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Slave a A6 Pro to an A6 Pro?

apw63

Junior Member

Slave a A6 Pro to an A6 Pro?

Sunday, December 18th 2016, 4:51pm

I thought I read some where that this was now possible with new firmware updates? When I first got my A6 Pro I screwed up and got a little coolant on it. This resulted in the alarm function not working. The rest of the A6 works as intended. I sent the unit to AC and they replace the main board and sent back the new and old A6 units. I only have the one LCD screen.

Do I need 2 LCD screens to flash the other A6 or just take the LCD off the main A6, put on old A6 and flash? I would then return LCD to master A6. Are there any write ups on this for the A6?

Thank you for any help. :)

This post has been edited 1 times, last edit by "apw63" (Dec 26th 2016, 4:59pm)

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Railgun

Full Member

Monday, December 19th 2016, 8:36am

You can make any non-LT to an LT. the difference now is that the 6s can leverage PWM.

apw63

Junior Member

Monday, December 19th 2016, 1:35pm

Quoted from "Railgun"

You can make any non-LT to an LT. the difference now is that the 6s can leverage PWM.


Thank you, do I need to put an LCD screen on to the old A6 to flash, or is it all done in aquasuite?
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Shoggy

Sven - Admin

Monday, December 19th 2016, 3:43pm

Only LT devices can be flashed with the slave firmware. So you have to remove the display to make it a LT variant.

apw63

Junior Member

Monday, December 19th 2016, 4:38pm

Sorry for my ignorance, but where do I get the slave firmware. I have figured out where to get the firmware. Thank you for the spoon feeding.

After flashing to slave I will gain 4 more PWM fan headers and 4 more temperature headers?

This post has been edited 1 times, last edit by "apw63" (Dec 19th 2016, 5:32pm)

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Shoggy

Sven - Admin

Monday, December 19th 2016, 9:14pm

Quoted from "apw63"

After flashing to slave I will gain 4 more PWM fan headers and 4 more temperature headers?

Yes

apw63

Junior Member

Monday, December 19th 2016, 11:13pm

Thank you, I will post how it goes
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apw63

Junior Member

Tuesday, December 20th 2016, 5:59pm

The old A6 updated to latest firmware and then flashed to slave. The flashing worked as expected. I'm having an issue. When i connect the 4 pin aquabus cable from the main HIGH then to the slave HIGH and power up. The main A6 will not power up. What could be the possible issues?
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Shoggy

Sven - Admin

Wednesday, December 21st 2016, 12:29pm

When the aquaero does not start in this combination, but does without the slave attached, then it is very likely that you have a short circuit there. Are you sure that you have used the aquabus port on both devices. I have seen it often enough that some customers use the flow port (no idea why).

apw63

Junior Member

Wednesday, December 21st 2016, 3:42pm

Thank you Shoggy. Short was what I was thinking. I did make sure and verified that both Aquaeros where connected to the HIGH bus. I have ordered aquacomputer brand 4 pin aquabus splitter and extension cables. I will let you know if this solves the short issue. I was using some cables I made.
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apw63

Junior Member

Monday, December 26th 2016, 4:58pm

The 2 new aquacomputer aquabus cables solved the issue of a short that I was having. I now have 4 more PWM fan headers and 4 more temp sensors.
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