Greetings,
I have a very large APEX setup and most of the modules running. I do a lot of programming on mine and am always willing to try and help others (since it was other people that taught me!). Some thoughts on these posts:
1) I've had issues with Apex restart issues when the firmware of my EBs and other modules weren't consistent with the version of operating firmware. Getting these up to the latest version is always preferable. I'm running on current firmware right now and haven't had a single issue since I updated despite having lost power twice this winter.
2) With regard to wireless bridges, there are several flavors of these devices out there. Some of them behave more like a router (taking an address on the bridge and then issuing a passthrough address to the Apex) and others are truly passthrough/bridge devices. The behavior can also vary depending on whether or not you've left your APEX as a DHCP vs. statically assigned device. The bottom line is that a bridge connection (both the ARP table and the addresses) is reset when EITHER the APEX or the Bridge is reconnected / rebooted. in other words, most unresponsive failures can be resolved by power cycling the bridge rather than the APEX. Consequently, I took the following approach to my occasional disconnects: I plugged my wireless bridge into one of the switched outlets on my EB8 and then set up the APEX to power-cycle its own wireless every morning at 2am. The APEX itself is statically assigned, so the reset forces an ARP table update and I have a nice fresh connection every day. The whole process takes less than a minute, and since I started doing that (2 years ago) I've never found myself unable to connect.
As I mentioned above, I do a LOT with my APEX. I have continuous water change systems, hospital tanks, lighting, flow, top-off, ambiance lighting, storm simulations that include audio, and a host of other configurations built. I also have a couple friends that I collaborate with to chat about programming and other ways to leverage the data that the APEX produces. If anyone would ever like to share their work with me, I'm always interested in learning and I'm always willing to help. Just shoot me a PM.
Have a great weekend! I hope you find this helpful.
