SUPERCYCLERequipment
03 · Zone and roleBASIC

Zone and role: how every setup ends

It 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 does there. The role is what turns a plug into a light or into a pump.

  1. 01If you only have one zone, the app assigns it itself and doesn't even ask.
  2. 02With two or more zones it asks you which one, with the one you already had open checked.
  3. 03Then the role menu comes up. Pick the one that applies: light, exhaust fan, intake fan, fan, humidifier, dehumidifier, heater, cooling, CO₂ injector or pump.
  4. 04If you pick light, you enter the schedule right there. If you pick pump, the irrigation circuit builder opens.
FIG 02 · The role menu. It's the same screen for every brand.
FIG 02 · The role menu. It's the same screen for every brand.

Two cases that skip the menu

  • The Sonoff SWV valve assigns itself as a valve: the role menu has no valve among the options, so the app sets it itself and sends you straight to the Dashboard.
  • Spider Farmer outputs don't ask either: the firmware already says which one is a light and which one is an exhaust fan, and the app takes it from there.
Do this
Give it a name you'll recognize. "Small tent exhaust fan" makes sense six months from now; "WIFI Smart Plug 3" doesn't.
Avoid this
Don't leave a device without a role planning to set it later. With no role it doesn't go into any automation: it stays a loose button you flip by hand.

How urgent it is

EssentialRight zone and right role.
ImportantAn understandable name.
OptionalReordering the Dashboard cards.
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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.

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Supercycler setup guide · the screenshots are from the real app with the SATANIC BRAIN theme, the one that ships by default.