Programming feed mode with ecosmartlive

[05cummins]

I have 3 mp40's on my tank. One on left one on right and one on rear. The left is antisynced to the right and the back is set to rear and linked to right pump.

I use a Neptune afs and would like to be able to program the feed mode to come on when the feeder does.

I inserted the feed mode into the right pump on esl and it enters feed mode properly. However the left and rear do not. I've tried inserting feed mode into them individually but it doesn't seem to work. I can get it inserted but esl won't allow me to set the duration.

I've tried several different browsers. Any ideas?

 

[n2585722]

I had a heck of a time doing this and I only have two pumps. Every time I added a feed mode it did not alway go were I intended it too. I had to start over several times when the programming got so corrupted I could not fix it. When I did get one pump the way I wanted it I thought I could just export it and then import it to the other pump. That did not work either. I had 4 feed modes programmed into the first pump. Only one would show up in the import. I think this took well over 8 hours of frustration. Ecosmart live is not very user friendly at all.I don't know why you cannot just start with a blank slate and add in the modes from start to finish.

 

[05cummins]

I emailed Ecotech and have received no response.

 

[05cummins]

Ok after some tinkering I managed to get this done. On the pumps that were synced I added a feed mode and set the start time. Easy enough. The problem I was having was that it would not let me change the duration.

To solve this I had to drag an additional sync ( or anti-sync whichever your using) mode after the feed mode and set the start time for this at whatever time I want the feed mode to end. Voila. It works.

Seems kinda ridiculous to have to go through this much trouble when it would be so simple to just set the duration you wanted for the feed mode but oh well.

 

[n2585722]

Here is a screen copy of my programming

 

[05cummins]

Ok that's what I was thinking I needed to go ahead and do. That's only way I could get the feed mode to work. I also have a nutrient transport mode running on my primary pump so I suppose I need to place that on the slave pumps as well?

 

[n2585722]

I am still tweaking the speeds. I lowered them today a little. I was using the foam protectors but took them off. The flow went way up when I did that.

 

[flananuts]

What are some of the reasons for the mixture of modes you selected?

 

[n2585722]

I just modified the modes that was originally there some to add the 4 feed modes. I had to add to the begining and end some modes so it aligned with my lighting schedule. No other reason for them.