Suntouch Reprogramming

[Jon Fisher]

I am using a Suntouch control system since a number of years for my pool and just needed to reprogram it in order to be able to manually switch on/off a heat pump via the Quick Touch. This functionality seems to be only available for the Spa, not the Pool setting. The new programming is as follows:
Setting:
- Pool/Spa mode, shared equipment
- Motorized valve for skimmer/bottom cleaner
- Motorized valve for waterfall on/off
- Motorized valve for water sprayer on/off
- Valve setting 'AUX 2'
- Heater enabled
Programming:
- Spa runs pump and skimmer
- Pool runs pump and bottom cleaner
- AUX 2 runs pump, bottom cleaner and waterfall
- Heater can be turned on/off when the Spa mode is running

So far so good. The only issue I noticed is that when AUX 2 is activated I can't get enough water back into the system via the bottom cleaner and therefore would prefer for AUX 2 to run pump, skimmer, and waterfall.

My question: Can I program the system that when AUX 2 is running the valve switches position and opens the skimmer line? If yes, how/where do I program this?

Thanks!

 

[Jon Fisher]

Just for information, such a programming is not possible as I just learned from Pentair Customer Service. Unfortunately I can't invert the Spa/Pool setting, as the heater can only be manually controller in the Spa mode and like the waterfall needs the water throughput via the skimmer. So, the solution I found is to turn on the Spa function and then the AUX2 function, that way the waterfall runs together with the skimmer. Convoluted but seems to work.