Why set up Preferences in Roasting Intelligence? 

The Preferences in Roasting Intelligence allow you to customize how the software works for your roasting process. Adjusting these settings ensures that the interface and data match your workflow, equipment, and personal roasting style. 

Fine-tuning your Preferences helps you:

• Maintain consistency.
• Improve the readability of your data.
• Adapt the software to your exact setup.
• Save time and reduce mistakes during production.

By following the steps below, you can navigate to the Preferences:

1. Log in to Roasting Intelligence. 
2. Click theGear icon on the bottom left side of the screen. 
3. The Preferences window consists of the following tabs:
   • System 
   • Roasting
   • Machine

The System tab

General

1. Language: Revise your preferred language by clicking on the dropdown.
   When the System default option is set, Roasting Intelligence takes the language settings from the online platform C-sar account settings.
2. Productivity and help hints: Selecting the Reset productivity hints option will allow you to view the initial usage hints again.

Units

Revise your preferred Weight, Temperature, Pressure, and Roast value units.
You have the option to save two distinct roast values - Roast Value 1 for whole beans and Roast Value 2 for ground beans - allowing you to customize your roasting experience for different bean types.

The Roasting tab

Within the Roasting tab, you will find various sections that cover key features and settings related to the roasting process.

Interface

• Between Batch Protocol:  Enabling this checkbox will allow you to activate measurement curves, and the Between Batch Timer will be shown once a roast is completed and before starting a new roast.
• Additional roast timers and phases
  
  • Modulation
  • Development
  • None
• Confirm end of roast: Enabling this checkbox will allow you to choose whether or not to require a second click to confirm the stopping of the roast.
• Machine controls: You have the flexibility to choose the placement of the Slider buttons.
  • Top
  • Bottom
• Measurement readouts: Enabling this checkbox will optimize the layout by reducing the amount of space used for measurement displays.
  

  

Rate of Rise (RoR)

• Rate of Rise (RoR) settings:
  • Recommended
    We suggest using the Recommended (standard) RoR curve setting.
  • Sensitive
  • Noise smoothing
• Time expression: You can choose your preferred unit of measurement for temperature increments by clicking on the dropdown.
  

  

Smart features 

• Smart Predictions
  • Bean curve prediction: When checked, RI predicts the bean temperature and RoR two minutes into the future. 
  • First crack prediction: When checked, RI will predict when the first crack will most likely happen.
  • Flick prediction: When checked, RI prompts a modal on the roasting chart to alert you about the flick's possibility during the roast.
• Smart replay: Use it to reproduce Profiles recorded with slider controls.
• Smart alerts
• Smart roast completed: This feature resets the slider controls to their initial settings for a profile automatically after the roast cycle, following a designated delay.
• Smart detection: The beginning and end of a roast are automatically activated by a notable temperature decrease that occurs when loading or unloading the drum with coffee beans. 
  

  

Charts and comments 

Chart axes

• X-axis: The X-axis shows the length of the roast chart in terms of roast duration in minutes. 
  By clicking the Time field, you can adjust the time. 
• Y-axis: The Y-axis shows the temperature scale. 
  By clicking the Minimum and Maximum fields, you can adjust the minimum and maximum temperatures. 
  The same applies to the Rate of Rise (RoR); by clicking the Minimum and Maximum fields, you can adjust the minimum and maximum values of RoR.
• Reset chart axes: Resetting the chart axes also resets their time and temperature scales. 

Events and comments 

• Mark or hide by:
  • Bean temperature
  • Time
• Events:
  • Auto-mark development events: When checked, Roasting Intelligence marks color change, First crack, and Second crack based on your Profile's Bean temperature.
• Comments
  • Hide past reference comments: When enabled, Roasting Intelligence will hide the past reference comments, except Turning point, First/Second crack, and color change. The option cleans the chart as the roast progresses. 
  • Show gas curve comments when there are no more than: You can choose the number of gas curve comments displayed, allowing you to maintain a clear and organized curve without unnecessary clutter.
    The feature that displays the gas curve as comments is available exclusively for roasting machines that can automatically track gas measurements using Roasting Intelligence.
• Comments to show and to be added (by Reference and current roast): In this section, you can choose which comments you wish to display on the Sidebar and/or the Chart lines.

Customize roast labels

• QR-Code
  • Top
  • Bottom
  • None
• Template
  • Detailed (up to 12 slots): Ideal for A5 paper size.
  • Card (up to 5 slots): Ideal for business card size.
• Base font size: This defines the size of the labels. The size of the section's content is defined in proportion to the base font size. 
• Instructions: Drag and drop items from the left side onto the template to configure your label for printing.
  Empty sections will be ignored and not use any space on the label.
• Reset to default: This will revert all customization to the standard settings provided by the system. It can be useful if you want to start fresh or undo any changes you have made.
• Print preview: This will allow you to see how your labels will look with options for QR-Code placement (top, bottom, or none), template selection (detailed for up to 12 slots or card for up to 5 slots), and adjusting the base font size. 

The Machine tab

Configuration

• Machine: To select your roast machine, click on the dropdown and choose your specific machine from the list.
  To ensure your roast machine appears on the list, you need to add it via the online platform C-sar before accessing Roasting Intelligence.
• Connector setup: 
  • To add and set up new connectors, click the  + Add connector button.
    You need to choose the appropriate connector that matches the configuration of your roast machine.
  • To add more connector settings, click theGear icon. 
  • To delete the connector, click the Delete icon. 
    

    

Measurements 

To ensure all measurements appear on this tab, you need to make sure you have added all the relevant controls and measurements to your roast machine before accessing Roasting Intelligence. 

To activate the measurements, simply click the green toggle button.
Switch on the measurements you would like to enable and select the respective connector from the dropdown. 
You can also customize their size, settings, and rearrange them according to your preferred order by clicking on the Drag and drop icon.

You can enhance your measurements by adjusting the graph settings:

• Color: Choose your preferred color for each measurement.
• Curve: When checked, there will be a curve shown in the chart for the respective measurement.
• Value: When checked, the current temperature of the measurement shows up on the right-hand side of the chart.
• (Temperature) Offset: If the temperature in Roasting Intelligence and your roast machine slightly differ, enter the difference as an offset. A deviation of a few degrees is common, especially when the signal is spliced.

Slider Controls

To ensure all controls appear on this tab, you need to make sure you have added all the relevant controls and measurements to your roast machine before accessing Roasting Intelligence. 

To enable or disable the controls, simply click the green toggle button.
Switch on the controls you would like to enable and select the respective connector from the dropdown. 
You can also customize their size, settings, and rearrange them according to your preferred order by clicking on the Drag and drop icon.

Switch controls

To ensure all controls appear on this tab, you need to make sure you have added all the relevant controls and measurements to your roast machine before accessing Roasting Intelligence. 

To enable or disable the controls, simply click the green toggle button.
Switch on the controls you would like to enable and select the respective connector from the dropdown. 
You can also customize their size, settings, and rearrange them according to your preferred order by clicking on the Drag and drop icon.

Tips and Recommendations

• Click Save only once all setup steps are done: Saving too early may cause incomplete settings.
• Set it up once, roast smoothly later: Take time to configure your preferences before production to avoid distractions mid-roast.
• Match your roast machine: Double-check the roast machine setup. 
• Use alerts wisely: Set only the alerts you need to stay focused without being overwhelmed.
• Review regularly: Revisit preferences when changing workflows or updating Roasting Intelligence. 
• Find the latest changes under Help > What's new and/or check the Release Notes in Roasting Intelligence.

Congratulations! You learned how to set your Roasting Intelligence Preferences.

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

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