Set minimum speed for mp10?

lastlight · #1 11-27-2013, 02:53 AM

I only have the ecotech controller. I want to change the minimum speed in reef crest to 50%. Seems this is not possible which is a bit ridiculous but thought I'd ask here. Thx.

Madreefer · #2 11-27-2013, 03:44 AM

Hey Brett I just checked mine and it'll go at 50% in reef crest. It's also running with 2 other MP40s.
I turned off the 40s and tried it on its own.

lastlight · #3 11-27-2013, 04:23 AM

Well with the dial you set the top speed and then it ramps from the lowest speed to your max. I'd like to ramp from 50% to my max. In reef crest mode too much time is spent with the pumps barely moving water.

Madreefer · #4 11-27-2013, 04:26 AM

Oh damn. I read your first post wrong. Yea I agree with you. Nutrient Transport Mode is my favourite.

lastlight · #5 11-27-2013, 04:49 AM

Any setting other than the slow ramping of reef crest is too loud for the living room. They say it's a chaotic mode but I don't really find it to be.

Anyways I should get an apex so I can custom control these things exactly how I want to I guess.

asylumdown · #6 11-27-2013, 10:56 PM

While I don't want to discourage you from buying new equipment

, I have the Apex and WXM module and I don't think you can tell it to have a minimum speed (if there is a way, please someone tell me!). The WXM module lets you set max speeds like you can on the base controller, and lets you change the program that's running over the course of the day, but you can't really create new programs or set minimum speeds or anything like that as far as I am aware.

For example, you could have it set on reef crest for three hours in the morning, then go to tidal swell, then go to lagoon, etc, but you can't do anything with those pre-made programs that you couldn't do on the ecosmart driver. You can have different instructions for different cases like different feed settings lasting for various amounts of time and all that, which is very useful, but unless your'e willing to spend several hours writing your own program using the constant speed profile you're still stuck with combining what's already in the ecosmart driver.

I suppose you could program your own, but Apex code looks like:
If Time 08:00 to 08:15 then (insert name of a profile you created HERE)

theoretically, you could create profiles for constant speed settings between 50 and 100%, and then do a different code line for each one, but if you were trying to cover a 24 hour period that would be... really awful.