iAqualink iPhone app problem?

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I should add that Cleaner is a built in function of the system. Clean Mode that you were using earlier is not a built in function but rather a one touch button. You will be fine using Cleaner if it’s there in the list of functions that you can select. This function is enabled based on the setting of DIP switch 1, position 1.
 
The dip switch was not on, therefore there was no "Cleaner" in the equipment list for making a schedule. It was "Clean Mode", which is a one-touch. That was causing some confusion, I think for both of us.
I think I've implemented your suggestions, and it is running correctly right now. The pump is running 2900, as it should. However, the Pool Light is on constantly. It used to be at the top of my "Equipment" list, and is now replaced with Cleaner.
The socket for the JVA Cleaner is empty - nothing connected to it. I think that DIP1 used to be related to the Pool Light - when it was off, then I had a slider in the app, and option when scheduling, to turn pool light on/off. Since there is nothing connected to the Cleaner JVA socket, and DIP1 seems to control the pool light, should I switch it back, and just program "Clean Mode" as it was before?

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The phone app has a "Solar Heater" slider, which was off this morning but I have turned on now. This enables the solar heater to run, according to whatever algorithm it uses. I do not know if this affects pump speed. I am not aware of a similar button in the web interface. Is there an option somewhere in the web interface that causes it to enable solar heat all the time? Do I need to schedule it?
As to the Solar Heat confusion. In VSP Speed Setup there is an option to choose a Speed Label "Solar Heat". Under Schedule setup, when I "Add" there is an option of "Solar Heat". I don't know if these are somehow related or defaulted or some other iAqualink squirrelliness that they don't tell anyone about. Or just a confusing use of the same name twice.
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I want solar to be enabled all the time, so it can figure out what it needs to do. The slider in the phone app works fine for me, if that's the only or proper way to do that.

The system is working correctly right now at 2900rpm. We'll see what it does at 2400. I expect it to drop to 2250.

Thanks for your wonderful help. You've told me more than I've gleaned in countless hours of web crawling and random experimentation.
 
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Turning on DIP SWITCH 1 makes AUX1 turn on with the CLEANER. Your light is probably wired through AUX1.

Turn dip switch 1 OFF. Move the light relay from AUX1 to an available AUX. Reprogram which AUX is for the light. Then turn dip switch 1 back on to get back CLEANER.

Jandy Aqualink RS - Further Reading

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Allen is correct regarding your pool light, it was assigned to Aux 1 (which is also assigned to the Cleaner when you enable that function). As Allen suggested, just move light relay to an unused Aux and assign that Aux to the pool light instead of Aux 1.

If you want the solar heat to be enabled any time the pump is running then just schedule it that way. It was off this morning because you have Solar Heat scheduled from 12:01pm to 4pm. Change that to 8am to 4pm and it will be enabled the same time the pump is running.

I've attached the schedule for my system. I enable the Solar Heat a couple minutes after the pump starts just so that the pump has time to prime before it starts trying to push water up on the roof.
 

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Alrighty then. I think we're getting somewhere.
Moved the relay connector from socket Aux1 (second from left) to Aux 4.
DIP switch 1 ON, DIP switch 3 ON.
Labeled AUX 4 "Pool Light" in the web app. That change is reflected in the iPhone app, and I can control pool light using a slider in the iphone app Equipment menu.
Programming is thus ...
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It is now running at 2250, the appropriate speed for Solar Heat mode. Looking good.
Thank yall again for clearly explaining the inexplicable. Youve been so patient. I hope others in the future will stumble across this thread and find it useful.

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Did so. And no, this has in no way affected the Spillover slider stuck ON in the iphone app, even though spillover is not on and sliding the slider does nothing. Perhaps I shall create a new thread instead of further cluttering this one.
 
In the iPhone Aqualink app the Spillover slider under "Equipment" is always on, even when the spillover feature is not on. I can program the spillover feature. Dip3 is ON so the Spillover button on the Aqualink RS control panel correctly controls the Spillover function. There is something connected to the AUX3 relay port, but I don't know what it is. I will post pics ...IMG_7259.pngIMG_7258.jpegIMG_7257.jpegIMG_7256.jpeg
 
Turn off Dip Switch 3 and see if some device attached to AUX3 appears.
 

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When dip3 is off, the iphone app shows "AUX3" instead of SPILLOVER, but the slider behaviour does not change. It is stuck on whenever the pump is running. With the connector removed from the AUX3 relay port, I cannot find any panel button or equipment that does not work. But since I don't know what that connector on AUX3 goes to, I don't know what to check for. Pool/spa lights work, gas and solar heaters aok, work correctly using panel buttons and app.
 
You need to follow the jack plugged into AUX3 to the relay it is attached to and see if anything is connected to that relay.

Show us pictures of the inside of the Load Center with the high voltage relays.

Don’t crop your pictures so tight.
 
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What is the panel showing you when you see the spillover slider on the app on? Is the LED next to Aux3 (Spillway) on?
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No it is not. I will get the pics you request above shortly. Not sure what you mean by cropping too tight? You mean not so close up? I was more tech savvy when I was young. I'm not young anymore.
The connector to AUX3 goes to the terminal block on the lower right. The two wires are connected to the terminals at upper left and upper right of that block. The other blocks connect to pump, pool light, and spa light.
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There is nothing attached to the lower right AUX3 relay.

Whatever is happening is in the Aqualink programming. Somewhere AUX3 is associated with something else that says to run AUX3 when that device, such as the filter pump, is on. Maybe in the One Touch settings you were in.

Also, I see you lack GFCI CBs for your pump(s) that are required for safety.

Electrical GFCI - Further Reading

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The wires running from AUX3 connector on the board to AUX relay terminal block do nothing, then? Could be removed with no effect? Just there "for future use"? Perhaps I should just remove it to avoid any future confusion. Hang on to it somewhere else "for future use".
 
Is this adequate? Perhaps it was code in 2008, but not today? Code in AZ is bare minimum NEC, and I've found other issues in this house that were OK in 2008 but not today.
I have an electrician here right now, ironically bring some items up to code.


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Is this adequate? Perhaps it was code in 2008, but not today? I have an electrician here right now …


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Nope, not adequate.

The GFCI outlet protects your 120V pool lights.

Lots of changes to the NEC in Article 680 about pool electrical requirements since 2008. An electrician is required to upgrade to the latest code when making any changes. Although many turn a blind eye and don’t.
 

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