Trident NP calibration

[jthunderzzz]

Has anyone calibrated their Trident NP yet? There isnt a task in fusion so I didnt know if there was a possibility to do it. Mine is pretty different from my Hanna checkers so wanted to see if a calibration would help. I have calibration solution and also there is a bottle that came with the reagents. There is a calibration slider when going into the trident NP tab in fusion but once I hit upload I dont think there are any steps to follow for it.

 

[areefer01]

Has anyone calibrated their Trident NP yet? There isnt a task in fusion so I didnt know if there was a possibility to do it. Mine is pretty different from my Hanna checkers so wanted to see if a calibration would help. I have calibration solution and also there is a bottle that came with the reagents. There is a calibration slider when going into the trident NP tab in fusion but once I hit upload I dont think there are any steps to follow for it.

Instructions below. There is no task as of yet.

https://help.neptunesystems.com/getstarted/tridentnp/calibration/

 

[jthunderzzz]

Instructions below. There is no task as of yet.

https://help.neptunesystems.com/getstarted/tridentnp/calibration/

Thank you!

 

[simplety]

After I calibrated mine using the task it would only read zero. Had to factory reset it, now the nitrate is showing a trend, but phosphate only reads either 0.04 or 0.05 every test. Salifert and Hanna say .13 or .16. Even used a known phosphate testing solution of .16 ppm. Trident read 0.05. There are issues

 

[thedon986]

After I calibrated mine using the task it would only read zero. Had to factory reset it, now the nitrate is showing a trend, but phosphate only reads either 0.04 or 0.05 every test. Salifert and Hanna say .13 or .16. Even used a known phosphate testing solution of .16 ppm. Trident read 0.05. There are issues

Ouch

 

[areefer01]

After I calibrated mine using the task it would only read zero. Had to factory reset it, now the nitrate is showing a trend, but phosphate only reads either 0.04 or 0.05 every test. Salifert and Hanna say .13 or .16. Even used a known phosphate testing solution of .16 ppm. Trident read 0.05. There are issues

What is the known solution you used and what steps did you follow to do so?

 

[CaptainOver]

Wow. I "waited a few days" as suggested before calibrating. My NO3 and PO4 were within reason and matching my Hanna (~5 NO3 and .04 PO4). So I calibrated last night. No task listed, so I just used the calibrate toggle on the NP's page.
My NO3 immediately dropped in half to 2.5-3.5 (which is within reason of calibration), but my PO4 dropped to 0 for every test since then (I've done 3).
I wish the calibration solution had an actual value to validate against rather than a text heavy bottle with no info.
I regret calibrating now, and would love to hear other folks calibration experiences.

 

[CaptainOver]

Update. Setting to "factory defaults" brought back my readings. Would be great to understand what is happening.

 

[Fr4nkthet4nk]

Mine is not reading any Nitrate it said Bad NO3 Range and PO4 0.6, 0.5, 0.4
My Hanna said NO3 57.2 PO4 0.156. I believe this product is not ready for the market. Just a RUSH to get money. Personal opinion.

 

[simplety]

 

[AustinJT]

Any update guys?

Mine was haywire on first few days, it keep says NO3 is in bad Range.

But after I calibrate... NO3 is seemed to be working corresponding to amount of Carbon that I dose. If I dose 60ml, it read stabilized at around 2-3ppm. If I overdosed 100-120ml, it dropped to 0.2-0.3. So i think Nitrate is working because it match Red Sea, Salifert & Sera Test.

And PO4 is seemingly working too....

I said seemingly because I use PowerPhos from Fauna and it reading showed a constant 0.18-0.19 with extreme flat line with almost zero changes.

I can't get to 0.02ppm no matter how much I added PowerPhos (which is not recommend more than 300ml for 100L) but even double to 600ml per 100L, nothing changed. PO4 still stuck at 0.18ppm.

But according to Saliftert & Sera, it's readding somewhere around 0.25ppm range.

As for Red Sea, it read 0.

So... should I factory reset my NP or not?

 

[Psyduck]

NP sucks and doesnt work as advertised. They gotta update the software and come up with a new way to calibrate. Until then, it is basically useless. It does not give me accurate readings at all.