Been reading all the forums and posts and hoping Autelis will get back into the game, but since they are not responsive on their forum I thought I would ask my question here. I currently have an Autelis that has an older firmware (Jandy/Zodiac Legacy 1.6.2) that is designed to be used with the older Jandy models (mine is probably 18+ years old). Everything currently works for me on HS3 using the SPUD plugin (with the known limitations on the legacy Jandy). My pool equipment has finally ran its course and it is time to redo it all. I have several friends in the pool business as well as my pool man (just an associate) who all say go with the Pentair Easy Touch system. So here I am.
I am going to get the Pentair EasyTouch Pool & Spa 8 function panel (520540), with a matching Pentair variable speed pump, Pentair Intellichlor Chlorine generator (salt cell), and single wired indoor control panel (520549). My thinking is I can reuse my Autelis by simply applying the Pentair EasyTouch firmware 1.6.7, connecting it to the 4 wire bus on the Pentair and just configure as usual. Has anyone on here done that before and with the Pentair EasyTouch ? Assuming all goes well with the firmware update the Autelis should just work as if I had ordered the Pentair Easytouch version originally. My thinking is the Autelis hardware is generic to all the RS485 based systems and they simply create an associated firmware to handle the various serial commands etc specific to each brand/model. If this is possible I would not have to purchase the expensive ScreenLogic2 interface (which btw looks like it works remarkably similar to the Autelis in that it is a 4 wire RS485 to ethernet module), but is more expensive and costs more in labor to get installed!
I am hoping someone that has dealt with this situation or a similar one can chime in.
Once I complete all of this I will be sure to do a write-up as I suspect people that already own an Autelis would like to know how portable they are from system to system.
I am going to get the Pentair EasyTouch Pool & Spa 8 function panel (520540), with a matching Pentair variable speed pump, Pentair Intellichlor Chlorine generator (salt cell), and single wired indoor control panel (520549). My thinking is I can reuse my Autelis by simply applying the Pentair EasyTouch firmware 1.6.7, connecting it to the 4 wire bus on the Pentair and just configure as usual. Has anyone on here done that before and with the Pentair EasyTouch ? Assuming all goes well with the firmware update the Autelis should just work as if I had ordered the Pentair Easytouch version originally. My thinking is the Autelis hardware is generic to all the RS485 based systems and they simply create an associated firmware to handle the various serial commands etc specific to each brand/model. If this is possible I would not have to purchase the expensive ScreenLogic2 interface (which btw looks like it works remarkably similar to the Autelis in that it is a 4 wire RS485 to ethernet module), but is more expensive and costs more in labor to get installed!
I am hoping someone that has dealt with this situation or a similar one can chime in.
Once I complete all of this I will be sure to do a write-up as I suspect people that already own an Autelis would like to know how portable they are from system to system.
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