OpenFermenter
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A post in ~March mentioned the Pill Bluetooth might be closed, did anyone manage to get data from it? My internet connection goes down periodically but my wifi doesn't have an issue, so I'm hoping to scrape data locally rather than having chunks missing on the rapt cloud.
I've been using both an iSpindel and a rapt Pill in a 7 gallon jacketed conical with a ~1/2inch thick steel lid (Stout tanks, with three walls, for glycol and an insulation layer). Never had an issue with wifi signal, my router is a rt-ac66u ~7 feet from the middle of the fermenter. So I expect connection issues people have are probably router related rather than the ESP8266. I do have internet outages though so was hoping to record the Pill signal before it goes out to the cloud using another ESP8266 to accept the periodic wifi transmission, or maybe the Bluetooth signal. I can get the data from the iSpindel without issues, but it leaked once and the Pill hasn't so far, so I would rather use that if I can, especially when fermenting under pressure, but I keep missing chunks of data.
I've been using both an iSpindel and a rapt Pill in a 7 gallon jacketed conical with a ~1/2inch thick steel lid (Stout tanks, with three walls, for glycol and an insulation layer). Never had an issue with wifi signal, my router is a rt-ac66u ~7 feet from the middle of the fermenter. So I expect connection issues people have are probably router related rather than the ESP8266. I do have internet outages though so was hoping to record the Pill signal before it goes out to the cloud using another ESP8266 to accept the periodic wifi transmission, or maybe the Bluetooth signal. I can get the data from the iSpindel without issues, but it leaked once and the Pill hasn't so far, so I would rather use that if I can, especially when fermenting under pressure, but I keep missing chunks of data.
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