Anafaze-MultiChannel-Temperature-Controller-Software

Anafaze MultiChannel Development Road Map

(1) -- Driver coding

• develop driver for standard software
  • include channel number - with max channel number detection
  • front panel will require only addition of channel selection?

(2) -- Display and Control interface coding

• Trajectory form
  • need separate time base available for each channel - provides for N way kiln control
  • Allow the user to select::
    • profile per channel -- allows for independent run
    • time base per channel -- allow ganging loops on single timebase or running them independently.
    • Check list of what channels to display.
    • Tie all profiles on same timebase to same run button click?
    • Multiple traces displayed on the graph
  • use tabbed trajectory page - to display the channels - Using the SSTab Control

(3) -- File system

• Set up system analogous to previous multiple install
  • set up 16 folders to hold the profiles/logfiles
  • Logfile format would be better if changed to include all ganged channels on a per time basis

(4) -- Profile Editor

• will need to know where in the file system to place profiles - which channel ?

Software Modification Architecture and Design

• Data Freight train model
  • Individual timer control loops should load data onto its individual box car

• Control Timer should load the entire data train into the controller
  • Must lock out changes for the duration of the data write to controller
    • disable all individual loop timer interrupts
    • wait 200 ms
    • write to controller

FootNotes

• Using the SSTab Control

Future Developments

• logfile viewing tool
• process value graphing
• Ganged all in one profile sheet editing / display? - too much time. Can not do first cut.