ELOS Announces NEW modules and Features to monitor your aquarium through EVISION.
Unlock the full potential of the E-Vision modules with the EVision Control Center.
Connect it directly to your modules, without the need of any PC and createcustomized lighting periodswith fully adjustable spectrum and intensity of your lights, use the Timers tocontrol Dosing pumps, set the parameters of your pH, Temperature, Redox etc.
Internal backup:
Elos E-Vision modules incorporate a back-up battery so that, in the event of a power outage, all the data are stored inside the non-volatile memory thus avoiding the needs to re-program them.
PC enabled:
Each modules comes equipped with Industry Standard interface to easily communicate with any PC, allowing the firmware to be updated to the latest available version keeping your investment.
Top performances:
ELOS utilizes only the best of what's available in providing a functionally superior product. Each system is based on an Industrial design, build to high specification, to be used in home environment as well as in the most demanding professional System.
Fully upgradable:
More than just a simple aquarium controller, the E-Vision line is specifically designed to be an evolving solution. Fully upgradeable, easily connectable to any ELOS lighting system as well as acessories, totally expandable to control not just your aquarium but your entire home.
Danilo Ronchi, writer and owner of the blog "www.Danireef.com" did a review of our E-Tempo and LedDimmerBox to control the Elite-XP. Please take a look!
Source: www.Danireef.com
We had a preview of the new Elos System E-Vision we promptly tried, a beautiful and captivating system in its version with touch controls, but simple, versatile in its version just based on Elos Tempo and Elos LedDimmerBox.
For this first test we wanted to focus only on using the Elos Evision LedDimmerBox and the Elos Tempo and using them on Elos EliteXP Color so to better understand not only the dimming performance but also the power of mixing the various channels.
But as the test subject is not the lighting system … keeping that for another article, let’s talk about the system Evision.
When Elos has thought of this new system, wanted to setting up everything on ease of use, to allow everyone to interact with his system very easily. To do this Elos divided the system into logical blocks that can interact with each other in a simple but separate way, to even function without needing to purchase the entire system.
And in this case I have to say that there is quite successful, being sufficiently cheap, at least thinking to Elos standards, in fact, the two modules together LedDimmerBox and Elos Tempo are sold at about 140 euro plus vat, which in any case are not then very few.
The Elos LedDimmerBox needs to allow dimming of the various Elos led lamps, can be used in conjunction with all versions of E-LliteXP and probably with some old E-lite, although they must be have the double BNC connector.
While the Elos Evision Tempo serves as an intermediary between the LedDimmerBox, in this case, and our lamp to turn it on and off simply by setting the start time, lenght time, the dimming, the dimming intensity of the night and in case of EliteXP Color the gradation of the various colour channels, white, blue and green.
Of course you can use in conjunction with the PowerBox to drive HQi lamps, although in this case we talk only about turning on and turning off, but you can think of a complete system with all the turning events that we need. Elos contacted in this matter has held that it is working on a PowerBox that has at least 6 total plug.
The system can then be connected to the touch controller that amplifies the possibilities and will be the trade-union between all the devices that will come out.
Elos Tempo is very easy to program, with only the OK, “+” and “-” buttons, located under a plastic cover and a red three-digit display LCD, as you can see in the video , the block is built to be housed in a DIN rail, making it easy to build in special racks and modules to be installed near the aquarium.
The philosophy of simplicity is expressed in the choice to set the start time and duration of the day, then the ramp time, the type of night light, blue or white in case of an E-liteXP Color, the nocturnal intensity from 0 to 30%, and the intensity from 0 to 100% daily, which of course in the case of EliteXP Color is amplified on 3 channels available, white, blue and red.
But now let us look the video presentation and system settings that I made, so there will be more clearly how to install it and what it can do:
The all red aquarium is quite disturbing, don’t you?
In conclusion a very good and very simple system that finds its greatest use in combination with EliteXP Color, but it certainly provides an excellent complement to all systems based on Elos Elite and EliteXP that have already been sold.
The ElosE-Vision is a broad new aquarium controller line that has a simple foundation but which can be built up into a very sophisticated aquarium & home controller.
Built on a framework of standard home automation bus, the heart of the E-Vision system are the individual controllers which include the Tempo, Clima, Orp, pH, Conductivity etc.
Here you can watch the video already published when Nicola, the owner of Elos, is able to change the brightness of the LEDs on each channel in its LiteXPColor in Verona, from Singapore, noted the response speed of the system when he acts on the slide.
The Elos Evision ControlCenter is the most attractive piece of the System. It is a touchscreen to remotely control your units (Timer, Temperature, pH etc. etc.). Its sensitive, high quality resistive touchscreen has a high pixel density and very high contrast and brightness.
Its unibody case is not just a plastic box but it is made by solid piece of acrilyc, CNC machined and then polished to excellent effect. It can be easily be stick on the door of your aquarium or, thanks to the magnet inside, it can be sticked to any metal surface.
Although the ElosTempo have simple onboard programming capability, the remote ControlCenter allows for more sophisticated programming of each Evision module through an easily navigable graphical user interface.
Sold at an introductory price of 320 Euro to final customer, we are actually planning a soft launch beginning for the coming summer and more widespread availability in September.
Easy Timer for easy life. Easy: this was the keyword when we have though about a new controller to take the place of the BIOTOPUS II
Easy: this was the main target. We all know how lazy we are when it is the time to read a manual. We would like things to work once connected, without the need to do nothing.
This is what have inspired us on the production of our new line of Controllers.
But we also wanted them to be "connectable". What does it means?
Basic: they have to work in a "stand alone" configuration, but they can also be connected one to each other in an easy way. And once "part of a network" they will share informations to improve their performances like, for example: once on the network you connect the Tempo and the Clima controllers, an over- temperature detected by the temperature controller (Clima), will shut off the lights connected to the timer (Tempo).
But this is not all: we wanted it to be easily programmable, so we have created a "sensual" touch screen to easily acces to "hidden" functionalities like dosing timer, separate light timers etc. etc..
The WEB server is on board: but we wanted also to have it controllable by computer, with a "cloud type" interface so we have included the possibility to add a Web Server interface with a GPRS modem and a TCP/IP port to make it accessible by any browser, from any computer.
Robust: we wanted it to be based on an "industrial" standard". We have housed each module inside a DIN- TYPE box that allow their installation inside industrial rack permitting their integration to the household electrical system.
And much much more to come...
In the meantime you can dowload the manual directly from here: ElosTempo Manual
Actually available:
ElosTempo: DIN-Style Timer
Dimmer 3 pins: to control the Elos AquaTop
Dimmer 5 pins: to control the Elos E-liteXP and Elos E-liteXP Color
PowerBox: to control Metal Halide Lamp
You can download this presentation by clicking here: ElosNews
