Recent content by Harry Bloomfield

I have nothing brewing at the moment, but I have noticed Ubidots miss the odd report. I have just assumed that the report was missed by my router.

I had no issues building or setting up my iSpindel, I will admit I struggled a little getting Ubidots working. No doubt it does need a bit of savvy to get it working, but it doesn't need bluetooth device to be dedicated to it and its data is accessible anywhere you happen to be.

iSpindel is much cheaper and has much more user involvement.

Which was exactly what happened to me earlier this week. I had a batch on the go, nearing completion and I just wanted to check back on the graph of of one of my previous batches. I used too wide a date range, which downloaded many more data dots than I really needed - result was an instant lock...

It took me a couple of days before I finally got Ubidots to work. It is very easy to set up, though not at all obvious.

Yes please, but I will not be doing any more brews for maybe a few months now. I am fully stocked :cool:

On some brewing forum, maybe this one, I came across a mention of this website which offers the facility of collecting, storing and an ability to display the graph data from an iSpindel and at no charge - all with no obvious limits on how frequently the data is sent or how often the graphs can...

I have just locked myself out of Ubidots too. I was trying find the graphs for my last brew. Not sure of the dates, I configured for a wide range, then trimmed the dates down a bit, but it locked me out on the third attempt. Would be much better if it made the problem clear rather than the...

I have just locked myself out of Ubidots too. I was trying find the graphs for my last brew. Not sure of the dates, I configured for a wide range, then trimmed the dates down a bit, but it locked me out on the third attempt. Would be much better if it made the problem clear rather than the...

Yes please, if you can make it 'super easy' for a novice to this sort of thing.

I soon ran into that problem, whilst assessing my newly built iSpindel a few weeks ago. Never set Ubidots to 'Enable Realtime' ( right pointing arrow upper right), that rapidly reloads and updates your Ubidots webpage and will very rapidly use up your Ubidots data allowance. Instead, only use...

I would have thought that pouring from a height would introduce a lot of air (oxygen)? I try to minimise the introduction of oxygen when racking wine into bottles, but when a red has been opened ready for drinking, I decant it deliberately pouring from a height to introduce oxygen. That...

I have a batch on now and reporting every 15 minutes, absolutely regularly - as it has done with earlier batches. Distance between the router and the iSpindel is about 15 feet, with the thickness of two brick walls between them, in a plastic FV. The reported signal strength varies between -57...

There are two suggested solutions... 1. Electrically insulate the lid of the FV, from the body of the FV. 2. A passive antenna system - small receiving antenna inside the FV, short bit of coax leading out of the FV, sealed where it exits, then the top end of the coax stripped back a little way...

On my WEMOS, it is at the top, by the charging socket. Look a wiggly track on the pcb, like castellations - that is the antenna. The water is the least of the problems for reception. For the size of the unit, it puts out a very strong signal.