TheKleinReef Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 here's the arrangement. image by xMrKleinReef, on Flickr i'm having trouble getting everything synced up. anybody have any advice. currently i reset everything and all 4 are running constant mode. (i'd like to change that) i got the left 2 pumps to sync, and the right 2 pumps to sync. but the two halves of the tank were not in sync. Link to comment
kalireefer Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 http://ecotechmarine.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/QuickStart_Manual_Rev4.pdf My understanding is that only one can be set as master, then multiple pumps can be set as slave to function. Hope this helps... Link to comment
TheKleinReef Posted April 19, 2014 Author Share Posted April 19, 2014 http://ecotechmarine.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/QuickStart_Manual_Rev4.pdf My understanding is that only one can be set as master, then multiple pumps can be set as slave to function. Hope this helps... there can be multiple (up to 7) master:slave pairs. i'm just trying to figure out where to place the pumps and which to pair. Link to comment
kalireefer Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 gotcha... I only have one MP10 so I haven't had to deal with this situation yet. I'm sure somebody will chime in with some advice. If not call up ecotech, their customer service is stellar. Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 This is the manual you want, not the quick start: http://ecotechmarine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/FULLMANUAL_Revision1.21.pdf Do this: Clear driver memory (hold mode/set, hold mode, hold set) on all four. Put all of them into sync mode (hold mode/set). Assign the far left as master (press mode, will blink green/blue). Assign the remaining three as slave (press set, will blink blue and yellow). Hold mode on the now master, this will save all settings and all will restart all pumps. They will be synchronized. Switch the master to Tidal Swell Mode (pink). The master will be pink, all the remaining three will probably be orange. Leave the rightmost pump as orange (this means opposite side of tank to master), press mode on the two on the back wall to change them to 'back of tank', the driver color will be teal. Boom goes the dynamite. Link to comment
TheKleinReef Posted April 19, 2014 Author Share Posted April 19, 2014 This is the manual you want, not the quick start: http://ecotechmarine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/FULLMANUAL_Revision1.21.pdf Do this: Clear driver memory (hold mode/set, hold mode, hold set) on all four. Put all of them into sync mode (hold mode/set). Assign the far left as master (press mode, will blink green/blue). Assign the remaining three as slave (press set, will blink blue and yellow). Hold mode on the now master, this will save all settings and all will restart all pumps. They will be synchronized. Switch the master to Tidal Swell Mode (pink). The master will be pink, all the remaining three will probably be orange. Leave the rightmost pump as orange (this means opposite side of tank to master), press mode on the two on the back wall to change them to 'back of tank', the driver color will be teal. Boom goes the dynamite. ahhhh. thanks! gonna try that now Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 And the 'back of tank' for the two will only work in the two pink modes, Tidal Swell and Nutrient Transport, but really those are the only two that are useful, besides long pulse for making gyres. To get NTM to work properly, turn off the two on the back of the tank (either pull their power or push the power button once on them, will shut only them off), then switch to Short Pulse Mode (blue), and then turn the master pump to maximum speed, push set, and then adjust the pulse frequency to whatever makes the biggest wave (usually the first or second dot). Once you find the right setting, hold set until the pump flashes, and this will save that wave setting for not only Short Pulse Mode, but also Nutrient Transport. Then flip the back pumps back on and switch to TSM or NTM. Link to comment
TheKleinReef Posted April 19, 2014 Author Share Posted April 19, 2014 And the 'back of tank' for the two will only work in the two pink modes, Tidal Swell and Nutrient Transport, but really those are the only two that are useful, besides long pulse for making gyres. To get NTM to work properly, turn off the two on the back of the tank (either pull their power or push the power button once on them, will shut only them off), then switch to Short Pulse Mode (blue), and then turn the master pump to maximum speed, push set, and then adjust the pulse frequency to whatever makes the biggest wave (usually the first or second dot). Once you find the right setting, hold set until the pump flashes, and this will save that wave setting for not only Short Pulse Mode, but also Nutrient Transport. Then flip the back pumps back on and switch to TSM or NTM. why can i only adjust all but one of the slaves? i think i'm doing something wrong. i thought the 2 slaves (white) would follow the master's intensity. but right now i can adjust the master (pink) the opposite wall (orange) and one of the slaves (white)... Link to comment
frankdontsurf Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 This is the manual you want, not the quick start: http://ecotechmarine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/FULLMANUAL_Revision1.21.pdf Do this: Clear driver memory (hold mode/set, hold mode, hold set) on all four. Put all of them into sync mode (hold mode/set). Assign the far left as master (press mode, will blink green/blue). Assign the remaining three as slave (press set, will blink blue and yellow). Hold mode on the now master, this will save all settings and all will restart all pumps. They will be synchronized. Switch the master to Tidal Swell Mode (pink). The master will be pink, all the remaining three will probably be orange. Leave the rightmost pump as orange (this means opposite side of tank to master), press mode on the two on the back wall to change them to 'back of tank', the driver color will be teal. Boom goes the dynamite. You're a G. Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 You can't adjust any slaves, only the master. The master controls everything - mode and maximum speed, and it just tells the other pumps what they need to do. If the slave pumps are set to white, they are synced with the master. If they are set to orange, they are opposite to master, antisync. If they are set to teal, they are in 'back of tank mode' for Ecosmart modes (TSM and NTM). EDIT: You can assign a 'local maximum' to any slave pump, this will set the pump's 100% to something less, so if you change it to 50% maximum, if the master tells the slave to hit 100%, it will only hit the 50% maximum that you set to it, but I don't think that is what you want to do, Roger. Link to comment
TheKleinReef Posted April 19, 2014 Author Share Posted April 19, 2014 You can't adjust any slaves, only the master. The master controls everything - mode and maximum speed, and it just tells the other pumps what they need to do. If the slave pumps are set to white, they are synced with the master. If they are set to orange, they are opposite to master, antisync. If they are set to teal, they are in 'back of tank mode' for Ecosmart modes (TSM and NTM). the driver is white, but if i turn the knob the led light moves with it.... Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 the driver is white, but if i turn the knob the led light moves with it.... Does it do anything? Link to comment
TheKleinReef Posted April 19, 2014 Author Share Posted April 19, 2014 Does it do anything? yep, i put my hand in the tank and the intensity changes. Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 Interesting. You're either a magician or there was a firmware revision of the controller that allows changing it lol. I would leave them at maximum and let the master have control of the speed. Link to comment
TheKleinReef Posted April 19, 2014 Author Share Posted April 19, 2014 Interesting. You're either a magician or there was a firmware revision of the controller that allows changing it lol. I would leave them at maximum and let the master have control of the speed. maybe i should call ecotech... its the same driver that has the colors just a shade off. maybe its bugged. any reason why i can adjust the orange one too. the antisync pump. Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 Nah, the colors are just off on some of the controllers, probably just different brands of LEDs used over the years. No clue why you can adjust them, but if they're working properly otherwise, then they're ok. You can check the firmware of them, but I haven't run into but one out of the eight Vortech pumps I've owned that didn't have the latest firmware, and it was an original Ecosmart controller. Link to comment
bdevillier19 Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 Boom goes the dynamite. just watched that episode of tosh.O. lol Link to comment
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