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The Output indicator will stay on solid right after powered up. This mean the
controller is heating up the kettle at maximum speed. Once the temperature is
getting close to the set point, the output indicator will start to flash at slower rate
or take a pause. It indicates the controller is trying to modulating the power to
hold the temperature stable.
5.2.2 Step program settings and key functions:
Press and hold the knob to enter the step program
setting mode. Select “ProG”
and press set to enter the menu. The parameter is listed in the sequence of C1,
t1, C2, t2… until t6. C1, C2…C6 is
the temperature set point for each step. t1,
t2
… t6 is
the time duration for each step (See section 6.2). The time unit is in
hh:mm. You can also set time to
“
hold
”
, or
“
stop
”
by keep turning the knob
counterclockwise, until the display reading is below the zero.
If you set time to hold, the controller will hold the temperature at the set
temperature at the corresponding step. Once the program is on hold, you need
to manually resume the program by pressing the Key A momentarily. Please
note that the hold function will need a step to accomplish. In other word, if you
program one step for hold in the process, the total number of programmable
temperature steps will be reduced from 6 to 5.
D
ifference between “
HOLD
” and “
STOP
”:
“HOLD” will maintain your target at previous set temperature in mashing mode,
and pause your timer counting in boiling mode (if timer is enabled). For example,
assuming the set temperature is
150F before “HOLD” action, after “HOLD”, the
controller will maintain at 150F as well. After you pause your timer in boiling
mode, you can also adjust the power output percentage. To resume, you can
press Key A momentarily.
“STOP” will stop the whole pro
gram and disable the output. There will be no
output then, no matter what status is before “STOP” action. To resume, you can
press Key A momentarily to resume the program/timer.
Difference between “END” and “STOP”:
There are two ways to program the finish of
the mashing process: “
STOP
” and
“
END
”. You can “
STOP
” the program at your set step,
and heating is stopped at
same step
; you can “
END
” the program when controller has finished all steps,
and you can set the controller stop heating (like “
STOP
”),
or continue heating,
once the program is
“end”.
To “
STOP
” the program, you need to set the time duration of target step as
“
STOP
”, and you don’t need to change
other unused steps.
Once “
STOP
”, you
can only restart the program from the first step (press Key A), and you cannot
go to the next step after that “
STOP
”
step.
To “
END
” the program, you need to
set all the time duration of unused steps to zero. The controller will skip these
unused
steps and “
END
”
the program directly. When program is ended, user can
set the controller stop heating or continue heating (parameter EO in step
mashing mode, bEO in boiling mode). If you want to run another step mashing
program, you need to 1) simply reboot the controller, or 2)
change “
END
” status
to “
STOP
” status
by the knob at first, then push Key A to restart: Push down the
knob momentarily and change “rst” to “y”, then push down the knob again to
confirm.
Key A and B are used under step mashing mode. Key A can be used to start the
program, or resume the held program. Key B can be used to hold or stop the
program manually. Press Key B momentarily, the program will be on hold; Press
and hold Key B for 5 seconds,
bottom display will flash “
STOP
”, and
the program
will stop.
Tip
: You can even hold the timer (by pressing key B momentarily) before the
timer of first step is started (when the temp. difference between reading and set
temp. is larger than tsp value, note 3 in page 5). Then when temp. difference is
less than tsp value, timer will be started and held at same time. You will hear the
beeping notification. This tip can create one “HOLD” step before step 1 in
mashing mode.
5.2.3 Relay settings
User can program the build-in relays to be synchronized with mashing
temperature steps. User can selectively turn on (or off) the relay(s) at specific
steps. These relays can also be programmed to be synchronized with the
internal beeper so that external buzzer can be used for notification at the
beginning and end of each step. (see section 6.4.2, note 12)
5.2.4 Adjusting parameter value
Two ways to adjust set temperature:
1). To adjust the set temperature in current step temporarily (it will not affect the
pre-saved parameter values in PROG menu), you can just rotate the knob. Once
the value of the setting is changed, a small dot on the right bottom corner will be
flashing. It tells you that this setting has been changed but not confirmed yet.
After you adjust the temperature to the desired number,
press down the knob
to confirm this change
. After confirmation, the dot will be turned off. If you
forgot to press down the knob, the display will return back to original set
temperature after 2 seconds. The set point will remain unchanged. This
mechanism is for preventing temperature set point change by accident.
2). To adjust the set temperature perm
anently, you need to enter “PROG” menu
and adjust settings there accordingly. (see section 6.2)
5.3 Boiling Operation
5.3.1 Introduction
When first powered up, make sure the controller is in the boiling mode: the
mashing mode indicator on the upper left corner is off and bottom display has a
“P” on the
left. If not, change the control mode to boiling mode as discussed in
section 5.1 above. If you were using the controller in the boiling mode when
powered off last time, the controller will start in in boiling mode.
The top LED displays the current temperature reading from the sensor. If
temperature sensor is not connected, it will show “orAL". The controller wi
ll not
turn on the heater if the sensor is not connected. If timer is running, the top
display will flash current reading temperature and the total remaining time of
timer events alternately. The bottom LED displays the current boiling output in
percentage of the power, and it may also flash current step status alternately,
including “run”, “hold” and “stop”. For example, if you use a 5500 Watts heater,
“P50” mean the heater is running at 50% of power, or 2750 Watts (5500 x 50%
= 2750). The symbol “P” on th
e left is for making sure that the display does not
get confused with temperature setting of the mashing mode. You can rotate the
knob to adjust the output value. The new setting will take effect automatically.
There is no need to push the knob to confirm as the temperature setting
change in the mashing mode. For the first time use, while the controller is still
in the acceleration phase, you should set the boiling output to a value below
60%. Once the controller finished the acceleration, it will switch to this power
level automatically. After getting familiar with your system, you can set to a
higher value that produce a rolling boil without boiling over.
Note, when adjusting the boiling output setting while the controller is still in the
acceleration phase, the new setting will be shown on the bottom display.
However, it will not take effect until the acceleration phase is finished
(temperature rises above the acceleration phase). If you want to manually control
the power output during the entire boiling process, set
bAST
to zero (see section
6.3, note 7 for details).
5.3.2 Event timer
Multi-event timer is added to the boil mode (similar to Auber
, multi-
event timer for beer brewing). This timer function will beep and pause for the
duration programmed by the user. It lets the user know whether it is the time to
add a specific ingredient. The programming of the timer follows the style of
traditional beer recipe. If three ingredients need to be added at separate time
during the boil process, it is considered as 3 events. Since most recipe tells you
how long each ingredient needs to add (or how long from the end of process),
instead of the time since the start of the boil process, the time value is also
entered as in the recipe. The controller will convert the cook time of each
ingredient to the time since the start of the boil. For timer details, please check
section 6.3, note 8.
