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TC4 - Artisan application software
JimG
Where are you getting the log files?

Jim
 
greencardigan

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JimG wrote:
Where are you getting the log files?

Jim

The text file that Artisan creates when you save.
 
JimG
Thanks.

I am getting the same result: around 1.3 seconds per READ. I'm going to try setting the cycle time to 2 seconds and see what changes.

Jim
 
JimG
Looking through the artisan code, I can see two things that explain this behavior:

1. The sampling function uses the cycle time parameter as a delay between samples rather than to define a true cycle period.

2. Sampling cannot be done while the window is being redrawn. This was causing exceptions and crashes in previous versions, I believe. So the code inserts 50 ms delays to allow a redraw to complete if one is active.

Seems like the first item above could easily be changed. I don't think the second item is much of an issue.

Jim
 
greencardigan
Thanks for investigating! My suspicions were correct. I assume you will you make the artisan team aware of this issue?

Point 2 explains why I was missing samples when panning the graph around.
 
JimG
Yes, I will pass along the message. In fact, I may take a stab at fixing it myself, and then pass along the solution B)

Jim
 
JimG
Brad -

The artisan guys have fixed the timing loop problem in their current working source. I tested it yesterday and these are the sample times I recorded:

..... 'timex': [4.735, 5.735, 6.75, 7.75, 8.766, 
9.781, 10.797, 11.813, 12.828, 13.828, 14.844,
15.891, 16.891, 17.891, 18.906, 19.906, 20.922,
21.938, 22.985, 23.985, 24.985, 25.985, 27.0, 28.016,
29.031, 30.063, 31.063, 32.063, 33.078, 34.094,
35.11, 36.125, 37.156, 38.156, 39.156, 40.172,
41.188, 42.203, 43.203, 44.219, 45.235, 46.25,
47.266, 48.281, 49.297, 50.297, 51.344, 52.344,
53.344, 54.36, 55.36, 56.375, 57.391, 58.438,
59.438, 60.438, .....

It is not a perfect 1.0 (more like 1.015) seconds between samples, but much closer, and probably good enough for our purposes.

I think this fix will be included in the upcoming 0.5.2 release.

Jim
Edited by JimG on 06/26/2011 11:56 AM
 
greencardigan
Excellent.

Can Artisan receive commands from the TC4 like pBourbon can? Crack markers etc.
 
JimG
No, Artisan only expects to receive input from the TC4 as the response to a query. Roast events can be marked by clicking on buttons on the PC.

Jim
 
petershek
Jim,

I'm also interested in using the event buttons on Artisan as the controller of my Quest M3's heater/fan. As you defined, when you press, say HTR-25, the "Documentation" as defined as "OT1,25" would be sent to TC4. What signal would be sent by aArtisan/TC4 over OT1 when receiving such signal? How about the "IO3,50" analog signal as well? I'm thinking about how to connect the OT1 or IO3 to a SSR or transistor in controlling the heater/fan or vice versa.

Thank you for answering.

Peter
Edited by petershek on 07/03/2011 6:26 AM
 
JimG
OT1 and OT2 are 1Hz PWM outputs. So the command OT1,25 will result in a sequence of output pulses: 250 ms on, 750 ms off, 250 ms on, 750 ms off, etc. Similarly on OT2.

OT1 and OT2 were designed to control a 50Hz or 60 Hz mains powered electric heater by using a typical zero-switching SSR.

IO3 uses a different timer. Its output frequency is around 490Hz. It was intended to provide "analog" voltage output. It is still PWM, but the frequency is suited to controlling things like DC fans by approximating a linearly varying output voltage, 0-5V.

You could run IO3's output through a Darlington transistor or MOSFET to vary the speed of a DC fan.

Does that help?

Jim
 
petershek
Jim,

Thanks for the quick answer. What will the command "IO3,25" do? Is the IO3 still sending out 5V signal but with a "on-off-off-off" pattern in a 490Hz frequency period?

I'm using a Quest M3. Instead of approximating the % of max power with OT1, do you have any suggestion to control the current/variable resistor of the heating element using IO3 instead, so it would read a consistent current over a period of time?

If going for the option to use OT1 to control the heater, I assume the SSR I should get is a just a common 5V-DC Input one with 220VAC output?

For fan control, the one on M3 is like this and it uses 220VAC instead of 12VDC:
www.home-barista.com/forums/userpix/6609_fanspec.jpg
I suppose MOSFET won't work because I normally see the max output is 40V? If I use OT2 to control the fan with a SSR like the heater, do you think it'd work or will it damage the fan with such switching on/off frequency?

Thanks again.

Peter
 
JimG
IO3,25 will do 25% on, 75% off within each 1/490th of a second time slice. Really no different than OT1, just faster.

In the software, you can change the switching frequency of OT1 and 2 to be faster if you want. Options go all the way to 64Hz, IIRC. But since the heating element is fairly massive, not much will change at the higher frequencies. You need to stay slower by, say, 10x (?) the mains frequency, though, to have any resolution on the duty cycle.

I can't give you a good answer on switching the 220VAC fan. I'm sure someone else here has some experience and will chime in.

Jim

 
Bhante
For switching the fan you should be able to do something like this:

images.elektroda.net/67_1164777922.gif

Just note that the earth connection on the AC side is shown wrongly as it is of course not connected to either the live or neutral of the earth! (At least, not when it is 220-240 V AC, although I know earth is connected differently over there with 110 V). The earth of the microprocessor and the AC earth must be connected together, preferably through a resistor (1 Megaohm or something). For the triac you can use something like BT138-600, of which the gate can be connected directly to the microprocessor (i.e. use a triac which is logic compatible). For optimal safety you can use an optoisolator in between the microprocessor (that means, if you don't know what you are doing, make the circuit more complicated!). This will work will either 110V or 220-240V AC, and is fast enough that it should work with the output from IO3 without problem.

Don't assume however that I know all about these things - I am struggling with these things myself! In fact,

@Jim: Do you know how to connect a triac for switching a 12V DC fan from 5V a signal? This is what I am struggling with at the moment (though nothing to do with roasting, except that I am using the TC4 as a source of the PWM signal). I am having trouble working out how the 5V section should be connected to the 12V section.

Bhante
 
greencardigan
To control a 12V DC fan from a 5V signal you would use suitably rated transistors or MOSFET rather than a triac. Same idea but different components. A logic level MOSFET can be driven directly from a microcontroller output but it's probably better to use a MOSFET driver.

Your triac circuit would be ok for switching an AC fan on and off but not for speed control. You'd be better to replace the triac with a SSR. More expensive but safer.
Edited by greencardigan on 07/05/2011 8:08 AM
 
JimG

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greencardigan wrote:
To control a 12V DC fan from a 5V signal you would use suitably rated transistors or MOSFET rather than a triac. Same idea but different components. A logic level MOSFET can be driven directly from a microcontroller output but it's probably better to use a MOSFET driver.

+1

FWIW, the circuit I am presently using to vary the speed on my 12VDC fan includes:

1). 18VDC power supply (from an old laptop charger)
2). 7812 voltage regulator with heat sink (you will need the heat sink)
3). Optocoupler
4). TIP122 Darlington transistor

The output signal from IO3 is connected to the optocoupler. The optocoupler in turn controls the signal to the base of the Darlington.

The power circuit goes like this:

PSU ---> 7812 ---> FAN+ ----> FAN- -----> TIP122 ----> GND.

A MOSFET would have been a better choice than the TIP122, but I just used what I had lying around.

Jim
 
JimG
If I were looking to control an AC fan, I think I would probably investigate phase angle control first. This would present a choppy sine wave to the fan, which might cause problems, but would effectively control the RMS AC voltage.

Whether or not phase angle control is effective on the M3's fan could be tested using a router speed controller or a lamp dimmer. Both of these use phase angle control to work their magic.

The 490 Hz PWM output from IO3 can be run through an RC filter so that it looks like a smooth 0-5V variable DC voltage. The 0-5VDC signal could then be used to drive a phase angle controller.

Crydom, and maybe others, offer phase angle SSR's that accept voltage control input signals. Or you could roll your own using one of the many online recipes for dimmer circuits.

Jim
 
bvwelch
If the dimmer approach doesn't work, I wonder if something like a bread machine 'dough cycle' concept would work? Wish I had a Quest M3 to play with. :-)
 
Bhante

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greencardigan wrote:
To control a 12V DC fan from a 5V signal you would use suitably rated transistors or MOSFET rather than a triac.

Oh dear! I was barking up the wrong tree! Thanks for saving me from wasting more time on it! I had a few triacs to hand, and thought I could use them for this. Was sure I'd seen in a datasheet somewhere that it could be done, but it must have been something else. My memory is not what it once was.

Bhante
 
greencardigan

Quote

JimG wrote:
Crydom, and maybe others, offer phase angle SSR's that accept voltage control input signals. Or you could roll your own using one of the many online recipes for dimmer circuits.

Is this what you're referring to? Nice, but $200 each!!

http://docs-asia....02e161.pdf

This one looks better and is cheaper. http://docs-asia....b69c75.pdf
Edited by greencardigan on 07/05/2011 6:16 PM
 
JimG
Yes, those are what I had in mind. I came across several of the 10PCVxxxx units on eBay a few years back and bought them for a ridiculously low price. If you have to buy them new, they become unaffordable.

Jim
 
JimG
New version (release 1.10) of aArtisan has been posted on the googlecode site:
http://code.googl...n=2&q=

Provides support for type K, type J and type T thermocouples now. Also should have a little more robust error checking when an uninitialized EEPROM is encountered.

Jim
 
tamarian
Being totally new to PID-ing, I'm trying to understand the level of control offered by Artisan, aArtisan and TC4C. Is it a matter of setting a few buttons for the various roast stages, and the PID ensures execution of each stage after pressing the button? Or is this just the early stages of the software?

When I recently downloaded Artisan and saw the profile designer, I assumed once you define the profile curve, and you use either TC4C or FUJI PXG/PXR with SSR's, the Artisan and aArtisan will control the heating element from start to finish to follow along the profile as defined/designed. Is this how it currently works?
 
JimG

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tamarian wrote:

Being totally new to PID-ing, I'm trying to understand the level of control offered by Artisan, aArtisan and TC4C. Is it a matter of setting a few buttons for the various roast stages, and the PID ensures execution of each stage after pressing the button? Or is this just the early stages of the software?

When I recently downloaded Artisan and saw the profile designer, I assumed once you define the profile curve, and you use either TC4C or FUJI PXG/PXR with SSR's, the Artisan and aArtisan will control the heating element from start to finish to follow along the profile as defined/designed. Is this how it currently works?


The aArtisan application does not provide any level of automatic control, i.e., it does not contain a PID algorithm. To control a roaster using Artisan, a TC4C, and aArtisan you create "event" buttons in the Artisan application. These event buttons will be things like "75% heat", or "50% heat", or "25% fan".

When you press one of the event buttons in Artisan, it sends the command you have programmed for that button to the TC4C. The TC4C in turn sets the appropriate duty cycle on one of its PWM outputs.

So what you end up with is fully manual control, but through the Artisan interface.

While you are evaluating software, I suggest you also take a look at RoastLogger. Tom (aka greenbean on TooMuchCoffee.com) and I have been conspiring over the past several months to make RoastLogger and the TC4 system get along very well.

In addition to convenient slider controls for manual control of the roaster, Tom has also created an interface that optionally allows RoastLogger to take automatic actions (fan and heater control) when certain roast events have been detected. Once these roast event points have been set by the user, RoastLogger does a very nice job of automating roasts.

Jim
 
tamarian
Thanks Jim for the detailed response. Is this type of control on aArtisan the same aArtisanQ? Or is the level of control on aArtisanQ more automated?

What I'm really after, if available, is a system where I can design a profile curve and have the system execute that profile. I think I read a post of yours on HB that aArtisanQ has about 100 steps of resolution. I understood that as up to a 100 steps in profile temperature control. If that's the case, aArtisanQ might be what is needed.
 
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