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Great! Thanks for reporting back. I have no immediate plans to implement this feature in the main codebase, although I probably should. At least I now know what to do, and that it works.

Hi there, Thanks for your message. I did not expect a configuration without a heater or a cooler, so if the relay pin is not specified in the ini file then you will get an error. I briefly looked at the code, and it seems that it will skip the cooling state if the 'cooler' device does not...

Ok, well the Arduino prints its temperatures out in response to a 't' command, as does Fuscus (in PiLink.py). Do you have any temperature sensors attached to the Pi? If not then you will get the Python 'None' value for all sensors, which will translate to Java's 'null'. I am guessing that the...

Um... How have you integrated the Tilt? Fuscus does not support it, and the BrewPi web interface does not support it. I know there has been a lot of work in various places to integrate the Tilt, but I haven't been following them. Uncoincidentally, I have literally just put a new brew into my...

Looking good. Very minimal setup. Yes, it's fine to omit all those parts and just interact via the web browser. I had one of those relay boards that would not actuate, which I believed to be caused by too much voltage drop across the indicator LED, so I shorted it. Other boards I bought...

That's great! I hope it all works when you are done building it, and pics, please, or it didn't happen. :)

Great! Thanks for trying it out. Let me know how you get on. I also have a Pi Zero W to try out but I haven't yet. My controller uses a Pi 2.

Won't you take me to Funky Town?

This project is finished, and has been for over a year. During that time I have moved countries and moved house so my hardware is in a box, unused at the moment. I haven't tested multi-chamber support, but it should work. You can run as many instances of Fuscus as you like. Each one would...

Indeed there is only one hardware PWM channel, but clever design means you can have lots of software PWM channels. CPU load is minimal.

This is a canard. If you use pigpio (for example) you can have very fast PWM on any GPIO pin. http://abyz.co.uk/rpi/pigpio/

Ah, Modern Software Development.

No worries. The CraftBeerPi thread is here: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=569497 Maybe there's something there that will help, or you could ask your question there.

Which version of BrewPi are you intending to use? The most popular one here is the original Arduino version and variants, which control heating and cooling to maintain temperature during fermentation. The later Spark version might do RIMS, but it's not mentioned much here. You might have more...

Short answer: No The original Arduino code is no longer supported. But if you really want to get into it you have three options. 1 Fork the Arduino code on GitHub then hack on it yourself. People who want that feature can then use your GitHub instead of the original one. 2 Take a look...

Do you mean "normally on" or "N/O" (or "N/C")? What relays are you using? Many of the common relay modules are active low, which means that a 5V signal would cause the relay to not be energised. If your relays are energised when 5V is present then you need to invert the output signals...

From the horse's mouth: http://pdfserv.maximintegrated.com/en/an/AN148.pdf In general, one pair (usually pair 1, in the centre) is used for data and ground, then other wires for other functions as required e.g. power etc. In my RJ11 pinout pin 2 is data, and pin 3 is ground. That...

Each to his own, I guess. RJ11 plugs and cables are less bulky, and there is a good range of splitters and joiners available because of their use in phone systems. You can also plug RJ11 plugs into RJ45 sockets, although there is a slight risk of damaging the outer spring connectors inside the...

You could use a stainless steel thermowell and stuff a sensor in the end.

The sensors themselves are small plastic things about the size of a pea with three metal legs. You can solder wires of any length to these leads and connect them to your​ controller. I like to solder mine to four-wire phone cable (one wire unused) with RJ11 plugs on the end and make a...