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I assure you that it is still only hobby grade equipment. For your information I work for Siemens as a senior automation engineer.GHL is not just "hobby grade" equipment. It is used in commercial applications, including research facilities.
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My comments don’t come from someone that may have done some light internet reading and then formed an uniformed opinion. This is my profession.
Their equipment is really no superior to anything available 30 years ago. Trying to say that APEX and GHL are above hobby grade equipment is like saying that a trabant and a Bugatti veyron are on equal terms.
For your information I am not knocking GHL without experience. I have had the P4 and the KH Director. The first director failed outright, nice and safe. The second failed and dumped in 600ml of triton core7. The dosing pumps were inaccessible because of their horrendous software. I found the problem quickly but had to watch as it dumped in enough to kill almost every single coral I own.
If GHL want to come on here and dare start to kick up a fuss I still have every photograph and correspondence that was sent along with pictures from the event detailing to complete and utter failure of their equipment. In the end I threw everything of theirs away. I couldn’t even sell it in good conscience. I purchased equipment from Siemens and have built a significantly better and more robust system for the same price.
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If you want to have a good professional discussion on advanced automation and their applications please feel free to contact me. I take pleasure and pride in my work and am more than willing to share my knowledge.