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TO BE USED WITH FRACINO USER MANUAL AND INSTALLATION MANUAL V1.1...
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DISPLAY AND KEYPAD OVERVIEW Display Normal Operation 1. Group 1 Temperature 2. Group 2 Temperature FRACINO ROMANO 3. Group 3 Temperature BOILER 4. Steam Boiler Temperature HH:MM 5. Time 6. Day 7. Steam boiler water level indicator 8. Scrolling menu bar...
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DISPLAY AND KEYPAD OVERVIEW Keypad Group 2 K1GR2 K2GR2 K3GR2 K4GR2 K5GR2 K6GR2 PRIMARY FUNCTION SECONDARY FUNCTION Scroll up when in program menu K1GR2 Single Espresso K2GR2 Single Cappuccino Scroll down when in program menu Select/enter when in program menu K3GR2 Double Espresso Double Cappuccino...
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2. After a second or two the boiler will begin to fill, this is indicated on the boiler water level indicator on the display, the water level can also be observed on the sight glass on the left hand side of the machine, it may take several minutes for the boiler to fill. FRACINO PID 09:00 MONDAY NOTE: The machine may time out during the filling, this will be indicated by a buzzer and a “!”...
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2 seconds, to enter the secondary programing mode, the display will show “clock adjust”, as shown below FRACINO PID BOILER clock adjust 2. Press the double espresso button to edit the time, the time and day should appear...
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1. Press the double espresso button the hour should be flashing, use the espresso (+) and Cappuccino (-) button to change to the require time, press the double espresso button to scroll to the minute and adjust as required. FRACINO PID BOILER Auto ON/OFF...
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PROGRAMMING COFFEE MEASURES Programming Coffee Measures 1. The coffee measures are programmed from the left hand keypad, when complete the settings are stored on all groups. If required each group can be programmed individually by using the same proceedure using the corresponding group and keypad. 2.
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PROGRAMING COFFEE MEASURES 4. Press the single espresso button to start the brewing cycle, when the required volume (approx. 30mL for a single espresso) has been dispensed press the single espresso button to stop the brewing cycle. 5. Repeat the process to program the other buttons, using a single or double filter as required, the programming must be done with in 30sec of each other, otherwise it will timeout, if this happens press and hold the star button for 5 seconds as before and continue from where you left off.
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PROGRAMING HOT WATER MEASURES Programming Hot Water Measures 1. The duration of the hot water dispensing can be adjusted using the left hand key pad 2. Place a cup, teapot or measuring jug on the drip tray grid under the hot water nozzle WARNING: Do not hold the cup, teapot or measuring jug, the water from the hot water nozzle is extremely hot which presents a risk of scalding.
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PROGRAMING HOT WATER MEASURES 4. Press the Hot water button, Hot water will be dispensed from the nozzle WARNING: Do not hold the cup, teapot or measuring jug, the water from the hot water nozzle is extremely hot which presents a risk of scalding. 5.
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“clock adjust”, as shown below, pressing the star button will scroll through the menus, pressing the double espresso will allow you to enter the menu and adjust if available. FRACINO PID BOILER clock adjust 2.
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SECONDARY PROGRAMMING MENU OVERVIEW 5.Litres, allows the user to see the volume of water that has passed through the machine. FRACINO PID BOILER litres 6. Coffees total, allows the user to see the total number of coffees dispensed. FRACINO PID...
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HSE PSSR Act of 2002 to have the boiler inspected and tested annually, contact Fracino or authorised service agent for further information or to have your boiler tested, a Written Scheme of Examination is available in the supplied installation manual.
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BOILER If the spanner symbol appears with the “Change Water Filter” in the Scroll menu the water filter needs to be replaced, contact Fracino or your local service agent to have the filter replaced. To change the volume of water that can pass through the machine before the water filter alarm comes on, see 36 in the “Technical”...
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BOILER If the spanner symbol appears with the “Service” in the Scroll menu the machine requires a routine service, contact Fracino or a local service agent to have the machine serviced. To change the number of cycles required before the service alarm soundes, see section 25 in the Technical section.
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1. When dispensing coffee the group temperature readout will show a shot timer, shown in seconds, and dispensing symbol. FRACINO PID The shot timer can be used as a guide to the coarseness of the grind and tamping pressure, ideally a double shot (60mL) should take between 20-30seconds.
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TECHNICAL MENU Entering Technical Menu WARNING: Modifing the settings in the Technical Menu can may cause temperature instability in the groups and/or cause the machine to function incorrectly, settings must only be modified by trained persons. Service callouts to reset/reprogram settings maybe fully charge-able.
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TECHNICAL MENU 3. When in the Technical Menu the following secondary button functions are used. “+” and “-” used to change settings “SELECT” used to save setting and move to the next menu option “ENTER” used to select a value SELECT ENTER NOTE: The values shown in this chapter are the recommended values that should be...
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NAME FRACINO PID 9. SERVICE PHONE: Gives the phone number of Fracino or Fracino Service Agent, use + and - to change numbers and Enter to select number, Press Select to cycle to next menu.
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TECHNICAL MENU 11. CONTINUOUS KEY: Allows the Star button to operate as a semi-automatic overide, i.e. when the star button is pressed dispensing will start and will continue until it is pressed again. Continuous Enabled 12. FIFTH TEA KEY: Allows the Star button to be used to turn the hot water valve on and off, this MUST be kept “Disabled”...
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TECHNICAL MENU 15. STEAM BOILER GROUP: Selects which keypad controls the FAST Steam wand. for a 2 group machine “2” should be selected, for a 3 group “3” should be selected, “0” will disable the system. Steam boiler group 16. PRE-BREW: Enables or Disables the Pre-brew system. The Pre-brew will close the USER group solenoid after a pre-determined amount of time then stay closed for a pre- determined amount of time before commencing with the main programmed measure.
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TECHNICAL MENU 19. PROBE SENSITIVITY: Selects the sensitivity of the level probes use the + and - buttons to select between “LOW”, “MED” and “HIGH” ProbeSensitivity HIGH 20. LED IDLE: When Enabled the buttons will not be illuminated until selected, when USER disabled all the buttons will be illuminated until selected, when selected the selected button will flash.
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HSE PSSR Act of 2002 to have the boiler inspected and tested annually, contact Fracino or authorised service agent for further information or to have your boiler tested, a Written Scheme of Examination is available in the supplied installation manual.
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TECHNICAL MENU 28. STEAM BOILER PID PARAMETERS: These settings are redundant on the Fracino Romano PID. 29. STEAM BOILER PID SETTING: This setting is redundent on the Romano PID. PID settings 30. HEATING GROUP: This is to allow the same temperature to be set on all groups, for example setting to 1 on a 2 group machine will only allow one group temperature to be set.
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33. GROUP BOILER PID SETTINGS: Changes the kP, kI and KD parameters on the PID system WARNING: These settings have been optimised for the Fracino PID, changing the values, from the values below may cause temperature instability in the groups 34.
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TECHNICAL MENU 35. FILLING TIME OUT: Sets the time, in minutes, before the time out allarm will sound USER when the steam boiler is filling, the time out can be set between 10-250 seconds. FillingUp T-Out 36. WATER FILTER: Sets the volume of water in Litres before the water filter needs USER replaced, the volume can be set between 0 and 5000 Litres.
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CAUSE: The temperature in the steam boiler has reached 140 C, and the heating element has been deactivated. To get to this temperature there is likely to be a fault with the Pressure switch and high limit thermostat. SOLUTION: Contact Fracino or local service agent.
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SOLUTION: Ensure all connections on the temperature probe wire are correctly connected and the probe is correctly connecting to the control box, if the fault still remains contact Fracino or local service agent. Flow Meter Alarm FRACINO ROMANO BOILER “x”...
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CAUSE: The temperature in group “X” has risen above 140 C, possibly caused by a fault in the group temperature probe and/or a fault with the group high limit thermostat. SOLUTION: Contact Fracino or a local service agent. Temperature Probe on...
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1. Wipe the outer case of the machine with a soft damp cloth (do not use a scouring pad). Use a shower plate brush to dislodge dried coffee particles in the group and around the filter holder washer to prevent build up of coffee. Brushes can be obtained from Fracino, part no. FC54.
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The display will show the cleaning symbol, when this disappears the cleaning cycle is complete and the filter can be removed. FRACINO ROMANO 3. Repeat the above in each group...
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1. Every day the backwashing process must be repeated using Fracino liquid quartz detergent to reduce the build up of coffee in the groups and solenoid valves. Fracino liquid quartz can be purchased through your dealer or from fracino direct, part no.
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2. To turn the a group off use the corresponding keypad, press the star button and cappuccino button simultaneously. The display will show “OFF” in the group temperature readout. FRACINO PID 09:00 MONDAY 2. The group can be turned on by pressing the star and double cappuccino single cappuccino button simultaneously, the “OFF”...
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TURNING OFF Turning off 1. The machine can be turned off by simply using the black rocker switch on the front panel. Turning off stand by 1. The machine can be put in to a stand-by mode which will cut power to the heating elements and disable the buttons.
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The coffee counter can be re-set if required by preforming the following proceedures Enter the secondary programming menu as described in section XXx, and cycle through to Coffee Total section FRACINO ROMANO BOILER Coffee Total Press and hold the double espresso and cappucino buttons and hold for...
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FULL FACTORY RE-SET WARNING: Performing the procedures below will re-set all settings to a default state, in order for the machine to function correctly after the full re-set, all settings will have to be re-entered which should only be performed by trained personel. Ensure the machine is turned off at the mains power switch press and hold the single espresso, double espresso and star button on the group 1 keypad then turn the power switch on whilst still holding the 3 keypad buttons, keep them...
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