- added heater on/off modulation if heater is not capable of generating power minimum power

- set heaters minimum power to 500

brewpi.py

@@ -56,9 +56,11 @@ class HeaterTask(ATask):
 		self.interval = interval
 		self.msg_handler = msg_handler
 		msg_handler.set_recv_handler(self.recv)
+		self.power_soll = 0
+		self.pulse_counter = 0
 
 	def actor(self, y):
-		self.heater.setPower(max(0, 0 + self.heater.get_power_max() * y))
+		self.power_soll = max(0, 0 + self.heater.get_power_max() * y)
 
 	def on_changed_active(self, is_activated):
 		asyncio.create_task(self.send({'Activate': int(is_activated)}))
@@ -70,7 +72,7 @@ class HeaterTask(ATask):
 		print(data)
 		for pair in data.items():
 			if 'Power' in pair[0]:
-				self.heater.setPower(pair[1])
+				self.power_soll = pair[1]
 			if 'Activate' in pair[0]:
 				self.heater.activate(bool(pair[1]))
 
@@ -79,13 +81,36 @@ class HeaterTask(ATask):
 
 	async def on_process(self):
 		print("{}: Started with interval {} s".format(self.msg_handler.get_key(), self.interval))
-		await self.send({'Capabilities': {'Power': {'Min': self.heater.get_power_min(), 'Max': self.heater.get_power_max()}}})
+		await self.send({'Capabilities': {'Power': {'Min': 0, 'Max': self.heater.get_power_max()}}})
 
 		self.heater.set_on_changed('is_active', ChangedInteger(self.on_changed_active).set)
 		self.heater.set_on_changed('power_eff', ChangedInteger(self.on_changed_power).set)
 		self.heater.activate(False)
 
+		pulse_period_s = 1
+		pulse_period_count = pulse_period_s/self.interval
+
 		while True:
+			if self.power_soll < self.heater.get_power_min():
+				self.heater.setPower(self.heater.get_power_min())
+				self.heater.activate(False)
+			else:
+				self.heater.setPower(self.power_soll)
+				self.heater.activate(True)
+
+			on_count = pulse_period_count
+			if self.heater.get_power_min() > 0:
+				on_count = pulse_period_count*min(1, self.power_soll/self.heater.get_power_min())
+
+			self.pulse_counter += 1
+			if self.pulse_counter >= pulse_period_count:
+				self.pulse_counter = 0
+
+			if self.pulse_counter < on_count:
+				self.heater.activate(True)
+			else:
+				self.heater.activate(False)
+
 			self.heater.process()
 			await asyncio.sleep(self.interval)
 

components/actor/heater.py

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ class Heater(AHeater):
 		self.power_eff = 0
 
 	def get_power_min(self):
-		return 0
+		return 500
 
 	def get_power_max(self):
 		return 3500