Gene Café with PID Program Control

[pauvrepiki]

Re: Gene Café with PID Program Control

No one answered. Is there someone who had recovered all of the project PID mocha Zerba because the pdf of the first post does not give details on the hack? thank you :

[pauvrepiki]

Re: Gene Café with PID Program Control

Thank you for the pdf but is it possible to find the full version? It lacks detail and it is not possible to write Mocha Zerba because he is a ex member.
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[fatboy_1999]

Re: Gene Café with PID Program Control

Mal added it to the first post as an attachment. Try that.

Thanks Croweater.... [smiley=thumbsup.gif]

Have added as an attachment to the opening post for all newcomers to easily find....

Mal.

[pauvrepiki]

Re: Gene Café with PID Program Control

Hello,
I wish I downloaded the pdf genecafe pid. The links on the forum is dead. Can put a link please?.
thank you

[Dimal]

Re: Gene Café with PID Program Control

Thanks Croweater.... [smiley=thumbsup.gif]

Have added as an attachment to the opening post for all newcomers to easily find....

Mal.

[Croweater]

Re: Gene Café with PID Program Control

I was trolling through my old puter and found the gencafe pid pdf. I uploaded the pdf to a fileshare site, the link below.



http://www.mediafire.com/?rdd80l630m4ov0o

[GregWormald]

Re: Gene Café with PID Program Control

I tried downloading them but a recent re-open left me with garbage.

My rememberer doesnt have a PID memory in storage--only a rheostat to decrease the heat put out by the element so that the machine didnt cycle off/on but could be turned down to manage the temperature gradient.

There was a lot about his experimenting to come to the final design, and in the end I didnt think it would have been worth the trouble.

I suspect a nice cooler would be a better option--I must get busy and make one for a decent trial.

Greg

[WSullivan]

Re: Gene Café with PID Program Control

Id send a pm to the people most involved in this thread to see if they still have it...... Never know, might be a digital hoarder out there!

[TC]

Re: Gene Café with PID Program Control

Hi, Anger and 2mcm, its sad that those files can no longer be found. Any way, thank you 2 a lot

No worries mountambe, sorry I couldnt be more help ....

You never know.....there may be a CSer somewhere who downloaded and saved the file/s...If there is, send em to me and Ill host them again...

2mcm

[mountambe]

Re: Gene Café with PID Program Control

Hi, Anger and 2mcm, its sad that those files can no longer be found. Any way, thank you 2 a lot

[TC]

Re: Gene Café with PID Program Control

Just may be 2mcm still has that 1.2 meg file some where...

Hi AM,

The work was all mzs...

I regret that the file is long gone- hoted on the servers of my last isp

2mcm

[A_M]

Re: Gene Café with PID Program Control

Mountambe, MZ is now an EX member, check the OP date 07

Theres a lot of info on the CS servers

Welcome to coffeesnobs

Warren

I think you will also find that 2mcm also contributed and when I looked that link was also dead..

Just may be 2mcm still has that 1.2 meg file some where...

[WSullivan]

Re: Gene Café with PID Program Control

Mountambe, MZ is now an EX member, check the OP date 07

Theres a lot of info on the CS servers

Welcome to coffeesnobs

Warren

[mountambe]

Re: Gene Café with PID Program Control

links to the documents seem fail there. Could MZ repost them? Thanks a lot

[davec]

Re: Gene Café with PID Program Control

So one can see the triac cuts the power to 80% (the specs with the triac say control from 0 to 90%) so one definitely needs to have a switch to bypass the triac during rampup to FC (as the CoffeeTime article has). I have yet to wire that in yet.

Mike

Or move to the stage 2 mode, by using a lower voltage heating element. e.g. in the UK our Voltage is 240V, but I have removed my 240V element and use a 230V. This allows roasting in almost any voltage range I am likely to get in the UK......my Variac has been unused since I completed the stage 2 mod.

One of our member in France has the stage 2 mod running using a 220V element in a 230V country.

It also allows the judicious use of "overboost" in very cold weather. This is running the Gene to draw more than 1250 W when its very cold.

I can assure you that if you are drawing 1360W routinely, 2 things will happen.

1. Your heating element life will be quite short and its not good for the Genes structure

2. Your roasts wont be so good...its just too hot and quite a steep temp gradient in the roaster.

Also check your dimmer, because its sapping an awful lot of power. In addition the Killawatts, power meters whatever here in the UK can show some variance, might be worth double checking to ensure yours is accurate.