
Pixie service manual
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3 Ready mode
• After heat up and self
test mode was ok
• After brewing or
volume brewing
coffee
• After reset mode
• After leaving
descaling mode
Keeps thermoblock
temperature at 90 °C
e.g. switching off
machine
4a Brewing mode
4b Volume brewing
mode (program-
ming cup size)
• Press and release
coffee button "large
cup" or "small cup"
(brewing mode)
• Press and hold
coffee button "large
cup" or "small cup"
for more than 3 s
(programming mode)
• Press and release
coffee button "large
cup" or "small cup"
when machine was
in brewing mode or
automatic exit given
by the flow meter
• Release coffee
button "large cup" or
"small cup" when
machine is in
programming mode
• Switch off machine
5 Descaling mode
• Switch on machine,
wait until ready
• Press and hold both
coffee buttons for at
least 3 sec
• Regulates tempera-
ture to 55 °C (after
pump was started)
• Stops and starts
pump with any coffee
button, no volume
brewing in descaling
mode
• Press and hold both
coffee buttons for
1 sec
Note: When machine is
switched off during any
descaling mode, then it
goes to descaling
mode ready state after
next switch on.
6 Emptying mode
(evaporing)
1)
Switch off machine
2)
Press and hold
coffee button
"small cup"
3)
Switch on machine
1)
Starts pump
2)
Stops pump after
10 sec
3)
Heats up thermo-
block to 105 °C
(100% power)
4)
Switches off ther-
moblock
5)
Switches off
machine
6)
Blocks machine for
10 min
Switch off machine
7 Resetting mode
1)
Switch off machine
2)
Press and hold
coffee button
"large cup"
3)
Switch on machine
• Resets programmed
large and small
coffee volumes to
factory setting
• Indicates the reset-
ting mode for 3 sec
Proceeds with self test
mode automatically
8 Auto switch off mode
(factory setting of 9 min
can be changed to
30 min - see page 20)
Automatically after a
certain period of non-
use
• Switch off machine
after 9 min resp.
30 min if no coffee is
brewed or 9 min
resp. 30 min after
last brewed coffee
9 Failure mode
Automatically by fol-
lowing failures:
a) NTC short circuit
b) NTC not connected
c) Heat up too slow
Machine indicates fail-
ure with blinking coffee
buttons as long as the
failure is present
When failure is fixed
Machine mode
Enter mode
Actions
Exit mode
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