Powerbar Help

[qnguyen]

I feel really stupid for asking this, but I am setting up my P4 for the first time. I plugged in my Powerbar and the status is flashing green. I then plug in my P4 and attach the PAB, but I get no power to the P4. I tried different sockets. Nothing. P4 powers on when I use a standard household outlet so I am doing something wrong with the Powerbar. Does Corona virus cause stupidity?? Maybe I am infected....

 

[tdhnry]

I think you need to turn on the outlets from the P4

 

[ingchr1]

If you have a Powerbar 6E all of the outlets are switched. I'm guessing that they are all initially setup with a default condition of switched off. The status lights for each individual socket would be off.

You need to setup the Powerbar to how you want it to control your system. It also needs to be added as a PAB device through the P4.

For example, if you want the P4 plugged into the Powerbar I would set the outlet you select as "Always On" and to have an initial state of "On" upon loss of communication with the P4.

 

[ingchr1]

Here's some GHL resources to help with the setup:

GHL Downloads:

https://www.aquariumcomputer.com/downloads/
P4 Resource Guide:

https://www.aquariumcomputer.com/downloads/profilux-4-resource-guide/
P4 Programming Guide:

https://www.aquariumcomputer.com/downloads/profilux-4-programming-guide-v7-02/
YouTube Channel:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXOE8KkEuX_oDKMCph9GwPA/featured

 

[Ditto]

@qnguyen - did you assign the powerbar to the P4?

By default a powerbar is fail safe off which means when it loses communication to the P4 it power down the outlet.

Once you add the devise to P4 here a video how to:



Then you need to program the outlets some examples are seen here:

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/official-usage-example-reference-thread.274260/

 

[qnguyen]

Thanks for the help @Ditto and @ingchr1. I didn’t realize that the Powerbar sockets are switched off by default. I am going to give it a try today.