iks aquastar midi – aquarium measuring and regulation computer module

  With the iks aquastar midi you can programme up to 32 timer functions (with weekday function). The shortest switch interval is only 1 second long. This enables you, for example, to add minimal amounts of trace elements evenly and automatically with the help of a dosing pump (such as the iks Vario). (The dosing pump iks Vario MP 045 feeds an amount of only 0,075 ml per second at its lowest setting.
  The interval functions can be individually adjusted to suit your own requirements. The active and passive      phases of the interval duration can be set separately from each other, whereby a random factor (time) can be given for each one.
  The extensive day/night simulation makes child’s play of your aquarium’s lighting and optimises it too.      You can use it to set a wide variety of lighting on- and off times. If the lighting you use can be dimmed,      you can simulate sunrise and sunset. It’s even possible to recreate the sunrise and sunset of a particular      region of the world (by entering the latitude and longitude.This function even makes the period of the       reduction in nocturnal values possible (pH-value, temperature, current etc.).
  The integrated lunar-phase simulation gives you everything you want. You can choose between two      alternatives. A practice-related one for the “aquarium enthusiast” and the and one for the authentic      simulation of moonlight (for coral cultivation), taking into account the duration as well as the intensity of      the light. It too allows you to simulate the lunar phase of a particular region of the world, the tropics for      example (again, by entering latitude and longitude!
  There is also a very wide spectrum of possibilities for current simulation such as pulsating waves or        high/low tide. No matter how large your aquarium is and regardless of the shape it may have, this      simulation function, thought out right down to the last detail, makes it possible for you to create the      optimum current for any tank. You can control up to eight pumps!
  In the “professional” programming level, up to eight different control processes can be carried out using      one measurement and control module. An example: The tank-floor heating system on Socket 1 is      activated at 25° C. If the temperature continues to fall to 24.5° C, a heating element on Socket 2 will cut      in. If the temperature in your tank becomes too high, a fan/cooler on Socket 3 can be activated at, say,      27°C. For all these functions you can add different values for day/night and summer/winter, too.
  All control processes can have upper and lower alarm limits allocated to them.
  Acoustic, visual and external alarm (e.g. for sirens or warning lights).