Recent content by Tim Loftus

to echo what @KeithC said. I am in such a good place with my HM that I rarely come here much. less so in the winter now that I don't smoke much. not to mention life gets in the way of me browsing the web these days, I like to come on everyone and a while to see whats up. @John Bostwick do...

not to hijack this thread, but I have a similar question... I understand that the 12v battery out of a ups would be great, but I just got a free power bank that I have no use for other then maybe powering the heater meter for some cooks. I need to order a usb to power adaper and am lookign at...

Thank you for this! on my old set up I set my router to assign a static IP for the HM. with this I don't need to do that anymore. btw I am loving al the "new" Updates. I haven't updated my old heatermeter in years, I am finding all sorts of new neat changes. one request... could you...

Success!!! I cut a couple inches off the fan wire and soldered it onto the board and we now have a fully functional HM!!!! Its not pretty, but it works. Bryan again, thank you for everything, creating this awesome project, the continued updates, and most definitely the support!

Bryan, thanks for the reply and the update. You were correct the "new" test I do not have any connectivity. so I am guessing that the connection betweeen Pin 2 - RX on the ATmega to TX on the Pi (4th pin in) is broken some how. I am guessing where i soldered the new pi connector in. I do...

well I have great continuuity on the first test.... "measure from the physical pin 3 on the atmega chip itself (labeled as TX on base board, but don't measure from there) to the 5th Pi pin on the underside of the Pi itself (labeled RX on the base board, but again measure it on the Pi, not the...

Ok so I go the rest of the HM finished (LCD Board) and it is on and working, but still having the same issues..... do you think the AT Mega board is bad? should I order a new one? or could I have fried the HM board when I was tryign to repair the Pi header? what can I do to test? Go to...

so I wanted to update everyone, and also lean on everyone for additional troubles. I go the new part and was able to do the pin by pin removal that was talked about. I played around with a copper wick for a bit and that did not work well at all. my heated solder sucker got cancled so I...

For the dog bowl....I got mine at menards. It was like2.99

Thanks Bryan, I have already ordered the replacement header, I also ordered the blue on black LCD Screen. I had that color on my old heater meter and loved it, so I figured why not. thanks for the advice on the removal, I thought about taking a dremal to the top of the header and cutting it...

you are both correct! after watching some videos I ordered a heated desoldering gun, and more soldering wick. if the gun works as well as the review say I should be good to go. I'm jsut really bummed, I was hoping to have it up and running by tonight.

So I was building my new 4.3 HM on this rainy afternoon and it was going amazing. Then I smelled burning plastic, but didn't think much of it as sometimes I catch the soldering iron on the magnifying glass of my third hand. then I noticed........I had melted the side of the Pi header...

I hate to say it as this app was great, but I think it is dead. The op hasn't posted in over a year...maybe someone smarter than me can create a new one?

can you assign it a static IP? that is what I did with mine. most routers will allow you to assign a static ip to devices.

I have a 5 year old HM that has been awesome! it outlasted my UDS (I am working on a new one now), but a couple of months ago I noticed that port 1 seems to have some issues. Any probe I plug into it the temp is all over the place and way off, like 100 degrees +, if you move the probes to...