- #Pentair screenlogic alexa skill update
- #Pentair screenlogic alexa skill upgrade
- #Pentair screenlogic alexa skill plus
#Pentair screenlogic alexa skill update
It needs push updates from the SBC to ST so you won’t have to keep pressing “Refresh” to update the display. All the AUX ports work, but the labels are currently hard-coded to my setup. Filter on/off, Spa On/Off heat, reads air and water temperature. It’s still in the early development and testing phase, but everything can be seen and controlled through ST. Which means you’ll be able to put the SBC down with the pump or behind an All Button Panel (may be enough room in the panel, or in the wall) for better WiFi reception.
#Pentair screenlogic alexa skill plus
Plus it didn’t look like there was any ST integration with the iAqualink. I haven’t seen any that low, plus the ROI wasn’t there on the variable speed pump, running them for a few hours a night to keeps everything fresh. Wow, $750 isn’t bad esp if you needed the new controller anyway. Sorry about the yipo, I did mean Spa Side. I’m working on panels for lights, temp, thermostat, etc. Anyone interested in helping test it in the spring? Just wire it in to the same bus as the standard panel controllers.
It should work in any Pentair Aqualink system and won’t need the iAqualink or RS-232 interface. The plan is to build a simulator and start beta testing the device this spring. It’s kind of a side project so I don’t think I’ll get it all done before I close the pool for the winter. I’m working on the SmartThings integration now. I’ve hooked up a small SBC + wifi to the interface and can now control Pool, spa, lights, waterfall etc. I’ve revers-engineered the protocol wired between the main controller and the All Button Panel – ours is in the kitchen.
#Pentair screenlogic alexa skill upgrade
I considered the iAqualink but that would require a $1300 upgrade to the controller plus the $500 for the iAqualink. The sap-side controller broke and would cost $500 to replace, plus the reviews say they only last a few years. We recently moved into a house with a pool and older Aqualink RS system controlling the pumps, spa, waterfall etc. I just ran across this list looking to see if anyone else was working on this. That said, wifi is looking better and better and I have already built that coverage out fore the whole property which means the mesh networks may not be as important in time.
Depending on how big your house is and how good your wifi network is, having access to Z-wave and Zigbee give you better coverage and more flexibility, along with access to low unit costs for devices. Alexa can only handle pretty simple binary tasks - turn it on, turn it off and simple group of one or many things. All that might come to Echo in time but it is not there right now. In this case, when there is motion on the back patio, turn on the lights (ideally the pool lights to), or when I press a button (or issue a voice command) dim them all to a preset level, change the mode of the pool lights and the waterfall light, and start Sonos playing my favorite station. The key difference is that with Smartthings I can manage a much more complicated set of activities. Zwave switches controlling various things, some smart bulbs that are not supported (yet) running Zigbee, motion sensors, etc. I have lots of home automation gear that would not work with Echo right now.