Does the Century Electric VGREEN® EVC165 work with AqualinkRS

[Bugman1400]

Looking to confirm if anyone has used the Century Electric VGREEN® EVC165 or the Nidec Neptune NPTT165 with the Jandy AqualinkRS version MMM controller with no issues.

 

[ajw22]

Let's see if @1poolman1 has.

 

[MSchutzer]

You need to have at least firmware revision O in your Aqualink RS to support the control of a VSP pump. So the answer is no.

You will need to upgrade your Aqualink RS system with a Aqualink 3.0 - iQ30-RS upgrade kit.

As for the Vgreen 165 motor used on both those pumps it does not directly support the Jandy communication protocol as shipped.

It can be made to work with a Jandy system by re-writing one of the configuration variables in the motor but this requires a RS-485 to USB adapter and a bit of work with a computer. I have that documented in a thread elsewhere.

But today a better choice is to purchase one of the newer Century EVO motors that are equipped with Century Connect as these motors support the Jandy protocol as shipped.

But you still will have to upgrade your RS system to support the use of any VSP motor, or pump.

 

[1poolman1]

Looking to confirm if anyone has used the Century Electric VGREEN® EVC165 or the Nidec Neptune NPTT165 with the Jandy AqualinkRS version MMM controller with no issues.

As long as the EVC is one that has Century Connect built in (most newer ones do) AND the software of the Jandy supports a VSP, it will communicate.

 

[Bugman1400]

You need to have at least firmware revision O in your Aqualink RS to support the control of a VSP pump. So the answer is no.

You will need to upgrade your Aqualink RS system with a Aqualink 3.0 - iQ30-RS upgrade kit.

As for the Vgreen 165 motor used on both those pumps it does not directly support the Jandy communication protocol as shipped.

It can be made to work with a Jandy system by re-writing one of the configuration variables in the motor but this requires a RS-485 to USB adapter and a bit of work with a computer. I have that documented in a thread elsewhere.

But today a better choice is to purchase one of the newer Century EVO motors that are equipped with Century Connect as these motors support the Jandy protocol as shipped.

But you still will have to upgrade your RS system to support the use of any VSP motor, or pump.

Unfortunately, I only have AqualinkRS version MMM. That sucks, but thank you for the info.