Add Return Pump

A return pump is the heartbeat of the entire system. It facilitates filtration and oxygenation by moving water from the main aquarium walls down to a sump where mechanical filtration happens and returning the clean filtered water to the main system.  

Here is what you’ll need to get started:

• Connect the device to a WiFi Outlet
• If connecting the pump via 0-10V, then also HYDROS 0-10V Quad Cable ^[1].  

Step 1: Create a Return Pump 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: Return Pump
• Leak Input: If water is detected, you can select your leak sensor to shut off the return pump.  
  
  TIP: To see a list of all inputs available on MULTIPLE devices, you must first create a Collective ^[2]. Otherwise, only inputs on the same device will show.
• Output Device: Here, you select the location of your device. If you choose a 0-10V channel, you must also enter a running voltage/speed.
  • Power Safe Range: You can specify an “acceptable” power use range. If power consumption is outside the range, a notification will trigger if selected.
    
    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 becomes 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 turn OFF.
• Depends On: This feature allows you to turn the output based on the status of another output. To enable, select 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.