On 15/12/2010 06:07, PICdude wrote:
> Update -- so I've had a major success today, though not a complete
> resolution.  The procedure I got from someone else (in cyberspace who
> had had a similar problem) got my oven autotuned today.  The key was
> that the display acted like it wasn't really doing anything and
> waiting for input from me, but then started it's tuning process
> several minutes (at least 15min I'd say) after.  The whole process
> took around 2 hours and I could see the temps rise then drop
> automatically.
>

Nice to hear that you managed to get it going without paying the=20
"protection fee"... :-)

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

I think it probably will, likely what caused the problem in the first=20
place (or something similar)

> In the meanwhile, now that I have seen just how relatively easy it is
> to build a controller, I will probably still tackle this.  I can't see
> why they made the profile-config process so painful,

Probably so they can procure large amounts of money for "technical=20
assistance" from unsuspecting customers.. :-)

>   and it would be
> nice to have a PC interface, so I can backup the profile data and or
> profile it on a PC.  (It does have basic profiling btw).  I've taken
> another glimpse of the electronics layout inside and think it's nicely
> done, and modular enough that I should figure it out easily.  I'll
> post pics of the internals soon.
>
> Thanks for the help,
> -Neil.
>
>
>


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