Skrimpy
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I know there's a lot of threads on here about how to program this bugger but I figure part of programming it is understanding the "manual" (yeah the manual sucks) and how parameters are set up. So, I figured a thread with all the information in one place would be helpful.
So I will start and hopefully somebody will continue this thread or maybe post another...and I will continue and post another one as I learn more.
I'll start with what I did when I first turned this thing on...after I got it wired up. For a good wiring diagram, see this thread:
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f51/another-tss2-controller-box-build-195713/
The way I understand it, factory default on this is to have two temperature probes. I've thought about this for a while and decided it has two probe outputs in case you wanted to control two environments with one panel (two refrigerators/freezers or maybe a combination refrigerator/freezer). There would be no reason to have two temp probes in the same environment and I don't think most of us are using this to control two freezers or refrigerators at one time. So, we hook up one temp probe. When we turn it on we immediately get an error message that says "ErP" flashing and beeping between two outputs (i.e.; ErP and a temperature). This means that the TSS2 is trying to find two temperature probes and only finds 1. You need to take two steps to change it.
1. Shut the alarm off. It's annoying. To shut it off, hold down the set button and the down arrow for a few seconds. This will silence the alarm.
2. Shut off the second temp probe. To shut it off, hold down the set button for 8 seconds until the Tss2 flashes "0". Then press the set button again and it will read "SP1". Push the up or down arrows to now cycle through the parameters. Stop on the parameter that reads "P5". This parameter tells the Tss2 how many probes are hooked up and they correspond to the labeled inputs in the back of the panel (i.e.; 1 and 2). If you have only one temp probe on, it should be in outputs 1 and 3, and the parameter needs to be set to 1. Push the down or up arrows to set it to 1. Then press the set button again to exit the parameter. You can now either press the set button in conjunction with the down arrow to exit out of the parameters or just let the unit sit for one minute and it will exit out of the parameters on it's own. It will now read a temperature. This is the temperature measurement from the probe. Mine says 71.3 at the moment.
So I will start and hopefully somebody will continue this thread or maybe post another...and I will continue and post another one as I learn more.
I'll start with what I did when I first turned this thing on...after I got it wired up. For a good wiring diagram, see this thread:
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f51/another-tss2-controller-box-build-195713/
The way I understand it, factory default on this is to have two temperature probes. I've thought about this for a while and decided it has two probe outputs in case you wanted to control two environments with one panel (two refrigerators/freezers or maybe a combination refrigerator/freezer). There would be no reason to have two temp probes in the same environment and I don't think most of us are using this to control two freezers or refrigerators at one time. So, we hook up one temp probe. When we turn it on we immediately get an error message that says "ErP" flashing and beeping between two outputs (i.e.; ErP and a temperature). This means that the TSS2 is trying to find two temperature probes and only finds 1. You need to take two steps to change it.
1. Shut the alarm off. It's annoying. To shut it off, hold down the set button and the down arrow for a few seconds. This will silence the alarm.
2. Shut off the second temp probe. To shut it off, hold down the set button for 8 seconds until the Tss2 flashes "0". Then press the set button again and it will read "SP1". Push the up or down arrows to now cycle through the parameters. Stop on the parameter that reads "P5". This parameter tells the Tss2 how many probes are hooked up and they correspond to the labeled inputs in the back of the panel (i.e.; 1 and 2). If you have only one temp probe on, it should be in outputs 1 and 3, and the parameter needs to be set to 1. Push the down or up arrows to set it to 1. Then press the set button again to exit the parameter. You can now either press the set button in conjunction with the down arrow to exit out of the parameters or just let the unit sit for one minute and it will exit out of the parameters on it's own. It will now read a temperature. This is the temperature measurement from the probe. Mine says 71.3 at the moment.