more on Bluto 555 Processes

From the ECC wiki concerning state machines:

The BCS controller uses the concept of "State Machines" to program control sequences. State Machines are simply a way to abstract control rules into something that the controller can process. ... The BCS-460 allows up to eight active Processes, each process with up to eight States, and each state up to four Exit Conditions. Exit conditions can be triggered by a temperature reading, a timer value, a user input, or a discrete input (switch). Outputs can be asserted directly in a State (On/Off), by variable duty cycle, or they can be controlled Differentially or by PID control. Each state can assert any or all of outputs uniquely. In addition to allowing Processes control Outputs automatically, users are also able to control the Outputs manually via the web interface.

Here are the state machine processes to be used by the Bluto 555:

The HLT process (Process 0 below) is used to cycle through the main tasks of the HLT, namely fill, fill/heat, and heat.  The user can cycle through these states by either pressing the "Process Continue" button on the panel, or by using a web user input button (WIN) on the BCS interface.  The user can also jump to/from any state with the "Jump State" button in the BCS interface.

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The Kettle X process (Process 1 below) can be used for each kettle, 1-5. It allows the kettle to function in one of four modes, Mash, Sparge, Boil or Chill. This is the process that could be used for all Brewday Options (single barrel, double barrel, consecutive double barrel, extended).

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