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Feeling frustrated, I had the 306T and I upgraded to the 306A because I wanted the wireless features. I plugged the 306A into at my kitchen counter to ensure it worked. I downloaded the app and it connected SUPER easy, I was very impressed. So I snipped all the zip ties on my old one, removed it, ran all the cables for the new one, zip tied them, and mounted the 306A. Well now I find the dang controller won't update the temp!!
The app is working I can remotely power the unit off/on or if I change the calibration and that shows up reflected on the controller. However once it reads the current temp it doesn't update it. i.e. I have the temp range set from 77 F - 78 F, I turn on the 306A and it reads 77.5 so the heater engages. The problem is it stays on 77.5 and never registers once the tank hits 78 so the Inkbird doesn't turn off the heaters. I tested with a separate thermometer and let it run all the way to 79 before manually turned off the Inkbird. The crazy part is, once I flipped off the switch and turned it back on it read 79 but then stayed stuck there with the heaters off. Again I waited until my separate thermometer read 77 degrees, the heaters never came one so I manually flicked off the power to the Inkbird. Then I turned it back on and sure enough it read 77 degrees and the heaters came one. The change in temperature is not being updated unless I turn it off and on each time.
I'm a pretty tech savvy guy and I've used the non-wifi Inkbirds for years, I don't think it's a misconfiguration. I tried using the InkbirdSmart app, then tried the new Inkbird Pro app, I even factory reset the Inkbird 306A, I'm still have the same issue. All I can say is thank god I tested or I may have cooked my tank. :mad:
I found two other threads reporting the same issue:
@Inkbird _Official Do you have any solution?
The app is working I can remotely power the unit off/on or if I change the calibration and that shows up reflected on the controller. However once it reads the current temp it doesn't update it. i.e. I have the temp range set from 77 F - 78 F, I turn on the 306A and it reads 77.5 so the heater engages. The problem is it stays on 77.5 and never registers once the tank hits 78 so the Inkbird doesn't turn off the heaters. I tested with a separate thermometer and let it run all the way to 79 before manually turned off the Inkbird. The crazy part is, once I flipped off the switch and turned it back on it read 79 but then stayed stuck there with the heaters off. Again I waited until my separate thermometer read 77 degrees, the heaters never came one so I manually flicked off the power to the Inkbird. Then I turned it back on and sure enough it read 77 degrees and the heaters came one. The change in temperature is not being updated unless I turn it off and on each time.
I'm a pretty tech savvy guy and I've used the non-wifi Inkbirds for years, I don't think it's a misconfiguration. I tried using the InkbirdSmart app, then tried the new Inkbird Pro app, I even factory reset the Inkbird 306A, I'm still have the same issue. All I can say is thank god I tested or I may have cooked my tank. :mad:
I found two other threads reporting the same issue:
Inkbird controller gets stuck..
I recently got an Inkbird controller, but for some reason the temp from the probes gets stuck. If it's low, it will turn the heaters on, and they will stay on because the temp is not updating on the device. Can't quite figure it out. Anyone else had this issue?
www.reef2reef.com
Inkbird controller issue.
Anyone get to the bottom of why the inkbird controller has a delay in updating the temp reading? My 306t/a controller will show a temp of say 78f even when the real temp is 76f, then suddenly the display will change to the correct temp but by that time the heaters have been off so the tank has...
www.reef2reef.com
@Inkbird _Official Do you have any solution?