AliExpress A8SE Reef Light

[Jonreefer]

i have the A8 SEII blue and I have none of these issues.
Nothing seems hazy color is good and comparable to what i remember my old Radion G5 blue had.
Everything works for me as it should. I have unplugged it a few times and it always goes right back to the schedule very quick. Auto set my time zone and never lost time.
The sky blue are basically the Radion G5 Lime color. The screws are correct and I hung the light using them

 

[chicago]

jonreefer.. thank you for that update.. and reply... what are your settings for the colors? My screws for sure are the wrong size..

 

[Dibi]

Dibi... did you have any problems with the screws that came with it... mine were too small...
When I have a chance I will try and post what I am talking about on the blue. BUT I have not tweaked it at all.. that is at full power and again the BLUE version

I didn't have problems with the screws and never haeard about this before, unfortunately. Try 70% blues and 30% whites. Go to a big construction markt and for sure you'll find equivalent screws

 

[Jonreefer]

jonreefer.. thank you for that update.. and reply... what are your settings for the colors? My screws for sure are the wrong size..

these are my settings for the peak power through the day. right now its only on a very small IM 20gal Nuvo so its turned way down. when my 50 breeder tank comes in I will be using this light and my old 2 21" AI Blade grows on that tank

the nice thing that slider between the in/out back/go is intensity slider. So once i move to the bigger tank all i need to do is slide up the power and dont have to worry about trying to adjust my color ramping it up

 

[joseph.timbs]

I’m still having trouble adding my device, tried dedicated channel on 2.4ghz and no luck also this time zone thing what do y’all recommend so I can atleast get that right while trying to get lucky and saving it. Should I press cancel when it ask to update?

 

[Jonreefer]

I’m still having trouble adding my device, tried dedicated channel on 2.4ghz and no luck also this time zone thing what do y’all recommend so I can atleast get that right while trying to get lucky and saving it. Should I press cancel when it ask to update?

are you using IOS and Andriod? also what version are you running? I have IOS and my app is 2.3.8 and my light connected perfect, auto set time and never lost time.

 

[penfold2]

I’m still having trouble adding my device, tried dedicated channel on 2.4ghz and no luck also this time zone thing what do y’all recommend so I can atleast get that right while trying to get lucky and saving it. Should I press cancel when it ask to update?

Have you separated your 2.4g and 5g networks? If you scan for wifi networks on your phone, do you see both those networks listed separately?
Also, are you using the AIPAI app v2.3.8, and do you see your wifi network listed when scanning for networks in the AIPAI app?

are you using IOS and Andriod? also what version are you running? I have IOS and my app is 2.3.8 and my light connected perfect, auto set time and never lost time.

Mine is also working perfectly on Android 2.3.8.

 

[seahuy]

I’m still having trouble adding my device, tried dedicated channel on 2.4ghz and no luck also this time zone thing what do y’all recommend so I can atleast get that right while trying to get lucky and saving it. Should I press cancel when it ask to update?

Make sure you don’t have any special characters in ur WiFi pw

 

[apac]

As above, after reading this hole thread, it seems that WiFi will only connect if your WiFi password has only letters and numbers in it and no symbols or other character’s.

 

[Baykes]

Posted this in a separate thread but figured I'd ask here. Just got 2 of these in yesterday. One set up fine but the second won’t show the SSID and the physical buttons are not responsive. Anyone experience this on theirs?

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/a8-pro-ii-max-troubleshooting.1098861/

 

[Jonreefer]

Posted this in a separate thread but figured I'd ask here. Just got 2 of these in yesterday. One set up fine but the second won’t show the SSID and the physical buttons are not responsive. Anyone experience this on theirs?

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/a8-pro-ii-max-troubleshooting.1098861/

with the buttons not working or being detected at all. That happened to 2 people who opened them to apply the thermal paste and it seems they might have damaged the one board. they got a replacement board and put it in and worked after that
Its the one board for $42
https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256...anage-home.0.0&gatewayAdapt=glo2usa4itemAdapt
I am guessing the one not responding at least is powering up? If not I know mine the power connector needs a good push to seat fully to power up.
You could try and hold the center button for 5sec to reset it and hope maybe the button is working but something is stopping it and a reset will fix it

 

[Baykes]

with the buttons not working or being detected at all. That happened to 2 people who opened them to apply the thermal paste and it seems they might have damaged the one board. they got a replacement board and put it in and worked after that
Its the one board for $42
https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256...anage-home.0.0&gatewayAdapt=glo2usa4itemAdapt
I am guessing the one not responding at least is powering up? If not I know mine the power connector needs a good push to seat fully to power up.
You could try and hold the center button for 5sec to reset it and hope maybe the button is working but something is stopping it and a reset will fix it

Thanks yes it powers up and appears to go full blast since the fans are also going hard. I have tried holding the middle button for 30 seconds but still does not respond. I may reach out to the seller and see what they say, but if not good to know there are boards available.

 

[Jonreefer]

Thanks yes it powers up and appears to go full blast since the fans are also going hard. I may reach out to the seller and see what they say, but if not good to know there are boards available.

it seems they are pretty delicate. When I opened mine up to add thermal paste I never unhooked the LED board from the main board. I unscrewed them both lifted up and added the paste to try and limit any chance of damage. It may have got banged around in shipping and damaged it

 

[chicago]

what do these buttons do on the app.
1. the save customer button
2. Clean
3. moon
once we choose lets say.. AB+ -- how do we save it to the fixture.. just do the prompt "confirm" I assume

 

[Baykes]

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[Jonreefer]

after you create your profile. You will click save device. it will save the program to your light then

The save customer is you saving that profile to keep as a Profile. You can then use that to apply the settings to another light. I heard its better to do that way than to try and sync the lights.
Moon does nothing

 

[chicago]

ok and when you change the program.. just hit "confirm".. but what do the others mean

 

[Jonreefer]

ok and when you change the program.. just hit "confirm".. but what do the others mean

any time you make a change to the program. You must click save device before exiting or it will not save it to the light

 

[Jonreefer]

also another nice feature the app has like the Mobius/AI
the slider that is between the In/out back/go thats an intensity slider.
So you can set your schedule that you like but if its to strong you can lower that and not mess with your spectrum you created like the Ecotech/AI lights have

 

[penfold2]

what do these buttons do on the app.
1. the save customer button
2. Clean
3. moon
once we choose lets say.. AB+ -- how do we save it to the fixture.. just do the prompt "confirm" I assume

"Save customer" saves the program as a preset and allows you to name it, so that you can always change back to a preset you've created without having to recreate it each time. If you tap the drop down menu next to presets, you'll see your customized presets once you create them.

"Clean" removes the current settings from the editing area so that you can make your own program from scratch.

"Moon" is a moonlight setting for devices that support that feature. On the A8SE, it does nothing.