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Updating this topic to say the new OKI did the trick, although I lost the trace on the 5V pin. I was able to add 2 jumpers and all appears to now be powered correctly. I am having some noise on the TC probe, I'm looking at the noisy probe thread and may have a question there.

You're 100% right. I was thinking through the same question I had when considering where I was going to place my HM. Like you, I will have the HM inside with the RDTC out at the grill. I just remember you telling me to plug in a probe instead of using up one of the RDTC ports as a dedicated...

Was I thinking about the RDTC end of things?

Yes, you would lose one of your food probe ports. However, if you had an extra probe, you could just plug that in for the ambient temp. That would give you more flexibility.

I did get it yesterday, thanks! I meant to let you know, sorry. I haven't gotten back to complete my RDTC build though. I was pushing hard to get it done by the end of this past weekend because I had a work potluck this past Tuesday where I was slated for pulled pork. Since it was go time...

I have 2 spare boards. I can send you one. PM me your info.

Yes. Stoker does release firmware updates. For what it's worth, I emailed them this exact question on 8/18 when I was debating which product I wanted. They replied on 9/29 when I was already happily working on my HM build.

Looks like I have what I need from Mouser: TC AMP (P/N 584-AD8495ARMZ) Prec RRO SGL Supply (P/N 584-OP777ARZ) 0805 1Mohm 1% Tol (P/N 756-WCR0805-1MOFA 1/4" SQ 100K 10% (P/N 3361P-1-104GLF)

I know they go in that spot, I just couldn't see how the connections are made. I've got the TE Connectivity parts, just wanted to be sure I used them right.

Ralph - do you have better close ups of the pictures you posted on page 39 in the Roto Damper thread? I think I'm good with everything on the RDTC board, except I can't see exactly what is on the board showing how the servo and blower are connected. I ordered all of the parts earlier listed...

Thanks @ Ralph & David! If I can get the RDTC built tonight (no promises), I will certainly give it a shot and report back how it works during my cook. After all this with my build, maybe something new, but not entirely useful will arise ;)

So, I have to smoke a boston butt tomorrow for lunch at work on Tuesday. I'm all prepared to do it the old fashioned way. However, while I wait for my new OKI, I am curious about powering the servo through the microUSB on the rPi. Would that work? I know I need 12V for the blower and...

I only had good 5V for a brief time when the HM was not mated to the Pi. After the 5V kicked in, I unplugged power, then mated the HM to the Pi, plugged power back in and it was back to not getting 5V out of the OKI. I tried before my boiling test yesterday, and again this evening, and it was...

I thought it miraculously healed itself over night, but alas, it did not. I was curious about seeing the path the 12V takes to get to the blower pin, so I plugged in the 12V and followed it to that pin on the cat5. That all checked out fine. Just as I got to the blower pin, the unit gave a...

You are correct, I did repair the ground on the OKI with a resistor end, but it seems to be fine. I will see what can do tomorrow to breath life into it, otherwise, I'll get back to you on your spares.

The OKI is putting out a low voltage. It is 2.2V right on the OKI at the pin. Would I be missing something if I asked if I could just power the whole thing from the micro USB? I guess the question is, would the Cat5 jack on the HM be getting enough power to do what it needs to do at the RDTC...

Definitely something up with the OKI. I measured 12.4V at the power jack, 11.8 at the first pin of the OKI, but then only 2.2V on the 3rd pin. The middle pin has continuity to ground on the power jack. Is this indicating that I damaged the OKI to the point of needing replacement? Seems that...

I will take a look between the pit probe and probe 1. What are your thoughts on not powering up with the 12V adapter?

I boiled some water with my probes in there to watch them go up. Probe 1 jack started out at 12F and later on in the test fluctuated up past 500+. However, after switching the probe to jack 3, it gave the same behavior in the other jack, so I realized I have a bad probe. It eventually evened...

I definitely need to be cleaning my iron more frequently and moving more quickly from sponge to joint. That was likely what contributed to some of my ugly dark connections. All in all, if I can get this up and running, I'll be pleased with my first attempt at soldering, regardless of how it looks.