How to connect each piece of equipment
The 20 integrations on the connection screen, one by one: what you need before you start, the steps with a screenshot of the real screen, and what to do when something won't hook up.
Where to start3 steps
- Open the connection screenFrom the ☰ menu → Add device, or from the DEVICES card on the Dashboard. It's the same screen either way.The connection screen →
- Pick your brandThe three most-used plugs are at the top. Further down, advanced grow control and the community integrations. If you're not sure which one, check the comparison.Which brand should I get →
- Assign zone and roleEvery setup ends the same way: you pick which tent the device goes in and what it does there — light, exhaust fan, pump. The role is what gives it meaning: without a role, the equipment is just a dumb plug.Zone and role: how every setup ends →
Before you start
01The connection screenEvery setup starts in the same place. The screen groups the brands by how they're used, not alphabetically: at the top the three plugs that cover 90% 02Which brand should I getThe difference that matters most isn't the brand: it's whether the device only measures or also takes orders. A sensor shows you numbers; a plug turns03Zone and role: how every setup endsIt doesn't matter which brand you came in through: the last two steps are always the same. First you say which tent the device is in, then what it doe
Plugs
04ShellyThe most reliable one for whatever can't fail. It's the only one that, on top of obeying over the internet, knows how to turn itself off: we write a t05Tuya / Smart LifeThe widest catalog of them all: plugs, sensors, LED strips, valves, dehumidifiers and even the air conditioner over infrared. Tuya and Smart Life are 06Sonoff / eWeLinkThe other one that knows how to turn itself off: it lets us write timers into the device itself. It also has the SWV irrigation valve, the only hardwa
Advanced control
07Pulse Zero / One / ProProfessional environment sensor. It gives you temperature, humidity, VPD and — on the Pro — CO₂, light and spectrum. It only measures: it doesn't actu08Bluelab ConnectIt brings you the pH, the conductivity and the temperature of your water. With that, watering stops when the water goes out of range. Setup saves the 09TrolMaster ProThe Pro line — HCS-2, Aqua-X Pro. It's marked In development inside the app itself: today it saves your key and waits for TrolMaster to enable access.10Supercycler Eyes (the camera)Turn an old phone into a grow camera, or hook up an IP camera over FTP. That's where the timelapse with the numbers on top, the plant count and the li11EcowittSubstrate moisture (WH51) and CO₂ (WH45/WH46) probes, all through the same GW1200/2000/3000 gateway. It's the cheapest way to get soil moisture in. Se12Home AssistantBrings everything you already have set up in Home Assistant to the Dashboard. It's read-only: the sensors and states come in, but Supercycler does not13Brain ESP32 (your own board)For anyone building their own hardware. We give you everything the board has to speak written out, a reference firmware for ESP32 and ready-made crede14Stream Deck (Elgato)Your tent on the Elgato keys: temperature, humidity, VPD and CO₂ on top; the equipment below. Press a key and it turns on or off. Up to 8 zones.
Community
15TrolMaster Hydro-XHCS-1, NFS-1 and TCS-1. TrolMaster's official access is only for the Pro line and it's read-only, so this goes another way: you share the controller w16Mars Hydro / MarsProLights and ventilation from the MarsPro app. They come in as Equipment in the zone and really do dim, with a ramp curve. It's one of the most complete17Spider FarmerIt works just like Mars Hydro, with a different brand. It adds the SF-GGS-CB environment monitor. It dims per output, and it takes the role from the n18AC InfinityThe UIS family: controllers and outlets. The ambient sensor comes in and the outlets come in. Watch out with dimming — the outlets are relays: they tu19VIVOSUN GrowHub E42A+The community integration that lets you control the most: you adopt the environment sensor, the dimmable light output and the two variable-speed fans.
Measurement
20Purpl Pro (THC / CBD)Potency meter. It brings in your THC and CBD measurements and lets you attach them to a genetics in the grow. Read-only, and it only works from the ph21VABIRA VBR-100 Plus (PAR meter)A handheld light meter, over Bluetooth, not a fixed piece of tent equipment. It's for knowing how much light actually reaches the plants and whether i22Aqua Master C800pH, conductivity and water temperature, on its own card on the dashboard. Read-only: we don't change anything on the device.
Security
Special cases
24I don't have any plug yetYou can use Supercycler without buying anything. Manual light lets you enter the schedule you already run by hand: the app keeps the grow clock, the d25My device doesn't show upThe five reasons behind almost every setup that doesn't go through. Before you retry ten times, go through this list.
This manual explains the app. Brain, inside it, answers about your tent: why your VPD spiked last night, whether that dryback is normal, what to change today.