Ashlar Posted July 17, 2007 Share Posted July 17, 2007 What is it? An application that I made that takes the statistics provided by your web enabled controller (AC Jr / 2 with AquaNotes, AC3/3Pro with ethernet, or Premium Aquatics LightHouse) and turns them into an image that you can use as a signature on your favorite forum, emails, or even as an image on your web page. At the same time, I store the stats in a database, and you can get a graph of your temperature, ph, or orp over time. I also provide your stats in an xml format so that you can integrate them into your own pages. How does it work? A program on my server reaches out every five minutes to your controller and gathers data that you specify. Temperature, ph, ORP, device status- most any data that your controller displays on a web page- all of it can become part of your image. This data gets formatted in the way you want, either fancy or simple, and turned into an image. How much does it cost? Nothing. Nada. Zip. Zero. There are no ads, no pop-ups, no tracking cookies, or fees. This was just something cool that I came up with because I'm a reef geek. If you feel guilty about using it for free, then renew your membership to your local reef club, send a donation to MASNA, or give a newbie a frag of something and help spread the responsible reef keeping ethic. Okay, cool, how to I get started? Register for an account at reefchat.org and once you're logged in, click 'Extras' then 'Signature Generator' from the top menu. Help is available from every screen, and I've even put up a HOWTO with screenshots. I'd appreciate feedback on how to make it better, too. The controllers the application supports can grow, too. If you have another controller that has a web interface, and it's not listed here, I'd love to work with you to make it compatible. (I'm really hoping to find someone with an RK II and the new firmware.) Here are a few sigs that some users have.. Click mine to view my stats for today.. Here's my xml output. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashlar Posted October 5, 2009 Author Share Posted October 5, 2009 *bump* - I've added support for a couple more controllers since the initial post- RKE w/ net module, Neptune Apex, and Profilux. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GKarshens Posted October 7, 2009 Share Posted October 7, 2009 Great idea! Thanks for offering. Now if I just had a controller with a web interface. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Daniel Posted October 7, 2009 Share Posted October 7, 2009 Thanks, this is cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashlar Posted January 31, 2010 Author Share Posted January 31, 2010 *bump* I've added support for the new Profilux 3, and added options for different fonts and font sizes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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