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Roaster Control Wiring
Timberline	#1 Posted on 07/21/2021 4:43 PM
Newbie Posts: 2 Joined: July 17, 2021	I am new on here and have been enjoying reading the many discussions on home built roasters. I do have a question related to wiring the controls on my roaster. My current control setup is a tc4+ and a set of manual controls. The manual controls are on a completely different circuit and I have to switch between Manual operation or Computer operation. I have seen pictures of roasters where the manual controls are tied into the system and the LCD screen displays the set values of the fan/heater even when they are running the roaster in completely manual mode. Could someone describe to me how I would do this on my set up? Is it even possible on a tc4+? I attached pictures of my roaster. Thanks ~ Ivan Timberline attached the following images:


renatoa	#2 Posted on 07/22/2021 2:31 AM
Administrator Posts: 2594 Joined: September 30, 2016	You need to add the virtual device ArduinoTC4 56 in extra devices dialog, see attached image. The meaning is to decode the 5th/6th values from TC4 data packet, as HTR/FAN values, and display/graph them in Artisan. ~~~~~ renatoa attached the following image:


Timberline	#3 Posted on 07/22/2021 8:02 AM
Newbie Posts: 2 Joined: July 17, 2021	So would that allow me to run manual controls without my computer? What I want is to have a knob on my panel that can control my heater/fan and still have the LCD reading the set value. If that makes sense.


renatoa	#4 Posted on 07/22/2021 10:20 AM
Administrator Posts: 2594 Joined: September 30, 2016	If the knob is connected to TC4+, which drives the heater SSR, then yes. If your heating control is a stand alone dimmer, not related to TC4+, then no.

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