Maybe THIS helps

The aquauite is a very powerful programs with many adjustments available.
Once you learn the work flow process behind the program, it is consistent throughout.

Perhaps to start with one specific control you want to setup, and we walk you through it?

Zitat von »WaterBoy61«

I have Aquasuite installed now. I am overwhelmed right now. I do not know where or how to start setting the fans, pump and LED`s. Arethere guides and videos that show a beginner how to do this stuff?

You can detail the hardware and specs
Then others can make some suggestions

Maybe one thing to start with would be setting a fan or pump curve

By default the Octo outputs are at 0% PWM in "Power preset' mode. That's basically fixed speed. You have a slider and set a PWM% that will not vary at all.
This screen is very straightforward, only set the output level in %, you can rename the PWM channed to better describe what it's connected to (Pump, front radiator fans, exhaust fan, etc..) and set the maximum speed that device can achieve, to scale correctly the little status graphs.

The curve controler bit now

That's where you make, and tweak your fan curve

I personally find the automatic setup nicer for making your fan curve.

You only need to decide what speed you want for your fans in idle, and under maximum load.

In this example, at idle (cold water will be 2 or 3° above ambient), fans at 20%, and under load, trying not to exceed 45°C on the water, fans at 90%




That's where you'll have to tweak. a 3090 FTW3 with a 12900K is going to get your water quite warm so, maybe idle temps will be a little higher, so you may raise the minimal temp to get the fans quiet..
And under load, if your water stabilizes at 40 with the fans making a racket, you may increase the maximum temperature from 45 to 50 for example, to let the water warm up just a little, with the fans running slower.


Adjusting the curve shape slider, you can have the fans respond sooner, or later to temperature increases

And if you ever decide to add an ambient temperature sensor to automatically adjust to your room warming up, you can create a virtual sensor in the Playground with a simple substraction (water temperature - ambient temperature = water dT over ambient) which can serve to control your fans, as the new controller source.

but...
That virtual sensor is not part of the Octo so you have to add it.
This works for any sensor that is not physically plugged into the Octo, and that you may want to use on the Octo :

For that ambient temp sensor i talked about, yo'ull want to connect it to an imput of the Octo and place it somewhere where it won't be directly taking warm exhaust from the case. Some install it close to an air intake, others like me leave it dangling off the desk out of sight.
From there, your Octo will have the water temperature sensor, and the room temperature sensor. That's where the fun stuff starts (it's a can of worms once you start to use the playground.. it will give you more ideas).





From there, same as before, Go to the octo sensor page, select a software sensor and add your new virtual sensor so the Octo can use it




It looks daunting when you open Aquasuite and see all these tabs, but when you start to see what they do, everything makes more sense, and you see how involved you can make your loop control.
You can use software sensors and hardware sensors to control RGB too. Some effects will allow you to vary parameters by sensor input.. like an effect accelerating when the water warms up, or changing colors etc...
You can keep it very simple, or go to town and make something completely nuts to your liking.

Oh and a bit i forgot, you don't have to create one fan curve per channel If the fans are to all use the same.
from the other channels, you can tell them to use the control mode of the channel that has the fan curve :

the sensors look like that, you may already have some :
https://www.amazon.fr/Doc-Micro-individuellement-capteur-Thermo/dp/B00414TOVC/



Those flat ones can be taped to components, heatsinks.. or left to dangle


For renaming the channels, look there. on the "fan setup" section in the bottom, that one is called "Fan 7". Just change the name there.

the fans are on splitters since there's 13 of them on 5 channels.

looks like that
https://www.amazon.fr/Cable-Matters-s%C3…s/dp/B07QB9D463



Side push, side pull and bottom rad channels have 3 fans each. Top rad has 2 fans, back intake has 2 fans.
We don't need individual control per fan on the same radiator. and it saves real estate too.
I'm using 5 channels only for 13 fans + pump, instead of using two Octos :p

Costs more for nothing, and it's impossible to share a fan curve with another controller as far as i know. So, 3 fan splitter cables it is.

The octo can supply up to 25W per fan channel, with a maximum across all 8 of 100W.
The highest power i've seen is around 5W with 3 high speed fans accelerating, so it's weeeeell below spec. PC fans don't use much power. Some crazy people using industrial Delta fans may need to keep an eye on power, but for us it's safe to use splitters within reason.

if you go to the aquasuite service settings there is a Hardware Monitor section.
Tick the boxes of the devices you want Aquasuite to monitor (Processor, and Graphics Card)

After a few seconds, their data will then be available when you add a new virtual sensor, under "Data from Aquacomputer Service"