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vitotai / BrewManiacEsp8266

BrewManiac on ESP8266. Only ESP8266 needed.
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modbus / mqtt intergration #45

Open WilliamsonDesign opened 5 years ago

WilliamsonDesign commented 5 years ago

Is there a possibility of modbus and or mqtt intergration? Would be great to be able to remotely set to manual , read Temps and Set point from an industrial PLC. Cheers Jono

vitotai commented 5 years ago

Yes. MQTT could be done easily, but I don't know much about modbus or PLC. However, I don't think brew "remotely" is a good idea. I am afraid that people really do Brew in a BED and screw up. That is the reason I didn't want to make remote control too easy.

WilliamsonDesign commented 5 years ago

Ha, who would want to brew remotely and miss out on all the amazing aromas!. When I say "remotely" In my case I am using Brewmaniac in manual as PID's for my HLT and another for MLT and another For the kettle and I would like the PLC (programmable logic controller) to be the central control of all of these instead of the using Brewmaniacs built in auto function. This is because the PLC I use is already controlling the valves and pump sequencing in the system.

lekrom commented 5 years ago

Wow. Sounds more complex than it needs to be. Why not just do everything with the PLC? What type of plc is this, just curious...

WilliamsonDesign commented 5 years ago

AB MICRO850, They need expensive add-ons to read Analog or Temperature sensors. Also this way allows us to control the heat manually, standalone from the PLC system.

vitotai commented 5 years ago

Full MQTT support, log and control, has been finished on BrewPiLess and waits to be run/verified in a real brew.

MQTT will come to BrewManiacEx after I figure out the use cases.