkatronic-socket into a power plug from wall."

2) Plug the timer that controls the CO2-solenoid into the Alkatronic socket. See

Figure 5. "

Now, as long as the Alkatronic socket is ”open”, which is indicated by a red light

on the socket, the Alkatronic socket gives power to your ordinary timer that

controls the solenoid to the CO2-supply. Only when a measured dKH is above

your settled high reference value (and action mode is enabled), will the Alkatronic

plug shut oﬀ, and thus shut oﬀthe CO2, independently of what your ordinary

timer wants to do. See ﬁgure 5. See also ”Reference value/actions ”"

For Balling-user

1) Plug the Alkatronic-socket into a main power plug from wall, "

Socket in wall

Socket from Alkatronic

Ordinary timer, controlling CO2-

solenoid

Figure 4

Socket in wall

Socket from Alkatronic

Cord to pump that feeds the Ca-

reactor with aquariumwater, or cord

to a third party Dosing-station.

Cord to CO2-solenoid.

Figure 5

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2) Plug the cord from the dosing station of Balling solutions into the Alkatronic

socket. See Figure 4"

Now, as long as the Alkatronic socket is ”open”, which is indicated by a blue light on

the socket, the Alkatronic socket gives power to your Balling-station, and therefore

your doing station is controlled by its internal schedule. Only when a measured dKH

is above your settled high reference value (and action mode is enabled), will the

Alkatronic socket shut oﬀ, and thus independently of what your dosing station

”wants to do”, it will shut down until dKH is back again within the reference values."

See also ”Reference value/actions ”"

For Calciumreactor and/or Balling users with an aquariumcomputer with a

BNC-port for pH electrode

These users can, instead of or in addition to our own Alkatronic socket, connect

Alkatronic to an ordinary pH input of an aquarium computer (or pH computer)

through an ordinary BNC-cable. The aquarium computer will then receive the dKH

values from Alkatronic on its pH-input, and you can use this dKH-information to

implement any actions you desire through your aquarium computer's programs. "

Establish Bluetooth-connection

•Go to settings and enter the MAC-

address (see attached info in package) of

the included socket at ”Plug 1”-ﬁeld, slide

the button to orange, and press save. If

your are not able to slide the button to

orange (shadowed), then go to settings

and switch ”action mode” to enable,

then try again. "

Now that you have a BT-connection between Alkatronic and the socket, the socket

should have turned on. Try to toggle the Plug 1 button and make sure the socket

reacts. Do not forget to leave it on enable (orange). If for some reason it is not

turning on, check that you have BT-connection (green dot on home-screen),

and action mode enabled. If ”action mode” is disabled, the control of BT-socket is

deliberately locked. "

As long as the measured dKH is below the ”High reference value” the socket will be

left on. If the machine measures a dkH above the settled High reference value, and

action mode is enabled, the socket will be turned oﬀ, and the machine will

measure again after 2 hours. When a subsequent dKH measurement is below the

High reference value, the socket will go back to ”on”. "

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