Glass Studio Kiln Assistant and Alarm
for your Android Device 
Kiln Lackey is in Development and is expected to be available on the Android Market by June (2011) . Email me if you'd like to get in on the beta version, want notice of when it's released, or if you have features you'd like to see.
Glass and Ceramic Artists... Kiln Lackey brings these abilities your Android phone... (planned features)
- Store and modify any number of ceramic or glass kiln ramp/hold firing programs. Custom user-defined ramp/hold programs allows you to match whatever programming your brand of kiln controller has. Kiln Lackey currently comes with Skutt GlassMaster (with special support for "Glass Fire Mode") programs. Programs for other brands of kiln controller are easy to create.
- Calculates at what time of day the kiln will be at a certain temperature. Continuously shows what temperature the kiln(s) should be at.
- Multiple user-defined alarms allow you to know when the kiln should be at certain temperatures or segment so you won't forget to be there if needed.
- By comparing what Kiln Lackey indicates the temperature should be (based on the ramp/hold program that you programmed the kiln with) against what the kiln's controller indicates, it indicates that there might be an issue with your kiln's elements, thermocouple, or controller itself.
- Firing log that can be exported to Excel via standard .csv files.
- Multi-threaded design supports multiple kilns firing simultaneously. Each kiln has its own profile and you can import any programs from other kilns as you need.
- If needed, Lackey can be synchronized to the actual temperature of the kiln. This would be used after doing a flash cool, but can also be used to "train" Lackey to understand a kiln's typical cool-down rate so kiln opening time can be approximated. Training may not be perfectly accurate due to variations in ambient room temperature and air flow around the kiln.
Future features(?)
- User recordable "alarm" tones so you could hear a reminder, something like "Time to flash cool" (or is this silly? Let me know :)