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Kent
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Overall Timer

Post by Kent »

Being a newbie, I am not getting the process vs state difference. With my linear thinking it seems like it could be 64 states.

Anyhow, I started out doing everything in one process but ran out of states. So now I have split it up into 4 processes.
Setup Process where I heat water and get the MLT stablized at my required heat.
Mash Process where the Mash Circulation, Mash Out and Sparge happen.
Boil Process where I Boil the wort, add hops etc.
Cool Process is just basically pumping it through the cooler.

Am I on the right track?

I would like an overall timer for the whole process, but when I try to say continue from previous in a new Process after apply it disappears. So how do I run an overall timer.
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Yeah, I think you're on the right track.

You can't continue the timer from Process to Process. Also, since state0 is always first, the continue is always zero (can't be set).
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I have the same conditions, but I solved it by having an elapsed time timer set up in each process. At the end of the day I add up all of the elapsed time values to get the total elapsed time. Not elegant, but it works for me, as each process starts the next one and stops it's own timer.
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