Power

The Power screen is your aquarium's electrical panel: each outlet with a name, an operating mode and a three-position switch.

11.1 The three-position switch

Position	What it does
Off	Turns the outlet off manually — and puts the system into manual mode
AUTO	Hands the outlet back to automatic control: schedules, cycles and rules apply again
On	Turns the outlet on manually — and puts the system into manual mode

The switch shows green whenever the outlet is energised — turned on by you or by the automation. Below the name, the state text says who is in charge: the configured mode, Rule N when a rule has taken over, Feeding during a feeding, or the countdown of a delay.

The three large buttons at the bottom of the screen act on all outlets at once: TURN OFF ALL, ALL AUTO and TURN ON ALL.

11.2 Configuring an outlet

Tap the name of any outlet to open its settings:

The outlet settings: name, notification, no-break, delay and operating mode.

Field	What it does
Name	Up to 10 characters, no accents. Use names you recognise in a hurry: `Skimmer`, `Heater-L`, `Chiller`
Send Notification	Notifies you on every switching of this outlet. Useful for critical equipment; noisy for the rest
No-break	May this outlet stay on during a power outage? Requires the Failover module (Chapter 23)
Turn on after (delay)	Delay, in minutes, applied to automatic switch-ons — up to 1440 min. The classic use is keeping the skimmer from overflowing after a power cut

11.3 The operating modes

Mode	Behaviour
Always OFF	Stays off, unless an automation rule turns it on. The right mode for a chiller or heater driven by a rule
Always ON	Stays on continuously. The right mode for the return pump and circulation pumps
Scheduler	Turns on at the start time and off at the end time, every day. The lighting mode
Timer	A continuous cycle: on for X minutes, off for Y minutes (5 to 1440 each)
Cycle	The timer above, but only inside a scheduled window. Example: from 2 pm to 10 pm, 10 min on every hour
Failover	Stays off and turns on only during a power outage — for example, an emergency air pump. Requires the Failover module

11.4 Ready-made recipes

The combinations below cover most of the equipment in an aquarium:

Equipment	Mode	Off during feeding?	No-break?
Return pump	Always ON	Yes	Yes
Skimmer	Always ON	Yes	No
Heater / Chiller	Always OFF + temperature rule (Chapter 15)	Yes	No
Lighting	Scheduler (e.g. 2 pm to 10 pm)	No	No
Wavemaker	Timer or Cycle (e.g. 10 min on, 50 off)	Yes	No
Emergency air pump	Failover	No	Yes
UV reactor	Scheduler	No	No