Anyone knows how to schedule Pentair Pump speed/RPM at different time?

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Jerryxe

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Las Vegas, NV
Pool Size
13300
Surface
Plaster
Chlorine
Salt Water Generator
SWG Type
Pentair Intellichlor IC-20
I am thinking about running the 2 Pentair pumps 24*7, and most of the time run at low speed (for SWG working), and run at high speed during day time few hours.

Any idea how to set it up in Pentair Screenlogic app? The schedule part only allows to set poop pump and time to begin/end, does not allow to set up speed?

I have the pentair pumps linked to my Home assistant, if HA can help schedule that? (Not quite familar with HA yet...)

Thanks!
 
You create a feature circuit that has a pump speed set for it. Then you schedule the feature circuit for the times you want the pump run at a higher speed.

See feature circuits Skim Low and Skim High and then the speed setup for them.

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wireform said:
This is the desktop version of screenlogic.
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Thanks for the info. To confirm, this is the Screenlogic Connect app on desktop right?

I checked Pentair website and found Screenlogic Connect download link. Their Mac version is very ancient and only supports up to version 10.14, which is like 5 years old OS, and not recent a couple of MacOS.

Their windows version says only to Windows 10, however I tried to install on both win 11 and win 10, after login, both shows "ERROR: Correct viewer version cannot be found".
 
ajw22 said:
Maybe @Jimrahbe @mknauss can get you setup with Screenlogic on a PC.
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Thanks! Was finally able to get into Screenlogic connect app on PC (seems like have to run as administrator), but didn't see an option to configure.

Appreciate if anyone can help point to the right direction. Thanks!
 

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Jerry,

I see you have a SWCG.. If wired correctly, the cell should never get power unless in the Pool or Spa modes..

The Pool Circuit should be the slowest speed you ever want to run and it needs to be fast enough to turn on the SWCG.

This means that you want your Pool Circuit on for the entire time the pump will be running.. then just add more circuits like Skim Low or Waterfall to add increase the speed. When the pump sees two or more speeds, it will run the fastest one.

Thanks,

Jim R.
 
Jimrahbe said:
Jerry,

I see you have a SWCG.. If wired correctly, the cell should never get power unless in the Pool or Spa modes..

The Pool Circuit should be the slowest speed you ever want to run and it needs to be fast enough to turn on the SWCG.

This means that you want your Pool Circuit on for the entire time the pump will be running.. then just add more circuits like Skim Low or Waterfall to add increase the speed. When the pump sees two or more speeds, it will run the fastest one.

Thanks,

Jim R.
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Thanks Jim! Now I found it. To confirm if I did it right:
- Set "Pool" circut to:
- 1200RPM in pum 2 (labed pool pump), which gets 33GPM, power usage 156w
- 1800RPM in pum 1 (labed spa pump), which gets 22GPM, power usage 308w. I seem not able to set speed below 1700 RPM ( the app will report SWG low flow error). I don't quite understand, why pump 1 has high speed, but low GPM. Both are Pentair IntelliFlo3 VSF pumps
- Create a new feature circuit "Pool High", circuit function "Generic".
- Set "Pool High" circuit speed in both pumps as 3000RPM, combined have ~150-200GPM, and power usage ~3000w

In schedules, set:
- "Pool" circuit to run 12AM-6PM, 6PM-9PM (Avoid 3h TOU peak hours)
- "Pool High" circuit to run 9AM-12PM, and 2PM-5PM. To let it run for 6 hours

Does it look right to you? Thanks! I also noticed there is the step 3 of 5 screen, is there anything that I should configure?

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Jimrahbe said:
Jerry,

I see you have a SWCG.. If wired correctly, the cell should never get power unless in the Pool or Spa modes..

The Pool Circuit should be the slowest speed you ever want to run and it needs to be fast enough to turn on the SWCG.

This means that you want your Pool Circuit on for the entire time the pump will be running.. then just add more circuits like Skim Low or Waterfall to add increase the speed. When the pump sees two or more speeds, it will run the fastest one.

Thanks,

Jim R.
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I also have in-floor cleaning heads, do they tie to specific circuit? like the default Pool circuit? Or if they just run with any circuit that has pump running?
 
Jerry,

Depends on your plumbing.. Some pools have valve that turns the IFCS on and off.. Most do not, which is a sad mistake.. When you have no valve they are on all the time and only clean when the speed of the pump is fast enough.

I do not have a heater or an IFCS so I can run at 1200...

It make zero sense to me to run the pump if you are not making chlorine. I would never run the pool circuit slower than what make the SWCG flow switch close.. What is the point???

Thanks,

Jim R.
 
Jimrahbe said:
Jerry,

Depends on your plumbing.. Some pools have valve that turns the IFCS on and off.. Most do not, which is a sad mistake.. When you have no valve they are on all the time and only clean when the speed of the pump is fast enough.

I do not have a heater or an IFCS so I can run at 1200...

It make zero sense to me to run the pump if you are not making chlorine. I would never run the pool circuit slower than what make the SWCG flow switch close.. What is the point???

Thanks,

Jim R.
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Hmmm, I don't see a dedicated circut for IFCS, so guess there is no dedicated valve for IFCS, and it seems working when I am on my newly created feature circut that has high speed.

So I guess my SWG is connected to pump 1 (which has Spa, Pool, Jets, Spillway, and when I set speed low I will get chloriner low flow error). So in the evening, running pump 2 does not make much sense, right?

Maybe I should set Pool circut on pump 2 to be 0 RPM for 24*7, and use another feature circuit "Pool High" to run pump 2 at high speed for a few hours during day time.
 
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