Power/Flow Level on MultiController with Stream 6100 ...

[jdg]

Good evening all,

I've got an install with a MultiController and a single Stream 6100. The power/flow level on the controller doesn't seem to make much of a difference even when going from 30% (min) to 100% (max) -- in fact, it doesn't seem to do anything at all. I put my hand in front of it and had someone turn the knob -- no difference.

Sooo ... does it take a bit to ramp up to the new speed?

Thanks in advance for any tips!

-J

 

[rvitko]

Is the driver set to 100% power? Make sure the driver is at full power and the pump is in the first socket and the settings are for Channel 1. The Mode switch should be in pulse. The flow should be perceptable by feel, not so much by sight.

 

[jdg]

Roger,

Woah, thanks for the quick reply ... Driver being which component? The Controller was turned from 30% to 100% ... is there somewhere else to modify the flow?

 

[jdg]

Okay, we found the driver ... it was turned all the way to MAX. The Pulse 'knob' on the top left was set to off and the 'Mode' switch on the right side was all the way down. He's plugged in to Channel-1 and he is using the knob on the bottom left to attempt to control the output. My understanding is the power level knobs correspond as follows:

Top Left : Channel-1B (second socket)
Bottom Left : Channel-1A (first socket)
Top Right : Channel-2B (fourth socket)
Bottom Right : Channel-2A (third socket)

This is assumption is based on the fact the with the current settings, only the red light next to the knob on the bottom left lights up.

... to make matters worse, he lost the instructions ...

Thoughts?

Thanks!

-J

 

[rvitko]

Your concept is not correct. Bottom mode is sequence- this really only works with 4 pumps. Pulse is a single pulsed arrow illustration, do that first. The top knob is one speed and the bottom knob is another. The first two knobs control the first two sockets. The pumps plugged into these sockets will do what knob top left is set for and then after a few seconds, as set by the pulse knob, it will switch to what knob bottom left is set to.

 

[rvitko]

I can send you the instructions as a PDF PM me an email address. You will want to have a high speed modem as it is a nearly 600K file.

 

[jdg]

Roger,

Thanks again ... so to understand, if we are set up with the mode selector to the middle we should be in better shape. What if we have the pulse knob set to 'Off' ... will the Power/Strength settings work then? With the pulse knob set to max, it will oscillate between the two powers faster I assume?

Also, if we have two pumps connected on channel-1, what happens as they switch back and forth using the scenario you mentioned? let's say they top is at 70% and the bottom is at 30% ... channel-1a AND 1b will spin 70%, wait a few seconds (depending on the pulse knob), then will both spin at 30%, wait a few seconds, back to 70%, etc etc?

So best thing to do if you want constant power is to run both knobs at some interval between 30-100% on channel one ...

speaking of ... what does the interval knob do next to the mode switch?

Thanks!

-J

 

[rvitko]

Off turns pulse off the pump will just flow at the speed of the knob that has the lighted LED next to it. Max- is maximu delay 7sec- slow pulse.

Correct.

Interval does not work unless you have two pumps.