Ecotech Backup Battery & WXM Module

crsandoval · 05/03/2011, 08:07 PM

I was reading an older document about not using the backup battery with a wavemaker. I guess the question I have is the WXM module considered a wavemaker and therefore I should not use it?

kayl · 05/04/2011, 08:16 AM

They work fine together - you need to set a Fallback state for the vortech; when it is on battery power, it will revert to the fallback state.

Here's my code:

[Vortech Virutal Outlet]

Code:

Fallback BtyBckUp
Set ReefCres
If Time 09:00 to 21:00 Then ReefCres
If Time 21:00 to 09:00 Then Night
If Outlet Wave = ON Then Wave
If Outlet AllPumpsOff = ON Then OFF 
If Outlet VortechHigh = ON Then PF11
If FeedA 000 Then Feed
If FeedB 000 Then Feed
If FeedC 000 Then OFF 
If FeedD 000 Then OFF

[Battery Back Up Profile]

Code:

Control Type: Vortech
Vortech Type: Constant
Maximum Intensity: 30%

Note that if you want to turn the vortech off, you need to do it via the Virtual outlet that is created when you connect the vortech to the WXM. If you turn off the EB8 outlet, the pump will simply go into battery backup.

crsandoval · 05/05/2011, 10:58 PM

Thanks for the help, I am going to have the battery on its own outlet. Should be ok...

kayl · 05/06/2011, 07:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by crsandoval

Thanks for the help, I am going to have the battery on its own outlet. Should be ok...

To be clear, you really don't need to plug the vortech power supply or the battery back up power supply into an EB8 outlet - you will control the vortech via the virtual outlet created when you sync your vortech to the WXM

05/03/2011, 08:07 PM	#1
crsandoval Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Irvine, CA Posts: 1,313	Ecotech Backup Battery & WXM Module I was reading an older document about not using the backup battery with a wavemaker. I guess the question I have is the WXM module considered a wavemaker and therefore I should not use it? __________________ "What I lack in memory, I more than make up for with exceptional powers of deductive reasoning." Jed Bartlet, The West Wing Current Tank Info: Two Solana's (One Planted and One Reef)

05/04/2011, 08:16 AM	#2
kayl Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Milwaukee Posts: 1,098	They work fine together - you need to set a Fallback state for the vortech; when it is on battery power, it will revert to the fallback state. Here's my code: [Vortech Virutal Outlet] Code: Fallback BtyBckUp Set ReefCres If Time 09:00 to 21:00 Then ReefCres If Time 21:00 to 09:00 Then Night If Outlet Wave = ON Then Wave If Outlet AllPumpsOff = ON Then OFF If Outlet VortechHigh = ON Then PF11 If FeedA 000 Then Feed If FeedB 000 Then Feed If FeedC 000 Then OFF If FeedD 000 Then OFF [Battery Back Up Profile] Code: Control Type: Vortech Vortech Type: Constant Maximum Intensity: 30% Note that if you want to turn the vortech off, you need to do it via the Virtual outlet that is created when you connect the vortech to the WXM. If you turn off the EB8 outlet, the pump will simply go into battery backup. __________________ "Law abiding citizens sleep peacefully in their beds solely because dedicated men and women stand ready to do violence on their behalf." - Support Law Enforcement! Current Tank Info: 75 gallon Oceanic, 2 Osc. Clowns, 2 Melanarus Wrasses, 2 Bangai Cardinals, 1 Yellow Watchman Goby, 1 Yellow Tang

05/05/2011, 10:58 PM	#3
crsandoval Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Irvine, CA Posts: 1,313	Thanks for the help, I am going to have the battery on its own outlet. Should be ok... __________________ "What I lack in memory, I more than make up for with exceptional powers of deductive reasoning." Jed Bartlet, The West Wing Current Tank Info: Two Solana's (One Planted and One Reef)

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