Polaris Iq900-Rs Aqualink Upgrade Kit RS Systems

I had an older aqualink rs-6 with an older chipset that limited it's functionality. This IQ900 upgraded my aqualink to the latest chipset, and now allows us to operate the pool remotely, ie, if we are at dinner and want to have the pool or spa warmed up when we return home. It was also extremely easy to install. It's sad to say, but most things like this can be a disappointment...how many times, do we get a new gadget, install it, and then find out that we need another part, or that it is not exactly plug and play? This unit functioned perfectly upon install. Nice job Zodiac/Jandy! BTW, we have both an iphone and android phone. The iphone app is great. The materials indicate the android app is ready, but it is not in the app store at this time. Jandy's 800# has advised me to expect it in the next 30 days.

While extremely expensive, this is a very useful contraption. The major fault is that it must connected to some server in the cloud to perform. You may futz with it for 5 minutes or more and try multiple reboots on the application to make that happen. If I had it to do over again? Likely wouldn't.

I had a Jandy system with the handheld PDA. PDA died (3rd time) Pool dealer wanted $340 to replace. Found this after an internet search and it worked as advertised. I had bought the other kit (2007 and newer) which did not work. This is the correct version if you have handheld PDAs. Setup took 2 people 30 minutes. I guess about an hour if you do it yourself. This includes time to create an account at iaqualink website, register device, download and configure app on phone. So far I have installed the app on the iphone 4, Samsung galaxy S3 and an Ipad 2. When installing the items to watch for are Turn off main breakers Make sure the AUX ports are correctly labelled and the jumper settings are correct. (You need to set the jumper if you have an overflow from spa to pool). In my case I just copied the jumper settings from the old board to new one and just inserted the modules in the same AUX number. The web app seems to timeout but if hit the refresh button on your browser it brings it back up. Programming new schedules is a lot easier than using a remote. Love the one touch option. You can turn on multiple devices with 1 button. It also works correctly with our Jandy LED lights and changes light color correctly.

We had the aqualink controller system for over a decade. It worked fine at the wall panel to turn spa on, pool on, lights, etc. when we re-plastered and replaced the pump and filter, the pool company asked us if we wanted to "update" our system to iaqualink. OK, we thought, everything is going to remote Wi Fi enabled. so they installed the system. in 3 years, we've probably used the smartphone app to turn the spa on or some other control 6 times. 4 times when we've wanted to, there's a bad connection or the temperature reading was not believable. When there was a power failure, the system has to reboot by itself; you can't force it. when you change your Wi Fi password, there is no way to change the password through the app nor through the on-line web address. technical support is non-existent--I'm currently on hold; initially the wait time was 165 min. and now 16 min. later the wait time is now 182 min. I had to rely on the good nature of the installer from 3 years ago to help troubleshoot the system. I wish we had saved the money and just committed to using the wall controls all the time.

Now that it is up and running, extremely happy with this product. A thousand times more useful than the Jandy/Zodiac PDA (which had poor firmware, flaky connections, confusing menus, often unresponsive buttons). By contrast, this is a breeze to work with, program timing schedules, even program 1-touch macros. When we tried to install it, it refused to connect to our DLink DAP-1320 range extender. It's an incredibly simple networking device, not much you can configure, and had plenty of signal strength. The iaqua would connect to the network (yellow solid indicator) but not through to the internet (green indicator) (at least those are the meanings conveyed by our pool contractor from his discussion with Jandy/Zodiac customer support). We were changing the wifi router anyway, and once we set up the new one (ASUS AC66U), connected immediately and worked like a charm. Reason this gets 4 starts instead of 5 is my belief that this was an open box item sold as new. My concern began when I arrived home to see the parcel on my front step with no Amazon shipping box - it was shipped as-is in the retail packaging. More disturbingly, one of the box flaps was actually open a bit. Upon inspection, the large clear plastic seal/sticker over the seam had clearly been cut (smooth edge, almost 3 inches long, not something that could have ripped or popped in transit) . The context appeared clean/new, but none of the bags were sealed or taped so can't verify. All documentation was missing.

My 8 year old control board died suddenly. I talked to the Aqualink guys and they said this is what I needed. I found it on Amazon for much cheaper price than local pool store (surprise, surprise). It showed up a few days later and I installed the following weekend in less than an hour (set up wireless connection first). Installation was a breeze. Just set the dip switches to match your old controller and be careful when swapping the wires over to the new controller and plug them into the correct connectors. Controller works as good as the old one and now I can control my pool from my iPhone. Setting up schedules is much easier now from the computer. Highly recommend this product.

An amazing piece of....garbage. System is offline more than 50% of the time. The app is non responsive or at best slow to change a setting. I'm going back to a manual wall unit.

Bought this to replace a previously purchased Polaris Remote system. The board still worked, but the remote itself was dead so we decided to upgrade the system. I took pictures of the existing board, turned off power to the system, and then removed it. THIS WAS A MISTAKE. Turn off the power, and with a helper, unscrew the existing board, disconnect plugs one at a time from the original unit and plug them into the corresponding plug on the new board. On our system, there were two red sockets, and one red plug. It doesn't matter which you use. There are a few three pin connectors that don't have a one-to-one match as far as placement goes. Just look for three pin sockets. The software seems biased to iPhones. That's ok. Just download it, enter there required information (including the serial number of the board, which is on the box), connect to your wifi and you SHOULD be done. If you mess up the wifi connection, you will need to reset the system, by taking the faceplate off of the antenna unit and moving the switch from WiFi to Wired and back again. The local pool company tech that I asked to validate the job said that he thought the Wifi worked best on 2.4GHz systems and didn't like Mesh networks. We will see, as soon as my wife (who has an iPhone and is in charge of the pool) installs the software and gives it a go.