anyone using the new bluelab gaurdian connect?

[Rummy]

I've been waiting for something like this that can data log my PPM/ph/temp of my rez without getting into the whole growtronix thing. My main question is will digital ballast interference bother the data during lights on? My tri-meters go fairly bonkers and I have to do all adjustments lights out. Anyone running this scenario i'd like to hear from you.

 

[itsallgoodsman]

Rummy,

I am about to bite the bullet on 4 of these, after talking with their reps and reading through some documentation the unit is nearly completely shielded from the RF interference other meters have problems with. But alas I have not run it myself as of yet. Will post up when I get them and have them up and running.

 

[Rummy]

yea I read It's supposed to be near impervious to RF and my digital ballast manufacturers claim that their products don't put out disturbing signals to other equipment except that they do! I really appreciate the reply and like you i'm wanting to get several of these units but i'm going to start with one and make sure it performs. I will post my findings as well so maybe we can determine if this is a worthwhile investment.

 

[Rummy]

I downloaded the demo software after digging up my old pc that is a decade old. after a couple hours of updates and nonsense i have it up and running. It allows you to data log in 1 minute, 10 minute, 1 hour, 3 hours, 12 hours and 1 day intervals. I choose 1 minute. the demo meter displays a ppm of 1400, water temp of 71 and a ph of 7.2. I used the google drive cloud service to store the info. you can also store local on your pc. It automatically logs to a spread sheet that i was able to modify the values mentioned above to better simulate the graphing so it wasn't just flat lines.

 

[Rummy]

im trying to upload screen shots but they are coming in upside down. I posted them on rollitup in the meantime

 

[itsallgoodsman]

Sorry, I had to go away for a while (not in a bad way). Yeah I had a chance to play with their demo software and some events have changed so I was unable to pick them up. I am still hoping to do so in a couple runs but we will see. Keep me posted if you do decide to pick one up.