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Welcome to your Dashboard! 

Now you are at your Apex Fusion Dashboard. Here you can begin configuring 

your Apex. 

For more detailed Apex Fusion instructions please see the “

APEX Fusion 

Quick Start Guide

 

 

 

 

Aquarium Installation 

Summary of Contents for APEX JR.

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Page 2: ...Initial Connection Connect one end of the Apex Ethernet cable to your home router and the other end to your Apex base unit Ethernet port...

Page 3: ...wireless to your home network Initial Connections Router Do not confuse your router with your cable of DSL modem Your router is what gives you WiFi internet in the house Note If your router is not ne...

Page 4: ...t Initial Connections Aquabus Cable Connect the Aqua Controller Display to the Apex Jr Base Unit s aquabus port orange circle NOTE The Ethernet must be connected before powering your unit on If unit w...

Page 5: ...x Jr s base unit NOTE It does not matter the order or the port you connect an aquabus module Initial Connections Home Network Integration Connect your AquaController Display Screen It should take abou...

Page 6: ...r cloud based Dashboard Apex Fusion Start by going to www ApexFusion comand click on Create an Account You will receive an Email to the registration page to sign up submit and log in Note Click on the...

Page 7: ...A token id number will appear When you log in to your www ApexFusion com account for the first time you will need to type it in once Don t see this ApexFusion option Update your Firmware Linking Apex...

Page 8: ...exFusion Account Enter your link token on your Apex display screen to your Apex Fusion account It is case sensitive Apex Fusion Link Successful After entering the Link Token you should see a Link Succ...

Page 9: ...Apex Fusion Listings To see your Apex Fusion Dashboard select the list icon in your Fusion tool bar Selection Select your Apex from your Apex Listing...

Page 10: ...o your Dashboard Now you are at your Apex Fusion Dashboard Here you can begin configuring your Apex For more detailed Apex Fusion instructions please see the APEX Fusion Quick Start Guide Aquarium Ins...

Page 11: ...ture above the water line Be sure to utilize drip loops on all power cords aquabus and probe cables Do NOT connect your aquarium equipment to the Apex Jr at this time Aquarium Installation Connecting...

Page 12: ...r aquarium and need to make your controller wireless try using a 3rd party adapter like an Internet Gaming Adapter Many users have tremendous success using the Netgear WNCE 3001 Internet Gaming Adapte...

Page 13: ...please see theApex Comprehensive Reference Manual Aquarium Installation Mounting Your Probes After you have finished calibrating your probes mount them in your Aquarium or Sump They should be in an a...

Page 14: ...on how to control and monitor your Aquarium Set the time zone in your controller On your display screen System Clock Setup Time Zone East 5 Central 6 Mountain 7 and Pacific 8 International Time zones...

Page 15: ...which outlet is which on your Apex Jr The label on your Apex Jr maps out physically which outlet is which Apex Jr Outlet Details The Jr is unique in that the base module actually contains 4 relay sty...

Page 16: ...Apex Fusion you must first go to the outlet configuration page To navigate to this select the outputs icon Configuring Your Apex Output Configuration On the output configuration page all of the outlet...

Page 17: ...ex Jr Configuring Your Apex Identifying Outlets Configure outlet 1 on your Apex Jr which is named base_out1 First to select this outlet in Apex Fusion we know this is outlet 1 on your Apex Jr because...

Page 18: ...dentified BaseOut1 Name What you want to call the outlet i e Return_BaseOut1 or Heater_1 Icon The graphical image of that outlet on your Apex Jr Display Screen Module Configuring Your Apex Outlet Cont...

Page 19: ...8am and off at 7pm Select Light option in Control Type On Time 8 00 Off Time 19 00 Shutdown Probe Temp Shut Down Value 81 0 Hysteresis 30 00 Notes Shutdown Probe Value If temperature goes above 81 0 t...

Page 20: ...l temperature to 77 degrees Select Heater option in Control Type On Temp 76 5 Off Temp 77 5 Notes Heater will turn on when temperature falls below 76 5 and turn off when it goes above 77 5 If heater h...

Page 21: ...B 000 Then Off Notes Any wizard can be switched to advance control type after updating the outlet to add more FeedA and FeedB have been configured to be 5 and 30 minutes long Display screen Setup Outl...

Page 22: ...mp so 76 0 Control Type Pump If you wanted to configure a powerhead to turn on off every 30 seconds and off when a feed mode is activated Select Pump option in Control Type Initial Off Time 0 00 On Ti...

Page 23: ...ard Ozone Control and Feeder Wizard AFS as their complexity and application is outside the scope of this document Please refer to the Apex Comprehensive Reference Manual and Automatic Feeding System d...

Page 24: ...is work to be saved the Cloud button on the top right will turn orange To upload and save select the upload button in the top right hand corner of your Apex Fusion page Successfully Uploading Save Aft...

Page 25: ...ps starting here for your other EB8 outlets If you do not plan on utilizing some of the outlets at this time then label it as NotUsed1 NotUsed2 ETC Home Dashboard Icon After the configuration of your...

Page 26: ...ur dashboard you will see the different Apex Fusion tiles The EB8 outlets now have the custom names you programmed They have an Off Auto and On state Selecting Off or On will bypass the outlet s confi...

Page 27: ...of your Energy Bar outlets to Manually Off Test Control Now plug in your aquarium equipment into their appropriately configured outlets Confirm that you can turn piece of equipment manually on then ba...

Page 28: ...can alert you via an audible and or an electronic alarm when things do not go as planned It is your tank insurance To set this up first select your account settings Set up Alerts Cont Select Notificat...

Page 29: ...ight hand corner Set Up Alerts cont Select an email address to enter This is the email address where you want to receive alerts Click Add Recipient again to add a SMS text message alert Choose your ca...

Page 30: ...ification code and enter this Test to make sure that your can receive alerts at the email and SMS test message address you entered Select the Gear then select test You should receive the test alert wi...

Page 31: ...configuration page and select your email alarm outlet Set Up Alerts Cont There are many possible conditions that can trigger an alert By default you will receive an alert if temperature goes above 82...

Page 32: ...To receive audible alerts select the base_Alarm or base_Warn from your outputs page This alert can be configured exactly as your email alert Each of the audible alert outlets will use a different sou...

Page 33: ...the unlock button in the top right hand corner of your Apex Fusion Dashboard Customizing Your Apex Fusion Unused Tray After selecting the unlock button a new unused tray will open Here you can drag a...

Page 34: ...obile first Meaning if it doesn t work on a phone or tablet then it doesn t work in Apex Fusion On your smart phone or tablet you may not have the space to display all three of these columns at once T...

Page 35: ...to your Apex Fusion account from your mobile device iOS displayed Apex Fusion Safety Covers You ll notice on your mobile device tablet that your outlets are greyed out This is a safety feature to prev...

Page 36: ...propriate preference Thank you for reading through our Apex Jr System guide Your Apex System is the best value aquarium controller on the market today We appreciate your passion and feedback as we con...

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