9. Setup & tanks

Open Setup from Home (#19) to check concentrate channels and read the system log. This is where you confirm macros and micros before a long run.

When to open Setup Before the first blend of the day, after any tank refill, or whenever Home shows a concentrate warning. For the full empty-tank recovery sequence, see Warnings.

Setup annotated — Setup & Configuration — healthy tanks example.

Screen map

#	Feature	What it means
1	Branding	Autoponix Elemental product header (same on every page).
2	Top status strip + badge	Crop, phase, job, serial, IP, cloud, firmware, and IDLE / WARNING / ERROR badge.
3	BACK	Returns to the Home screen.
4	Macro tank BIG-1	Large concentrate channel: nutrient name, temperature, fill %, LIVE / EMPTY / FAULT.
5	Macro tank BIG-3	Second large concentrate tile (same readings).
6	Macro tank BIG-2	Third large concentrate tile.
7	Macro tank BIG-4	Fourth large concentrate tile.
8	Micro tank SML-1	Small channel with assigned nutrient (example: Zinc EDTA).
9	Micro tank SML-2	May show a nutrient or Unassigned (unused — not an error).
10	Micro tank SML-3	Same as above.
11	Micro tank SML-4	Same as above.
12	SYSTEM LOGS	Scrollable event list: OK (green), INFO (blue), WARN (amber), ERROR (red).

BIG vs SML BIG channels are the large concentrate feeds; SML channels are the micros. Physical mapping to skid tanks is covered in Machine assembly.

Spotting an empty concentrate

Empty concentrate annotated — BIG-1 EMPTY — identify the channel here, then refill.

#	Feature	What to notice
2	WARNING badge	Confirms attention is needed (also shown on Home).
4–7	EMPTY macro tile	The BIG channel that needs refill (example: Calcium Nitrate at 0%).
12	SYSTEM LOGS	Matching WARN lines for empty tank / pause instructions.

Refill the named channel, wait until the tile shows LIVE, then BACK to Home. Press START to resume a paused blend, or STOP to end — full steps in Warnings.

Reading the system log

System log annotated — Setup with focus on status badge and SYSTEM LOGS.

#	Feature	What it means
2	Status badge	Here showing ERROR — read the newest red lines in the log for detail.
12	SYSTEM LOGS	Exact messages with time stamps. Use these when troubleshooting or calling support.

Next Check output tanks A and B in Output tank monitoring.