Add Chiller/Fan

It’s crucial to maintain the ideal temperature for our coral and fish residents, especially during the summer when the aquarium’s temperature may rise. To prevent this, consider placing a fan near the water surface to increase evaporation and keep the tank cool. However, if the fan isn’t sufficient, you may need to add a chiller.

Here is what you’ll need to get started:

• Fan or Chiller connected to a Wi-Fi outlet.
  
  WARNING: If connecting a chiller, please follow the manufacturer’s specifications. The HYDROS Control WiFi Strips can handle a maximum load of 10 Amps
• Our system includes a temperature probe. You can use the same probe to monitor the tank’s water temperature.
  
  TIP: If you still need to add the Temperature Sensor as an INPUT, please follow the instructions here.

Step 1: Create the Fan/Chiller Output

1. From the STATUS screen on your HYDROS app, top on the three horizontal dots to the right of the OUTPUTS label and select “Add New Output.”
2. Tap on the + symbol at the bottom right of the page
3. Type in the name of your new output and then tap “Create.”

Step 2: Configure your Fan/Chiller

• Family: Temperature Controls
• Type: Chiller
• Turn On At: This option allows you to select the highest point before the Control turns ON your Fan/Chiller.
• Turn Off At: This option allows you to select the lowest point before the Control turns OFF your Fan/Chiller.
• Temperature Input #1 (Required): Select the first temperature sensor input. 
  
  TIP: To see a list of all inputs available on MULTIPLE devices, you must first create a Collective. Otherwise, only inputs on the same device will show.
  WARNING: This input is required. If you leave this field blank, the output will automatically go into the “Fallback” state.
• Temperature Input #2: Select the second temperature sensor input. 
  
  TIP: HYDROS will use the sensor with the lowest temperature regardless of the input number.
  WARNING: If the temperature difference between the two inputs is more than 1C (0.55F), it will trigger an alarm.
• Output Device: Here, you choose the location of your Fan/Chiller
• Power Safe Range: You can set an acceptable range for power usage, and if the consumption goes beyond this range, you can choose to receive a notification.
  
  WARNING: This option is NOT available if the “Output Device” is assigned to an outlet that cannot monitor power, such as a WiFi Strip outlet.
• Power Notification Level: You can select the notification level that triggers if the power consumption falls outside the “Power Safe Range.”
  
  WARNING: This option is NOT available if the “Output Device” is assigned to an outlet that cannot monitor power, such as a WiFi Strip outlet.
• If Input/Depends On Unavailable: It allows you to specify what the output will do should an input or output it depends on become unavailable.
  
  WARNING: If using a WiFi strip or WiFi outlet, this is NOT a “fallback” state. If you are using an XP8 or a Drive Port, it IS the “fallback” state.
• Enable Advanced Settings: If you are an expert, you can customize the default output settings to suit your system better.
  
  • If Input Unavailable: This allows you to specify how the outlet should act if the sensor is not found or is 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 is the 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 when one or more advanced settings have been exceeded.  If you set the Notification Level to NONE, then the particular outlet you configured will not send you any notifications.
• Active Modes: This allows you to select which mode this output will be operational in and which mode should be turned off.
• Depends On: This feature allows you to turn the output based on the status of another output. To enable this, select it from the list of available outputs.  
  • Dependency Mode: You can turn the output ON or OFF based on the other output.
    • OFF if OFF: Will turn the current output OFF if the output it depends on is OFF.
    • OFF if ON: Will turn the current output OFF when the output it depends on is ON.
    • ON if OFF: Will turn the current output ON when the output it depends on is OFF.
    • ON if ON: Will turn the current output ON when the output it depends on is ON.
• Is Invisible: If you choose to hide the input from the status screen, it will only become visible on pages that have “Show Invisible” selected.

Step 3: Save

• After configuring the output, tap the yellow bar at the bottom to upload your changes to the cloud and each HYDROS device.

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