BCS Desktop App Pre-Release (V 0.4.0)
Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2015 3:20 pm
(An updated version 0.5.0 has been released and can be downloaded and discussed here: http://forum.embeddedcc.com/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=2755 )
Some of you may recall that I previously showed a desktop app I was using that gave me a better "heads up" display of all my processes as well as a visual representation of inputs/outputs & temps. I previously shelved that project when the new BCS 4.0 release took on most of the visual aspects of my program.
Well, fast forward to a couple weeks ago where I decided I wanted to continue development of that app. I've now changed the backend API to use all the 4.0 JSON calls and am now offering it up here for anyone that wants to use it. I've also created a roadmap for new functionality that I plan on adding. To that end, I'm releasing the app here for anyone to freely use and give feedback as to needed features.
Know that this is pretty much limited to the same functionality that I had in the old program a couple years ago. However, this is just the beginning and I've already started working on some new features that will include:
' Update buttons with enhanced graphics/display capabilities.
' Add enhanced graphics to show liquid flows
' Allow all objects to have separate forecolor, backcolor, visible & image settings based on active/inactive states.
' Add object scaling to match when user changes display scaling
' Add object scaling to group/panels to scale all child objects accordingly
' Add quick temp and duty cycle adjustments to main screen.
' In place editing of BCS data w/ write-back of config info to the BCS.
' Add configuration backup/restore
' Add data logging, filtering and display
' Add menu variable mapping capability
' Add e-mail sending via definable trigger rules
' Add multi-BCS capabilities including triggering rules across BCS's.
' Add "BCS Finder" functionality when adding a controller
' Port to Windows 10 IoT or embedded devices (Rpi2).
The files can be downloaded from here: http://www.surfcitybrewing.com/download ... -0.4.0.zip
Please note that this does require that you are on the latest BCS 4.0 Beta firmware.
Some of you may recall that I previously showed a desktop app I was using that gave me a better "heads up" display of all my processes as well as a visual representation of inputs/outputs & temps. I previously shelved that project when the new BCS 4.0 release took on most of the visual aspects of my program.
Well, fast forward to a couple weeks ago where I decided I wanted to continue development of that app. I've now changed the backend API to use all the 4.0 JSON calls and am now offering it up here for anyone that wants to use it. I've also created a roadmap for new functionality that I plan on adding. To that end, I'm releasing the app here for anyone to freely use and give feedback as to needed features.
Know that this is pretty much limited to the same functionality that I had in the old program a couple years ago. However, this is just the beginning and I've already started working on some new features that will include:
' Update buttons with enhanced graphics/display capabilities.
' Add enhanced graphics to show liquid flows
' Allow all objects to have separate forecolor, backcolor, visible & image settings based on active/inactive states.
' Add object scaling to match when user changes display scaling
' Add object scaling to group/panels to scale all child objects accordingly
' Add quick temp and duty cycle adjustments to main screen.
' In place editing of BCS data w/ write-back of config info to the BCS.
' Add configuration backup/restore
' Add data logging, filtering and display
' Add menu variable mapping capability
' Add e-mail sending via definable trigger rules
' Add multi-BCS capabilities including triggering rules across BCS's.
' Add "BCS Finder" functionality when adding a controller
' Port to Windows 10 IoT or embedded devices (Rpi2).
The files can be downloaded from here: http://www.surfcitybrewing.com/download ... -0.4.0.zip
Please note that this does require that you are on the latest BCS 4.0 Beta firmware.