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      Pro Controller Wi-Fi: Multi-part Nutrient Dosing with Edenic

      The Bluelab® PeriPods™ can be used with the Bluelab® Pro Controller Wi-Fi and Edenic™ to dose multi-part nutrients in varying proportions, according to a feed chart or feed schedule. Up to three PeriPods™ can be daisy-chained, each having three or four pumps, giving up to 12 nutrient parts.

      Note: M series PeriPods™ cannot be mixed with L series PeriPods™.

      Connecting Peripods™ to a Pro Controller Wi-Fi

      1. Mount the PeriPods as described in the PeriPod Manual.
      2. Ensure each pump is drawing from the correct nutrient part. Labelling the pumps with the nutrient types in the feed chart is a good idea.
      3. Connect the PeriPods in a daisy chain with the dosing cables, if using more than one PeriPod. The dosing cable and the PeriPod connectors are colour coded to make this easier.
      4. Ensure the Pro Controller and all the PeriPods are powered up. If it is the first time the PeriPods have been connected to the Pro Controller, a “Pod Change-Accept-” message will be displayed on the Pro Controller. To accept press the "settings" button.
      5. Prime and carry out a calibration of the PeriPod pumps if desired, as per the PeriPod user manual.

      NOTE: The “Pod Change” message does not need to be accepted during priming or calibration of pumps.

      Configuring the PeriPods in Edenic

      1. In Edenic select the Pro Controller that have the PeriPods attached to them and navigate to Device Settings.
      2. Once in Device Settings scroll the tab navigation and select “Pumps & Dosing”. Here you will see all the PeriPods currently powered on and connected to that particular Pro Controller.
      3. On the Pumps & Dosing tab you can select the function of each pump: Controlling pH, Controlling EC, or Off. Name each pump and enter the ratio. The ratio is the percentage of on time pumps controlling EC will run for.
      4. If you are unsure of what ratios you should set, select the icon to open the ratio calculator. Here just enter the Nutrient Rate for each EC controlling pump according to your feed chart.
      5. Select “Apply” to set the ratios on the Pumps & Dosing tab and select “Submit Changes” to send these changes to the PeriPods.

        Calculating and Setting On-Time in Edenic

        To complete this step, you need to consult your feed chart.

        1. From the feed chart or schedule, find the largest (by volume) nutrient component. Example: MaxiVeg requires 18 ml/gal – all the others take less.
        2. Then, work out how many doses are required to take a reservoir from newly filled to dosed up. This is simply based on the required EC.
          Example: 1.2 EC required = 12 (minimum) doses (We only want to shift it 0.1EC with each dose – otherwise, we’ll overshoot).
        3. Work out how much of the nutrient component is used when fully dosing up the reservoir.
          Example: Nutrient part A is added at the rate of 18 ml per gallon (from the schedule, above). My reservoir is 100 gallons, so I need: 1800mls (1.8 liters) total.
          18x100 = 1800ml
        4. Now we can work out how big the maximum dose should be.
          Example: 1800ml total divided by 12 doses (found in step 2) equals 150ml per dose. 1800/12 = 150ml
        5. The last step is to calculate the On-Time which is entered in the EC On-Time input on the EC Settings tab of Pro Controller Device Settings in Edenic.
          Example: My M3 pumps dose 20ml per minute, which is 2 ml per second, so 150/2 = 75 seconds. 
          Remember, this is the biggest we can have it, so we can reduce it a bit, to stop overshooting. So for this example, 60 seconds would be a good starting point. It can be tweaked later, if needed.