9
hours, waiting you to pick the food. If you set C-3=0 and t-3=0, when meat internal
temperature reaches 160 °F, the controller will shut off the heater, flashing END on both
windows, and turn on the beeping alarm to notify you that cooking is finished.
Table 1. Initial program setting
Step #
Temp (F)
Step #
F or T
Step #
value
C-1
120
E-1
t
t-1
2.0
C-2
190
E-2
F
F-2
160
C-3
130
E-3
t
t-3
30.0
C-4
0
E-4
t
t-4
0.0
C-5
0
E-5
t
t-5
0.0
C-6
0
E-6
t
t-6
0.0
The smoker generator power is controlled by parameter R1 and R2 that can be
accessed by code 166 (see section 7). The generator can be turned on for two steps. R1
is for the first step. R2 is for the second step. e.g. To turn on the smoker generator at step
1 and 3, set R1=1 and R2=3. If you only want to use one step, set either R1 or R2 to 0,
and set the other one to the step you want to turn on the smoker generator. The initial
setting for the controller is to turn on the generator at step 1 only.
4. Check the current step and display the time
To check which step the program is at during cooking, press the
“+”
Key (8) once. The
left window will show the current step in the form of P0X on. e.g. It will display P03 if the
controller is at step 3. The display will return to the temperature display automatically
after 8 seconds. To check how long the controller has been running since powered up,
press the
Time
key (9) once. The
Timer status indicator
will light. The right window will
show the actual time passed since the controller was last powered up. Please note that
this is the total time, not the time that has passed in the current step. Press Time key
again will switch the display to the internal temperature.
5. Tuning the controller
This controller contains two sets of system parameters that can be changed for different
applications. This controller is shipped with the system parameters set for the Bradley
Smoker. The user should not change these parameters if you want to control a Bradley
Smoker. Otherwise, if you feel that performance is not ideal, you can try to manually tune
the system or run the auto-tune again. For detailed information on how to tune the
controller, please read the section 7 and 8 of the main manual.
