What position is the flow control valve in from closed. How many ¼ turns open
Ade Smith. ACS Evo Leva v2. Kafatek Flat max 2, ssw 2024. Mazzer Philos, Craig Lyn HG-1 prime., WW key mk1.
I can’t seem to get rid of unpleasant harshness and dryness
One full turn and a quarter from closed 
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And can you confirm the knob is fitted correctly. I.e. confirm you have no flow when fully closed.
Ade Smith. ACS Evo Leva v2. Kafatek Flat max 2, ssw 2024. Mazzer Philos, Craig Lyn HG-1 prime., WW key mk1.
Yeah, I even did a test with scale how much water runs through,according to some German video on YouTube it should deliver around 210ml in 20s with full and quarter turn,mine does that. It also slows flow every quarter turn,confirmed with scale.
Looks like im not the only one,too bad OP quickly abandoned topic.
Adrianmsmith I tried to get into PID settings but the power off and two buttons is not working ,nothing is working. Left button only does not do anything, and the right one only factory settings.
Ah sorry, so they changed rhe programming
From memory it takes a few seconds holding the buttons after power on to enter settings mode, but on the older models.
Ade Smith. ACS Evo Leva v2. Kafatek Flat max 2, ssw 2024. Mazzer Philos, Craig Lyn HG-1 prime., WW key mk1.
Adrianmsmith Ah sorry, so they changed rhe programming
I’ve been trying to tell you… 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
MediumRoastSteam but now its confirmed!!!
Ade Smith. ACS Evo Leva v2. Kafatek Flat max 2, ssw 2024. Mazzer Philos, Craig Lyn HG-1 prime., WW key mk1.
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I don’t have the machine, but doing some googling… there seems to be advanced settings option and the PID values can be set there.
Interesting read here…. Similar issues to the OP:
The Drive and Synchronika II are sister machines (same as the Pro-700 and Synchronika). One Profitec, the other ECM. Both the same company, just different brands.
MediumRoastSteam i don’t know if you checked that link , guy literally talks about my experience.
MuddyOne I did 😊.
Are you able to find you P, I, D values in the advanced settings?
MediumRoastSteam nope, neither of combinations works 🤷🏻♂️
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MuddyOne - I mean… isn’t Advanced settings an opinion in the main menu? What do you have there?
https://support.clivecoffee.com/en/profitec-drive-espresso-machine-user-manual
It’s bit different I think from old 700 , you can enable advanced settings straight from menu, but that still gives you limited access, you can change temperature unit , off set, simple things that are oddly hidden behind disabled “advanced menu”
But wait , after holding both buttons and turning on, machine been taking me to basic menu with brew temperature, I was expecting advanced menu straight out, but after scrolling down I got it.
It’s
P1 2.5
I1. 0.02
D1. 8.0
B1. 12
PP1. 2.0
Steam
P2. 4
I2. 0.00
D2. 2.2
B2. 10
PP2. 2.0
There are also more advanced settings allowing changing temperatures for fast heating which currently is 130c and some first installation menu, I wasn’t touching anything there.
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Ok… some results then 👍😊
Please have a read of that Reddit thread I posted. There are two main takeaways: settings and flow rate. Read the whole thing and then see if anything could be applied to your scenario.
If you do change anything… just make a note of the change. You can’t break it. And everything is reversible. 👍
MediumRoastSteam I scrolled everything up and can’t find Reddit link can you post this again?;)
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Ade Smith. ACS Evo Leva v2. Kafatek Flat max 2, ssw 2024. Mazzer Philos, Craig Lyn HG-1 prime., WW key mk1.
Adrianmsmith oh that was a link I thought a screenshot from conversations, forgive me :))
Damn scace devices are 500£+
I did changes to d1 from 8 to 11 and pp1 from 2.0 to 2.5 lets see what happens.
My first impression after one shot is that probably made temperature a little bit higher, at 93 degrees the steam sound is just louder , and it affected flow rate which is now bit slower , the shot that previously took 28 sec now took 33 I noticed slower flow from the first moments , but I’ll keep trying.