Pentair EasyTouch Panel Overview (Basic + Advanced Features) Outside 

Hey 👋 thanks. I appreciate that.

Glad it helped ya!

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Yes. It is not done but I will try to send you what I have if you email me. I don't think there are any other videos out there that show it. At least not when I was trying to figure it all out lol

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Yes. I filmed it for you if you want to email I can send you the video clip. Basically, go to Menu>Heat>Spa>. then switch from (Heater) to (Solar) or (Solar Preferred). Hope this helps.

@@fixitwithjake I already tried that. I do understand the menu screen. Thanks for the info.

​@@mastercraft480 ok, sorry if that didn't work. Maybe they flashed your firmware and took the option away. I'd call them and ask them to put that feature back in place since it was there before.

Yes. Try hitting the “V” button on your outside panel. That will get you into spa mode. Then use the arrow keys to raise or lower the set temperature.

Richard, I made you a special video on how to program your Pentair pump on my PoolProfessor channel. I hope this helps you. Click here to watch it: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-XSwEZ29rRfs.html

That is really odd. I have not heard of this one before. I would call the Pentair support line and tell the technical rep what you’re dealing with an easy touch and they should be able to help get you synced back up. 1-763-545-1730

It’s got to be some type of programming air. Either the days of the week, the word schedule up at the top, the actual piece of equipment you’re trying to schedule whether it be the filter, pump, light, etc. I just checked mine and it looks straightforward but I’m sure it’s easy to make one little mistake. I would reference my video and make sure that your schedule screen looks just like mine for the piece of equipment you were trying to schedule. I hope that helps you let me know.

Very welcome! Let us know how it went!!

The connection between the pump and Easytouch is faulty. Check the RS485 cable and connections.

@@fixitwithjake thanks so much. I got it fixed. 😊

Great to hear! And good job!! 👏

Here you go! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-D0o9xr9k3rw.htmlsi=WrXBFq_GByaFhiEo

You should be able to plug into it directly. With that said, it’s kind a hard to let you know without seeing your exact panel and features. Look at the bottom of your panel on the exterior. On the bottom left side, you should have a black port for your saltwater generator to plug into and be powered by this control panel. Also, are you able to see the feature in the menu?

@@fixitwithjake Thank you for you reply. Yes I am able to connect to the control panel and there is salt feature in the menu. Your video was a great help and save me a lot money.

Oh good. Then 90% sure it will be plug and play. But I could be wrong. You might need the transfer inside the box to power it. I am not sure if all the control with that out of the box. I have called the company Pentair several times asking questions about things like this and they’re super easy to talk to. I would call the one 800 number and ask them. Be sure to have your serial number written down for them. You can get that inside the menu of the control panel at the very end.

Yes, you can. But I don’t know why you would. Anytime the pumps running you should also run your chlorine generator. The concept is it’s producing a little bit of chlorine at all times and leaching into your clean water flow keeping thingsbalanced. If it’s producing too much chlorine instead of shutting off completely, you should just go into the basement intelichlor menu and turn down the percentage. For example, I’m only running mine at 15 or 20% right now. if you wanna shut it off completely go into that same menu and where it says click no. And that way you can shut it off for a few days if you don’t want to produce any chlorine. Does that make sense?

Yes. The basic turning on and off will. If you have a fancier colored light, you may need to cycle the switch on and off to change colors. Or if you haven’t even fancier pool light then than that, then it would not integrate with Pentair. But if you just have a normal pool light then the Pantera control panel has a relay inside to turn it on and off.

@Fix It With Jake I just got a simple color changing LED pool light I bought off Amazon. I had it hooked up to a 12v transformer. The pool light also came with a separate hand-held remote for all the color changing stuff. Hopefully, we can still make do with the current wiring once my old school control panel gets switched to an EasyTouch. Btw, thank you for your fast and timely response. You're awesome!

There is room for 7 “features” on this panel. So feature 2 is pool light and feature 3 is spa light. And then it comes with little stickers that you can put over the button to label it. Inside the menus go to settings>circuit names and u can label the features digitally as well. Inside the box the lights are wired separately to tyr control panel.

ScreenLogic! I made a video on it here if you want to install yourself. Otherwise a pool installer will charger around $1,000 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-c806qqqEoKI.htmlsi=JwWf7bKTa5L3l76V

Yes, you could add it. But most people are adding the Wi-Fi phone option instead. That way you can control your pool and hot tub in any room in your house or even when you’re away from home. And it’s probably the same price if not cheaper. I have another video on how to add that yourself. Put the link below. As far as the heater, look for a box out on your pool pad that has a gas pipeline attached to it usually has a yellow valve to turn the gas line on it off. it will also have a big exhaust pipe on one side. If it’s an electric heater or a heat pump, it’ll be a big box as well without the exhaust pipe because it’s using electricity. If you wanna send a photo of your pool pad to my email, I can help you out with that part. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-c806qqqEoKI.htmlsi=2t-ME8Y8dEngwFAH

@@fixitwithjake thank you!! I don’t think I have one but I’ll send it to you just in case. Appreciate the link you sent! I’ll check it out and see if I can add it myself.

@@fixitwithjake thanks Jake. Just sent u an e-mail.

Ya I do. I’ll try to film that today. But honestly it’s 100x better to just leave your landscape lights plugged in. And open the light transformer box and install a $20 wifi switch. Then program it on a schedule to come on 5 mins prior to sunset. That way it will track the time changes throughout the seasons and always come on at the right time before and after daylight savings time. I’ll try to film a RU-vid short on that. If you have a big mental box like me this switch should fit inside and stay dry. If u need a waterproof one they make those too. amzn.to/3MAlr95

Waterproof one. Oh and check with your phone that you have Wi-Fi signal next to your landscape light box. Bc it will need that. amzn.to/46bppMm

I have the same Pentair metal box/ system as you

If you have landscape lights, you’ll have a second metal box or sometimes a black plastic box that has the transformer to convert the power from 120 V down to low 12v That’s the box that you need to add the Wi-Fi timer to.

It is trying to tell you that there is no communication to the cell from the control panel. Turn off the power before touching or unplugging anything. Either the cable is damaged or not fully plugged in. But if those all look OK that I would turn off the power to everything to just reset it. If that doesn’t work, it could be a defective cell. Are the green lights turning on flashing on your cell whenever you turn your pump on? If it is that you know it’s getting power. If it’s dark, then you know there’s a power issue to that cell.

Yes sir. I made it on my other RU-vid channel here. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-c806qqqEoKI.htmlsi=-xBogCSFJVz8B46c

My spa doesn't show up as connected when I look at my system via the app. Only the pool shows up now.

Hmm that is a tough one just bc I am not there to look at it. If it were me, I’d turn all the power off again and turn it back on and see if it all comes back online. Be sure to make sure the circuit breakers never tripped too.

Don’t worry. This is normal and expected. It means you have a delay set in the programming. The pool installer did this. It means it took your selection but it’s going to flash for a few mins (however long the delay was set) before the cleaner starts. They do this to make sure there is adequate water supply before the cleaner pump turns on. So no big deal and it is performing as it was programmed.

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@@fixitwithjake thank you!

I’d turn it all off via the circuit breakers. Start fresh. Turn it back on. Wait a few mins and it should come back to life. As long as there wasn’t a power surge that fried the screen.

You should have a hose bib on one of the pipes by your equipment. Turn on the filter pump and connect a hose there. OR if not just use a simple sump pump. amzn.to/42VGA3x

@@fixitwithjake Jake, I do have a hose bib on one of the pipes. I just run the pumps like normal??? I don't have to reverse any valves? Sorry for the beginner questions.

It is available on on the newer models. You just need to either put a sticker on one of the aux buttons and program it. Or program it and use your phone app to turn it on. Basically you just ramp up the pool pump to run near 100% and divert all that water to the spa (with your auto valves) So it will overflow into the pool. I program it twice a day to run to push all the leaves out of the spa so the robot can pick them up :)

@@fixitwithjake how do I program it to turn on our waterfall?

​@@sxlanop4757 there are a number of steps to take. Do you already have that button programmed on the panel and just want to schedule when it comes on? Or do you need help creating the feature?