Aquaero USB 4.0

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Published: December 3, 2009Posted in: controllersTags: ,
Aquaero USB 4.0

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Introduction

Nowadays lots of cooling control and management devices are made. But not all of them are highly functional and can not meet requirements of the user. Among all of the controllers capable of not just fan controlling Aqua Computers Aquaero and mCubed T-Balancer are the most popular ones. To answer all questions needed to make the right choice, aquatuning.de had sent me both controllers for testing. Because of their huge amount of available options I decided to make a review for each of the controller provided. And only then I’ll make a comparative review of those two. So let’s start with Aquaero review. This device lets you control fans depending on temperatures in control points, control over LED light and also has ability to create supervision and control for watercooling system (WCS) and PC light effects. This is what the manufacturer says about his product:

"The name Aquaero was combined from the two words “aqua” and “aero”. Equivalently, the Aquaero is a device that is responsible for the connection of water and air. Although the main task of the Aquaero is controlling of fans used with a water-cooling systems it offers many further options. The Aquaero is absolutely autonomous working microprocessor-controlled device with USB-Fullspeed-conection. All speed parameters and sensor values can be set and visualized in a user friendly menu or through an even easier to use PC-software. Also it can show almost any information over the supplied jaLCDs. This includes the up-to-date whether, stock-market information, Heise-news, as well as information about PC"

Overview

Aquaero looks like standard 5.25" bay device:

Aquaero USB 4.0

Device features:

Temperature sensors:
  • Connect up-to 6 temperature sensors with measuring range 0–100°С
  • Supports outside manufacturer’s sensors
  • Free distribution of sensor names
  • Adjustable correction factors for fine-adjusting the sensors

Flow sensors:
  • Connect up-to 2 flow sensors
  • Free distribution of sensor names
  • Display alternatively in litre/hour or in litre/minute
  • Adjustable flow sensor polling lets outside manufacturer’s sensors to be used

Fan connection:
  • Four fan control channels
  • Individual control setting for each channel or selected group
  • Three automatic and two fixed fan speed control modes
  • Up-to 2 sensors selection to control fan or group of fans
  • Each channel data displayed separately

PC power supply start-up and shut-down control:
  • Soft–TCS feature adjustment using device software
  • Start-up and shut-down of ATX-compatible power supply (optional)

Light control (optional):
  • Color and brightness adjustment fixed or depending on temperature sensor data
  • Visual alert when system values reach critical point

Display:
  • Adjustable brightness and contrast
  • Regular light control
  • Display turn-off adjustable time period
  • Display setting using LCD software platform JaLcd
  • Original Crystalfontz–Display font used

Aquastream pump connection:
  • Modular design, allows combination of Aquaero and Aquastream boards
  • Built-in diagnosis feature for Aquastream pumps
  • Pump status, malfunction and current data display
  • Adjustable pump performance level (Aquastream–Firmware 1.06 or higher needed)
  • Pump deaeration mode control

Other device connection:
  • Other Aqua Computer components can be connected via Aquabus bus
  • Optional connection of "Multiswitch USB" – programmable electronic USB switch with individual 8-channel control
  • Can interact with "Tubemeter", reservoir heat carrier level sensor

Interaction with PC:
  • PC connection via HiSpeed USB 1.1 standard
  • Uses HID (Human Interface Device) interface
  • No drivers needed using Windows, Linux or OS-X operating system
  • Control over all functions is organized via PC and supplied software
  • Open source software for Linux

Firmware update:
  • The firmware of the Aquaero can be easily updated using supplied PC-software

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