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  1. NateBrew

    BruControl: Brewery control & automation software

    Just one more question (I promise): How are you measuring the resistance? When you get down to 0.1 ohms a regular 2 wire test might be misleading. Do you use a current source (1mA or something) to drive the force lines and then a voltmeter on the sense (like in a 4 wire bench DMM)? Sorry...
  2. NateBrew

    BruControl: Brewery control & automation software

    Were these wired to the same amplifier or different amplifier channels? If so, what is the amplifier board being used? Mostly just for completeness, and to fully understand the test.
  3. NateBrew

    BruControl: Brewery control & automation software

    No, I hadn't seen it. I definitely think that long unshielded cable could be the problem though.
  4. NateBrew

    BruControl: Brewery control & automation software

    Removed due to being irrelevant.
  5. NateBrew

    BruControl: Brewery control & automation software

    Cool stuff! On the dynamic pictures/animation are you doing it with global elements and changing the backgrounds images? I tried doing this with inspector elements but the image background in the element is a problem. I tried creating a transparent background picture to use for it, but it...
  6. NateBrew

    BruControl: Brewery control & automation software

    One thing to keep in mind for part [1] of the above is the tolerance of the resistor used. Due to the way that they bin out resistors during production, you will almost always get something that is near the % limits of what you bought. So if you use a 5% resistor, you will basically never get...
  7. NateBrew

    BruControl: Brewery control & automation software

    Don't use == because it means that the comparison has to happen at that exact moment. Use >= or <= to make it so it doesn't have to happen at that instant.
  8. NateBrew

    BruControl: Brewery control & automation software

    Did you try re-running the network setup on the ESP32? I certainly have "fat fingered" something when putting in the network information and had to do it again.
  9. NateBrew

    BruControl: Brewery control & automation software

    Do you need to have a "debounce" or a delay (compressor delay) on the "Chiller" State? For example, if on one cycle "F3 Cooling" is on but then shuts off, then 2 seconds later "F1 Cooling" goes high? Would it need a "if you haven't chilled/not chilled in 5(?) loops then shut off/on the...
  10. NateBrew

    BruControl: Brewery control & automation software

    I think it is that the reset for AlarmCounter is looped in here: [Alarm-Fault] if "FV-1 TEMP TEST" value <= AlarmLow "FV-1 ALARM" active = true FV-1AlarmStatusTest = "LOW ALARM" sleep 5000 goto "Alarm-Count" endif if "FV-1 TEMP TEST" value >= AlarmHigh "FV-1 ALARM" active = true...
  11. NateBrew

    BruControl: Brewery control & automation software

    Yup, just like that. It is only so that on the first iteration through the loop it doesn't think that the gravity went from 0 up to the first reading. It probably doesn't matter much, but it's good practice.
  12. NateBrew

    BruControl: Brewery control & automation software

    The test I ran on it seems ok. The orange is the "done_count > 5" indicator blue is the gravity. I generated it with two globals, one is "fermDone" (the orange) and the other global is the "FV-1 ACTUAL SG" counted down by a script. EDIT: nope, I just happened to get it to line up right due to...
  13. NateBrew

    BruControl: Brewery control & automation software

    Huh, alright. I'll try to figure out what I messed up...certainly wouldn't be the first time.
  14. NateBrew

    BruControl: Brewery control & automation software

    I'm not sure why...except that the loop time is 5 seconds and I don't know how much change you would see in that time, likely below the precision of the measurement. I don't have a Tilt, so I don't know how much noise there is in the measurement, but you might need to put a smoothing function...
  15. NateBrew

    BruControl: Brewery control & automation software

    Why not calculate a running derivative (difference) of the gravity and cold crash when that gets to some threshold for some number of cycles rather than relying on an absolute number? What if the FG isn't what you expected by 2 points? Maybe something like: new value d_SG new value last_SG...
  16. NateBrew

    BruControl: Brewery control & automation software

    Neither code 12 or code 4 did anything to the 1 wire readings on the ESP32.
  17. NateBrew

    BruControl: Brewery control & automation software

    I tried the test on the Wyze smart plug (8266) that I posted about a little earlier on the thread, as well as the ESP32 I have running my keg fridge. The Wyze showed the same problem, and even after I deleted the device and made the pin a static digital out, the 1-wire still no longer worked...
  18. NateBrew

    BruControl: Brewery control & automation software

    Sure enough, one of the sensors dropped out. Those are probably the ones on the shortest lines too. Edit: Somewhat interesting, the effect persisted after I deleted the PWM device. Does Brucontrol stop the function on a pin if you delete the element? After I reassigned GPIO4 to be a...
  19. NateBrew

    BruControl: Brewery control & automation software

    I have 3 sensors in the main box, each on a 3m long cable in a star. The center of the star is the row of connectors in my control box which has a cap and resistor located on the first connector. There is a single 0.1uF ceramic cap and a 5k resistor (I'm not exactly sure what I used, about 5k...
  20. NateBrew

    BruControl: Brewery control & automation software

    I find this interesting, since I have many 1-wire lines running and haven't seen any problems. I use them with 8266s and SSRs and relays. One thing you can do is to power the 1-wire temp sensor (I'm assuming one of the DS18B20 type) with 5V but tie the pull up resistor to the 3.3V rail so that...
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