Automatic discovery of pool pad equipment system and method

A connected aquatic system designed to automatically discover and configure one or more pool devices of the connected aquatic system, the connected aquatic system comprising:

• a primary panel comprising:
• a transmitter configured to broadcast a discovery message to identify the one or more pool devices connected to the primary panel, wherein the discovery message includes a house parameter to identify a physical location of the primary panel;
• a receiver configured to receive an identification response from the one or more pool devices connected to the primary panel;
• a processor configured to update a discovery status for each of the one or more pool devices in response to receiving the identification response;
• and
• a memory configured to store the discovery status for each of the one or more pool devices;
• and
• the one or more pool devices include a pool component, a secondary panel, or a combination thereof.

An automatic discovery method for automatically discovering and configuring one or more pool devices of a connected aquatic system, the method comprising:

• broadcasting a discovery message to identify the one or more pool devices connected to a primary panel, using the primary panel to broadcast the discovery message to the one or more pool devices, wherein the discovery message includes a house parameter to identify a physical location of the primary panel;
• generating and transmitting an identification response from the one or more pool devices in response to receiving the discovery message;
• updating a discovery status for each of the one or more pool devices using the primary panel, wherein the discovery status for the one or more pool devices that generated and transmitted the identification response is discovered pool devices;
• generating a unique identifier for each of the discovered pool devices using the primary panel;
• transmitting the unique identifier to each of the discovered pool devices using the primary panel;
• and
• receiving an acknowledgment message from the discovered pool devices.