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Thread Number: 3977
The Computer Controlled Super Unimatic Washes! |
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Post# 93794 11/13/2005 at 18:28 (6,745 days old) by unimatic1140  (Minneapolis) |
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Well I’ve Completed Phase I of the Super Unimatic and washed about 10 loads in it this weekend. It worked perfectly except for some software tweaking. Its great fun, made for some very clean clothes. I used two cycles of Heating, one for undershirts/wear, the other for white towels. Both worked great, I measured the incoming water from the tap at 138F, during the Four Minutes of Magic Spray the water temp dropped to 120F and by the end of the 20 Minute wash/soak/heat cycle the temperature was above 130F. I wash a load of dark towels using hot water and no heat and the water temperature dropped down to 101F by the end of the 20 minute wash/soak cycle. So the heater definitely helped to keep the water temperature up. Here is a link to the software I wrote to run the Super Unimatic. (You will get a security warning when you click on it because windows doesn’t recognize the program, but its safe to run.) It's going to be upgraded over time and I will add and adjust cycles, but it’s a good start. There are a few bugs left in it which I need to fix but you can get a good idea of how it works if you wish. just click on this link and select Run. Here are pictures from the first wash load. CLICK HERE TO GO TO unimatic1140's LINK | ||
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| Post# 93795 , Reply# 1 11/13/2005 at 18:34 (6,745 days old) by compwhiz128 () | ||
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Cool machine Robert! Looks awesome. You should record a video :D | ||
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Post# 93805 , Reply# 4 11/13/2005 at 19:20 (6,745 days old) by fnelson487 (Palm Springs, CA) |
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Fabulous Robert!! | ||
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Post# 93808 , Reply# 5 11/13/2005 at 19:26 (6,745 days old) by peteski50 (New York) |
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A Real Washing Machine! | ||
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Post# 93810 , Reply# 6 11/13/2005 at 19:27 (6,745 days old) by peteski50 (New York) |
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A Real Washing Machine! | ||
| Post# 93814 , Reply# 8 11/13/2005 at 19:41 (6,745 days old) by shanonabc () | ||
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WOW! I am impressed | ||
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Post# 93815 , Reply# 9 11/13/2005 at 19:42 (6,745 days old) by nurdlinger (Tucson AZ) |
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Run-time error 53: | ||
| Post# 93817 , Reply# 10 11/13/2005 at 20:08 (6,744 days old) by rickr (.) | ||
SUPER DUPER!!  | ||
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Post# 93818 , Reply# 11 11/13/2005 at 20:10 (6,744 days old) by gyrafoam (Wytheville, VA) |
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WOW, this is SOOOOOOO off the hook!!!!!! Would love to see what you do for the "Super Norge"! | ||
| Post# 93819 , Reply# 12 11/13/2005 at 20:14 (6,744 days old) by agiflow () | ||
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Robert you are amazing!! What a cool washer. Hope all goes well | ||
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Post# 93820 , Reply# 13 11/13/2005 at 20:23 (6,744 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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Thanks everyone. Ooooh sorry I forgot about needing the DLL for the circuit board to run the software. Here is a link to get a copy of the DLL. For those interested download and save this file to your hard drive and copy it into your WINDOWS/SYSTEM directory. inpout32.dll | ||
| Post# 93823 , Reply# 14 11/13/2005 at 20:39 (6,744 days old) by jasonl (Cookeville, TN) | ||
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inpout32.dll Don't pout about inpout Here it is without a doubt Open the zip file and pull it out Put it in windows/system32 and check it out CLICK HERE TO GO TO jasonl's LINK | ||
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Post# 93824 , Reply# 15 11/13/2005 at 20:40 (6,744 days old) by nurdlinger (Tucson AZ) |
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Thank you, Robert | ||
| Post# 93825 , Reply# 16 11/13/2005 at 20:45 (6,744 days old) by jasonl (Cookeville, TN) | ||
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oops Robert beat me to it DVD NOW! Please????? With whipped cream and a cherry on top? | ||
| Post# 93826 , Reply# 17 11/13/2005 at 20:46 (6,744 days old) by mayken4now (Panama City, Florida) | ||
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Post# 93830 , Reply# 18 11/13/2005 at 21:01 (6,744 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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"Is the field named "contacts" the decimal representation of the eight bit relay setting?" Yes nurdlinger that is correct. Here is how it works: 1 = Relay #1 Motor 2 = Relay #2 Spin Solenoid 4 = Relay #3 Heater 8 = Relay #4 Drain Pump 16 = Relay #5 Recirculation Pump 32 = Relay #6 Hot fill inside cabinet 64 = Relay #7 Cold Fill inside cabinet 128 = Relay #8 Cold Jet-Circle Spray Fill. So in writing the program if I want to the washer to spin I send the number 3 to the relay board. 1 + 2 = 3. 1 for the motor, 2 for the spin solenoid. If I want to spray rinse I send the number 131, 1+2+128. 1 for the motor, 2 for the solenoid, 128 to Jet Circle Cold Spray. Next week I will start to work on Phase 2. This is going to be sending information from the washer back to the computer. Right now I'm using timed fills, but I want to hook up pressure switches and monitor the amount of water filling into the washer. I also want to add an unbalance sensor to communicate with the computer in case the wash load gets out of balance. From what I have researched there are 8 pins on in the parallel port cord that are for inbound messages, just like the 8 outbound pins I‘m using now. In order to communicate back to the computer I have to send 4 to 5 volts DC from the washer across one or more of the inbound pins. When that DC voltage is recognized at the computer port, the inbound values change and the program can always be on the look out for changing values. It will be interesting to experiment with this. I have a spare small, milliamp 6.3 volt transformer and I will use a resistor to bring the voltage down between 4 and 5 volts and see how the inbound values change. | ||
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Post# 93842 , Reply# 19 11/13/2005 at 22:39 (6,744 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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| Post# 93845 , Reply# 20 11/13/2005 at 22:45 (6,744 days old) by scott55405 () | ||
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This is very fun Robert! | ||
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Post# 93848 , Reply# 21 11/13/2005 at 23:27 (6,744 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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IT'S AL-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-VE!!!!!!!! | ||
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Post# 93856 , Reply# 22 11/14/2005 at 03:08 (6,744 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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Drama!!! | ||
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Post# 93872 , Reply# 23 11/14/2005 at 07:56 (6,744 days old) by frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie) |
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What can I say but  | ||
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Post# 93880 , Reply# 24 11/14/2005 at 08:51 (6,744 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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What did you come up with for a spray/recirculation nozzle? After trying about 10 different types of nozzles, I decided to try the WO-65 water flume, it was so simple and right there all the time. I just re-installed the flume to face towards the right side of the wash tub and it works perfectly. The entire side wall of the spinning tub gets dowsed with the high concentration of detergent/water spray from right under the rim down to the very bottom of the tub. It's makes really cool sounds when it first starts as it takes about 2 or 3 seconds for the water to saturate the clothes and for it to start spinning back over the top of the tub. | ||
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Post# 93894 , Reply# 25 11/14/2005 at 12:15 (6,744 days old) by frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie) |
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A question, Uni.... | ||
| Post# 93900 , Reply# 26 11/14/2005 at 12:41 (6,744 days old) by gregm () | ||
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speechless that is amaaaaaaaaaaaaaazing .................. | ||
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Post# 93992 , Reply# 28 11/14/2005 at 20:32 (6,743 days old) by jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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Robert | ||
| Post# 94001 , Reply# 29 11/14/2005 at 20:45 (6,743 days old) by bostonwash () | ||
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(gasp!) | ||
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Post# 94034 , Reply# 30 11/14/2005 at 23:13 (6,743 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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Mathewhebailey0 I don't quite understand what you are trying to do with your Otis elevator, but since a few people have asked to see the VisualBasic6 code that I wrote for the Super Unimatic software, I posted it at this link. All the fun stuff, controlling the actual cycles, is at the very bottom. You might be able to adapt it for your Elevator project. but don't the electronics/wiring inside the cabinet get wet from all that water flying around? Is the wiring protected somehow? Eugene, early Frigidaire washer cabinets (as well as ABC, Apex, Kelvinator, Thor) had no outer tub. The cabinet served as the outer tub as there was a sealed shelf about 2/3 way down the cabinet to hold the water. All the electrical components are under this shelf or behind the machine. You can see this in this picture... 
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| Post# 94039 , Reply# 31 11/15/2005 at 00:19 (6,743 days old) by roto204 (Tucson, AZ) | ||
Speechless | ||
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Post# 94048 , Reply# 32 11/15/2005 at 06:34 (6,743 days old) by jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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All I dreamt about last nite was | ||
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Post# 94049 , Reply# 33 11/15/2005 at 06:36 (6,743 days old) by jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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I can't get side tracked | ||
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Post# 94095 , Reply# 34 11/15/2005 at 15:19 (6,743 days old) by pulsator (Saint Joseph, MI) |
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Post# 94120 , Reply# 36 11/15/2005 at 18:44 (6,743 days old) by pdub (Portland, Oregon) |
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| Post# 94122 , Reply# 37 11/15/2005 at 19:17 (6,743 days old) by jerseymike () | ||
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I'm speechless!!! Amazing, truly amazing. You sure are talented, Robert. Mike | ||
| Post# 94130 , Reply# 38 11/15/2005 at 19:52 (6,743 days old) by kennywhy (Tucson, Arizona) | ||
The King of Applianceville
Talented? The guy's a genius. You're incredible Robert. Thanks for all you've done with this web site as well. Also, Robert, thank you for your review of the CD recording of my Unimatic problem. I'll check out the fan, and retighten it when I get a chance within a few weeks. Hopefully that was all that was wrong. Ken | ||
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