I also have an IQPump01 connected to my VS Jandy pump. The installer connected my TruClear to my mechanical intermatic timer and that is all that this timer controls. I have always set this mechanical timer to match the times that I have my pump to run via the IQPump01 but I am a snowbird and when I am gone and my pool guy does not check the mechanical timer it gets progressively further and further off every time there is a power outage. I would also like to use the the RS485 connection between my pump and the TruClear but in the instructions for wiring the IQPump01 to the VS pump it says to make sure that is the only thing connected to the RS485 terminals at the pump. Can I disregard that instruction?