EcoTech Battery Backup to Controller 4 for Vectra

[MauroGzz]

Hello everyone, could someone guide me how to configure my Vectra M1 return pump and my ecotech backup battery to the Wifi Strip Outlet from Control 4 ?

PS, I have the ecotech Booster cable from Ecotech to connect the Vectra with the backup battery.

PS2, I only want to connect it to control the electrical on/off, flow control & speed I will do it through Mobius

 

[Carlos]

You cannot use a backup battery on a controlled outlet. This is because when you turn off the outlet, a pump controller connected to a battery will think that power is out, and the battery power will kick on. It is due to the native pump being unable to differentiate between a power outage and the controller shutting OFF the outlet.

 

[MauroGzz]

You cannot use a backup battery on a controlled outlet. This is because when you turn off the outlet, a pump controller connected to a battery will think that power is out, and the battery power will kick on. It is due to the native pump being unable to differentiate between a power outage and the controller shutting OFF the outlet.

If I was thinking about that Carlos you are very right, then I could not do this integration, I would have to connect the pump outside the Hydros ecosystem, Thanks, as always.

 

[Carlos]

Does the pump have 0-10V input? If so, you could "control" the pump via 0-10V. That would allow you to connect the pump to a regular outlet, and then, if power is out, the battery would kick in. But, again, it is because you would be turning the pump off via 0-10V and not by killing the power to the outlet.

 

[MauroGzz]

This is what you have, that accessory port I understand is not enabled.

 

[Carlos]

Yeah, ETM does not offer 0-10V. In this case, if you want to use the battery backup, you need to use it outside the HYDROS environment.