well.. for ARGB there's only the Farbwerk360 but it's USB only afaik. The Octo and quadro only serve as fan controllers in Aquabus i believe.
Any reason to not use aquasuite to transmit the data through USB?

Zitat von »Remayz«

well.. for ARGB there's only the Farbwerk360 but it's USB only afaik. The Octo and quadro only serve as fan controllers in Aquabus i believe.
Any reason to not use aquasuite to transmit the data through USB?

The Octo has 2 ARGB ports for supporting ARGB in aquasuite. I do exactly what the OP wants, just with my CPU temp instead of Water temp. To do what you'd want OP, an OCTO would work + setting up a virtual sensor in the sensors section and setting the RGBpx section to Color Switch (where the colors change base on sensor input). Then define your range and color values.

the product page for the Octo doesn't say the Aquaero can control its RGB ports through Aquabus, that's why i don't think it would work.

Otherwise yes, through USB, and windows only, it works fine.

https://www.aquacomputer.de/tl_files/aquacomputer/downloads/manuals/aquaero_5_aquaero_6_english.pdf


look at page 39.


I don't own an aquaero so i can't test, but it seems that through aquabus, only the fan outputs, and the temp and flow inputs are controllable. but not the ARGB outputs.

i have vague memories of a post by someone from AC saying aquabus was too slow for the amount of traffic required for RGBpX, but i can't find where it was.
But.. the Octo will still be able to run ARGB without windows with control from its on board sensors, (but not on delta T obviously).

Zitat von »Remayz«

i have vague memories of a post by someone from AC saying aquabus was too slow for the amount of traffic required for RGBpx, but i can't find where it was.
But.. the Octo will still be able to run ARGB without windows with control from its on board sensors, (but not on delta T obviously).

I also recall Aquacomputer stating that Aquabus has insufficient bandwidth for RGBpx data. I do wonder how much data actually runs back and forth between Aquasuite and the controller when its just sitting there playing back a preset. When you configure a preset, Aquasuite pushes that data across USB, but once its in the device, it does not seem like there would be that much data going back and forth. This excludes having things like virtual sensors or temps not local to the Octo control the LEDs. For that you need Aquasuite running and USB connected.

If you just want basic solid colors, or presets that do not require external data or virtual sensor output, I think that once you configure that preset, the Octo will just start playing it when it boots up. I know the Farbwerk360 does this. My LEDs controlled by a Farbwerk360 start doing their thing as soon as the Farbwerk360 and the LEDs have power. The presets I have set up do not involve virtual sensors or data sources not local to the Farbwerk360. The Octo ports are probably the same. I have an Octo, but am not using the RGBpx ports on it so I don't know for sure. I think it you connect the Octo via USB, boot into Windows, run Aquasuite and set up presets that do not require external data or derived data (virtual sensor), then shut down, remove the USB connection and boot into Linux, the Octo RGBpx ports should start playing back those presets.

you could pop in another in line temperature sensor to the loop connected to the octo, and have that temperature vary the RGB lighting.
It wouldn't be delta T, but it would react the same, just not on the same scale. that's probably the closest solution