KegBB

Hey there! so I just found out about kegbot tonight and I already decided I have to build one. The only problem is I have no experience with any computer programming or board building. That being said, after reading through all the information I can find, I think I have a basic idea of what I need to do. I found an Arduino board (Link) and all the flowmeters and everything. I know from here I want to get a USB display but, with my limited knowledge, I have hit a wall. I don't know the next step from here, and honestly I don't even know if my plans are right up to this point, so any input would be awesome.


Thanks in advance!

Edited txaggie (April 15, 2010 23:39:57)

Welcome! Sorry for the delay in responding.

I found an Arduino board (Link) and all the flowmeters and everything.

Great -- that's a good start.

I know from here I want to get a USB display but, with my limited knowledge, I have hit a wall. I don't know the next step from here, and honestly I don't even know if my plans are right up to this point, so any input would be awesome.

A USB display is nice, though not essential (especially if you are still getting started). Your next steps would be to program and wire up the arduino, and download and install the pykeg software. You can find some docs for both here: http://kegbot.org/docs/

Once you have both, you can run the program 'kegboard_monitor.py' to examine sensor data from the Arduino. Following that, you can configure and run the kegbot core, as described in the docs above.

The docs are in need of improvement; for now, feel free to bring questions here or IRC -- it will give me a good idea of what to better document.

cheers,
mike

Edited mike (April 22, 2010 00:31:06)

Hey Mike, Thanks for all the help.

I have just run into a problem though. I am working on the kegboard software, following the docs step by step, and hit a snag trying to configure pykeg. I got to the step where I am supposed to copy the example settings and all i can get is

cp: common_settings.py.example: No such file or directory

Any suggestions? I am working on OS X 10.6.3 if that helps

Edited txaggie (April 27, 2010 16:12:23)

txaggie

I have just run into a problem though. I am working on the kegboard software, following the docs step by step, and hit a snag trying to configure pykeg. I got to the step where I am supposed to copy the example settings and all i can get is

cp: common_settings.py.example: No such file or directory

Any suggestions? I am working on OS X 10.6.3 if that helps

Did you happen to edit the file and save as a new file name? It should be in the $KEGBOT_HOME\pykeg directory. Try running hg status or hg diff to see if your local kegbot repo is intact.

Cheers,
GeoffC

Edited geoffculp (May 3, 2010 20:08:28)