I am not sure what this means for the Brewtroller/Fermtroller project but the place that sold all of the hardware and provided support is closing down.
https://www.oscsys.com/
https://www.oscsys.com/
I was about to order a dx2 and noticed they had none in stock. Looking at the bcs now but means I need to buy all new sensors too
We really need a new brewery automation shop that can provide the ease-of-use of BCS with a dedicated developer who actually cares about releasing updated features...
I disagree with this. There have been several updates to the 3.x versions since Brewers Hardware took over the BCS. If you've been on their forum at all, you'd also see there are several users running the latest beta of a 4.x version that is leaps and bounds better than the 3.x version. The release of that is set for the very near term. All existing BCS's will be able to run the new version.Yep and the fact that BCS pretty much never gets updated and never releases even the most asked for features is all-the-more depressing.
I can't even get brewershardware to reply to a freaking email...
Ya, I just got off the phone with Ryan at ebrewsupply.com. They have the bcs 4.0 update in the works. He said those with the bcs can sign up for beta testing. He linked me to the online beta to play with it, but it didn't work. There is no time frame, but they're working on it.
Also, I know I can call, but if I send an email (through your website) I want a reply within a reasonable time. I've asked a couple questions about their product... Never do I get a reply. Why is emailing even an option? Customer service isn't about me, as a customer, going out of my way to make a sale for them.
If the market is so small how come BH can't keep the bcs in stock? They build 20 and are sold out nearly immediately. I think they could build more at a time but that is just me. If you built a better option I would buy it. There is a lot about the bcs that I don't like. My next build will be an industrial PLC with touch HMI .
I disagree with this. There have been several updates to the 3.x versions since Brewers Hardware took over the BCS. If you've been on their forum at all, you'd also see there are several users running the latest beta of a 4.x version that is leaps and bounds better than the 3.x version. The release of that is set for the very near term. All existing BCS's will be able to run the new version.
Technical support for BCS is handled through their forum. If you have a specific issue, call them - they answer the phone.
Short answer is no, but long answer is YES.This IS good news; excited to hear what the new version brings and even more excited to hear that Brewers Hardware isn't just trying to sell the crap out of them without improving the product.
Any support for measuring liquid volumes or reusing 3 wire pt100 temp probes from a previous PID build in the 4.0 version? (Seems to be the most asked for features.)
Adam
Short answer is no, but long answer is YES.
4.0 now has the ability to give you raw resistance values for the analog temp ports. While immediately this doesn't give you anything new in the interface, it does give you direct access to the data via the API. With this, you can easily do a custom interface to read and control the BCS via Javascript, PHP, etc. There are several JS examples that come with the 4.0 version that will help people in doing customizations. Examples so far include a config backup/restore tool, a 3.x configuration migrator and a recipe variable facility.
The API for 4.0 is all new and very web friendly. The BCS interface is now broken into a web UI server and the API (JSON) server. What this means is that the web interface uses the exact same API to read/write data that any 3rd party app would use. You literally could save all the web UI files to a local machine and modify them as a custom interface and just point the API source to the BCS hardware. I was easily able to add a couple of lines of code to my RaspberryPints interface to pull in my BCS temperature. Customized interfaces are going to be very common with 4.0.
Short answer is no, but long answer is YES.
4.0 now has the ability to give you raw resistance values for the analog temp ports. While immediately this doesn't give you anything new in the interface, it does give you direct access to the data via the API. With this, you can easily do a custom interface to read and control the BCS via Javascript, PHP, etc. There are several JS examples that come with the 4.0 version that will help people in doing customizations. Examples so far include a config backup/restore tool, a 3.x configuration migrator and a recipe variable facility.
The API for 4.0 is all new and very web friendly. The BCS interface is now broken into a web UI server and the API (JSON) server. What this means is that the web interface uses the exact same API to read/write data that any 3rd party app would use. You literally could save all the web UI files to a local machine and modify them as a custom interface and just point the API source to the BCS hardware. I was easily able to add a couple of lines of code to my RaspberryPints interface to pull in my BCS temperature. Customized interfaces are going to be very common with 4.0.
I'm a little dense, I fear, but I don't follow this. Does this mean than someone with coding skills can write code that will permit volume measurement, but that will require a Raspberry Pi to talk to the BCS?
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