Adrianmsmith it’s black and yellow 250g
I’m in the uk, Lincoln.
I’m not sure about the price especially that added postage costs may not be worth the hassle, I’m thinking if I can use them.
How much are they going second hand?
I can’t seem to get rid of unpleasant harshness and dryness
MediumRoastSteam I hear you and understand everything you said , but one thing- that setting off set is there to be adjusted by customers, it can be set by us from -10 to +10 and it’s not a hidden setting available only to manufacturers, it must be so for some reason?
You could jot down and publish all your settings to see if any are obviously wrong.
They will be close to but not identical to these for the synchronika i would imagine. See bottom. I do not have the exact settings for the go.
To enter the advanced PID settings mode on the PID :
Turn your machine off
Hold down BOTH the left and right button on the PID at the same time
While both PID buttons are pressed down, turn the machine on and wait for “F.01” to appear
From here, you are in advanced PID settings mode. You can change your machine to function in Celsius or Fahrenheit, switch between 15 and 20 amp power modes (on applicable machines), change boiler temperature offset, and adjust boiler temperature.
To change a setting, press the left button on the PID until the setting you wish to change is showing. Press the right button on the PID to view that setting’s current value, and while the current value is shown press the right and left buttons to adjust it up and down. To exit advanced PID settings mode and save your settings, simply turn the machine off and back on again.
Its not recommend, changing of the P, I, D, or b settings on any of the machines. Changing those 4 settings will change the way the machines reheat and maintain temperature.
The settings that we recommend changing if you are looking for something a little different are:
The setting for which temperature scale you would like to use, commonly shown in the PID settings as F.01. - C (celsius), and F (Fahrenheit)
The setting to change your machine for running in 15 amp or 20 amp mode (on applicable machines). This setting is commonly shown as F.02
The setting to change the temperature of the coffee boiler, commonly shown in the PID settings as T1.
The setting to change the temperature of the steam boiler, commonly shown in the PID settings as T2.
NOTE: We do not recommend changing P, I, D or b settings. These change the algorithms for reheating and maintaining boiler temperature.
Synchronika for reference
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Adrianmsmith thanks , but like I said I’m not digging any further . I don’t know what I’m doing, I’m not 100% sure if these settings should be same as synchronika, “ close enough” is just not good enough for the money I paid for this machine. Not to mention that digging into these settings, if my trial and error is wrong by any chance and then they find out on their end I’ve been there they can point this out to me. Absolutely no reason to do that considering machine is under warranty. I’ll let them handle this until I’m satisfied.
Was just suggesting jotting down your current settings not changing any. Theres no flag set for" last time advanced menu was accessed!!"
1 you would know if its for some reason garbage settings
2 when it comes back you can see what is then set, if its been changed.
Ade Smith. ACS Evo Leva v2. Kafatek Flat max 2, ssw 2024. Mazzer Philos, Craig Lyn HG-1 prime., WW key mk1.
Adrianmsmith To enter the advanced PID settings mode on the PID :
He has a new version. It MIGHT not be the same as the old ones, I don’t know.
No idea I’ve never had to play with the offset on any machine I’ve owned.
Was just a suggestion seen as you were getting flash boiling.
Have you fitted a new board or is it still stock
I presume you can just do a factory reset,
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Cuprajake Have you fitted a new board or is it still stock
He fitted a new board recently - which might be the culprit.
Oh I thought the new board was after my suggestion?
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Cuprajake Oh I thought the new board was after my suggestion?
He had a new board fitted a few weeks ago according to what I read. It might’ve been the board was misconfigured. We got our wires crossed, sorry.
MediumRoastSteam I pulled a shot with new beans, 25s
They were roasted n 30.12 crema tells they are really fresh. I vacuum sealed in three bags rest of the bag, I need better way to transfer them from one bag to another.
But the shot was pulled at 92 degrees, tomorrow morning I will pull another, same grind setting but 94 degrees. What do you think?
MuddyOne - Maybe it’s my perception, but it feels, to me, the shot speeds up significantly halfway through. Maybe it’s not the beans, maybe it’s something else. The fact that you struggle to go past 30s feels strange to me. I really don’t know. Maybe someone with a machine similar to yours could post their video (E61, rotary pump).
Is there a way to do the vids private on YouTube they are really small on my phone
Can I ask dose, grind size, basket and what the gauge on the group says
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MuddyOne What do you think?
Think you need a lever machine 🤓😋🤔🫣
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MediumRoastSteam I will go half step lower then, temperature will thay same. 92
How did it taste don’t bother with looks. Even time
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MediumRoastSteam this shot took nearly 30s I don’t know if it’s me but does it start too slow?
Daft question but how are you posting these videos in this format.
Its already been stated that youtube hosting is betterer!! …… And id tend to agree!! 🤓
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Adrianmsmith streamable lets you upload quickly video, I didn’t realise someone had issue here, I know Jake mentioned that the videos look small but I thought that he missed full size button on video?
Look this is a screenshot, played from video straight from comment I posted above it’s full size and good quality , you guys view these videos in smaller format?
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its easier on pc, on mobile you have to hit the dots to enlarge, pressure reduces as the puck degrades so normal,
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That’s the YouTube video if that helps viewing
That advice you gave earlier about taping porta filter, a blank basket is going to work just as fine?
I should be able to borrow accurate device with wires from my work on Monday to measure temperature.
No
I didnt tape all the holes 🤓
Will be no flow at all
It Will tell you the temperature of that blind basket full!!
Ade Smith. ACS Evo Leva v2. Kafatek Flat max 2, ssw 2024. Mazzer Philos, Craig Lyn HG-1 prime., WW key mk1.
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.
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.