Elevate the experience
Homeowners are demanding unique ways to enhance the entertaining experience past the home and into the backyard. Anyone who has visited Las Vegas or taken their family to EPCOT knows how impressive light shows look when synced to great music. The team at Poolside Tech is proud to introduce our latest crowd-pleasing feature, syncing your DMX pool and landscape lights to Spotify®. Traditionally, homeowners have been locked into buying legacy pool lights from the Big 3 manufacturers. While these lights certainly do offer a few colors and shows, they are limited in their legacy technology, needing to be clicked on and off with a relay or light switch. When you…
Built-in is better
Homeowners and Pool Professionals have been longing for pool automation systems to include water leveling capabilities. The benefits to an integrated system are saving money by not having to purchase and install two separate products, but also offering the ability to remotely monitor and configure their water leveling system all from one centralized app. The team at Poolside Tech is pleased to announce the release of built-in Water Leveling for The Attendant. This new software module replaces legacy systems such as the Jandy Levolor or Pentair IntelliLevel. As all software updates and feature enhancements are included in the price of The Attendant, the only cost to our users are the water level…
Make Your Mark
If contacting you was a frictionless experience that customers could do directly from their pool automation app, would this benefit your business? If you could put the right equipment on the truck before making a service call, would this increase your customer satisfaction? If so, it may be time to start thinking about how to leverage the modern technology that customers desire from a pool automation system, while furthermore marketing your services. Thankfully, The Attendant Powered by Poolside Tech offers several ways to help you passively market your business and services while enhancing your customer service. Branded mobile app The Poolside Attendant mobile app allows you as the designated service pro to…
Worry Free FILLing!
Homeowners and Pool Professionals are always on alert that a pool autofill device can run away without anyone being the wiser. No one wants to receive a large water bill at the end of the month due to an undetected leak in the pool. AND no one wants a stuck autofill system overflowing the pool into the yard. Pool Professionals spoke out with a need, and we were all ears. The team at Poolside Tech is pleased to announce the release of Fill Switch Support for The Attendant. Fill switch support allows you to track how much water is going into your pool using an autofill system, in addition to alerting you…
Light up my life!
Pool lights can possibly be one of the most frustrating experiences for a pool owner. The fact that you need to turn a switch on and off again over and over to change the light color or brightness is very outdated, to say the least. Modern lighting technology is everywhere in your home today, but could it be that it hasn’t extended to the pool pad? There is in fact a better technology out there that has been introduced to the pad over the last few years called digital multiplex or DMX for short. At a very high level, DMX lighting communicates over a data cable and uses an addressing system for…
Let’s Talk About Protection
What is Freeze Protection? Freeze protection in the pool and spa industry refers to measures taken to prevent damage to a pool plumbing system due to the expansion of water in the pipes and equipment. Freeze protection measures can take many different forms such as 24 hour a day pumping, pump and heat the water on a timer, cycle circulation throughout the day, etc. Basically, as long as water is circulating through all the pipes and the water temperature is above freezing, the plumbing system would be considered in freeze protection mode when the outdoor temperature is approaching the freezing mark. Why do you need it? If you live in a climate…
Stuck In The Middle With You
One of the limitations in the pool automation industry for as long as anyone can remember has been the one pump to one active feature rule. While not a hard rule, this basically means that pool automation systems are incapable of allowing a single pump to activate more than one water feature at a time. Of course you can do this manually by walking over to the pool pad and moving a valve manually, but it hasn’t been done with any automation system until now. The Attendant is proud to announce that our patented Valve in the Middle technology is now available! This groundbreaking technology allows you to activate two or more…
Time for something smarter
Not all pool owners are alike. Some are technical and understand the inner workings of the pumps, actuators, heaters and blowers. They know what to turn on in tandem and what actions lead to negative results. Then there are others who just want it to simply work. One thing we believe all pool owners can agree on is that it’s time for their pools to get smarter. By smarter, I don’t mean having the ability to turn a waterfall on from my phone type of smart that competitors are offering today. The type of smart I expect is making decisions for me in order to protect my investment and reduce my energy…
Go Green – It’s a catchy color!
While it’s not usually something homeowners think too hard about when planning a pool or spa addition to their backyard, normal operations of a pool can add unexpected energy costs…while having a negative effect on the environment. If you’re not careful about the equipment you install, this impact can be significant. That’s not to say there hasn’t been a number of improvements made in pool pad technology over recent years to increase the efficiency of those units; it’s that these devices all work independently of one another, oddly enough even when sourced from the same vendor. How The Attendant Can Help The Attendant is a vendor agnostic automation system that has been…
Stay Connected
One thing is for sure on a hot summer day, pools are a great source of enjoyment for you and your family. Unfortunately like all things in your home, there will inevitably be times when something goes wrong and you call on your pool professional for HELP! Whether it’s a chemical problem, equipment failure or some other issue outside of the norm, it can be frustrating to get problems looked at and resolved with little downtime from the entertainment. Wouldn’t it be great if your pool pro team knew when there was a potential issue happening or drawing near so they could reach out to you proactively? Fortunately, The Attendant has the…
Tech For The Aqua Leisure Lifestyle
