I've been gifted a Grainfather GC-4, which is going to be a significant upgrade over my janky DIY mini-fridge setup.
Currently, I have Fermentrack controlling 3 instances of BrewPi: 2 controlling fermenters, 1 controlling the glycol temp, wired using this helpful diagram (https://www.homebrewtalk.com/thread...o-arduino-needed.586476/page-111#post-9033146).
The GC4 is designed to work with Grainfather conicals. It uses an M12 connector to signal to the pump in the GC4 to turn on. There's a helpful video showing how to use an STC-1000-type 12V controller to use the GC4 with non-Grainfather fermenters.
Given all that, is there a way to wire the M12 connector to a BrewPi PCB? Basically using BrewPi and Fermentrack instead of of an STC-1000. I'd be functionally replacing the 110V cooling connector with a 12V one, wasn't sure with the M12 if it'd just be a drop-in replacement.
Thanks!
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Currently, I have Fermentrack controlling 3 instances of BrewPi: 2 controlling fermenters, 1 controlling the glycol temp, wired using this helpful diagram (https://www.homebrewtalk.com/thread...o-arduino-needed.586476/page-111#post-9033146).
The GC4 is designed to work with Grainfather conicals. It uses an M12 connector to signal to the pump in the GC4 to turn on. There's a helpful video showing how to use an STC-1000-type 12V controller to use the GC4 with non-Grainfather fermenters.
Given all that, is there a way to wire the M12 connector to a BrewPi PCB? Basically using BrewPi and Fermentrack instead of of an STC-1000. I'd be functionally replacing the 110V cooling connector with a 12V one, wasn't sure with the M12 if it'd just be a drop-in replacement.
Thanks!
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