Neptune APEX - Prepare the NEW APEX

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5. GottoConfiguration‐>MiscSetupandmakeascreenshotoftheFeedIntervalsettings,orjotthem
down.
6. GottoConfiguration‐>NetworkSetupandmakeascreenshotofthenetworksettings,orjotthem
down.
7. IfyouhavecustomizedtheSeasonTableintheoldApex,makeascreenshotoftheSeasonTablepage.
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PreparetheNEWAPEX
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DONOTDISCONNECTANYMODULESFROMTHEOLDAPEXUNTILDIRECTED.
DONOTCONNECTANYMODULESTOTHENEWAPEXUNTILDIRECTED.
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1. RemovethenewAPEXfromthepackaging.
2. DisconnectONLYyourdisplaymodulefromtheoldAPEXandconnectittoanAquaBusportonthenew
APEX.DONOTCONNECTANYOTHERMODULESTOTHENEWAPEXYET,andDONOTDISCONNECT
ANYMODULESFROMTHEOLDAPEXORFROMOTHERMODULES.
3. DisconnectthenetworkcablefromtheoldAPEXandusethatsamecabletoconnectthenewAPEXto
yournetwork.
4. PowerupthenewAPEXorAPEXJR
 ForAPEXbaseunits:Connectthe12‐voltACadaptertothePOWERjackonthenewAPEX,and
plugthe12‐voltACadapterintoaregularelectricaloutlet.
 ForAPEXJR:PlugtheAPEXJRpowercordintoaregularelectricaloutlet.
5. WaituntiltheStatusLEDonthefaceofthenewAPEXislitsolidgreen.
6. Usingthedisplaymenu,resetthenewAPEXtofactorydefaults.
a. Pressthecenterbuttononce.
b. UsethedownbuttontoscrolltoSystem.
c. Pressthecenterbuttononce.
d. UsetheupbuttontoscrolltoInitMemory.
e. Pressthecenterbuttononce.
f. ScrolltoInitAllifneeded(itshouldalreadybeselected).
g. Pressthecenterbuttononce.
h. PresstheYesbuttonwhenprompted“Areyousure?”.
i. WaituntiltheStatusLEDonthefaceofthenewAPEXgoesoutthenbecomeslitsolidgreen
again.
7. Upgradethe
newAPEX’sfirmwareandwebpagestothelatestversionusingtheinstructionsandAPEX
firmwarefilesavailableathttps://www.neptunesystems.com/firmware/.
8. Usingthedisplaymenu,updatethenewAPEXbootloader.
a. Pressthecenterbuttononce.
b. Pressthedownbutton3timestoscrolltoSystem.
c. Pressupbutton2timestoscrolltoBootloaderUpdate.
d. Pressthecenterbuttononce.
e. Thedisplaymightgoblankforseveralseconds,ormightjustflashmomentarily.