TwistedBrew

#TwistedBrew

Twisted Brew - Distributed brewing Software

This project is still in early design stages. More info will be added when it starts to take shape.

Design goals:

• Scalable brewing solution that can run on one or more devices
• The ability to read and use recipe info from Beersmith
• Server/Client design, one BrewMaster to rule them all (his workers)

Master:

• Parses recipe.bsmx from Beersmith and collects mash schedule, hop schedule and fermentation schedule
• Can be monitored and controlled from a web GUI
• Collects info from all BrewWorkers on the network for the user to control
• Can assign brewing schedule(s) to available brewWorkers

Worker:

• Can manipulate various devices (Initially: SSR (Heating/Cooling element, pump), TempProb. Future: Electronic valve, FlowMeter, Servo)
• Can follow brewing schedule(s) which are assigned by a Master

The Twisted Pair (hif & hJod)

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##Install instructions

Install python development tools

sudo -i
apt-get -y install python-dev
apt-get -y install python-pip

Install virtualenv, a virtual environment manager

pip install virtualenv

Move to your preferred location and create your python 3 virtual environment

virtualenv -p python3 twistedbrew

Activate your new environment (you can type in "deactivate" anywhere go back to your normal prompt)

source twistedbrew/bin/activate

Get the latest version of TwistedBrew, unzip it, rename and clean up

cd twistedbrew
wget https://github.com/hif/TwistedBrew/archive/master.zip
unzip master.zip
mv TwistedBrew-master/ twistedbrew/
rm master.zip

Install required packages

sudo pip install -r twistedbrew/requirements.txt

##Usefull information

To start the Twisted Brew master and worker modules from config file (default is config/twisted_brew.yml), run:

python manage.py twisted_brew

To use a specific config file add it's path as an optional parameter to the above command, example:

python manage.py twisted_brew config/my_config_file.yml

###ZeroMQ requirements

Add ipv6 in /etc/modules for ZeroMQ communication so that it survives reboot.

If you get a ZMQError when starting up, check the config file and make sure the IP address is correct.

###The DS18B20 temperature probe

To be able to use the probe you have to enabling the 1-wire communication device kernel modules in linux. Here is how it is done in Debian (also Rasbian).

Run these commands: sudo modprobe w1-gpio && sudo modprobe w1_therm

and then add w1-gpio and w1_therm in /etc/modules so that the mod survives reboot.

Excellent information on how to connect and work with the DS18B20 on Rasberry Pi can be found on this website.

###Browser requirements

As our gui uses .bind() method in Javascript you have to use the following browsers:

• Chrome 7 or higher
• Firefox 4.0(2) or higher
• IE 9 or higher
• Opera 11.60 or higher
• Safari 5.1.4 or higher

Required packages

• Django
• pyYAML
• suit
• pytz
• pyzmq