EcoTech Marine Full EcoSmart - Manual (Page 17)

Setup Your VorTech Pump
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Assigning a Local Max Speed to a Slave
While normally you cannot change the speed of a slave pump, because the speed is determined
entirely by the master pump, with the EcoSmart driver you now have the ability to control the maxi-
mum speed of individual slave pumps independently from the master. This will come in handy if
your aquarium setup requires higher flow in most areas but lower flows in other areas such as if a
slave pump is used to provide spot flow to a delicate coral, or if it is used on the back of a narrow
tank. In the default setting, a slave pump will always do exactly the same thing or the inverse of the
master pump (based on whether it is set to Sync or Anti-Sync), and therefore the maximum speed
that a slave pump can achieve is governed by the master pump.
• To assign a unique maximum speed setting to an individual slave
pump, hold the SET button on the slave until a bright LED shows
on the LED strip. This LED represents the locally assigned maxi-
mum speed for this slave pump.
• Next, turn the knob to adjust the maximum speed for that particu-
lar slave pump, which will be indicated by the LED strip.
• To increase the maximum speed, turn the knob to the right.
• To decrease the maximum speed, turn the knob to the left.
• If you would like to restore the slave pump’s speed setting to
match the master pump’s speed setting, hold the SET button
until the brightly illuminated LED showing the max speed goes to
dim. It will now revert back to always match the speed input by
the master pump.
For more information on setting up your master and slave pumps, see Chapter 5: Pump
Configuration for EcoSmart Modes.
Section 3.9