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I used an Insteon I/O Link Controller wired into the keypad. This was working passably for quite a few years but now has become unreliable enough that I have turned it off. I'm looking for a more reliable solution using Insteon or Z-Wave.
Had anyone make progress on this?
Thanks.

I too have successfully automated the S1V2 by using an Insteon I/O Link Controller connected to pins 1 and 6, as outlined above. It took a bit of trial and error to get the timing right, but it now works very reliably.

Since Insteon supports a 2-way protocol, I would like to expand on this by being ...

Sounds normal to me. When you have the covers off sometime look where the boiler temperature probe is located. It's on the back end near where the cold water enters the boiler. In other words on the opposite end of the boiler from the group. This is no indication of the temperature at the group ...

Martin-

We just returned from a couple weeks away, and our VII has started showing exactly the behavior you described: 92,93,94 turn off while drawing a shot. We're pretty sure that it did not behave this way two weeks ago.

I don't think that Niko's explanations apply in our case -- I doubt that ...

<b>Temperature Sensor Supplier Change</b>
LaSpaziale recently changed suppliers of the temperature sensors. They found the new one to be more reliable and more sensitive.


I think the temperature sensor change is not recent. From what I've been told, all VII's shipped from Chris Coffee were ...

I have visited their coffee shop in Lenox and I can say that they are very serious about their espresso. They have a very good machine (I forget the brand) and Mazzer grinders. And every shot is pulled with a naked portafilter. Since visiting their shop, I have adopted this custom as well. It helps ...

I have started to notice that my temperature lights are acting differently than I remember. (Of course, my memory is not to be trusted, hence this post.) Here is what is happening:

Start pour:
94 led (and all below): on steady
During pour (approx mid way or later):
92, 93, 94 leds: off
91 ...

Okay, as someone who is not a home roaster I'll bite: what is a SC/CO?

I agree, a unified set of topics would be better.

Yeah, it's certainly a well built grinder, i just felt that for ~$700, a complex dosing & distribution approach like the WDT shouldn't be needed, YMMV.
Hmm, perhaps you are expecting too much from the grinder? I went with the doserless since I didn't want stale (> 1 hour) grinds in my pf. The mini ...

Martin,

Please go into detail about the modification.
I'd like to see/hear about it some more...

Thanks.

:) Well, I call it modified because I haven't (yet) devised a plastic cup that fits into the pf basket and has also has a slide out to release the grinds (like the slide at the bottom of ...

I have an S1 VII and a MiniE doserless. I use a modification of the WDT with excellent results. I think its a great grinder. Very easy to keep clean, nice and quiet and easy to change beans. I don't really use the auto dosing feature (other than as an auto shutoff) since I weigh the grinds.

My 2 ...