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by mycarr
Wed Dec 07, 2011 10:06 am
Forum: Wiring, Electrical, Relays and Sensors
Topic: External 7 segment displays
Replies: 12
Views: 9308

Re: External 7 segment displays

This sounds like a great idea that would work out well on my system.
Please post your results, equipment listing and any pics if possible. Thanks!
by mycarr
Tue Sep 27, 2011 6:15 pm
Forum: Troubleshooting and Support
Topic: Erratic/bouncing Temps - Brown out?
Replies: 5
Views: 4032

Re: Erratic/bouncing Temps - Brown out?

Problem solved thanks to the great technical support @ ECC. Turns out the power supply suffered damage in the Brown-Out which was the cause of the erratic temp fluctuations. From shipping it to them for an expert look-over the problem was quickly isolated and the fix ended up very cheap!Only a new p...
by mycarr
Tue Sep 06, 2011 11:49 am
Forum: Troubleshooting and Support
Topic: Erratic/bouncing Temps - Brown out?
Replies: 5
Views: 4032

Re: Erratic/bouncing Temps - Brown out?

Thanks for your input JonW. I do not beleive that I did connect / disconnect while powered on but... Also I had powered down and back on a couple time with the same results. Could you describe what would happened when you did this? Did it bounce all over? on all temps or only the one "Hot Conne...
by mycarr
Tue Sep 06, 2011 10:15 am
Forum: Troubleshooting and Support
Topic: Erratic/bouncing Temps - Brown out?
Replies: 5
Views: 4032

Erratic/bouncing Temps - Brown out?

Over the weekend I had my maiden voyage on my herms system. I hooked up the BCS and when I started checking the temps they were all over the place. They bounced all over with jumps up to 10 degrees. Later I hooked it back up for fermentation and had the same results. I have had the BCS working great...
by mycarr
Thu Mar 31, 2011 7:21 pm
Forum: BCS Programming
Topic: Howto: Calibrate Temperature Probes
Replies: 45
Views: 115014

Re: Howto: Calibrate Temperature Probes

With the excitement of having the BCS on order I may have gotten a little rammy and bought the wrong "thermistors". While I bought 3 probes from ECC I thought having a dozen loose thermistors laying around for who knows what would be a good idea. I got on Ebay and bought these http://www.t...
by mycarr
Wed Mar 16, 2011 7:11 pm
Forum: Troubleshooting and Support
Topic: Networking Setup
Replies: 5
Views: 3925

Re: Networking Setup

Making headway here. the bridge worked seamed to work great but still working on accessing "remotely", outside the LAN. Port forwarding is set to 8080 for the BCS IP but no dice... Any insight? Gotta give up for the night here. Still am not able to access the controller from outside of the...
by mycarr
Wed Mar 16, 2011 10:48 am
Forum: Troubleshooting and Support
Topic: Networking Setup
Replies: 5
Views: 3925

Re: Networking Setup

Thanks guys for the quick replies.

My OS is windows XP. I'll do some researching on "Bridging interfaces" tonight.
by mycarr
Tue Mar 15, 2011 9:04 pm
Forum: Troubleshooting and Support
Topic: Networking Setup
Replies: 5
Views: 3925

Networking Setup

Well, I've tried reading every post on the forum for an answer to my problem but there is so much posted here i may have missed it but.... Is it possible to access the BCS remotely if it is wired directly to a laptop which is accessing the network router wirelessly? Seems like it should be easy enou...