JBWave controller review

I haven't seen much info on this so I am putting up my initial impressions.

http://www.joejaworski.com/jebao/

This controller is made to control Jaebo WP, FW, and FS series powerheads and is more controllable than the single or dual controller that comes with them. The case that holds the circuit board is a 3D printed black plastic box. It isn't perfect but it looks nice and will do the job. Inside it the circuit board looks very nice and well put together. It came with a fairly long USB cable to hook up to the PC for programming.

I ordered through Amazon and shipping was 4 dollars. It arrived within 4 days so I am very happy with that.

I will update when I get it hooked up and programmed.




Edit: added more pics and a little extra info

 

With this controller what can you control?

 

Pretty much any of the Jaebo power heads

 

got one of these a little over a week ago, love it. I have two older jaebos and being to hide the controller and more options for wave patterns and times to ramp up and down is great.

 

Cool. How do you program it? It appears to connect to your computer?

 

It does. you connect through your usb port. then it downloads the required drivers and a simple program . the program has 14 steps or options, from wave patterns, to duration of pattern, speed of the pumps, feeding time, night time setup and speeds.. the 10 different wave patterns are fun to play with. the instruction pdf file is 23 pages in length ,it is very simple to understand and covers all topics.

 

There is now a version that connects using Bluetooth. Not sure what else is new though.

 

Sounds nice. Good value.

 

This looks very cool. One more thing to add to the wish list...

I wonder if they'll come out with a box to control more than just two? I have so many different ideas with all the sizes of WPs they make, that I could see having a cube with 4 separate WPs (for example) but still be able to control each one. I wouldn't think it would take much more modifying or maybe offer two styles, one with just 2 plugs and one with 4. I'm just throwing ideas out...

 

I'm sure he is probably open to ideas. Check out his web site in my first post. There is a good video of the setup instructions as well as a demo of the modes.