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OPERATION, INSTALLATION AND MAINTENANCE MANUAL Kobalto Espresso English DOC. NO. H 285U 00 EDITION 1 2007- 01...
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DICHIARAZIONE DI CONFORMITA’ DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY DÉCLARATION DE CONFORMITÉ KONFORMITÄTSERKLÄRUNG DECLARACIÓN DE CONFORMIDAD DECLARAÇÃO DE CONFORMIDADE VERKLARING VAN OVEREENSTEMMING INTYG OM ÖVERENSSTÄMMELSE OVERENSSTEMMELSESERKLÆRING YHDENMUKAISUUSTODISTUS Valbrembo, 01/04/2005 Dichiara che la macchina descritta nella targhetta di identificazione, è conforme alle disposizioni legislative delle direttive: 98/37/CE, 89/336, 73/23 CEE e successive modifiche ed integrazioni.
English TABLE OF CONTENTS PROGRAMMING NOTES PAGE 22 INTRODUCTION PAGE 2 POWER ON PAGE 22 IDENTIFICATION OF THE MACHINE PAGE 2 IN CASE OF FAILURE PAGE 2 OPER1ATION STATES PAGE 22 TRANSPORT AND STORAGE PAGE 2 NORMAL OPERATION MODE PAGE 22 POSITIONING OF THE VENDING MACHINE PAGE 3 NAVIGATION MODE...
IN CASE OF FAILURE INTRODUCTION In most cases, any technical problem can be solved by carrying out minor operations. As a consequence, we suggest carefully reading this manual before contacting The technical documentation supplied is an integral the manufacturer. part of the equipment and it must therefore accom- In case of failures or malfunctions that can not be pany the equipment whenever it is either moved or solved, please apply to:...
POSITIONING THE VENDING MACHINE WARNING FOR SCRAPPING The machine is of a professional type and it must be installed in places where the access for operation and The symbol shows that the machine can not be maintenance is reserved to qualified personnel. If installed for public use, it must be supervised by disposed of as common waste, but it must be disposed qualified personnel.
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ELECTRIC CONNECTION CONTROLS - water presence Type of connection - coffee presence Rating (*) - operating temperature reached Three-phase+neutral Single-phase (recommended) - solid waste tray available - dispensing compartment back available Supply voltage 400 V ~ 230 V ~ SAFETY DEVICES - door switch Supply frequency 50 Hz...
ELECTRIC ENERGY CONSUMPTION To change the combination: - open the machine door to avoid having to force the The electric energy consumption of the machine will rotation; depend upon many factors such as the temperature and ventilation of the room where the machine is installed, - slightly lubricate by using a spray inside the lock;...
Dispensing compartment Chapter 1 If you remove the dispensing compartment back, a FILLING AND CLEANING double switch will signal to the control electronics of the machine that the compartment is lacking and it will also power off power circuits. The heating elements will MAINS SWITCHES remain on.
CONTROLS AND INFORMATION LOADING BEANED COFFEE The machine shall work at a room temperature between Open the container cover by using the corresponding 2 and 32 °C. key. Fill in the container by making sure that the shutter The plates including the menu and the instructions are is completely open (see fig.
SERVICE FUNCTIONS CLEANING THE WASTE TRAYS If enabled in the programming menu, some operations The waste trays can be easily extracted even if the door is closed (see fig. 8) to enable the user to empty and can be directly carried out when the door is closed by entering a password (5 keys pressed in sequence) after clean them quickly.
DISASSEMBLING AND CLEANING THE To disassemble the parts, act as follows: MIXERS - remove (see fig. 10) the powder funnels, the water funnels, the collection boxes, the powder deposit The mixers and the conduits intended to dispense drawers and the whipper motor wheels from the soluble drinks shall be carefully sanitised at the time of mixers;...
- to disassemble the wheels, just use a finger to lock the SWITCH FOR SERVICE INTERRUPTION disk mounted on the whipper motor shaft (see fig. 11), If you open the door by means of the corresponding then rotate the wheel to unscrew it. key, a switch will power off the equipment, thus enabling the user to access the area accommodating the product containers and the parts that shall be cleaned.
Top panel Chapter 2 If you open the top panel of the machine, a switch will INSTALLATION power off to allow the user to provide for filling on safe conditions. Installation and any subsequent maintenance operation Dispensing compartment must be carried out when the machine is live and, If you remove the dispensing compartment back, a therefore, by the personnel skilled and trained on the double switch will signal to the control electronics of the...
CONNECTION WITH THE WATER NET- WATER DISCHARGE WORK Where possible, it is recommended to connect the liquid waste tray with a bucket or better with a fixed drain by The vending machine shall be connected with the using the drain union supplied with the machine (also drinkable water network in compliance with the rules in available as a kit) force in the country where the equipment is installed.
ELECTRICAL CONNECTION The cable shall be connected with the terminal board arranged below the back of the machine. In doing this, The machine is arranged for electrical operation at a please observe the position of the phases specified by 230 V~ voltage and it is protected by 15 A fuses on the diagrams.
When you power on the machine for the first time, you PLATE INSERTION are required to specify the type of power supply you The plates with the menu and the instructions are have selected. supplied with the machine and they shall be inserted at If you should select a three-phase supply (recom- the time of the installation, according to the layout and mended) or a 32A single-phase supply, boilers work at...
POWER ON INITIALISATION Before powering on the machine, make sure that all The machine is supplied after the settings and the components and covers are properly positioned. arrangement of the most widespread components If the machine is powered on for the first time or after (layout) have been defined.
FILLING THE WATER CIRCUIT - the steam boiler is filled; air will escape from the vacuum valve. As soon as the minimum level is Before powering on the machine, make sure that the reached, the steam boiler will start heating and the water network is properly connected and that the cock is vacuum valve will close, thus pressurising the boiler.
INSTANT DISPENSING CYCLE OPERATION According to the type of product you may wish to dispense, the dispensing cycles of the various selec- FUNCTION BUTTONS tions are conceived to achieve the best result in terms of performance and drink quality. Powder is dispensed The function buttons are arranged on the external intermittently for chocolate-based selections and it is keyboard.
DISPENSING FRESH MILK FOR WHITE DISPENSING STEAM COFFEE The machine can be equipped with a cock intended to dispense steam, in alternative to the device intended to The machine can be equipped with a device intended to dispense fresh milk (milker) dispense fresh milk automatically (milker) in alternative Open the cock (see fig.
The pump is started. As a result of the water pressure, VARIABLE-CHAMBER COFFEE UNIT the upper piston (5) will move down just as required to close the brewing chamber and to compress ground coffee slightly. You can avoid compressing coffee COFFEE DISPENSING CYCLE mechanically on the selections using high coffee doses.
DECAFFEINATED DISPENSING CYCLE STANDARD SETUPS When the machine is supplied, the ground coffee flap is The vending machine is supplied set up as follows: locked. - coffee temperature (on the nozzle) about 70-80°; As required by the location, you may decide to unlock - soluble temperature (on the nozzle) about 70-80°;...
GRINDING DEGREE REGULATION COFFEE DOSE REGULATION If it is necessary to change the grinding degree, act on A sensor is arranged on the grinder to count the rota- tions of the grinding wheels. the corresponding coffee-grinder knob (see fig. 24) and more precisely: This will enable the software intended to control the machine to establish the number of turns and, therefore,...
You can programme the machine to display the number Programming of dispensing cycles you have performed for some notes seconds. A check is performed on espresso boilers. The electronics intended to control the machine will BOILER CHECK enable the operator to use many functions or not. The machine programme is intended to describe all available functions, including those that are not used due to the specific configuration of the model (layout).
If the control system should find out a failure, an error FILLER MENU message will appear and specify the type of problem: Press the programming button on the coin mechanism compartment once to set the machine to the "filler SELECTION NOT AVAILABLE menu"...
STATISTICS MANAGEMENT OF CHANGE TUBES All the data relative to the sales and the operation of the Access the function "Manage tubes" to load or empty machine are stored in total and relative counters that the change tubes manually. can be reset without losing total data. If you confirm loading, “Credit : ——”...
TEST DISPENSING GSM PREALARMS Every single button (or combination of keys according to The control software can send an "ending product" the models) will operate the relative selection for com- signal via GSM modem when a well-defined (program- plete or partial test dispensing (water, powder, water, mable) number of pieces or grams of powder of a given only and without accessories) (see the selection dose product is lacking.
Instant boiler TECHNICIAN MENU The machine stops if the instant boiler has not reached the temperature after having heated for 20 minutes The main functions required to manage the machine since you powered on the machine or last made a operation as well as possible are briefly explained here selection.
Fresh brew piston 1 Steam pressure switch It is due to a positioning error of the unit (piston opening The machine will dispense no milk-based selection if no time > 8 seconds). The machine is not locked, but the pressure is signalled in the steam boiler. selections based on fresh product are disabled.
If you choose one of the systems, you can manage its PROGRAMMING PARAMETERS functions. Executive CASH The following payment systems are arranged for the Executive system: This group of functions is intended to manage all the - Standard parameters relative to the payment systems and sales prices.
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FUNCTIONS SHARED BY ALL SYSTEMS Dripping time It is intended to define the interval of time between the Immediate change end of the dispensing cycle and the sound signal: The amount relative to a selection is generally cashed Step water after the machine has sent the "Successful selection"signal.
VENDING MACHINE PARAMETERS Energy saving Function used to power off the heating of boilers and/or This group of functions is intended to control all the the lights for external lighting in order to save electric parameters relative to the machine operation. energy whenever the machine is not used.
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DISPLAY MISCELLANEOUS This group of functions is intended to control all the This menu is gathering some less-frequently-used functions relative to the parameters of the machine. parameters relative to the display. TECH> TECH> TECH> TECH> SET PARAMETERS MISCELLANEOUS SET PARAMETERS DISPLAY Fresh brew unit data Language...
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Key lock password Waste counter reset password You can set up the password that shall be typed in Use this function to set up the password necessary to normal use (when the door is closed) to activate/ reset the selection counters for the "Empty the waste deactivate the keyboard lock.
STATISTICS Print Connect an RS232 serial printer having 9600 baud rate, The operation data of the machine are stored in general 8 data bits, no parity, 1 stop bit with the serial port on and relative counters that can be reset without losing the button board in order to print all the statistics de- total data.
Autotest Initialisation Function used to check the operation of the main After having displayed the "Initialisation" function, you components of the machine half-automatically. can initialise the machine by restoring all default data. Press the key " " to display the "AUTOTEST" message This function shall be used in case of a memory data flashing on and off.
EVADTS CODES UP KEY Two codes are used to identify the machine and recog- nise the data transfer terminal according to the EVADTS SETUP MANAGEMENT (European Vending Association Data Transfer System) communication protocol: Up key -> Vending Machine PASS CODE Confirm this function after having inserted the Up key It is a 4-digit alphanumeric code (0-9;...
THRESHOLD SETUP Function used to define the number of pieces or grams of powder of a given product after which an "ending The control software can signal via GSM modem that product" prealarm message is sent via modem . the machine is faulty or send a "prealarm" or "ending product"...
Chapter 3 MAINTENANCE Important!! The machine is accessed at the back and on both sides in case of extraordinary maintenance and/or repair. As a consequence, it shall be possible to rotate the machine around itself in order to disassemble the back and the side panels.
WASHING THE MILKER - "Detergent cycle" Confirm by pressing the " " key. The machine will The washing cycle shall be performed at least at the dispense the quantity of detergent solution that is end of every single working day and/or according to the enough to wash the relative water circuit.
DISASSEMBLING AND CLEANING MIXERS - powder deposit drawers, the mixer and the conduit intended to dispense soluble drinks; The mixers and the conduits intended to dispense - remove (see fig. 29) the powder funnels, the water soluble drinks shall be carefully sanitised at the time of funnels, the collection boxes, the powder deposit the installation of the machine and at least once a week drawers and the whipper motor wheels from the...
- to disassemble the wheels, just use a finger (see fig. SANITISING 30) to lock the disk mounted on the whipper motor -all the components in contact with food, including shaft, then turn the wheels to unscrew them; tubes, shall be removed from the machine and disas- sembled completely;...
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- clean all the parts by using a hot water solution and CLEANING THE STEAM SUCTION CHANNEL sanitising products and let them dry carefully; To have access to the steam suction channel, remove the right panel of the machine by unscrewing the fasten- - reassemble everything by acting in the reverse order.
SOFTWARE UPDATE BOARD FUNCTION AND SIGNAL LIGHTS The machine is equipped with Flash EPROM's that can be electrically rewritten. Use a proper program and system (personal Computer, CONFIGURATION OF ELECTRONIC Up Keys or alike) to rewrite the machine management BOARDS software without replacing the EPROM's.
ACTUATION BOARD - the green LED (2) is flashing on and off during the normal operation of the board; This board (see fig. 36) is intended to activate the 230 - the yellow LED (6) is signalling that 5 Vdc is applied; V~ users through relays.
BUTTON BOARD C.P.U. BOARD These boards support the selection buttons and the The C.P.U. (Central Process Unit) board can manage corresponding leds (see fig. 38). all the users arranged for the maximum configuration as Button boards are connected with the C.P.U. board. well as the signals coming from the keyboard and the payment system.
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Fig. 39 1 - J14 MDB and BDV coin mechanism supply 2 - J15 board supply (24Vac) 3 - Run green LED (DL2) 4 - 5 Vdc yellow LED (DL1) 5 - To the button boards and leds 6 - To the button boards, leds, stroke counters 7 - CPU reset red LED (DL3) 8 - J3 input/output and led and button boards 9 - J4 not used...
Programming Menu Summary The machine can work in 3 different operation states: - Normal operation mode; - Filler menu; - Technician menu. To be able to access the programming menu, press the programming button on the inner side of the door: 1 - Programming button Now, the machine is set to the Filler Menu mode.
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The Manufacturer reserves the right to modify the features of the equipment described in this publication without giving any prior notice. Moreover, it disclaims all responsibility for any inaccuracy contained in this publication that can be ascribed to printing and/or transcription errors. All instructions, drawings, tables and information in general contained in this publication are confidential and can be neither entirely nor partially reproduced or transmitted to third parties without the written consent of the Manufacturer who has the sole ownership.
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