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Re: My version of the HMI builder

Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2017 7:27 pm
by oakbarn
I have been playing with making kettles from Text Widgets
kettles from text.png
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Re: My version of the HMI builder

Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2017 2:48 pm
by Moad
bbrally wrote:
Thu Feb 16, 2017 5:21 pm
Do you have a link to specs on the 3-way valve?
What kind of specs are you after?

http://www.electric-valve.com/20-7.html

The 2 important differences are T-Port and L-Port configurations of the valves and I guess how they are actuated. ie - when the output is ON what is the flow of the valve.

Re: My version of the HMI builder

Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2017 5:30 pm
by bbrally
I didn't realize there were so many configurations. I have an idea for something that might accomplish this and also enable a couple of other flow display options. May take a while as my free time is coming to an end. Stay tuned.

Re: My version of the HMI builder

Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2017 6:53 am
by oakbarn
I made some PDFs so I could learn how to use the HMI GUI. They were written using the beta site.
HMI Builder latest ver: http://bcsguibeta.from-ca.com/

I am glad to share but take with a grain of salt. There may be errors.
here is the link:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B_cTc ... UVENWFXQ3c

Re: My version of the HMI builder

Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2017 5:23 am
by brewstarke
This is awesome bbrally. Once again, stepping the BCS's game up. Unfortunately, I'm in the process of moving so my gear is packed up but I did pull my panel out and am playing around with this. Can't wait to get in a new brewing space and get this GUI running for real.
Good thinking on the text box modifications oakbarn. Crafty solution.

Re: My version of the HMI builder

Posted: Sun Mar 26, 2017 6:48 pm
by Moad
bbrally wrote:
Fri Mar 10, 2017 5:30 pm
I didn't realize there were so many configurations. I have an idea for something that might accomplish this and also enable a couple of other flow display options. May take a while as my free time is coming to an end. Stay tuned.
Awesome, look forward to it. I would happily donate to the project, with the 3 way valves implemented I would use this all the time!

Re: My version of the HMI builder

Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2017 2:14 pm
by BREWMASON
Thank you very much!!! Looking to manage 8 x 10bbl fermenters with the PID display over the fermenter just as you have shown on the kettles. Going to start making this tonight. The HMI was one of the big pluses for me on the previous firmware version.

Looking to use an image for eight fermenters to load into the HMI. Example: http://i1378.photobucket.com/albums/ah1 ... qixgca.png

Found help documentation. Researching. Thank you for all of the work on this!!! Greatly appreciated!!!

Re: My version of the HMI builder

Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2017 4:21 pm
by BREWMASON
Was struggling last night to get a PID display on a fermenter. I could load the image of a fermenter on a kettle but not a "text". This BCS-462 is under utilized only controlling fermenter glocol solenoids. Should I go back to a kettle or better attempted with the "TEXT". Thank you very much!!!

Re: My version of the HMI builder

Posted: Thu Apr 06, 2017 9:15 pm
by bbrally
image of a fermenter on a kettle
Not sure what you mean by this. Some more info and I'll be happy to help out however I can.

Oakbarn wrote up a pretty good tutorial for this. Maybe it will help clarify things.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B_cTc ... UVENWFXQ3c

I'm away from my computer till the weekend, but I'd be happy to send you a file of what I think you're after that you can load into the GUI.

Re: My version of the HMI builder

Posted: Sat Apr 08, 2017 10:09 pm
by bbrally
BREWMASON, pm'd you.