Imagine what you could do with this!

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tjnamtiw

tjnamtiw

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http://cubloc.com/product/01_02uisb420t.php

I've been toying with using alternate controllers to replace the overpriced ones in our stoves that do very little for a great amount of money. The CUBLOC series of controllers offer so many possibilities for not only controlling the stove operations and monitoring the safety aspects but they could also be easily programmed to indicate the status of any part of the stove. Imagine being able to troubleshoot what's wrong with your stove by looking at either indicator lights or a screen and reading what's not working or being sensed!
This new all-in-one unit is a step up from what I was exploring and it offers everything you need. If you are familiar with Basic language programming and are lucky enough to understand ladder logic (which is very easy to pick up), you can put both together to write the program. The language application is free to download and use. With most PLC'S you have to pay big bucks for the programming language but this one is free.
Too bad this came out after Santa already visited my house! Maybe I'll just have to use some of that money!

Just imagine what you could do!!!
 
tjnamtiw said:
http://cubloc.com/product/01_02uisb420t.php

I've been toying with using alternate controllers to replace the overpriced ones in our stoves that do very little for a great amount of money. The CUBLOC series of controllers offer so many possibilities for not only controlling the stove operations and monitoring the safety aspects but they could also be easily programmed to indicate the status of any part of the stove. Imagine being able to troubleshoot what's wrong with your stove by looking at either indicator lights or a screen and reading what's not working or being sensed!
This new all-in-one unit is a step up from what I was exploring and it offers everything you need. If you are familiar with Basic language programming and are lucky enough to understand ladder logic (which is very easy to pick up), you can put both together to write the program. The language application is free to download and use. With most PLC'S you have to pay big bucks for the programming language but this one is free.
Too bad this came out after Santa already visited my house! Maybe I'll just have to use some of that money!

Just imagine what you could do!!!
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Check out www.newpellet.com controllers
 
Great minds ................ :cool:
That hardware has some great perks such as a vacuum sensor that is not just a switch but you could actually read the AMOUNT of vacuum and see if it's degrading over time! An encoder for a motor so you can read the rpm's. Temp sensors, flue sensors, air flow sensors. Oh man, like a kid in a candy store!!!! I'd be in DIY Heaven! No doubt that I'd be spending more than Santa gave me though. A lot more than the $199 that the Cubloc costs but they sure have a lot to offer! Great find.
 
Bixby had it so you hooked up to a computer and could see or change a lot of things. Too bad about bad management.
 
Yea, I've always been a fan of Bixby's. That's what I would have in my living room if I had had room. I liked the fact that you could hook up a computer and monitor systems and adjust things. Hence, my motto ' if it ain't broke, fix it 'til it is'. :)
 
tjnamtiw said:
Just imagine what you could do
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Very nice! That display can be really useful when developing & testing your controls. If you use the 4 20mV analog inputs for thermocouples (say burnpot, exhaust, room, and OAK), you can verify the four temperature values are displayed properly before developing the control logic using them.

bob bare said:
Check out www.newpellet.com controllers
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Do they make a 120 Volt version? (Hardware technical data:
  • supply voltage: 230 V, 50/60Hz)
 
SwineFlue said:
Very nice! That display can be really useful when developing & testing your controls. If you use the 4 20mV analog inputs for thermocouples (say burnpot, exhaust, room, and OAK), you can verify the four temperature values are displayed properly before developing the control logic using them.



Do they make a 120 Volt version? (Hardware technical data:
  • supply voltage: 230 V, 50/60Hz)
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I was wondering the same thing about 120 volts. AND you think Chinenglish is bad, imagine Italenglish!!!! hahaha.
 
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I was wondering the same thing about 120 volts. AND you think Chinenglish is bad, imagine Italenglish!!!! hahaha.
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Yeah, 'relais' is an interesting way to spell relays.
 
I found the CUBLOC concept interesting even before this all-in-one block because you can choose the size of your processor according to your needs, you can get a breadboard setup to test concepts, you can add what type and quantities of relays you want, and the programming language and documentation is very good. AND you can do it VERY reasonably as far as cost goes.
 
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Wish I knew how to do this kind of stuff. It is fascinating.
 


Just use this method!!
 
pell it said:


Just use this method!!
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Holy Crap!!! No mention of snap disks at all!!! He could have at least run the power through the overheat snap disk for safety sake, especially with the bonfire he had going in there!
 
tjnamtiw said:
Holy Crap!!! No mention of snap disks at all!!! He could have at least run the power through the overheat snap disk for safety sake, especially with the bonfire he had going in there!
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That's what I was thinking
 
The literature states-universal power adapter(europe/us)-.Common europe is 230v 50cycle vs 230 60 over here,but they also have 230 outlets in their houses so i would think they make both.Just as the italian pellet stoves are converted to sell over here.
 
SwineFlue said:
(Hardware technical data: supply voltage: 230 V, 50/60Hz)
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It says it's good for 60 Hz. Where do they have 230V 60 Hz?

Edit: Duh, we do! It's just not wired anywhere near to my pellet stove.
 
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Sorry, just couldn't help it! :)
 
SwineFlue said:
Yeah, I caught it just after I posted it and was editting (and looking for a head-slap smiley) when you posted.
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hahahahaha. I was watching 'Impractical Jokers' on TV at the same time and laughing so hard that it just carried over. OMG, that program is so darn funny that my throat hurts from laughing so hard.
 
Countryboymo said:
make it all DC based so long term battery back up is simple.
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The controllers definitely like 24v DC for inputs and so do I. Outputs are what your motors demand, of course, but change out is always a possibility but a costly one. It WOULD make speed control easier, I think.
 
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