User manual

Setup Your VorTech Pump

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 3.8