Specifications

Requirements

• Ungrounded digital thermocouples type K, J, T, or E
• Cropster Connector (Phidget 1048)
• Splicing wire (ad-hoc)
  

  

Hardware installation

Splicing wire installation

1. Follow the probe cable from the tip of the probe to its end where the two wires lead into the roaster's control board or the backside of the temperature display.
2. Take out the temperature probe wires from where they are connected. Remember their position.
   Take a picture before you disconnect the wires, so you can look up their position.
   EURO standard K-type probes (in this example, wires go into a control board. Instead of a roast control board, you may have a temperature display on your machine. Temperature probe wires (and splicing wires) look different depending on the standard your machine uses.
   

   

3. Take the splicing wire as provided with your Cropster Connector.
4. Twirl the ends of the probe wires firmly together with the splicing wires by polarity. Connect the positive splicing wires to the corresponding positive probe wires, and similarly, attach the negative splicing wires to the negative probe wires.
   This example shows EURO standard K-type probes and wires.
   

   

5. Put the twirled wires back into the original position (the existing readout) of the temperature probe wires.

Cropster Connector installation

1. Find the free end of the splicing wire. 
2. Connect the two wires to any port of the Cropster Connector (e.g., 0/G, 1/G, 2/G, 3/G) with the provided screwdriver, as shown in the table below.
3. Connect the Cropster Connector via the provided USB cable and proceed with the Roasting Intelligence Setup.

EURO-standard	US-standard
K-type Green wire to number port (e.g. 0) White wire to corresponding G port	K-type Yellow wire to number port (e.g., 0) Red wire to corresponding G port
J-type Black wire to number port (e.g. 0) White wire to corresponding G port	J-type   White wire to number port (e.g., 0) Red wire to corresponding G port

Eventually, the connection will look similar to the graph below.

Installing the Roasting Intelligence (RI) software

1. Download RI.
2. Complete the installation process by following the steps provided.
3. Download the Phidget driver.
4. Click the green Login with the browser button
   

   

5. You will be directed to the C-sar browser. 
   

   

6. Enter your Username* and Password* and click the green Sign in with password button. 
   Use the same credentials that you use to access the online platform C-sar.

Establishing a connection to the machine

Before you begin configuring your roast machine, ensure that you have added it via the online platform C-sar. 

1. SelectPreferences > Machine > Configuration
2. To choose the Roast machine, click on the dropdown menu in the Machine section.
3. Click the + Add connector option to choose your connector from the dropdown list.
4. Select Temperature sensor (Ungrounded K/J/E/T-type thermocouples) from the dropdown. 
5. Click Select to add the connector. 
   

   

6. Navigate to the Machine > Measurements tab. All supported measurements will be displayed.
7. To activate the measurements, simply click the green toggle button.
8. Enable the desired measurements and choose Temperature sensor (Ungrounded K/J/E/T-type thermocouples) as the connector type.
9. Select the Channel.
   The channel refers to the ports on the Cropster Connector. If the probe wires are connected to port 1/G, select 1 under the channel. 
10. Select the Type of thermocouple.
11. (Optional) Click the toggle button to turn on (or off) the Rate of Rise (RoR) curve for your measurements.
12. (Optional) Change the order of the measurements by using theDrag and Drop icon and move it into position.
13. Click Save to finalize the changes. 

After saving the changes, RI will automatically restart. If the setup was successful, you will see the temperature values displayed on the right-hand side of the RI screen following the restart.

Troubleshooting

If RI indicates No source connected and/or you cannot see any measurements, please check the following: 

• Is the Cropster Connector connected to the computer? 
• Is the Phidgets driver installed?
• Mac only: has the Phidgets driver been enabled in the Mac's Security & Privacy settings?

Congratulations! You have successfully set up the Cropster Roasting Intelligence

Your opinion matters. If you have further questions, feedback, or concerns, please submit a support ticket directly from support.cropster.com.