Local Manager, the app and the status bar
9.1 Local Manager
The Local Manager is the interface the equipment itself serves on your network: type its IP into any browser — notebook, phone, tablet, any operating system — and you are in. It works independently of the internet: if your connection drops, control of the aquarium remains fully intact on the local network.
9.2 Aquarino app
The Aquarino app, for Android and iPhone, gathers all your devices into a single list and reaches the Controller from anywhere, through the cloud. It is where you share access with other people, receive push notifications and link Telegram. The app's manual is a document of its own — here, whenever a feature depends on it, the text says so.
9.3 The menu
Navigation is the same in the Local Manager and in the app. There are ten areas:
| Area | What you find there |
|---|---|
| Home | The overview: favourite sensors, feeding, outlets and dosing pumps (Chapter 10) |
| Power | State and configuration of the 16 outlets (Chapter 11) |
| Sensors | Readings, favourites and alerts (Chapter 12) |
| Feeder | Feeding mode and its schedules (Chapter 13) |
| Dosing | The 6 dosing pumps (Chapter 14) |
| Rules | The automation rules (Chapter 15) |
| Logs | The event log (Chapter 17) |
| Graphs | The sensor history (Chapter 16) |
| Custom. | Units, language and preferences (Chapter 18) |
| System | Network, password, calibration, maintenance (Chapter 19) |
9.4 The status bar
Present on every screen, the status bar sums up the equipment at a glance: eight notification icons, the clock, the protected-mode padlock and the emergency button.
| Icon | Lit means | Tapping it |
|---|---|---|
| Alert | Some sensor outside its configured limits | Opens the Sensors screen |
| Rules | Rules in conflict with each other (Chapter 15) | Opens the Rules screen |
| Feeding | Feeding period in progress | Opens the Feeder screen |
| Dosing | A dose running at this moment | Opens the Dosing screen |
| Wi-Fi | Connected to your network | — |
| Internet | With access to the internet and the cloud | — |
| Update | New version available (Chapter 25) | Opens the update dialog |
| Battery | Power outage — Failover active (Chapter 23) | — |
In the centre sits the system clock — tap it to set the date, time and format. On the right, the protected-mode padlock and the red Emergency Stop button (Chapter 3).
The footer of every screen shows the Firmware and Manager versions and your equipment's name.