Hosehead Brewery

[Ajae]

Thanks for the help, I was able to grab an image from someone on here. I picked a new sad card and it loaded up fine. It was an older version but I used the instructions in the text file for reinstalling Elsinore. Hopefully back to brewing this weekend after a long break.

 

[Ajae]

Can someone explain how to do an Autotune on the Hosehead? Someone said on post #125 back on page 13.

 

[golfindia]

No auto tune in SBE.

Frankly, I don't think autotuning is necessary for most homebrewing setups. As long as their ratios are in proportion, pretty much any combination of P I and D is good enough to keep a slug of liquid at a temperature.

3rd post:
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/forum/threads/optimal-pid-settings-for-inkbird-ipb-16.668251/

 

[Ajae]

I figured it out. After I did an auto tune, the boil stop point defaulted back to 80f. I adjusted it up to 210 and voila- HLT works fine.

How did you autotune the Hosehead?

 

[Ajae]

No auto tune in SBE.

Frankly, I don't think autotuning is necessary for most homebrewing setups. As long as their ratios are in proportion, pretty much any combination of P I and D is good enough to keep a slug of liquid at a temperature.

3rd post:
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/forum/threads/optimal-pid-settings-for-inkbird-ipb-16.668251/

Ah ok. Thanks.

 

[jobuzo]

Has anyone been able to get a hold of the Brewtronix people? Their site says they are closed until the fall, we are almost to winter. I have emailed many times and nothing. I guess it is time to look at alternatives. Any recommendations that won't break the bank?

 

[SaveloyDip]

I emailed him months ago due to a corrupt raspberry pi installation and got no response. Even if he did start selling again, I'd be very apprehensive about purchasing from him, unless you're happy to go in knowing that his support cannot be relied upon.

 

[TexasWine]

Has anyone been able to get a hold of the Brewtronix people? Their site says they are closed until the fall, we are almost to winter. I have emailed many times and nothing. I guess it is time to look at alternatives. Any recommendations that won't break the bank?

Brucontrol

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/forum/threads/brucontrol-brewery-control-automation-software.624198/

 

[augiedoggy]

I emailed him months ago due to a corrupt raspberry pi installation and got no response. Even if he did start selling again, I'd be very apprehensive about purchasing from him, unless you're happy to go in knowing that his support cannot be relied upon.

I was told today that a corrupt SD card is a complete non issue with raspberry pi and anyone stating otherwise was just parroting what others say.... So surely you must be mistaken

 

[golfindia]

I was told today that a corrupt SD card is a complete non issue with raspberry pi and anyone stating otherwise was just parroting what others say.... So surely you must be mistaken

Well, go on... tell us to buy one of your brew control systems!

 

[carpathia]

Has anyone been able to get a hold of the Brewtronix people? Their site says they are closed until the fall, we are almost to winter. I have emailed many times and nothing. I guess it is time to look at alternatives. Any recommendations that won't break the bank?

I'd do the blichmann controller if the hosehead wasn't an option

 

[carpathia]

I emailed him months ago due to a corrupt raspberry pi installation and got no response. Even if he did start selling again, I'd be very apprehensive about purchasing from him, unless you're happy to go in knowing that his support cannot be relied upon.

Pm me, I can send you the response I got from another user for fixing a corrupted card.

 

[augiedoggy]

Well, go on... tell us to buy one of your brew control systems!

for the last time I am not affiliated with Brucontrol in any way other than being the first beta tester.

 

[Paladen]

Brucontrol

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/forum/threads/brucontrol-brewery-control-automation-software.624198/

 

[Paladen]

Has anyone been able to get a hold of the Brewtronix people? Their site says they are closed until the fall, we are almost to winter. I have emailed many times and nothing. I guess it is time to look at alternatives. Any recommendations that won't break the bank?

I would forget any of these software based controllers,they come and go and leave the buyers high and dry trying to figure out how to fix them. Unless you are software savy and enjoy tweaking them instead of brewing beer, then consider more conventional controllers .There are several DIY builds available.

 

[sfrisby]

I'd do the blichmann controller if the hosehead wasn't an option

I was fully prepared to by a hosehead until Corey went on hiatus. I’m now preparing to pull the trigger on a Blichmann Brew Commander.

 

[Brewster52]

Has anyone had any luck calibrating the temp probes? I am using Craftbeerpi. It seems as if I need to continue to set the offset during each brew day. Sometimes it is off by 15-20 degrees. Thanks

 

[Fireland]

Pm me, I can send you the response I got from another user for fixing a corrupted card.

I saw your thread regarding corrupted hosehead Sd card. It sounds like my problem. I'm sorry I don't know the proper etiquette for this type of thing so forgive me if I'm going about this improperly. I just need to get my rig up and running; when out the other day and got an error message when booting up so I'm dead in the water. Any help would be great, even a pointing in the right direction. Thank you. fred

 

[carpathia]

Fred:

I'll look in the next day or two, but I should still have an image or a link to a google drive with a new image for an SD card. You'll need a separate card from the one in your hosehead though, but they're about $20 on Amazon.

 

[Fireland]

That is amazing, thank you!

 

[Fireland]

Fred:

I'll look in the next day or two, but I should still have an image or a link to a google drive with a new image for an SD card. You'll need a separate card from the one in your hosehead though, but they're about $20 on Amazon.

Any luck finding the image for the SD card. My brew partner, understandably, wants some resolution and me being cheap I want to try and get this thing fixed before investing in something new. Thanks.

 

[Fireland]

I am having issues with my Hosehead 5BC Pi3 controller in that it will not boot up (the last line or the error code: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(179,2)). I know almost zero about Raspberry Pi. I can probably open up the controller to swap out the SD card. If anyone is interested I can offer $100 to anyone who can get me back up and running. What I would suggest, if someone wants to take me up on it is that they copy their SD onto a new card (two cards for me would be best so I have a backup), send me the card and then we have a phone conversation if needed to walk me through any configuration that may need to be done. I remember when I first got the unit Cory had to help me get it working but don't remember the details and I can't reach him. Just to be clear, I need to be up and running as in able to control my heat elements not just have a clean updated SD card. Thanks, Fred

 

[tmendick]

I dont think this is stepping on anyone's toes since Corey seems to be out of the game right now.
When I corrupted my SD card he sent me this email with links for the 5BC.
Its a pretty easy process to reformat the SD card with the image below using the instructions also below.
I definitely recommend buying an extra SD card and format a backup to keep when it happens again and you are ready to brew.

Here is the image file download:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3v5TJRshLI0X1dpTUJGazV0V2c/view?usp=drivesdk

How to install images:

Raspberry Pi Documentation - Getting Started


To open the unit:
remove 2 bottom screws on the front and the 4 screws on the back, loosen the 2 cord grips. Move the back panel out of the way and the whole bottom will slide off towards the back.


This video shows how to finish configuring elsinore

 

[carpathia]

Sorry; forgot to reply to this!

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/threads/hosehead-brewtronix-users.669054/#post-8710939
This post has a link to github (GitHub - DougEdey/SB_Elsinore_Server: Java Server for Strangebrew Elsinore) that should have all the files you'd need to set up a fresh memory card to get your hosehead up and running again

 

[Fireland]

Pm me, I can send you the response I got from another user for fixing a corrupted card.

Could you please send me the fix for a corrupt SD for Hosehead, I'm dead in the water and don't know what I'm doing with the whole Pi thing. Thanks!

 

[Fireland]

I dont think this is stepping on anyone's toes since Corey seems to be out of the game right now.
When I corrupted my SD card he sent me this email with links for the 5BC.
Its a pretty easy process to reformat the SD card with the image below using the instructions also below.
I definitely recommend buying an extra SD card and format a backup to keep when it happens again and you are ready to brew.

Here is the image file download:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3v5TJRshLI0X1dpTUJGazV0V2c/view?usp=drivesdk

How to install images:

Raspberry Pi Documentation - Getting Started


To open the unit:
remove 2 bottom screws on the front and the 4 screws on the back, loosen the 2 cord grips. Move the back panel out of the way and the whole bottom will slide off towards the back.


This video shows how to finish configuring elsinore

Thank you, I'll give it a try!

 

[Fireland]

I dont think this is stepping on anyone's toes since Corey seems to be out of the game right now.
When I corrupted my SD card he sent me this email with links for the 5BC.
Its a pretty easy process to reformat the SD card with the image below using the instructions also below.
I definitely recommend buying an extra SD card and format a backup to keep when it happens again and you are ready to brew.

Here is the image file download:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3v5TJRshLI0X1dpTUJGazV0V2c/view?usp=drivesdk

How to install images:

Raspberry Pi Documentation - Getting Started


To open the unit:
remove 2 bottom screws on the front and the 4 screws on the back, loosen the 2 cord grips. Move the back panel out of the way and the whole bottom will slide off towards the back.


This video shows how to finish configuring elsinore

I went to the Google drive link and it said the file didn't exist.