Prime Button?

[jtaylor54]

This is so cool. I have a Pitboss Copperhead vertical smoker and the controller fried. I would really like to replace it with this to have much more control over my smoke sessions. One thing my old controller had was a prime button to prime the empty auger feed tube. Does that exist with the PiFire?

Also if anyone has an extra V3 board they would like to sell EasyEDA keeps telling me invalid PCB so I can't order one.

[nebhead]

Glad you found us! If you're just filling the auger the first time running the grill, you can go to manual mode in the admin tab and run the auger manually until you have pellets popping out. I'm assuming this is not something that you'd need to do more frequently, right?

Tagging @weberbox to raise awareness on the EasyEDA issue with the v3 board.

[jtaylor54]

@nebhead I do use it infrequently so the manual method should work just fine.

@weberbox Thanks for the offer of the extra V3 board.

[weberbox]

@jtaylor54 I checked the v3 PCB and it seems to be working fine when I attempt to order it so I am not sure why you are getting an error.

I do have an extra PCB but I forgot to ask if you are in the USA or not.

[NessK]

I do have an extra PCB but I forgot to ask if you are in the USA or not.

@jtaylor54 If you are not in the US, I have a spare in EU.

[tukutt]

I do have an extra PCB but I forgot to ask if you are in the USA or not.

@jtaylor54 If you are not in the US, I have a spare in EU.

I @jtaylor54 , I'm in Europe ! Have you always spare ?

[NessK]

@tukutt - I have spare PCB in the EU that I will gladly send you if you pay shipping and promise to post a picture once your build is done! :)
I have emailed you

[jtaylor54]

Sorry I'm away now but the next day I was able to order so thanks for the offers but I'll be okay and have some extra myself Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android On Sun, Aug 21, 2022 at 1:36 AM, ***@***.***> wrote: I do have an extra PCB but I forgot to ask if you are in the USA or not. @jtaylor54 If you are not in the US, I have a spare in EU. — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or unsubscribe. You are receiving this because you were mentioned.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[nebhead]

FYI - I think I'm going to tackle adding a Priming feature in the coming days. I see there is some value in having a few pellets in the fire-pot when starting a cook. It tends to kick off a lot of really nice smoke right in the beginning - with the only drawback being that it also tends to spike the temperature. With that said, I think it's a really good idea and wanted to add it in for anyone who might want to use it (including myself).

Anyway, just thought I would throw this out there. Look for this coming soon, in the development branch!

[jtaylor54]

I am interested. Are you thinking another button or using the existing buttons?

[nebhead]

Added a button to the Web UI and have added an option to the display menu, using existing buttons. I fighting a bug in the display menu at the moment, but the prime feature itself I have running great. Hopefully will have this pushed to the development branch for others to try out later today.

WebUI Button:

The drop-up button has options for priming with different quantities, or priming and starting.

Display Menu Item:

This will have the same options as the WebUI, but as I mentioned, there is a small bug I'll work out today.