Neptune Systems has released its latest generation aquarium monitoring and controller systems. The two existing Apex and ApexEL controller systems are being replaced by three new A3 models – the A3 Apex, A3 Apex Pro, and A3 Jr. The A3 Apex and Apex Pro looksuperficially similar to their predecessors只有与以前相同的外侧外形和旋转安装,只有这次,它们分别带有3或4个流体监测模块(FMM)附件端口,而较小的A3 JR则带有两个。
With the extra FMM ports built-in, they’ve gone all out on including water detection devices with A3, bundling the A3 Apex Pro with a brand new liquid level sensor and a multi-surface leak detection probe, while the A3 Apex will come bundled with a new magnetic optical sensor and a surface leak detector. Unlike an optical sensor that can detect if it is in or out of the water the liquid level sensor is designed to be submerged vertically in water where it can actually measure water depth down the length of the sensor, giving you a reading of water depth in a pump or skimmer chamber in a sump, in an ATO reservoir or a给药容器。该新设备从4-35英寸处获得,可满足创造性的顶点用户的需求,毫无疑问,从Ro桶到盐混合船,污水池到Atos,以及他们几乎可以想到的其他任何东西,预算许可。A3 JR是一种较薄的仅监视设备,可提供A3 Apex的所有潜在监视和融合应用程序功能,仅包括Energy BAR 832,或提供其提供的后续控制器功能。
No more salinity probe included
Although the A3 Apex Pro and A3 Apex feature more ports than ever before, the Pro has lost one important probe that was supplied previously with Apex – salinity. The new A3 looks like it has you completely covered for anything water depth or water spill critical and the A3 Apex Pro does still include three probes in its bundle – pH, temperature, and ORP. If we were given the choice of three probes however we would go temperature, pH, and salinity, the fourth being conductivity. Knowing thesalinity or specific gravity一眼的水族馆水是非常有用的,因为许多其他珊瑚关键参数与您首先放入的盐混合物的强度有关。新的A3系列允许比以往任何时候都可以连接更多的探针和监视器,盐度探测仍然可用,只有这次是A3 Apex Pro,您需要单独购买。
The A3 Jr
什么时候Neptune系统被现在的Aperture Pet&Life收购we watched the hundreds of comments from existing and prospective Neptune customers about what they’d like to see in the future. Many called for a cut-price, slimmed-down Apex device and Neptune Systems looks to have fully delivered on that with the A3 Jr. It is an Apex, it uses the Fusion app and can potentially do as much as any other Apex. They just equipped it with fewer ports and a stripped-down starter bundle to hit that entry-level controller price point. Now you don’t need to be thirty years old and working in tech to be able to buy into the Apex control and monitoring platform, and we predict that many younger reefers will now be able to invest in and benefit from Apex. The A3 Jr can grow in capability with the user by bolting on their own choice of specific accessories. They’re just not all included in the box.
The other aspect that we and many other reefers anticipated however was the cross-pollination between Neptune Systems and EcoTech Marine software platforms asEcoTech is owned by Aperture too。tho之间的交叉se running VorTech pumps and Radion lights, and running Apex is massive and we would have liked to have seen even a hint that these new A3 series devices have a little chip buried deep inside them somewhere that can be activated in the future and allow these two former rival company’s market-leading equipment to talk to each other on the same control platform.
A3 Apex Pro和A3 Apex的定价分别为899.95美元和599.95美元,并从明天开始。A3 JR的价格为299.95美元,预计在2022年8月下半年。预计会在A2 Apex,Apex EL和Apex Value发布的价格降低。