Hayward OmniPL replacement kit needs longer cable

desoto

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Feb 26, 2010
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In order to get a decent wifi signal, the display for a soon-to-be installed Omni PL needs to be mounted about 40 feet from the control center. The display comes with only 15' of cord. If you purchased the extension kit, or contrived your own, I would love to know what you got and where you bought it. Most of the 40' would be indoors, the rest inside conduit.

For background, the pool equipment is about 100' from the house. We have a router and a wifi extender but the signal travels through stucco (wire mesh) so degrades over that distance
 
Thank you both for your replies. I love that members are so quick to respond. The Hayward cable extension kit is hard to find. It's out of stock at InyoPools, but I did locate one vendor, Pool Supply Unlimited. Wireform, your suggestion of adding a wifi extender would probably be the easiest (and least expensive) option. That way, the display would stay convenient to the pool equipment. More research! Thanks again for your help.
 
Looks like a wire and a piece of plastic.

The HLX485100 (100 ft.) and HLX485200 (200 ft.) are extension kits designed to extend the range of the Control Pad from the VS Omni or OmniHub wiring hub.

1. Ensure that power is completely disconnected from the wiring hub.
2. If the Control Pad had previously been installed, remove the wiring hub cover and locate the communication cable.

Remove the connector and communication cable from the wiring hub as shown in Fig 1.

3 If already mounted, remove the Control Pad from the mounting surface.

4. Remove the 4 Phillips head screws from the back of the Control Pad (Fig 2).

5. Separate the front assembly from the rear housing.

6. Unplug the communication cable from the front assembly.

You can now separate the rear housing and communication cable away from the front assembly.

7. The HLX485100 and HLX485200 contain a replacement rear housing which will be used.

You'll notice that one end of the new communication cable has a black strain relief attached.

Thread this end through the new rear housing and seat the strain relief fully into the hole as shown in Fig 3.

Refer to the strain relief on the old housing if these instructions are unclear.

8. With the strain relief secured into the new rear housing, insert the included gasket into the rear housing's channel.

9. Plug the new communication cable into the socket on the front assembly and attach rearhousing, taking care that the gasket stays aligned.

10. Screw in the 4 Phillips head screws to fasten the new rear housing to the front assembly.

With the Control Pad fully assembled, it can now be mounted in the desired location.

11. After mounting, run the other end of the cable back to the wiring hub and plug the connector into the wiring hub where the old cable was removed (Fig 1).

Route the cable through the low voltage wiring channel.

Insert a foam gasket at the channel opening for a watertight seal.

12. Re-attach the wiring hub cover and re-connect power.

 

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Well, thank you all for the input. In retrospect, running wire to get where it needs to be is going to be a lot harder than I want to deal with, so I'm going with the wifi extender. Have ordered a TP-Link unit, and fingers crossed, the signal will be strong enough. The OmniPL retrofit kit arrives today and the extender in a couple more days. Will post back here when all is up and running. Thanks for bouncing all these ideas around for me
 

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Well, thank you all for the input. In retrospect, running wire to get where it needs to be is going to be a lot harder than I want to deal with, so I'm going with the wifi extender. Have ordered a TP-Link unit, and fingers crossed, the signal will be strong enough. The OmniPL retrofit kit arrives today and the extender in a couple more days. Will post back here when all is up and running. Thanks for bouncing all these ideas around for me
I know of one omni/pool that the control is a good bit away from the house at the pool and it just works. Don't know the details of equipment that it's hooked up with and doubt it's rocket science.
 
I plugged a TP-Link extender near the pool to test if it could connect to the router, and the signal is surprisingly very good, considering it goes through several stucco walls (Faraday cage) and is travelling about 100'. So, fingers crossed, the OmniPL will connect and stay connected. BTW, it arrived today but it's pouring rain :(
 
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Installation of the Omni PL was really much easier than I expected. Included were some neat wire connectors that made it pretty much plug and play. Everything works as it should and I'm very happy with the upgrade. No problem with the wifi signal, either. It connected right away and has been stable.
 
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