BDavisNJ Posted June 27 Share Posted June 27 Hello, I am wondering if anyone has familiarity with BNet's bPentair driver for the Pentair IntelliFlow pool elements? I am considering getting this driver and would like to know if the IntelliCenter is required or if the driver can directly communicate with the Pentair pump via the serial connection (after RS232 conversion). thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msgreenf Posted June 27 Share Posted June 27 It requires intellicenter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BDavisNJ Posted June 27 Author Share Posted June 27 @msgreenf apologies, the driver requires intellicenter OR IntelliTouch. The documentation mentions IntelliTouch as does an old comment from the driver's author on this board. thank you for your reply. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
South Africa C4 user Posted June 27 Share Posted June 27 8 hours ago, msgreenf said: It requires intellicenter Sorry to contradict you @msgreenf the bNet solutions driver requires IntelliTouch. For IntelliCenter, the best driver currently is the free Control4 Pentair IntelliCenter driver in the main driver database. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BDavisNJ Posted June 27 Author Share Posted June 27 thank you both Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
South Africa C4 user Posted June 27 Share Posted June 27 To add to this, I am not aware of any driver that talks directly to the various Pentair pumps. AFAIK, every Pentair driver currently “available” require one of IntelliCenter, IntelliTouch or EasyTouch. And frankly, I wouldn’t use any of the Pentair drivers out there other than the 2 mentioned in my previous post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BDavisNJ Posted June 27 Author Share Posted June 27 appreciated, thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msgreenf Posted June 27 Share Posted June 27 no you are right - i replied too fast South Africa C4 user 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BDavisNJ Posted June 28 Author Share Posted June 28 @mackwabir Thank you. Yes, I have reviewed the documentation. What I am confused about is what Pentair system component do I connect to the RS232 converter? The bPentair documentation simply states connect to "Pentair". A model number or part of the Pentair unit would be very helpful. thank you for your response. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olichops Posted June 28 Share Posted June 28 It goes to the intellitouch RS232 connector where all the other serial stuff connects like the pump, heater, and intellichem. It works great, much cheaper interface with way more options and monitoring on things like control4 panels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BDavisNJ Posted June 28 Author Share Posted June 28 this piece, @Olichops (graphic below) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olichops Posted June 28 Share Posted June 28 Nope, buy this piece and then buy the bnet software to activate it. You can also download a trial. This will plug into the C4 serial port Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BDavisNJ Posted June 28 Author Share Posted June 28 @Olichops Yes, you are correct. The piece you have presented is a converter from Pentair's native RS485 to Control4's native RS232. The question is to what Pentair element does the RS485 portion of the converter connect, please? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ekohn00 Posted June 28 Share Posted June 28 12 minutes ago, BDavisNJ said: @Olichops Yes, you are correct. The piece you have presented is a converter from Pentair's native RS485 to Control4's native RS232. The question is to what Pentair element does the RS485 portion of the converter connect, please? you probably need: Pentair Intellitouch ScreenLogic2 Interface Kit and Wireless Kit. If so really think before buying one. they are expensive and may not last long (I had 2). I needed up doing the upgrade to intellicenter which solved a lot of problems - mostly with he cost of remotes and connections to C4, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olichops Posted June 28 Share Posted June 28 Yes, You do need the Pentair Interface kit that also is in line from the Intellitouch->interface kit-> Dtech adapter->C4. It is all wired and an ethernet connection to the interface kit so you can control it from your phone or PC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
South Africa C4 user Posted June 29 Share Posted June 29 22 hours ago, ekohn00 said: you probably need: Pentair Intellitouch ScreenLogic2 Interface Kit and Wireless Kit. If so really think before buying one. they are expensive and may not last long (I had 2). I needed up doing the upgrade to intellicenter which solved a lot of problems - mostly with he cost of remotes and connections to C4, No, you don’t need the ScreenLogic Interface Kit. Although it doesn’t hurt to have it… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BDavisNJ Posted June 29 Author Share Posted June 29 thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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