Pool Automation & Smart Controls You Run From Your Phone
Turn pumps, heating, lighting and water features on or off, set schedules, and run the whole yard from a phone, so the pool is ready when you are without a trip to the equipment pad.
What Pool Automation Means at Azure Crest
Pool automation is the control layer that lets you run your pool and outdoor space from a phone or tablet instead of a row of switches at the equipment pad. A central controller connects your pumps, heater, lighting, water features and, where compatible, fire features, so each one can be started, stopped, scheduled and grouped into scenes from an app.
Because we design the whole outdoor environment, automation is planned with the pool and its features rather than bolted on at the end. That means the pump, heating, lighting and water features are chosen to work with a controller, the wiring is run cleanly during construction, and the schedules and scenes are set up at handoff so you are comfortable running the yard from your phone on day one.
What You Can Run From Your Phone
Automation is a control layer over the rest of the yard. These are the pieces it most often drives, and what each one gains from being scheduled or remote-controlled.
Pumps & Circulation
Run a variable-speed pump on a schedule at the right speed for the right hours, so the water stays clean without the pump running flat-out all day.
Heating
Heat the pool or spa only when you will use it, on a schedule or from your phone before you walk outside, instead of keeping it hot all day.
LED Lighting
Turn lights on, dim them, change color and run scenes from the app, so one tap shifts the yard from a quiet evening to a gathering.
Water Features
Start and stop spillways, deck jets and bubblers on a schedule or from your phone, so moving water runs when you want it and not when you don't.
Fire Features
With compatible ignition, start or schedule gas fire bowls and fire pits from the app alongside the rest of the yard for an evening setting.
Schedules & Scenes
Combine all of the above into one-tap scenes that run the pump, shift the lighting and turn on the water at once, so the yard is ready on a schedule.
What Changes When the Yard Is Automated
The value of automation is replacing manual, equipment-pad operation with scheduled, app-based control. Laying the two approaches side by side makes the difference concrete.
Manual, at the equipment pad
- You walk to the equipment pad to turn the pump, heater or lights on and off by hand or with a mechanical timer.
- The pump runs on the same setting all day, which uses more energy than a variable-speed schedule needs.
- Lighting and water features are switched separately, so setting an evening mood means several trips and switches.
- The pool heats whether or not you use it, and you find out the water is cold only after you walk outside.
Automated, from your phone
- You start, stop and schedule the pump, heater, lights and water features from an app, with no trip to the equipment pad.
- A variable-speed pump runs on a tuned schedule at the right speed for the right hours, which trims energy use.
- One-tap scenes run the pump, shift the lighting and turn on the water at once, so the yard is ready in a tap.
- Heating runs on a schedule or is started from your phone before you go outside, so the water is ready when you are.
Who Pool Automation Is For
Automation suits a wide range of projects, from a new pool designed around it to an older pool getting a controller added. It is especially well suited to:
- Homeowners building a new pool who want control planned in from the start rather than added later
- Anyone tired of walking to the equipment pad to turn pumps, heaters and lights on and off
- People who travel or are away during the day and want to start heating or lighting before they get home
- Homeowners adding LED lighting, water features or fire features who want to run them all from one app
Why Homeowners Add Automation
These are the goals we hear most often and design the schedules and scenes around:
- Run the pool and yard from a phone instead of a row of switches at the equipment pad
- Cut energy use by scheduling a variable-speed pump and heating only when the pool is used
- Set one-tap scenes that ready the whole yard for an evening or a gathering in a single tap
- Start heating or lighting before you walk outside so the yard is ready when you are
Our Approach to Pool Automation
Good automation is about the right controller for your equipment, clean wiring, and schedules and scenes that match how you actually use the yard. We review what you have, choose a system that fits, wire it during construction or as an upgrade, and set up the schedules so the pool runs efficiently and the yard is ready in a tap.
Equipment Review
We inventory your pumps, heater, lighting, water features and any cleaner to confirm what can be automated and whether any equipment needs to be made automation-ready before a controller is added.
System Selection
We help you choose an automation system that fits your equipment and how you want to control it, from a simple timer replacement to a full controller that runs the whole yard from an app.
Wiring & Integration
Pumps, heater, lighting, water features and any cleaner are connected to the controller, with relays and sensors wired so each piece can be started, stopped and scheduled from one place.
Schedules & Scenes
We set up run schedules for pumps and heating, color scenes for lighting, and one-tap scenes that shift the whole yard, so a single tap takes it from a quiet evening to a gathering.
Training & Handoff
We walk you through the app, the schedules and the scenes, show you how to adjust or override anything, and leave you comfortable running the pool and yard from your phone.
Automation controllers keep running their last schedule locally even without an internet connection, so your pump and heating continue on schedule if the network drops. The app is one way to control the system; the equipment pad still works too.
Pair Automation With These
Automation is the control layer over the rest of the yard. These are the services it most often drives, and the ones we plan it alongside.
Water Features
Spillways, scuppers, deck jets, laminars and bubblers designed to add sound, movement and visual interest to your pool.
View DetailsFire Features
Fire bowls, fire pits, fireplaces and torches designed to extend outdoor living into the evening hours.
View DetailsLED Pool Lighting
Energy-efficient LED lighting for color, safety and evening atmosphere in and around the pool.
View DetailsPool Decking & Hardscaping
Pool decks, patios, walkways and hardscape that connect the pool to your yard and create the spaces where you gather, lounge and entertain.
View DetailsPool Automation Questions
Answers to the questions homeowners ask most about adding automation with Azure Crest.
Run Your Pool and Yard From Your Phone
Tell us how you want to use your pool and yard. We will review your equipment, choose the right controller, and set up the schedules and scenes so the yard is ready in a tap.