When I last used it, the control panel powered on but did not read salt and other levels accurately. I tried changing the salt cell but it didn't fix the problem so I assume the control panel circuit board is defective. Since there is no manual override, it will not generate salt. Maybe it's a simple fix for someone but I am just tired of dealing with it. System functioned well when it worked but I started having problems with salt cells and now the control panel so I decided to go back to chlorine for my pool.