If you own a reef tank, an Auto Top Off (ATO) system is a must-have. This system automatically replenishes evaporated water from your tank. A water sensor is installed in your main tank, and when the water level drops too low, it activates a pump in a freshwater reservoir. This pump then pumps fresh water into your main system.
Appendix A: Advanced Settings
Control has a wide array of outputs and each output is preconfigured to fit the needs of more users. From delaying the start of a skimmer to ensuring that a fluorescent bulb does not turn OFF immediately after turning ON, the control will already know how to handle individual devices. If you are an Advanced User, then you probably will want to tweak the default settings to something that better fits your needs. Here is where you would make those more advanced adjustments.
- If Input Unavailable: This allows you to specify how the outlet should act if the sensor is not found or missing
- Minimum OFF Time: Allows you to specify what is the minimum time the outlet should be OFF
- Maximum OFF Time: Allows you to specify what is the maximum time the outlet should be OFF
- Minimum ON Time: Allows you to specify what is the minimum time the outlet should be ON
- Maximum ON Time: Allows you to specify what ist he maximum time the outlet should be ON
- Run Past Max ON time: This allows you to specify if you want the outlet to remain ON even if the “Max ON Time” has been exceeded
- Notification Level: Allows you to specify the level of notification you want when any of the advanced settings have been exceeded
TIP: You will get notifications any time one or more of the advanced settings have been exceeded. If you set Notification Level to NONE, then the particular outlet you configured will not send you any notifications.