TrolMaster Hydro-X HCS-1 Grow Room Control System
If you want the best out of your plants, you’ll want to use the best grow room controller. The TrolMaster Hydro-X HCS-1 control system is one of the best environmental control systems around. Using it allows you to automate most grow room tasks.
The TrolMaster Hydro-X HCS-1 control system employs the Hydro-X controller to monitor the range of sensors and uses your settings to control attached devices to maintain your grow room environment.
Get The Best Results From Every Growth Stage
Different plants have different “ideal” growing conditions. For example, your plants need different humidity levels for their different stages of growth.
To automate and control the different environmental factors, you’ll need the best grow room controller you can afford. This is where the awesome TrolMaster Hydro-X HCS-1 Environmental Control system comes in.
What Is The TrolMaster Hydro-X HCS-1 Control System?
The TrolMaster Hydro-X HCS-1 grow room control system is a complete, professional-grade environmental system. Its modular design is fully customizable. Using the Hydro-X Controller allows you to control all the device stations and connected units within your grow room’s system. The Hydro-X controller monitors all the connected sensors and enables or disables the connected devices depending on your settings and the current sensor readings.
TrolMaster Hydro-X HCS-1 Grow Room Control System Overview
The TrolMaster Hydro-X HCS-1 grow room controller (HCS-1) comes standard with a 3-in-1 temperature/humidity/light sensor. The HCS-1 system uses optional sensors, such as:
The TrolMaster Hydro-X HCS-1 Controller is capable of controlling almost all horticultural lighting systems on the market. It does this by using different lighting adapters. It uses two separate channels to control separate grow light systems.
The Hydro-X HCS-1 control system offers more than 12-separate types of control “module”. The control modules take control signals from the HCS-1 controller. The control devices connect to your grow room environmental devices, such as:
- HVAC systems
- Mini-split AC
- Dehumidifiers
- Humidifiers
- CO2 enhancement system
- Irrigation pumps
- Valves
- Fans, and much more.
The TrolMaster Hydro-X grow room control system uses sensors and control modules (device stations) that it commands via standard RJ12 cable and RJ12 splitters. Using standard RJ12 cables and connectors makes installation simple and plug-and-play. The modules are “daisy-chained” together using the RJ-12 cables, allowing for flexible installation, and future expansion.
Standard RJ12 Connectivity
The TrolMaster sensors and control modules (device stations) connect to the main controller using standard RJ12 cables and RJ12 splitters. This makes installation simple and the system plug-and-play. Each unit in the system is “daisy-chained” using RJ-12 cables. This allows for flexible installation of sensors and device stations and future-proofs your system.
TrolMaster Hydro-X HCS-1 Grow Room Control Internet Connectivity
One of the most powerful features of the Hydro-X system is the ability to control your TrolMaster Hydro-X HCS-1 grow room control system over the internet. With online connectivity, the controller will send push alerts to you via the TrolMaster smartphone App. The Trolmaster App offers real-time monitoring and control from anywhere and anytime.
The TrolMaster Hydro-X HCS-1 grow room control App makes remote connectivity really easy. All you need to do is download and install the smartphone App. The TrolMaster Hydro-X HCS-1 grow room controller has a unique QR code to allow you to pair the smartphone App with the controller. After connecting the App to your HCS-1 controller, you can check, change, and monitor your TrolMaster system remotely.
TrolMaster Hydro-X HCS-1 Grow Room Control Humidity
Using the TrolMaster Hydro-X HCS-1 grow room control Humidity Device Station allows you to automate maintaining the grow room’s humidity levels for your plant’s stage of growth.
The Hydro-X controller sends the device station signals to enable or disable the equipment it’s powering, depending on the sensor reading and your configuration settings.
Why Is Humidity Important in the Grow Room?
In the simplest terms, humidity is the amount of water vapour in the air. Humidity in the Grow Room tells you that your plants are transpiring and have enough water to grow/develop normally. Your plants need different humidity levels at different phases of their lifecycle. The ability to tailor the humidity levels is hugely important. Providing the best environmental conditions for the stage of growth gives your plants the best chance for peak performance.
What is the Perfect Humidity in the Grow Room?
Plants have different humidity requirements, always check the requirements for your plants. There are ballpark Grow Room humidity ranges for different stages of plant growth, which are shown below. To control your grow room’s humidity levels, you’ll need to control a humidifier and possibly a dehumidifier with a Hydro-X Humidity Device Station. By controlling Hum’ and DeHum’ units with a humidity sensor, you’ll dial in your grow room’s humidity levels. Let the Hydro-X controller maintain the humidity levels for you.
Cuttings & Seedlings
High-humidity is ideal for seedlings and young plants. You don’t want them to lose much water, as they don’t have any roots for water uptake. 70 – 80% Relative Humidity (RH) is perfect and encourages plants to dedicate their energy to growing roots and foliage.
Veg Growth
During the ‘veg’ stage, you’ll want to lower the humidity to around 50% – 70% (RH). By now, your plants have a root system. Now you want to encourage them to transpire. Transpiration is the cycle of plants taking up water and nutrients, and their leaves losing water, and nutrients.
Flower
During the flowering stage, your plant develops buds, and then flowers and isn’t a time for high humidity levels. To reduce the risk of rot, lower your humidity to 40 – 60% RH. Stop your humidity from rising too high by ensuring that your ventilation set-up is up to scratch. Failing that, you can use a dehumidifier.
TrolMaster Hydro-X HCS-1 Grow Room Control Temperature
Using the TrolMaster Temperature Device Station allows you to automate maintaining the grow room’s temperature. This helps to avoid unnecessary stress and issues like mildew. The Hydro-X controller sends the device station signals to enable or disable the equipment it’s powering, depending on the sensor reading and your configuration settings.
Why Is It Important to Control the Temperature in the Grow Room?
Grow room temperature control gives you probably the single most significant advantage to successfully grow indoors. It helps produce consistent results from your crops with predictable schedules. The ability to control temperature indoors allows you to set the ideal “weather conditions”. Growing inside means you’re not subject to external forces like conventional farmers.
Like humidity, temperature is crucial for plant metabolism. Too low, and they will not grow. Too high, and they will dry out very quickly. Many factors can affect temperature. Examples include the intensity of the heat your lights give off, the strength of your air conditioner and the construction of your grow room.
What is the Perfect Temperature Range in the Grow Room?
Every species of plant prefers a specific temperature. The essential thing is to keep the temperature in your grow room from changing too much. During hours of light, look to maintain a temperature of between 25°C-30°C. During the dark hours, you can allow this to drop to around 20°C.
Consistent Temperatures Give The Best Results
For the best results growing plants indoors, make sure the temperature differences between night and day are as minor as possible.
If the difference between night and day temperatures is too wide, or the nighttime temperatures drop too low, your plant could struggle. It could even show signs of stress. In this case, there is also a more substantial chance that mildew will start forming.
TrolMaster Hydro-X HCS-1 Grow Room Control CO2 Levels
Using the TrolMaster CO2 Device Station allows you to automate maintaining the grow room’s CO2 levels for your plant’s stage of growth.
The Hydro-X controller sends the device station signals to enable or disable the equipment it’s powering, depending on the sensor reading and your configuration settings.
Why is CO2 Essential in the Grow Room?
Healthy Plants
CO2 is a necessary for plant’s to photosynthesise, and is vital for your plants to grow. The atmosphere currently offers around 400 ppm of CO2 (+/-15 ppm). This is why it’s important to maintain a regular supply of fresh, CO2 laden air to your grow room. Even better, add more using one of the below methods.
Different plants require various levels of CO2 to optimise their growth. Managing CO2 in your grow room allows you to optimise your grow room’s microclimate. This results in more abundant plant growth.
Increase Yields
If you want to increase your yields, CO2 enhancement is a fairly easily achievable method. Adding more plant-available CO2, helps your crops to reach their full potential. Enriching your indoor garden’s environment with additional CO2. You can easily add more CO2 by using a natural gas discharge via:
- Exhale CO2 bag
- CO2 generator
- CO2 bottle and solenoid CO2 regulator with a TrolMaster CO2 device station
Your plant’s need a minimum of 100-150ppm of CO2 to be able to photosynthesise, and split the gas into carbon and oxygen. The plant releases the oxygen molecules to the atmosphere. It uses the carbon and mixes it with water and light to create sugar. The sugar’s are transformed into carbohydrates and used for energy.
Prevent Crop Loss
Carbon dioxide is vital for plants to live. It can drastically decrease the number of valuable nutrients the plant produces, including iron, zinc, and vitamin C. Monitoring CO2 levels will help avoid crop loss and encourage healthy levels of beneficial nutrients. AS too little available CO2 can harm your plants, the same is the case for too much.
Using The TrolMaster Hydro-X HCS-1 Grow Room Control Program Timers To Control Other Devices In Your Grow Room
Using the TrolMaster Program Device Station allows you to use the Hydro-X Controller to control any device you want it to control.
The Hydro-X controller sends the device station signals to enable or disable the equipment it’s powering, depending on the sensor reading and your configuration settings.
Why Are Timers Essential In The Grow Room?
Even the most enthusiastic grower is unlikely to be on-hand to cultivate our indoor garden all day, every day. A big part of successful growing relies on consistent timing, with specific events occurring at the correct times in your grow-room.
Growers use timers for a lot of processes in the grow room. Timing grow room processes, like watering, to occur regularly and reliably aids strong plant growth.
Consistency Is Key To Repeatable Results
No matter what the event is, consistency is key for the best, and repeatable results. You can’t always be there to do the job yourself. This is why it’s a great idea to automate grow room tasks with TrolMaster programmable timers and the Hydro-X HCS-1 controller.
If you want to nail your growing conditions, and make them Check out the range from TrolMaster now and start to get the most out of your indoor garden.
