aqualinkd vs nodejs-poolcontroller

[YBonline]

I currently have an iAquaLink RS panel with all Jandy equipment (Chlorinator, variable speed pump, heater, and several valves), and would like to get it imported into Home Assistant. Well, I have their iAquaLink cloud integration as well, but its not working very well...

I'm trying to decide between using aqualinkd and nodejs-poolcontroller. I'm leaning towards nodejs-poolcontroller because I'd like to have the ability to switch to different brand equipment in the future, along with adding some features that Relay Equipment Manager seems to support. I'm looking through the documentation, and its hard to see the exact features of Jandy equipment that is supported...

Is there a list somewhere that I'm missing or any direct comparison between the two?

Also, if I buy the aqualinkd serial hat (which is a RS232 HAT along with supplying power from the controller directly, from my understanding) would that work fine with nodejs-poolcontroller?

[tagyoureit]

All the pool equipment runs on RS485. I would suspect the Aqualink board is the same (not RS232) and so long as the hat doesn't require anything proprietary it should show up in our app.

We support quite a bit of the Aqualink equipment, but I don't have a complete list for you. I'd say you should install both apps and see what you like. Both of the apps (aqualinkd and njsPC) act like indoor control panels as far as the main system is concerned, so configuration and setup is very minimal. Both support MQTT, Home Assistant, etc.

REM is a differentiator because you can build your own pool system or control additional equipment.