ESM Modes - Intensity Off

[paul'sreef]

I searched for a while trying to find an answer to this so here it goes. I have been historically running my 2 MP40s in reef crest mode (one master 75%, the other anti-sync 100%). The slave pump never exceeded 75% as it was anti-synced with the master.

Today, I thought I'd try the ESM mode Tidal Swell. So I changed my master to Tidal Swell @ 75% and left the other pump as 100% anti-synced with the master. Well after a few minutes i noticed the slave pump was running pretty fast...sure enough i looked at the lights on the controller and it was spinning at about 90% (11/12 lights lit). My question is why isn't the slave obeying the max intensity of the master? Do I have to set the slave intensity to 75% (9/12 lights lit)?

[aquamanic]

My question is why isn't the slave obeying the max intensity of the master?

How do you know it's not?

There is no such thing as anti-sync when you have the ES modes (TS and NT). They run their own program with multiple pumps. Anti-sync becomes 'opposite side' and sync becomes 'same-side'. Totally different than sync vs. anti-sync.

[paul'sreef]

I was going by the led lights on the controller - the slave vortech had 11 of the 12 intensity lights lit up. The master is set to max 75%. Is that not a proper indicator of intensity in ES modes? The master is showing purple, and the slave is showing orange.

[aquamanic]

My point is that in the ES modes each pump is running part of an elaborate program that Ecotech designed. There is no anti-sync where the slave runs opposite the master.

In the ES modes there are 2 or 3 pumps, not a master and 1 or two slaves. There is no anti-sync - there's only same-side, opposite-side and eco-back.

Also, of the 12 lights, not all indicate intensity. The first 4 indicate which of the ES modes you're in (along with the dial light color). 1&2 indicate TS and 3&4 indicate NT. The remainder are intensity.

[paul'sreef]

Thanks Aqua! After some experimentation last night, I've concluded (as you say above) that "anti-sync" truly runs a different program...and because of that the slave does not follow the intensity max of the master since it really isn't running true "anti-sync". So on the apex you can set the master to Tidal Swell, and on the "opposite" side pump you set to "anti-sync" but make sure to match the intensity to your master...in my case, 75%. If you leave the slave pump, or "opposite" side, at 100% it will operate that different program with a 100% max relative to that program not the master controller.

Maybe i'm wrong but that's what my observations are telling me.

[aquamanic]

You got it!

And remember, this is only for the ES modes. All other modes like Pulse or Lagoon, the anti-sync functions as you would expect - opposite the master.