BrewPi Remix – What’s Old is New Again

[bloombrews]

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[bloombrews]

As for the problem getting @bloombrews UNO clone to work: check the board to see if there is an Atmel Mega 16U2 chip or not. If there is, the board should present as a legit UNO clone using the 16U2 as a USB to Serial bridge; if not, there's likely a CH340 or CH341 chip - look for that one, and if present, the board will be assigned a different IO device type from an UNO. That in turn requires a config.cfg change...

Cheers!

It looks like both have the same Chip - Atmel Mega 16UA, the Sainsmart board is working, the RexQualis UNO R3 is not. A second RexQ board I tried has no markings on the chip.
Glad I did not puke the Sainsmart board by trying to take a picture

 

[day_trippr]

Well that's as close a clone as it gets when they even use the oem pcb design
It ought to work!

Cheers!

 

[bloombrews]

Well that's as close a clone as it gets when they even use the oem pcb design
It ought to work!

Cheers!

Here is the only take-a-way I can think of - The REX board I pictured above with the "correct" chip, is now a dead board, the other Rex board with NO markings on the Chip, is a bad knock-off clone and not compatible with the current Script, and the Seinsmart UNO pictured above, is the only board that is working now with the correct chip - Atmel Omega 16 U2
Thanks

 

[Exception13]

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Jaromir Lager.....love it!

 

[bloombrews]

Jaromir Lager.....love it!

Its a Czech Lager, and Yes, I loved him when he played here for the Penguins!
I used Saflager 34/70 - My favorite GoTo yeast, and I NEVER thought anything is better than liquid yeast.....(wrong). Two 11.5gram packs/12 gallons works great
OK, down the Rabbit Hole!!

 

[LBussy]

I loved him when he played here for the Penguins!

Who are the Penguins?

 

[Exception13]

Who are the Penguins?

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Who are the

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And now I'll crawl back into my hole whilst the rest of you laugh uproariously.

Carry on.

 

[bloombrews]

OK, back to "BrewTalk"
This is getting even more strange... I found another Seinsmart UNO board and proceeded to see if this second BPRemix would work.
I only see the bottom of the GUI, where you can edit/see your profile, not the upper Graph and Header
I took this card out, put it into the other RPi that is working, Controller also working,and I still only see the bottom of the GUI
The card that was working, I took it and put it into the other RPi , assuming it would fire up and work, but it is stuck on "Can't get version from Controller"
Possibly, all I need to do is Reprogram it, but not sure where the Hex file is to program it under the Maintenance Panel, and I do not know if I can reprogram it from the Terminal Window (dont know the syntax to do it)
Here is what I see now, the first is the half-GUI-screen, and the other is putting a good card into the "newer" RPi and a "newer" Sainsmart UNO -
Maybe just Reprogram the newer Controller ?

 

[bloombrews]

OK, looks like I am back to same stuck place as yesterday with the Controller that I thought was bad, but I have the "new" Sainsmart UNO I found today. Now I am getting the new downloaded RPR that is stuck in "Script starting up". The working card is back to the good RPi and it is good, finishing up the Jaromir Lager. Here is the stuck, newer download -

 

[bloombrews]

I put the stuck script above from the "script starting up", into a 3rd RPi V-3, and I get the same GUI screen
I think @LBussy will send me a bill for all this.... I can fix your Plumbing or HVAC and make great beer, but this Python "stuff" is beyond my pay scale

 

[bwible]

Jaromir Lager.....love it!

Lol - I haven’t kept up, but he can’t still be playing? That was about 25 years ago?

 

[bwible]

Who are the View attachment 811669 ?

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And now I'll crawl back into my hole whilst the rest of you laugh uproariously.

Carry on.

I’m old enough to remember the Cleveland Barons, the Colorado Rockies, the Atlanta Flames, the Kansas City Scouts, the California Golden Seals, the Minnesota North Stars, and the Quebec Nordiques. I watched every one of those teams play.

 

[Exception13]

Lol - I haven’t kept up, but he can’t still be playing? That was about 25 years ago?

He owns a team in Czechia. Had to play for them in December due to multiple players being out with Covid-19. He's 50.

Now...back to beer.

 

[Thorrak]

Support for the Uno should be in a "sustain-only" mode, since the ESP8266 is at least as capable when using the Serial connection. My only reservation to deprecating the Uno is it is the only solution that does not require soldering.

cough cough.

 

[bloombrews]

He owns a team in Czechia. Had to play for them in December due to multiple players being out with Covid-19. He's 50.

Now...back to beer.

Look at the Rabbit Hole I opened up....
Has anyone downloaded the recent BPRemix and its working ??
Getting worried that my only 1 good copy working will crap and back to lighting a fire and using ice from the pond, under the Coni , to heat and cool....

 

[bloombrews]

Anyone downloaded BeerSmith onto there RPi desktop? There is a Debian Beersmith for Ubuntu 22.04, but I dont know if that is the proper program language... I did program in COBOL, RPG, FORTRAN,and Basic +, back in 1976, but dont know Jack about this stuff
Here is the command line - sudo dpkg -i BeerSmith*.deb
and that does not work in the Terminal

 

[LBussy]

Getting worried that my only 1 good copy working will crap and back to lighting a fire and using ice from the pond, under the Coni , to heat and cool....

Sounds like you should back up that SD card ...

 

[bloombrews]

Nothing about that tells me BrewPi is installed correctly. I hate to ask this but with the issues we had initially, can you start with a clean SD card again?


That's actually a different firmware version. When we get you working again remind me and I'll find the switch to re-flash with that choice.

Lee, I started another Lager today and was wondering if you know what command to issue to re-flash with a tighter Cooling and Heating PID profile?
I use a 300 watt RV water heater rod, to heat, and this also overshoots. I am getting about 1.4 degree over/under and the last lager never tightened up anything less than about 1 degree over 2 weeks.
Also, I am going to try yet another control board, another new one never used and see if I can get the newest RPiR and Raspian on it, otherwise I will just copy the old SD card still working and use that. I never set up 2 chambers, I always have been just using 2 separate RPi's, one for each fermentor tank. This was all we could do, before you came along, updated and fixed Elco's original works. It was a real PITA back then, going through all his documents and trying to figure it out. Somehow I did.... It was just luck and perseverance, I guess.... Your one-line command for a fork is so sweat now!
I will backup my only working card before I lunch it, trying to re-flash....
Thanks for all your help over the years!

 

[LBussy]

Lee, I started another Lager today and was wondering if you know what command to issue to re-flash with a tighter Cooling and Heating PID profile?

/home/brewpi/utils/doFlash.sh --shield ... I think you want to choose "glycol."

 

[jasonv]

Does the software have the ability to" fermentation free rise" ? Example. Chill wort to 65 pitch yeast. Let the temperature rise without the aid of the heater until the target temperature let say 68 then it can cool or heat if needed after that.

Thanks

 

[LBussy]

It does not. Enter an issue if you'd like to see that. When I "have time" I can see about adding it.

 

[bloombrews]

Does the software have the ability to" fermentation free rise" ? Example. Chill wort to 65 pitch yeast. Let the temperature rise without the aid of the heater until the target temperature let say 68 then it can cool or heat if needed after that.

Thanks

I do this with all my Lagers. Just put the Temperature Mode, to OFF. It will still keep logging the Temperature, and the Graph will keep plotting.
I really do not see a reason to do what you are asking, EXCEPT, if you just want to walk away from your Brew for weeks, and let the BPRmix put this into your Beer Profile timeline, then automatically switch back to a Cold Crash (or whatever). I thought this idea would work also, but I keep "tweaking" my Beer Profile, if the fermentation is taking too long or faster than expected. So I have no idea exactly what date/time, I want to Free Rise.
Just my 2-Cents.....
Brew ON!

 

[bloombrews]

@LBussy
I tried yet another new Controller and after uninstalling BPiR from the card (option #3 total uninstall)
I downloaded the program from your 1-line command in Your post #2, and still get - "Script starting up". I am able to Edit the Profile at the bottom of the GUI, but the upper Graph never loads up, even after waiting for any Data to propagate the field.
My RPiLegecy is running great now at the same time, with a different Client Name on my home Router.
I did shut down and turn off the Legecy version to see if it "dissapeared", this new Remix would work, but the same "Script starting up" is frozen
I am still wondering if anyone else has downloaded a fresh copy and have this issue, or if it is just my mess ?

 

[bloombrews]

@LBussy
One last "Question" - I never got to the point of defining my temperature probes under the Maintenance Panel, but I do not think this would keep the upper GUI from loading??? I don't remember in the past years, that I had to define my probes, before the Graph would show up. Just making sure this is not the problem now.
EDIT - I just now tried to define the probes and "Read Values" then "Refresh List", the GUI just sits there spinning and never shows the probes

 

[day_trippr]

What browser are you using?

 

[bloombrews]

@day_trippr I am using the browser that comes with Raspian desktop. I think it is Chrome, in my brewery. I don't know if the RaspberryPi Remix, can be run on a Windows system, nor can I use Firefox, as a browser, on the Raspian platform?

 

[day_trippr]

I was just wondering because it didn't look familiar.
Over the years some weird behaviors have been attributed to various browsers, but I'm presuming that you have had at least one controller working properly in recent history so I'm assuming you're not fighting a browser issue...

Cheers!

 

[bloombrews]

I was just wondering because it didn't look familiar.
Over the years some weird behaviors have been attributed to various browsers, but I'm presuming that you have had at least one controller working properly in recent history so I'm assuming you're not fighting a browser issue...

Cheers!

I have the Legacy version running for the past 2 years without any issues. I just decided to "update" the Raspbian desktop and RPR, on a second Raspberry Pi - 3 B+, and this has been the problem. I had 2 Pi's running, since way back before Lee took this on, there were no abilities to have 2 Chambers, as you know!
I am waiting for this current Legacy beer to finish in the fermentor, copy the only good SD card (hopefully I don't F that up...), then clean up my puked-up "build box". I am just trying to have an "Insurance Policy " card working, before I update the old Legacy card....
Thanks @day_trippr !

 

[bloombrews]

It is really lonely on this Thread now..... Did I scare everyone away, or is the "Traffic" migrating to -

Native ESP8266 BrewPi Firmware - WiFi BrewPi, no Arduino needed! ???​

I may make an amateur stab and try the ESP8266 build, if I can not get any new BrewPiRemix to work. I gave up after multiple cards, controllers, and trying a few other "fixes". I just keep getting to the home page GUI and the Script " is starting up", forever frozen (as above)

Still wondering if ANYone, has tried to download this script, run through the setup, and have a running version up, lately ? That would tell me for sure if it is on my end, or what.