Sample Code for Custom Controller

With a controller is possible to control the kettle temperature. You could code hysteresis or PID controller or a special controller for pump systems. All you need is to implement one single Pyhton class

from modules import cbpi
from modules.core.controller import KettleController
from modules.core.props import Property


@cbpi.controller
class SampleController(KettleController):

    # Custom Properties
       
    # will crate a number field for the user interface
    p1 = Property.Number("My Number Label", True, 0)
    
    # will create a text field for the user interface
    text1 = Property.Text("My Label", True, "Hello World")
    
    # Will create a drop down for the web interface
    s1 = Property.Select("Select Property", [1,2,3] )

    def stop(self):
        '''
        Invoked when the automatic is stopped.
        Normally you switch off the actors and clean up everything
        :return: None
        '''
        super(KettleController, self).stop()
        pass


    def init(self):
        '''
        Invoked when the kettle automatic is switched on. 
        :return: 
        '''
        pass
    
    def run(self):
        '''
        Each controller is exectuted in its own thread. The run method is the entry point
        :return: 
        '''
        while self.is_running():
            # YOUR LOGIC GOES HERE
            
            # Access the properties
            self.text1
            self.p1
            self.s1
            
            # get current kettle temperature
            self.get_temp()
            
            # get current kettle target temperature 
            self.get_target_temp()
            
            # switch heater on
            self.heater_on(100)
            
            # switch heater off
            self.heater_off()
            
            # get sensor value. The method takes the sensor id as in value.
            self.get_sensor_value(1)
           
            # Make sure to add a sleep between each iteration. Use self.sleep
            
            self.sleep(1)