Raiden,
I know this is an old thread, but the internet issue described here happened to me as well. I experienced a power outage few weeks ago. When the power was restored, my internet service remained down for an additional four days.
After power returned, I noticed that my return pump began shutting off every few minutes. Since my skimmer depends on the return pump, it would also turn off and stay off for about two minutes before restarting. My ATO controller, powered by an XP8 would also tune OFF then ON and pump water to the sump every few minutes.
I have five controllers in the collective, and I could tell they were rebooting or power cycling because the MinNow pumps cycled every time it powered on.
The return pump, a Varios 4, is connected directly to the WE ver2 and depends on a virtual generic output with two level sensors: one for sump low and another for sump high.
To address my issue, I unplugged the Hydros system and ran the return pump directly from its pump controller. I also added two old wave makers to keep the tank somewhat going. Once the WiFi was restored, I reconnected the Hydros system, and everything started working perfectly again.
I’ve made a change where the return pump is no longer dependent on the virtual output. Unfortunately, this means it won’t shut off when the sump water level is too low or high.
The issue is that when running the return pump directly from the WE, there’s no option to assign a level sensor, as there is with the X4.
Thank you for explaining that the root cause is that sensors or switches go unknown to the controllers for a split second (moment) at the time the controller reboot.
It is just so weird that it happens when the collective is powered ON without internet service.
