App Profile: Smart Recirculation Control

Silly Robot 42

Rating: 2/5

This app does control my recirculation pump in conjunction with inputs from the sensors attached to my water heater. I was very happy to find a programmable controller to replace the simple programmable timer I had been using with my previous water heater. This app in conjunction with the Smart Recirculation Control give more parameters of control than just time. It does perform basically as indicated, but I’m going to comment on the problems I’m having. The most glaring deficiency is the lack of a front end on the application. There is nothing to indicate the the system is working. The only way you can know is if the pump is actually running is by touching or listening to it, but there is no way to know if it is running because of the timer, or the flow sensor. You also don’t know from the app if the pump is on, the temperature the probes are sensing, or the flow the the flow meter is measuring. Just today I couldn’t get the pump to kick on by opening a faucet in the line, and there’s no way to know the flow sensor is working, and while checking the app the Advanced Settings were off, and I couldn’t get the Advanced Settings to stay on. And there is no manual control, you can’t just turn the pump on if you want to, or turn it off if you’re going on vacation. So, a good start, but needs some work.

Mikeh92

Rating: 4/5

Works over Bluetooth to configure and monitor the Smart Recirc pump controller. Would be nice to have some additional controls and integration with a Bluetooth- WiFi bridge which could allow integration with smart home tools. Suggestions for development: graphical presentation of log data. Download log data. Integration with Apple and Google IOT tools, manual activation of pump from app.