Dolphin E20 Hack?

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Solarczar

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I have been reading on the forum and purchased a Dolphin E20. Cleans great for my needs, but I hoped that the solution for allowing it to work with a smart plug and integrate it into Home Assistant would work for it (hold down the schedule button for 10sec on power up), but unfortunately it doesn’t. It’s the same unit controller, so assuming it’s a software function. Any hacks to allow you guys know of?
 
Your unit is not equipped with automation mode which is required to do what you’re wanting. You are restricted to the regular scheduling options which must be reset weekly. As far as I know there’s no workaround.
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I believe the next model up - the e30 is more equivalent to the 200 series & includes this. As does my nautilus cc, proteus dx3, & a couple others that only have one active brush. I specifically searched for one that included that function.
The e20 is the equivalent of the cayman & doheny advantage .
I find it odd that maytronics doesn’t list any info for the pentair versions of their bots but they do for the doheny ones.
They make so many versions of the same bot it’s mind blowing to try to navigate all the choices by clicking on each product page & going over every specification. Their website doesn’t make it easy since automation mode isn’t a filter option when searching.
& Every year it gets more complicated as they introduce new lines!
Like mattress shopping but worse 🤣
 
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Update...It most certainly is available! I had to work hard with Maytronics customer service, but they got an Engineer on the horn, and Here's how you set the Dolphin E20 up to work via a smart plug...

1) Make sure the unit is powered OFF
2) Press and hold the weekly schedule button for 10-15 sec, until the scheduling lights FLASH.
3) Immediately press the Power Button to ON. (The E20 should operate in the pool).
4) Now unplug the AC Power, attach your respective WiFi/Zigbee/ZWave...smart plug and plug the E20 unit into the Smart Plug
5) When power comes on...the E20 should now start working.

With this solution, you can customize your run time, scheduling, etc... I plan to incorporate mine in Home Assistant.
 
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This is great news- alot of folks ended up w/ that model due to supply issues & other models w/ the automation mode feature being unavailable
 
Tlutrick said:
Update...It most certainly is available! I had to work hard with Maytronics customer service, but they got an Engineer on the horn, and Here's how you set the Dolphin E20 up to work via a smart plug...

1) Make sure the unit is powered OFF
2) Press and hold the weekly schedule button for 10-15 sec, until the scheduling lights FLASH.
3) Immediately press the Power Button to ON. (The E20 should operate in the pool).
4) Now unplug the AC Power, attach your respective WiFi/Zigbee/ZWave...smart plug and plug the E20 unit into the Smart Plug
5) When power comes on...the E20 should now start working.

With this solution, you can customize your run time, scheduling, etc... I plan to incorporate mine in Home Assistant.
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Glad to hear you got the feature to work. I’m looking at the Explorer E20 and off topic but how is the vacuum cord without the anti-swivel feature? Do you still like the unit? Any cons?
Thanks!
 
Also interested. Marina quoted me same cost for the E20 and Prowler 910. I assume the E20 is a better deal? Only two difference I see is P910 has 40' cord, E20 50'. 40' is plenty for me (the shorter the better). Plus $50 for the ultra fine basket which is good. Is the CC worth $30 more?
 
tcat said:
Also interested. Marina quoted me same cost for the E20 and Prowler 910. I assume the E20 is a better deal? Only two difference I see is P910 has 40' cord, E20 50'. 40' is plenty for me (the shorter the better). Plus $50 for the ultra fine basket which is good. Is the CC worth $30 more?
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Make sure 40' is enough from where you have the power supply to the far end of the pool. Mine runs about 7' across the deck before it hits the pool.

You will like wither model, I am a simple kind of person, don't need a robot cleaner that can predict where the space shuttle will land just clean the pool :)
 

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Make sure 40' is enough from where you have the power supply to the far end of the pool. Mine runs about 7' across the deck before it hits the pool.

You will like wither model, I am a simple kind of person, don't need a robot cleaner that can predict where the space shuttle will land just clean the pool :)
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Thanks. I have a 60' Aquabot and have 30' coiled up. My control sits 6' from center of 32' pool. Basically needs 16+6+8. 40' is about perfect. Is either a newer model or better built? I assume they have same filter since the same ultra first either.
 
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tcat said:
Also interested. Marina quoted me same cost for the E20 and Prowler 910. I assume the E20 is a better deal? Only two difference I see is P910 has 40' cord, E20 50'. 40' is plenty for me (the shorter the better). Plus $50 for the ultra fine basket which is good. Is the CC worth $30 more?
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For what it’s worth- the ultra fine filter basket costs $70-$80 to buy separately.
 
Does the E20 do a decent job on walls? I cut the 60' cord on my Aquabot yesterday to 35'. Much easier to deal with and put away. The Aquabot does terribly on walls and I had about decided the E10 would be an equivalent replacement, but if the E20 does well on walls, it's probably worth the extra $80.
 
Another Update....Maytronics Customer Service told me that the E20 could not use the 2prong swivel cable, as the "motor could not support it". What? That made no sense. I got fed up with mine getting tangled up so bad that it would be stuck. So, I took a chance, ordered a 2 prong swivel cable and IT WORKS GREAT! Maytronics must just want to upscale the sale to the more expensive units.

Here's the link to what I bought...
Amazon.com

Happy Pool Cleaning to you...
 
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