Update -- so I've had a major success today, though not a complete =20
resolution.  The procedure I got from someone else (in cyberspace who =20
had had a similar problem) got my oven autotuned today.  The key was =20
that the display acted like it wasn't really doing anything and =20
waiting for input from me, but then started it's tuning process =20
several minutes (at least 15min I'd say) after.  The whole process =20
took around 2 hours and I could see the temps rise then drop =20
automatically.

BUT... it's still not saving the data, so when I power off the =20
machine, it loses all the tuning info, config data, and profiles.  So =20
I need to re-do the whole procedure.  And setting the profile temps on =20
this thing is a tedious process.  There is a battery on board (PMB 3.6 =20
C) that I found online, so I will replace that and hope it solves the =20
problem.

In the meanwhile, now that I have seen just how relatively easy it is =20
to build a controller, I will probably still tackle this.  I can't see =20
why they made the profile-config process so painful, and it would be =20
nice to have a PC interface, so I can backup the profile data and or =20
profile it on a PC.  (It does have basic profiling btw).  I've taken =20
another glimpse of the electronics layout inside and think it's nicely =20
done, and modular enough that I should figure it out easily.  I'll =20
post pics of the internals soon.

Thanks for the help,
-Neil.



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