Autopilot

Automate CO2 Enrichment From Sensor to Burner

CO2 enrichment rewards consistency. A room that holds its target through the entire light cycle outperforms one that spikes and crashes, and it does so on less fuel. Autopilot builds each generator, controller, and monitor to talk the same language, so growers can automate the whole enrichment loop instead of managing it by hand.

What Autopilot Brings to a Sealed Room

The core advantage is feedback. Autopilot controllers read the room through low-drift NDIR sensors and decide when to burn, when to vent, and when to stay idle.

• One Controller, Two Jobs: The APC8400 digital controller drives enrichment during production hours and flips to exhaust mode to clear the air when your team steps inside, giving you a single tool for growth and worker safety.
• Facility-Wide Lighting Command: The PX2 lighting controller schedules and dims hundreds of fixtures across two independent zones, so commercial rooms keep light intensity and CO2 levels working in step.
• Built-In Shutoffs: Electronic ignition replaces the standing pilot light, and an automatic tip-over switch closes the gas supply if a hanging generator tilts past 30°.

Sizing Autopilot to Your Canopy

Measure your room first, then choose the generator that covers it and the sensor that keeps it honest.

• Home Growers and Small Rooms: The desktop CO2 monitor tracks CO2, humidity, and temperature on a USB-powered unit you can move from tent to tent. Run it for a week to learn how fast your plants draw the room down before you buy a generator.
• Commercial Flower Rooms: The 10-burner natural gas generator serves rooms up to 35' x 35' and taps straight into a facility gas line, which keeps enrichment running without tank changes.
• Maintenance Insurance: Burners wear down over thousands of ignition cycles. Keep Autopilot replacement burners on hand in LP, NG, or high-altitude versions and swap one out in minutes.

Building around a TrolMaster system instead? See the TrolMaster Carbon-X lineup. To compare every brand, browse CO2 Controllers & Monitoring.

Dialing In Enrichment for Maximum Return

A few setup habits separate rooms that profit from CO2 from rooms that just burn fuel.

• Shut Down at Lights-Off: Plants stop using CO2 in the dark. Use the controller's day/night photocell to stop enrichment automatically when the lights go out.
• Read the Canopy, Not the Ceiling: Hang the sensor at plant height and keep it clear of the generator and exhaust intakes so the controller responds to the air your leaves breathe.
• Keep Fans From Fighting the Burner: Link exhaust to the controller so fans only run when CO2 overshoots your upper limit, rather than venting enriched air on a fixed schedule.

Get those three habits right and Autopilot holds a steady target through every light cycle. For a side-by-side look at how Autopilot stacks up against other systems, read this roundup of the best CO2 controllers for grow rooms.

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