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Wiring is pretty standard based off drawings from HBT/PJ/eBrewsupply, The 5v+ rail is even reading at 7v, so definitely an issue. I wired up my BCS460 in its place, and it seems to function normally (outputs turn on/off) and reads at 5v. As an example my wiring for an element control looks like this...

I've reached out to Derrin at BH - seems the outputs on the BCS are never actually turning off.

Hi everyone. So I'm new to the BCS, running the latest 4.0.1 code. I thought the programming would be easy for me, but I'm having problems doing a simple process to heat my HLT. My panel is wired up, using 3 way switches for my elements Auto / Off / On. On and Off work as expected. Auto isn't workin...

Any updates on release or an extended beta test?

perhaps I am assuming something incorrectly...how are the I2C addresses setup/connected on the BCS? i was under the impression that there'd be certain pinouts on the BCS for each address...perhaps that is mistaken; and you have to set the PID display to listen to a particular address? There's only ...

I'm not following this. How would you change the I2C addressing with a selector switch? The selection of address is via pushbutton menu selection on the displays. All displays share the same power and data lines, but display different data based on what address the display is told to use. perhaps I...

Another question regarding the BCS, more specifically the 7 segment display. is there any reason I couldn't take display signals from the BCS for these displays, and route them through a few 3 way selector switches to change what it's displaying? I.e. have 2 switches to change between fermenter1 or ...

Jon what about max length for sending signals? Could I put together a remote box with some cat5 connecting the BCS to another box? Lengths would be in the ~20-30ft range. Then the bcs could send signals to relays, and receive signals from temp probes.

The other 2 can be used to moinitor and on an exit state to turn on or off something but not really control something like a Mash temp or a fermenter. The first half of your sentence says yes, you can turn something on or off based on temperature, but then you say "not really control something...

ahh right on - thank you brahn! I really appreciate the clarification.