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Thanks JG, The room is working great. Every time I go in, I feel like I'm working in the ISS (space station).
Let me first say, I love the GT system. It is just too cool. I would not trade it for anything.
DJ delivered a little late, due to parts. I was extra sensitive because of the amount of $ involved. But in the end, he delivered as promised.
I had a hell of a time getting it running properly. Some of the setup issues was my own fault. The other part was that DJ had just released a new version of both the HW and SW. At first he was not too responsive with support (Email Only). He would send canned basic instructions like, follow this thread on the forum, maybe you have a bad wire, try a basic setup. Response was slow to my feedback on the results of my test. One email a day. I took two days off from work so that I could work out the problems, thinking we could banter back and forth, yeah right! After spending a week with no success, I had requested to send it all back to have him figure it out. At that point, he became more responsive and started work with me more attentively. I had to run a lot of test to nail down where the problem was and ultimately figured-out a work around. Once we had nailed it down, DJ went right to work coding a new build of the software to resolve the issue I was having. He spent the night working on it and had it for me in the weee early morning. It took almost two weeks to get it running.
As a business man and practices, he could use improvement. Something as simple as a phone number would have made me feel a little more comfortable about spending all that $. Keep in mind he is a one man show, so I am sure he is quite busy.
As far as an engineer, DJ is a genius. This is where he shines. Once the system was running, It was clear that I made the right choice. It was worth all the hassle in the end. I suspect that anyone who purchases the system after me shouldn't experience the issue I was having.
Although expensive, this system can easily automate your entire grow room regardless of the size. It can control everything, temp, RH, Co2, ventilation, lights, hydro, fertz, flood control, smoke detect, email and text alerts and if you can think it up, DJ will custom build it for you.
To sum it up, I think once DJ realized that I was truly having an issue and that I had ruled out all the basic troubleshooting procedures and replaced all my cables, he took me more seriously and worked to make it right. I wouldn't start a grow until you have it running and dialed in. It stalled my production schedule but I'm glad I waited. I don't think you will regret purchasing GT. The growth potential is unlimited. It does everything as advertised.
P.S. NO VISTA support. Personally, I wouldn't trust my crop running on Vista to begin with.
Hope this helps,
Palpater
Let me first say, I love the GT system. It is just too cool. I would not trade it for anything.
DJ delivered a little late, due to parts. I was extra sensitive because of the amount of $ involved. But in the end, he delivered as promised.
I had a hell of a time getting it running properly. Some of the setup issues was my own fault. The other part was that DJ had just released a new version of both the HW and SW. At first he was not too responsive with support (Email Only). He would send canned basic instructions like, follow this thread on the forum, maybe you have a bad wire, try a basic setup. Response was slow to my feedback on the results of my test. One email a day. I took two days off from work so that I could work out the problems, thinking we could banter back and forth, yeah right! After spending a week with no success, I had requested to send it all back to have him figure it out. At that point, he became more responsive and started work with me more attentively. I had to run a lot of test to nail down where the problem was and ultimately figured-out a work around. Once we had nailed it down, DJ went right to work coding a new build of the software to resolve the issue I was having. He spent the night working on it and had it for me in the weee early morning. It took almost two weeks to get it running.
As a business man and practices, he could use improvement. Something as simple as a phone number would have made me feel a little more comfortable about spending all that $. Keep in mind he is a one man show, so I am sure he is quite busy.
As far as an engineer, DJ is a genius. This is where he shines. Once the system was running, It was clear that I made the right choice. It was worth all the hassle in the end. I suspect that anyone who purchases the system after me shouldn't experience the issue I was having.
Although expensive, this system can easily automate your entire grow room regardless of the size. It can control everything, temp, RH, Co2, ventilation, lights, hydro, fertz, flood control, smoke detect, email and text alerts and if you can think it up, DJ will custom build it for you.
To sum it up, I think once DJ realized that I was truly having an issue and that I had ruled out all the basic troubleshooting procedures and replaced all my cables, he took me more seriously and worked to make it right. I wouldn't start a grow until you have it running and dialed in. It stalled my production schedule but I'm glad I waited. I don't think you will regret purchasing GT. The growth potential is unlimited. It does everything as advertised.
P.S. NO VISTA support. Personally, I wouldn't trust my crop running on Vista to begin with.
Hope this helps,
Palpater
I would LOVE to have a setup like yours. Awesome job. Very impressive!
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