Recent content by JeffLa

Ah good idea!

Ralph, The adapters sold by BBQ Buru seems to just be steel plates with a hole in them. I made one for myself a couple years ago and connected a MicroDamper to it with a 1" nipple. The problem with this is that you cannot easily remove that plate when you are grilling (vs smoking). The stock...

I sent a note to the HeaterMeter store begging for a replacement BS170 transistor so I can get the last baseboard up and running. Now I just need to solve the problem mounting to a large BGE. I don't like the solutions that are out there because you have to use the heatermeter for normal...

Big day - Found the problem on the base board and it is now working. All that remains is the 2nd baseboard which has a clear problem with the transistor witha broken lead.

Ah fixed the 2nd LCD/Button board! It was a cold solder joint on pin 1 of the Potentiometer. Ok both LCD/Button boards are working. I found a broken pin on one of the BS170 transistors on one of the 2 bad base boards, so I'll need to get hold of a spare to fix that. I'll focus on getting the...

Progress! One of the two button boards now works. I found a pad missing solder and that fixed it. For the remaining board I did all you recommended and there is a problem with the voltage in the CNT pin on the display. It is 4.95 volts and not changing with the pot. I checked with the meter to...

Bryan, I'll do that and report back. Can you confirm that the newer LCD/Button board should, indeed function with the older base board? Since both of my LCD/Button boards behave the same with my old working base board, I had assumed maybe they are maybe OK and just won't work with the older...

Hi Ralph, I will clean up the boards. I didn't cut the leads before soldering, but I am definitely not skilled at soldering. Frankly I am now of the belief that doth f the button/display boards are working fine, but just are incompatible with the older base controller board. I'd love the help...

Here are the pics: https://ibb.co/izx09H https://ibb.co/g5k93c

OK I tried a new approach. I programmed an SD card and put it into a new Raspberry Pi 3B and attached that to my working HeaterMeter. It connected to my router and when I go to the devices page for HeaterMeter (http://heatermeter.com/devices/) I see it there, but it gives a timeout. I notived...

As I mentioned, I recently built two new HeaterMeter 4.3 kits. I have an older one that works. None of the new boards I have build are functioning so far. I am testing them by swapping them into the working HeaterMeter. I decided to start with the simple case - a button board + display. I...

Ah that makes sense! Thanks Steve. I'll see if my WIFI started working. The original problem for this post is that my HeaterMeter stopped connecting reliably to my router. Will update this if there is still a problem. Thanks for the help! Jeff

Are you certain of your first statement? I did remove the SD card and update it manually. When I put it back and powered on, there was zero delay booting up and it was exactly the same as before I updated the card (and still no WIFI connection). Just to prove it to myself, I removed the SD card...

Bryan - I wrote a post and then figured some things out and tried to delete it, so I am not sure if what I wrote is still there or not. Anyway I have a specific question about updating my HeaterMeter image. I removed the SD card and put the new image onto it. How to I get the Raspberry Pi 3B to...

Sounds good. I will start working on it ASAP and let you know how it goes. Thanks!