Intellicenter: how to quickly change pump speed or add pool cleaning mode

[FSDpool]

I've had my intellicenter up and running for ~6 days now and coming from fully manual control this has been a game changer, especially the valve controllers!

I have a 3 programs going:

5am-8am: Spa
8am-5pm: Pool
5pm-11pm: Spa

What I'd like to do is have a quick way to increase the pump speed on demand in spa mode.

The next thing I'm planning to add is a third valve to the side suction in the pool and program in a ~2 hour cleaning setting that would clean the pool floor for ~2 hours per day or on demand.

I haven't read the full operator manual for the intellicenter yet (did read the full install and upgrade manuals, along with every manual for each accessory I installed).

Just hoping for some general direction.

I'm mainly controlling this on my PC (intellicenter2.com), the phone app, and I'm considering spa side control and wireless remotes.

I went in and added a Circuit, selected "cleaning" as the name, set the egg timer to 2 hours, but didn't see how to add anything to it.

 

[ajw22]

I find there are some things that can only be done on the touch control panel. One of them is assigning pump speeds to circuits.

After you create the Circuit or Feature Circut then go to Setup - Advanced Configurations- Pumps - select the pump - and then you should see to select Circuits or Feature Circuit. Then you finally get a list of circuits to select and set a pump speed.

Not where you would expect it to be. It would have been more logical to put the pump selection and speed setting in the Circuit dialogue.

 

[FSDpool]

Got it - thanks!

I set up one called "Spa Hi & Blower" and set it on a 1h30m egg timer.

I'll have to experiment with valves next.

I have all kinds of ideas, next thing I'll do is light a walkway from the spa to a gate when this Feature circuit is active, I also plan on using the controller to turn on my patio & yard lights between dusk & ~11pm, regardless of anything else.

 

[FSDpool]

I set it on Spa Hi & Blower and when I went outside I could see my pool suction vac running, so the spa mode wasn't tied into this (just the blower & pool pump). I ran over to the control panel but didn't see how to make sure it was in Spa mode each time that feature circuit was selected. Can that be added or do I need to do anything else?


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Another thing I'd like to do is maybe switch the input valve from Spa to Pool, and leave the return valve set to Spa (or vice-versa). Before I installed this I'd leave the spa valves just cracked around 20% so all the water was circulated - there's just a 2" pipe that connects the spa to the pool, no spillway or anything like that.

What I'm thinking is: Feature mode: titled "Goodnight", enable that mode and it'd slow the speed, switch valves to opposite bodies of water, run like that for ~10 minutes, then shut everything down. I haven't thought all this through, but is something like that possible?

 

[ajw22]

I set it on Spa Hi & Blower and when I went outside I could see my pool suction vac running, so the spa mode wasn't tied into this (just the blower & pool pump). I ran over to the control panel but didn't see how to make sure it was in Spa mode each time that feature circuit was selected. Can that be added or do I need to do anything else?

Did you create a Circuit Group that included SPA, SPA HI, & BLOWER?

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Another thing I'd like to do is maybe switch the input valve from Spa to Pool, and leave the return valve set to Spa (or vice-versa). Before I installed this I'd leave the spa valves just cracked around 20% so all the water was circulated - there's just a 2" pipe that connects the spa to the pool, no spillway or anything like that.

Create a SPILLWAY feature circuit. Spillway sets the valves that way.

What I'm thinking is: Feature mode: titled "Goodnight", enable that mode and it'd slow the speed, switch valves to opposite bodies of water, run like that for ~10 minutes, then shut everything down. I haven't thought all this through, but is something like that possible?

I don’t think the IntelliCenter has a SHUTDOWN function unless there are no other schedules to run.