Okay awesome thank you! I had googled it but I was just more confused after that lol I was really hoping that would be the caseThe negative current shows that the XP8 is giving its power to the other devices.
The Blenny will require it's power supply if you want the pumps and drive ports to work since those are on the power input port side of the isolation between it and the command bus on that controller. The same applies to the Wave Engine. The direct drive ports will not get any power from the command bus. So yes you will need to use their power supplies.
Ah okay makes sense I guess. More zip ties it is then lol thanks for the info
Interesting, I assumed the Blenny was the same as the Minnow. It doesn’t require any external power.
The Blenny has 2 more dosing pumps and also has 2 drive ports that the Minnow does not have.
Data/power cable is good. Any of the power givers with the built in power supply are isolated. You only can’t connect two controllers with the included wall warts with a data/power cable.
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Data/power cable is good. Any of the power givers with the built in power supply are isolated. You only can’t connect two controllers with the included wall warts with a data/power cable.
HYDROS Control - Adding to Collective
Here is an easy to follow how-to add your WaveEngine to your existing HYDROS Collective.
You can connect them all together and power them on. Then you create a collective and add them one by one. It’s really pretty easy. The directions on the website walk you through it.Data/power cable is good. Any of the power givers with the built in power supply are isolated. You only can’t connect two controllers with the included wall warts with a data/power cable.
HYDROS Control - Adding to Collective
Here is an easy to follow how-to add your WaveEngine to your existing HYDROS Collective.
Thank you!
I’m setting up a tank and have XP8, Blenny and X3, wasn’t sure if I could connect all with data/power cables or data only.
Can I cannot everything and then power everything on at once, then create the collective? I have a lot more reading to do lol.
Sorry to hijack your thread
Really appreciate it!
If you already have things setup on a controller then select that controller and then create the collective. Every controller you add after creating it will have any setting erased. Only the controller used to create the collective will retain it's settings and they become the settings of the collective. So if you do have settings on other controllers take screenshots of the input and output settings before adding it to the collective. That way you have them so you can add them to the collective once the controller is a member. Also the only power supply that you cannot use with another source of power is the one that connects directly to a command bus port. Don't use one of those. The controllers that have an AC plug or a separate power port have isolation built into the controller between the power supply or power port and the command bus power. Also controllers that do have a separate power port or AC plug do require those to run correctly, Without them some outputs will not work at all, Like the Blenny the dosing pumps and drive ports will not work since their power is form the power port and the command bus power will not power them due to the isolation.
This is helpful, thank you!
But units with power ports still use command power/data cable between correct? I.e my xp8, blenny, & wave engine le all individually plugged into wall but also all command port daisy chained?As a general rule, if a Hydros device has a dedicated power port, then it needs its own power source.
If it doesn't have a dedicated power port it can be powered by the command bus, as long as there is another "power giver" somewhere in the collective.
