Neptune APEX Manual de usuario

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TableofContents

INTRODUCTION.........................................................................................................................................................3

REQUIREMENTS.........................................................................................................................................................4

ACCESSINGTHECLASSICDASHBOARD......................................................................................................................7

CLONINGYOURAPEX..............................................................................................................................................10

CreateaconfigurationbackupoftheOLDAPEX.................................................................................................10

PreparetheNEWAPEX........................................................................................................................................11

RestoretheConfigurationBackupontheNEWAPEX.........................................................................................12

EnableREPLACEMENTMODEintheNEWAPEX.................................................................................................14

ReplacetheOLDAPEXwiththeNEWAPEX........................................................................................................16

DisableREPLACEMENTMODE.............................................................................................................................16

AdditionalStepsontheNEWAPEX.....................................................................................................................16

LinktheNEWAPEXwithAPEXFusion.................................................................................................................17

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INTRODUCTION

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Onoccasion,duetoafailureorwaterdamageitmaybecomenecessarytoreplaceanAPEX,APEXLITE,orAPEX

JRwithanothercontroller.

InAPEX‐familyfirmwareversion4.40andnewer,aspecialmodehasbeenaddedtofacilitatecloninganAPEX

configuration.ThisiscalledREPLACEMENTMODE.REPLACEMENTMODE,inconjunctionwiththeLoad/Save

featuresoftheAPEX,willallowyoutoquicklyandeasilyswaponeAPEXbaseunitwithanotherAPEXbaseunit

orswapanAPEXJRwithanotherAPEXJR,andpreserveallexistingprogramming,profiles,AquaBusmodule

addresses,andmostotherAPEXsettings.

ThecloningprocessandAPEXREPLACEMENTMODEmayonlybeusedfordirectreplacementofanidentical

controllermodel.ItcannotbeusedasanupgradeormigrationtoolifchangingfromonemodelofAPEXto

another,suchasupgradingfromanAPEXJRtoanAPEXorupgradingfromanAPEXLITEtoanAPEX.

Note:Thelabelonthefaceofthecontrollerdoesnotmatter;anAPEXorAPEXJRwithanoldblacklabelandan

APEXorAPEXJRwiththenewerwhitelabelbothhavethesamehardware,sothelabelcolorisnotafactor

whenusingthisdocument.

TheproceduresinthisGuidearedesignedtocoverawidevarietyofdifferentsystemconfigurationsandhome

orbusinessnetworkenvironments,andtoaccommodateApexusersofallexperienceandknowledgelevels.

Consequently,theseproceduresareverydetailed,butpleasedonotbeintimidatedordiscouraged.

ExperiencedAPEXuserscandothisentireprocessin15‐20minutes;less‐experiencedAPEXuserswilllikely

requireabitmoretime.

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NOTE:Currently,itisnotpossibletomigratehistoricaldatastoredintheApexorinAPEXFusionfrom

oneApextoanother.Thisappliesto:

 Loggedprobemeasurementdata

 Loggedoutletactivitydata

 DŌSactivitydata

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Regardlessofyourexperiencelevel,itiscrucialthattheseproceduresbe

followedexactlyandthatnostepsbeskippedorabbreviated.

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REQUIREMENTS

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TherearethreecriticalrequirementswhichmustbemetbeforeusingthisprocedureandREPLACEMENTMODE:

1. Youmustalreadyhave,orbeabletomakeaconfigurationbackupfilefromtheoriginalAPEX

2. YoumusthaveafunctionalAPEXdisplaymodule

3. ThenewAPEXmustbeoftheexactsamemodelastheAPEXbeingreplaced

ThereisonemorerequirementapplicableonlytoAPEXbaseunits–thisdoesnotapplytoAPEXJR:

4. Youmusthavea12‐voltACadapterforAPEX

Additionally,thisprocessrequirestheuseofadesktopornotebookcomputerrunningWindowsorMacOS.

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IfyouuseanAPEXbutdonothavea12‐voltadapter:

 YoumaypurchaseonedirectlyfromNeptuneSystems

 YoumaypurchaseonefromyourpreferredresellerofNeptuneSystemsproducts

 Youmayacquireanduseonefromothersourcesifitmeetsthesespecifications:

o 12‐voltDCoutput

o 2.1mmplug

o Plughaspositive(+)onthecenterpin

o DCoutputratingis0.5amps(500milliamps),orgreater

 ManyhomeInternetrouters,otherhomenetworkgear,andsomeconsumerelectronicsusesimilarAC

adapters;youmightalreadyhaveoneonhandwhichmaybeusedtemporarilyduringthecloning

process.

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Usetheflowchartonthenextpagetodetermineifyoucanusethecloningprocedure.

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YES

START

YES

Aretheoriginal

APEXandnewAPEXthe

SAMEmodel?

Doyou

havearecent

APEXconfigurationbackup

filesavedonyour

computer?

STOP

Youwillneedtomanually

configurethenewAPEX.

Doyouhavea

functionaldisplay

module?

STOP

Youcannotusetheprocess

YES

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Idon’tknowhow

GototheACCESSING

THECLASSIC

DASHBOARDsection

YES

GototheCLONING

YOURAPEXsection

YES

Obtaina12VDCAC

adapter,thencontinue

Doyou

havea12‐voltACadapter

foryourAPEX?

Canyouaccess

theoriginalAPEX’sClassic

Dashboard?

STOP

Youwillneedtomanually

configurethenewAPEX.

IsthisanAPEXJR?

YES

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ACCESSINGTHECLASSICDASHBOARD

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DONOTUSEMOZILLAFIREFOXORMICROSOFTEDGEBROWSERSDURINGTHECLONING

PROCESS

MozillaFirefoxisfinetouseforaccessinganAPEX’sClassicDashboardineverydayuse,but

duringtheAPEXcloningprocess,themostrecentversionofFirefoxwillnotwork.Microsoft

Edge(includedinWindows10)alsohasknownissues.IfyouuseaWindowscomputer,use

GoogleChromeorMicrosoftInternetExplorer.IfyouuseanAppleMaccomputer,useGoogle

ChromeofAppleSafari.NeptuneSystemsrecommendstheuseChromeineithercase.

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1. ToaccesstheClassicDashboardofanAPEX(anymodel),followthesesteps:

a. IfusinganAppleMaccomputer,continuetoStep2.

b. IfusingaWindowscomputer,typehttp://apexinyourwebbrowser’saddressbarandpress

ENTER.

i. Ifyougeta404orPageNotFounderror,continuetoStep2

ii. Ifyougetaloginpromptthatlookssimilartothis,skiptoStep4:

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2. UseyourdisplaymoduletofindtheIPaddressoftheAPEX:

a. Pressthecenterbuttononce

b. Pressthedownarrowbutton3timestoscrolltoSystem

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c. Pressthecenterbuttononce

d. PressthedownarrowbuttononcetoscrolltoNetSetup

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e. Pressthecenterbutton

f. PressthedownarrowbuttontoscrolltoIPAddress

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g. Pressthecenterbuttononce

h. NotetheIPaddressshown

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i. Pressthecenterbuttononce

j. Presstheuparrowbutton3timestoscrolltoHTTPPORT

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k. NotetheHTTPPortnumbershown.Inmostcases,itwillbe“80”.

3. Inyourwebbrowser’saddressbar,entertheaddressoftheAPEXinthisformat:

http://ip‐address

Donotenteranyspaces.Forexample,ifthedisplayshows ,entertheIP

addressinyourbrowseraddressbarlikethis:

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a. IftheHTTPportnotedpreviouslyissomethingotherthan80,addasemicolonandthatport

numberaftertheIPaddressinyouraddressbar,likethis:

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b. PresstheENTERkeyonyourcomputerkeyboard.

4. Youshouldbepresentedwithalogonpromptlikethis:

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5. EntertheusernameandpasswordforyourApex.Thismightnotthesameusernameandpasswordas

youuseforAPEXFusion.IfyoudonotknowtheAPEX’susernameandpassword,tryusername‘admin’

andpassword‘1234’.

6. Afterlogin,youshouldnowseeawebpagesimilartothis:

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7. YouhavesuccessfullyaccessedtheClassicDashboard.Proceedtothenextsection.

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CLONINGYOURAPEX

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REVIEWTHISSECTIONCOMPLETELYBEFOREACTUALLYDOINGANYTHINGWITHTHE

NEW/REPLACEMENTAPEX.

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DONOTDISCONNECTANYMODULESFROMTHEOLDAPEXUNTILDIRECTED.

DONOTCONNECTANYMODULESTOTHENEWAPEXORAPPLYPOWERTOTHENEWAPEX

UNTILDIRECTED.

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DONOTUSEMOZILLAFIREFOXORMICROSOFTEDGEBROWSERSDURINGTHECLONING

PROCESS

MozillaFirefoxisfinetouseforaccessinganAPEX’sClassicDashboardineverydayuse,but

duringtheAPEXcloningprocess,themostrecentversionofFirefoxwillnotwork.Microsoft

Edge(includedinWindows10)alsohasknownissues.IfyouuseaWindowscomputer,use

GoogleChromeorMicrosoftInternetExplorer.IfyouuseanAppleMaccomputer,useGoogle

ChromeofAppleSafari.NeptuneSystemsrecommendstheuseChromeineithercase.

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NOTE:Throughoutthisprocedure,“APEX”generallymeansallmodelsofAPEX‐familycontrollers.

WheretherearedifferenceswhichapplyonlytoApexbaseunitsoronlytoAPEXJR,theterms

“APEXbaseunit”and“APEXJR”willbeusedtodifferentiateasneeded.

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CreateaconfigurationbackupoftheOLDAPEX

1. Dooneofthefollowing:

 IfyoucanstillaccesstheoldAPEX’sClassicDashboard,proceedtoStep2

 Ifyouhavearecently‐savedconfigurationbackupfilesavedonyourcomputerANDyoucannot

accesstheClassicDashboardoftheOLDAPEX,skipaheadtoPreparetheNEWAPEX.

2. UsingtheClassicDashboard,browsetotheConfiguration‐>Load/Savepage

3. ClicktheSaveApexConfigurationbutton

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4. Savethefileinthecomputer’sDownloadsfolder.Thedefaultfilenameis‘apexcfg.bin’.Itis

recommendedthatyouchangethisnametoincludethecurrentdate,suchas‘apexcfg_02FEB2016.bin’

whensavingthefiletoyourcomputer.

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