Personally, I like to solder everything (NOT to the board, of course). Pentair sells a kit to expand the terminals. Or if they do fit, it can get funky, signal-wise, as a wire can become a bit loose in the bundle all stuffed into the same terminal. At some point you crowd them out and they won't all fit. A lot of devices all connect to the ET using the same set of terminals. All the damage inside the house just took out the Ethernet operations.Įxcellent point. I have a surge protector on the power lines and it did not pop. I'm pretty sure the surge came in through the cable. Took out the ET's main PCB, the Protocol Adapter, the cable TV's router and all the AV equipment connected to that part of the network. My next door neighbor took a direct lightning strike and I got what was left over. My panel was also wired directly to the ScreenLogic Protocol Adapter and then into my house network. The longer the cable the more likely it was to take a hit. It did not seem to make much difference whether the cable was buried or in the air. Turns out they all had unprotected cables between the main house and the out buildings. We would routinely get back guest house or pool house units which had taken lightning strikes, which would blow chips right off the circuit cards.
I used to work for a really high-end AV place that only really rich people could afford, like Oprah, Tiger Woods, etc. So I should have powered down the whole EasyTouch instead, which would make for less of a chance of causing problems for the EasyTouch board, which is a very expensive part.
It gets its power directly from the EasyTouch circuit board (when hard wired). I'm just now realizing that I shouldn't have "powered down" the interface at the interface. I use the Indoor Control Panel in addition to ScreenLogic (I hear you all laughing out there!), which also connects to the EasyTouch with the same four-conductor wire, so it made sense for my install to have the interface closer to my ethernet switch as the run was "on the way" to my Indoor Controller. So put the interface where it's easiest to access, just in case. I have had to "reset" my interface once since installation, powering it down and back up again, when I lost communication. You can put the interface by the EasyTouch and run ethernet to it, or, like I did, you can mount the interface near your ethernet router or switch, and run a four-conductor wire to the EasyTouch, whichever works better for you.
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