OK, lets start with some basics just to make sure I'm not missing anything.
What is a wifi module ?
What is a splitter ?
When you mean you have a LAN set up, what are you referring to ? Is there a router ? Is the LAN connected to the Internet ? Is some of it wireless or is it all wired ?
Sorry, I purchased this Wifi Adapter
http://www.netgear.com/home/products/connected-entertainment/gaming-home-theater/WNCE2001.aspx
and connected the brewtroller and RPI into this ethernet swich.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00002EQCW/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20
Currently I have a 100ft Ethernet cord connected from my home router to the ethernet switch in my control panel. (I fall out of range in my garage, for the Wifi adapter)
When you say internet, do you mean Internet or do you mean the local network ? Does the RPi or the BrewTroller need access to the Internet at all when its running ?
Ok first off im irritated with the new owner, he is missing so much documentation. So when you hook up the brewtroller LAN, you need to discover it, via some sort of Ethernet discoverer, I used
https://code.google.com/p/brewtroll...ame=Microchip Ethernet Discoverer.exe&can=1&q
found it and connected the Brewtroller to my LAN, so when I use the Webapp I can connect using the IP I associated with the Brewtroller. (im going to email the new owner and ask for him to add more docs)
Now just like my computer, I open up the webapp on a browser on my RPI and enter the IP to the webapp and access the brewtroller that way.
Again, is the Internet locking up or is your local network locking up ?
I dont mean "lock up". I have comcast and I lose service sometimes (more than I would like)
What is the IP address of the BrewTroller ? How is it set ? (Statically or dynamically )
Its a static IP,
I had to search the web to find this:
"You have to execute the PC's tftp command within 4 sec of resetting the module. The modules default IP is 192.168.97.60 so you have to configure your PC with an IP of 192.168.97.xxx
The command window syntax (Windows) is:
tftp 192.168.97.60 PUT BTnicEmb.hex
Execute this from the Directory where the hex file is saved."
What happens if you open a terminal on the RPi when the lockup occurs and do a "ping 192.168.1.xxx" to try to reach the BrewTroller ?
The main issue why I stopped using the RPI in the meantime is it was to finicky, half the time I couldnt even open a browser window.
So there was no programming then ? You didn't have to make any changes to the source code and recompile anything ? Basically you had to configure things ?
No not much physical programming is needed (not to say you cant, you do have to make some changes to the source code, and its spelled out nicely in notes in the code. Then you upload the code to the brewtroller via USB port, then you do the set up (valve profiles etc) using the encoder or webapp.
Have you looked at the code, or the manual yet? I know it has a TON of missing docs and loopholes. it always has.