Robo-Tank DIY All-In-One Aquarium Controller User Manual
Robo-Tank DIY All-In-One Aquarium Controller
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User Manual v4.05 – Page 21
Magnetic Stirrers
If you need to dose something that should be shaken or stirred before use, then here’s your answer, automatically stir the
liquid before dosing commences, ensuring the correct concentration is delivered to the tank. Some examples are fertilizers
and trace element additives, for planted tanks, or a commercial Calcium supplement, iron or silicate supplement for the reef
tank.
You can control up to 8 magnetic stirrers individually, one for each dosing pump. They connect to LED channels 9-16. These
8 channels can be used for lights or stirrers. The future will see additional equipment controlled using these channels, since
most people DIY, and the commercial light units, don't use 16 channels for LED's.
When the stirrer is enabled, on the DOSING PUMP SETTINGS screen, the slider on the LIGHT MODES screen, will be
replaced with text saying "Stirrer Enabled". The stirrer will automatically start when the dosing schedule comes along or
you do a manual dose, it'll run for 30 seconds, there will be a 3 second pause and then the dosing pump will startup.
On the DOSING PUMP SETTINGS screen to the left,
you will see at the bottom of each column, below
the dosing pump settings, a check box ‘Stirrer
Disabled’.
This is the only setting; to enable/disable the stirrer
on the dosing pump settings page. If you do a
manual dose on this screen or the dosing pump
screen it'll tell you the stirrer is running and when
the pump runs. The Home screen also tells you the
stirrer is running, above the dosing pumps.