KnightDesign
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Hi everyone,
I just found out something very important with my own rex c100, and figured others might not know either.
So, it turns out the engineers who made the damn thing included a default feature that tells you an incorrect PV value just to keep you happy. I think it can be out by a good couple of degrees Celsius which is really not ideal for fermentation or mashing.
I found this out when I changed the SV value by a few degrees and the PV value automatically jumped to the new value. This meant I was fermenting at a couple of degrees celsius ABOVE what I wanted, not cool.
But thankfully you can change this! It's called the DF (digital frequency?) and can only be accessed through the second COD menu thing.
If you have a rex c100 (mine is a 'Berme' brand) then keep this manual in your favourites - http://style.oversubstance.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/ManualREX-C100.pdf
So here is the process to do so (with mine anyway, I know there are lots of different types and whatnot).
Here is your PID, hold the SET button for about 4 seconds to bring up the settings.
Then keep pressing SET to get to the 'LCY' stage, and for me I turn it to '1000' to unlock the special menu thing. Yours may be different, check your manual.
Then you need to hold the SET button to get back to the normal home screen.
Now, you hold SET and '<' buttons for around 4 seconds to bring up the COD menu.
This is where you want to use the up/down buttons to change the last 0 to a 1.
Then press SET again to move into the menu.
You want to keep pressing SET until you come across 'DF' it should be set to 0001.
Change the last 1 to a 0.
You have successfully turned off the stupid feature! Now to get back to the home screen. I think I just didn't press anything for about 30sec's and it auto went back to the home screen. If not, try holding SET.
Remember to turn your 'LCY' thing back to whatever you want to keep it as. I keep mine as 0000 which keeps everything saved and unlocked so I can change it easily.
Now your PV value should actually be what the PID is reading.
Hope this helps some people out there!
Cheers,
Brendan
I just found out something very important with my own rex c100, and figured others might not know either.
So, it turns out the engineers who made the damn thing included a default feature that tells you an incorrect PV value just to keep you happy. I think it can be out by a good couple of degrees Celsius which is really not ideal for fermentation or mashing.
I found this out when I changed the SV value by a few degrees and the PV value automatically jumped to the new value. This meant I was fermenting at a couple of degrees celsius ABOVE what I wanted, not cool.
But thankfully you can change this! It's called the DF (digital frequency?) and can only be accessed through the second COD menu thing.
If you have a rex c100 (mine is a 'Berme' brand) then keep this manual in your favourites - http://style.oversubstance.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/ManualREX-C100.pdf
So here is the process to do so (with mine anyway, I know there are lots of different types and whatnot).
Here is your PID, hold the SET button for about 4 seconds to bring up the settings.
Then keep pressing SET to get to the 'LCY' stage, and for me I turn it to '1000' to unlock the special menu thing. Yours may be different, check your manual.
Then you need to hold the SET button to get back to the normal home screen.
Now, you hold SET and '<' buttons for around 4 seconds to bring up the COD menu.
This is where you want to use the up/down buttons to change the last 0 to a 1.
Then press SET again to move into the menu.
You want to keep pressing SET until you come across 'DF' it should be set to 0001.
Change the last 1 to a 0.
You have successfully turned off the stupid feature! Now to get back to the home screen. I think I just didn't press anything for about 30sec's and it auto went back to the home screen. If not, try holding SET.
Remember to turn your 'LCY' thing back to whatever you want to keep it as. I keep mine as 0000 which keeps everything saved and unlocked so I can change it easily.
Now your PV value should actually be what the PID is reading.
Hope this helps some people out there!
Cheers,
Brendan