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Step 7Using the Controller Manually
OK - Now that you have the controller built, and the software installed, just turn it on.
The default program will run. It just cycles through all of the outputs, alternately turning them on and off. It does this once per second.
Plug the board into your computer, make sure that your computer is on the 192.168.1 network, and assuming that you didn't change the sketch to supply a new address, connect your web browser to http://192.168.1.2. I use firefox - I have not tested it with Opera, Chrome, or IE yet.
The screen shown as the first screen in this step will appear.
First things first, there is a timer running in the controller all of the time - every second, it refreshes the relay to whatever the program has. to use the relay board in manual mode, you will have to turn off the timer - just click on the Timer Off link - and it will stop. The fact that the timer is stopped will be written to the EEPROM, so when the board is turned on next, the timer will be off. You will need to explicitly turn on the timer again to get the board to run automatically.
Next, you can toggle the state of the relays, simply by clicking on the corresponding toggle command. Operation is instantaneous, so the output will change as soon as you select it!
Have a play with the options, until you are comfortable with how it works.
The default program will run. It just cycles through all of the outputs, alternately turning them on and off. It does this once per second.
Plug the board into your computer, make sure that your computer is on the 192.168.1 network, and assuming that you didn't change the sketch to supply a new address, connect your web browser to http://192.168.1.2. I use firefox - I have not tested it with Opera, Chrome, or IE yet.
The screen shown as the first screen in this step will appear.
First things first, there is a timer running in the controller all of the time - every second, it refreshes the relay to whatever the program has. to use the relay board in manual mode, you will have to turn off the timer - just click on the Timer Off link - and it will stop. The fact that the timer is stopped will be written to the EEPROM, so when the board is turned on next, the timer will be off. You will need to explicitly turn on the timer again to get the board to run automatically.
Next, you can toggle the state of the relays, simply by clicking on the corresponding toggle command. Operation is instantaneous, so the output will change as soon as you select it!
Have a play with the options, until you are comfortable with how it works.
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