More than one Poweradjust 2 Ultra is not recognized by Aquaero 5 XT

Junior Member

Wednesday, November 30th 2011, 12:48am

1

Greetings:

I have the Aquaero 5 XT. To the Aquaero 5 XT I hooked up three Poweradjust 2 Ultras to control three additional fans. The first Poweradjust 2 Ultra is connected from the Aquaero XT at the aquabus 2 port ("high speed" port) to the Poweradjust 2 Ultra. The other two Poweradjust 2 Ultras are daisy chained from the first Poweradjust 2 Ultra.

The USB connection from the Aquaero XT is not plugged into the motherboard. I am bench testing the equipment.

When all three Poweradjust 2 Ultras are plugged in properly, none of them are recognized by the Aquaero XT. However, when I plug only one of the three Poweradjust 2 Ultras, the Aquaero XT does recognize it, regardless which one is plugged in.

If I try to plug in any more Poweradjust 2 Ultras (via daisy chained) than one, then none of the Poweradjust 2 Ultras are recognized by the Aquaero XT.

Of course all the connected fans to the three separate Poweradjust 2 Ultra's are operating and the power led light is on.

I have firmware 1010.

What am I doing wrong?

Thank you in advance for your help.

Bill

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Thermaltake Level 10 GT Tower (Black)
Corsiar 1200W PSU
EVGA X58 Classified3 MOBO
i7 965 3.2 LGA 1366 Extreme CPU
24GB Corsair Dominator DDR3 SDRAM
2 x GTX 590 SLI GPU
Silverstone Tek PCI Express Card w/USB 3.0
Intel 320 160GB SATA 3.0 SSD Drive
WD 600GB SATA 6.0 GB Drive
WD 1TB SATA 6.0 GB Drive
AC5 XT Controller, 3 x PA2 Ultra, Flow and Tube Meters
2 x ViewSonic V3D245 24inch Monitors

frank anderson

Junior Member

Posts: 25

Wednesday, November 30th 2011, 12:53am

2

please read this and follow steps 1-5..

fully loaded AQ5 XT and PA2 (x6)

wramey

Junior Member

Posts: 16

Wednesday, November 30th 2011, 1:54am

3

Greetings Frank:

I have been following your very interesting posts.

Thank you for your rapid response. This is a new build and I have not loaded the OS yet (Windows 7 Ultimate).

Bill

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Thermaltake Level 10 GT Tower (Black)
Corsiar 1200W PSU
EVGA X58 Classified3 MOBO
i7 965 3.2 LGA 1366 Extreme CPU
24GB Corsair Dominator DDR3 SDRAM
2 x GTX 590 SLI GPU
Silverstone Tek PCI Express Card w/USB 3.0
Intel 320 160GB SATA 3.0 SSD Drive
WD 600GB SATA 6.0 GB Drive
WD 1TB SATA 6.0 GB Drive
AC5 XT Controller, 3 x PA2 Ultra, Flow and Tube Meters
2 x ViewSonic V3D245 24inch Monitors

wramey

Junior Member

Posts: 16

Poweradjust 2 Setup

Wednesday, November 30th 2011, 4:42am

4

When I start aqua suite 4.72.00 in order to flash the PA2s to 1003 and set my first PA2 to 50, next to 51, and my third to 52, do the PA2s need to have power to them in order for aqua suite 4.72.00 to find the USB device?

I hooked up my first PA2 to the MB via USB, started aqua suite 4.72.00, but it cannot find the USB device.

Before I do something really stupid, I thought I should ask first.

Thank you.

UPDATE: Yes, the molex connector needs to supply power to the PA2 before aqua suite 4.72.00 recognizes it.

This post has been edited 1 times, last edit by "wramey" (Nov 30th 2011, 5:47am)

Bill

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Thermaltake Level 10 GT Tower (Black)
Corsiar 1200W PSU
EVGA X58 Classified3 MOBO
i7 965 3.2 LGA 1366 Extreme CPU
24GB Corsair Dominator DDR3 SDRAM
2 x GTX 590 SLI GPU
Silverstone Tek PCI Express Card w/USB 3.0
Intel 320 160GB SATA 3.0 SSD Drive
WD 600GB SATA 6.0 GB Drive
WD 1TB SATA 6.0 GB Drive
AC5 XT Controller, 3 x PA2 Ultra, Flow and Tube Meters
2 x ViewSonic V3D245 24inch Monitors

Phatboy69

Full Member

Posts: 121

Wednesday, November 30th 2011, 9:05am

5

The PA2s need to each have unique id's set with Aquasuite 4.72 from 50, 51 ,52 corresponding with Ch5, 6 & 7. Thats how you tell which is which.
Of course you also need to daisy chain the PA2s to the A5 high speed aquabus port AFTER you have individually hooked them up 1 AT A TIME to USB for initial configuration with Aquasuite 4.72 to set the address Id's as above. Once configured the USB cable is not required for the PA2s as only the A5 will need USB.

Check you have the USB cable in the correct orientation at both ends and yes you need molex power.

If you want more detail there is a detailed thread all about A5 over at xtremesystems.org
My post here has a lot of relevant info and if you do a search for my posts you will find a lot of info specifically about the A5 and PA2s. > http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/show…l=1#post4930770

I am Intel of Borg. Resistance is futile. You will be assimilated.

i7 3930K @5Ghz - X79 ASUS Rampage IV Extreme - 4x SLI GTX580 - 16GB DDR3-2000 - 4x GTX 360 rads 24x CM fans - Aquaero 5 XT +6 PA2 Ultras - 2 x Enermax 1500W PSU - MM Extended Ascension Case - 2 x 452x2 Res and 4 x D5 - 3 x 24" Acer H243H LCD

wramey

Junior Member

Posts: 16

Friday, December 2nd 2011, 2:28am

6

Thank you for your very kind response.

Once I realized that each Poweradjust 2 required their individual address (and why would they not, I asked myself), all things worked properly. I am thrilled with the A5 XT.

This post has been edited 1 times, last edit by "wramey" (Dec 2nd 2011, 2:30am)

Bill

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Thermaltake Level 10 GT Tower (Black)
Corsiar 1200W PSU
EVGA X58 Classified3 MOBO
i7 965 3.2 LGA 1366 Extreme CPU
24GB Corsair Dominator DDR3 SDRAM
2 x GTX 590 SLI GPU
Silverstone Tek PCI Express Card w/USB 3.0
Intel 320 160GB SATA 3.0 SSD Drive
WD 600GB SATA 6.0 GB Drive
WD 1TB SATA 6.0 GB Drive
AC5 XT Controller, 3 x PA2 Ultra, Flow and Tube Meters
2 x ViewSonic V3D245 24inch Monitors