Add Constant Output

When you have equipment that requires continuous operation, the Constant Output feature in the HYDROS app becomes a crucial tool. It offers a convenient solution for swiftly adding a device that needs to stay on all the time.

Here is what you’ll need to get started:

• A HYDROS device or collective with 12V Drive Ports or AC Outlets.

Step 1: Create a Constant 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 / Edit 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 Constant Output

• Family: Constant
• Default to OFF: Here, you can set the default outlet state to ON or OFF. If you enable this option, the outlet will remain OFF until you turn it ON manually or via a dependency.
• Output Device: Here, you select the location of your device you want to turn ON/OFF based on the logic above.
  • Power Safe Range: You can specify an ” acceptable power use range.”  If power consumption is outside the range, a notification will trigger if you select it.
    
    WARNING: This option is unavailable if the “Output Device” is assigned to a device that does not support power monitoring on its outlets.
  • Power Notification Level: You can select the notification level that triggers if the power consumption falls outside the “Power Safe Range.”
  • If Input / Dependency Unavailable: This allows you to set a fallback state if any inputs become unavailable.
  • 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 and which mode should turn 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: This allows you to 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.