Since this looks like the RAPT pill repository, here is my REVIEW and FEATURE REQUEST.
I've had my RAPT pill (with wireless charging coil) for about a month. After installing the charging coil and fully charging, I calibrated it then put it in a pail of water in my fermenting closet to make sure the wifi signal strength was suitable. Worked great for a few weeks then I noticed the SG started to change. I thought it very odd until I looked at the bucket and discovered enough water had evaporated that the pill was touching the bottom, thus sending a "false" reading. I considered the test a success.
I dropped the pill into a freshly pitched fermenter earlier this week and have been collecting data since. Shortly after dropping it into the fermenter, I discovered by accident there is an api integration available for brewersfriend.com. After reading the
pertinent integration thread here, I managed to fumble my way to success with the integration.
To date I would say I am very satisfied with the function of the pill and the integration with BF. I consider the wireless charging coil necessary; I found it a hassle to open the pill to charge it or to connect to its internal web host for calibration and settings. I would recommend the RAPT pill to a friend, with the understanding that I would need to help the technically challenged with the BF integration. Thanks
@KegLand for a great product and
@BrewersFriend for a custom api to support the pill at BF.
With that said, I do have a few suggestions/requests:
@KegLand : Add support for API variables
@velocity and
@ABV. While @temperature and
@Gravity are the only
absolutely necessary data points, it is great seeing those data on the chart to get the full picture of the fermentation process. And I will echo the request made in the
pertinent integration thread: "...if RAPT could be convinced to adds a predefined brewersfriend webhook configuration on their end, which would just require entering an API key to enable...".
@BrewersFriend : Add RAPT pill as a device to brewersfriend.com to simplify integration. Thanks to my stubborn streak, I managed to get it done using the custom integration. I suspect more BF users would integrate their RAPT pill if it were super easy. Also add support for
@velocity and
@ABV if KegLand adds those variables.
And because pictures are fun:
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You'll notice the data on the far left looks too stable. At first I used "F" for the temp label in the JSON payload, but that resulted in the temp being displayed on BF as "C". So I changed the temp label to "C" and apparently it reports C to BF and BF converts it to F. After making that fix, the temp graph looked wrong because after the fix the temp graph was in the range 18-76. So I deleted the "bad" C data points and the graph is now scaled correctly.