NEW: aquaero 5 series

[mm67]

You bet!

I've got several questions brewing also if anyone knows:

1) What is the "Tacho" port for? I read something about it being used as an "Output", but I can't make sense of where I would use that.
2)High vs Low "Aquabus", I see that High works fine for the Aquastream XT, and the manual said something about low for older devices, what device would need "Low"
3)12V PWM ports, general info on what people are using these for?
4)Standby. I understand it can be used for standby power from a powersupply, but where would you need that when the USB provides standby power?
5)Softouch Buttons stopped working. Not sure what I did, but the remote works fine, just the unit keys stopped working. Not sure when that happened. Anyone else experience that?

1) and 2) from the manual :

4.6. Connector “aquabus 1/2”
Connectors for communication with other devices from Aqua Computer. The aquaero 5 features one „low speed“ (aquabus 1) and one „high speed“ (aquabus 2) port.
Products compatible to the “low speed” port:
– multiswitch USB
– tubemeter USB
Products compatible to the “high speed” port:
– aquastream XT
– poweradjust 2 USB (Firmware 1003 or higher)

4.7. Connector „Tacho“
Depending on configuration, the aquaero 5 can generate a speed signal which is available for processing through this connector. This speed signal can for example be configured to cease function upon alarm events and thereby relay the alarm status to a fan connector of your motherboard. Functionality of the speed signal can be configured using the menu entries “Alarm” and “Timer”. For details on how to configure your motherboard to process the speed signal, please refer to the manual of your motherboard.

[Dr.Joe]

@Martinm210:

3: These could be used for lighting, such as LED Strips. leds react better to PWM dimming than variable voltage.
4. On the AE4, the standby power adapter was needed for the relay-based emergency shutdown. i have no idea if the ae5 supports emergency shutdown via USB standby power...