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I can relate to your experience. I followed a recommendation to set the differential at 9°F, which I believe equates to 5°C (4°F was the default). My target mash temperature was 152°F, but it topped out at 159.8°F before dropping. From my experience so far, the higher the offset the more...

Yes, the alerts are working now. The step does not have to end, unless that is what you asked it to do. For the first step, I set it to move to the next step only after pressed a button on the controller. There is no way to export an .xml or other file for a profile, so listed below is the...

I was able to get this working with a couple of different triggers with the newest firmware.I attached a couple of screenshots below. The first is a temperature trigger and the second is a step end trigger (mash at 170*F for 10 minutes). You have either the Android or Apple app installed...

I did this out of the box after hearing about the challenges some were having with pump blockages. It seems to work well. I like being able to empty all the water out at the end of a brew day simply by opening the valve and tipping the unit sideways a little versus having to flip it upside down...

Several people have experienced great challenges trying to calibrate the temperature on their Gen 4 and unfortunately, I have as well. I followed the Kegland video beginning to end several times – ice water for Calibration point 1 and boiling water for Calibration point 2 (factoring in the...

DO NOT follow the instructions above for getting into the bootloader on the Brewzilla, as they are not correct (at least with the latest firmware loaded). If you do try this, you will only succeed in resetting the controller (including the calibration settings). The above steps do work on the...

Here is a video where you can see the setting and hear the relays (forgive the background noise). For resetting the firmware, do I release all four buttons as the screen first turns blue, keep them depressed until I see the splash screen or something else?

Could you give a bit more detail about how to get into the firmware reset screen? I tried to do this, but was only successful in unintentionally resetting the controller. I tried up+down+back+enter and various other combinations, but could not figure it out.

Unfortunately, this is not how it is working with the latest firmware. With the Relay cycle time set to 5 seconds, PID disabled, and heat set to 100%, a relay cycles every 5 seconds. With PID enabled (P: 0.68 I: 0.001 D: 0 Hysteresis 0.1°F), this setting is fighting with the algorithm when...

@KegLand or anyone else...Can you explain the purpose/logic behind the relay cycle time setting? The lowest value it can be set for is 5 seconds. Even with the heat set at 100%, the heating elements are on for 5 seconds and then off for 5 seconds. On the Gen 3s, when the heating elements were on...

I went the adapter route. Y off the dryer outlet (so I don't have to keep disconnecting the dryer) then extension cord to a final adapter for the 6-30 plug. Pros: For me it was way easier than all the work required to add another 30 amp circuit to my already full panel box. Also, I can dolly my...

First full batch brew on the Gen 4 65. If you are experienced on the Gen 3 35, I wanted to add to the knowledge base with somethings I learned. 1. Manually update the firmware when you are doing your first cleaning. The update check interval is unknown, but others have reported the controller...

While this did not work on my dead controller, this is very good information to release to users and have posed on this site. Regarding this unit making heat with the dead controller unplugged, I took some voltage readings before boxing it up to return. A few things that stood out when...

I cannot PM you, but I was able to poke around on the portal and find it: b4-8a-0a-82-68-a8 For anyone else trying to find their MAC address in the portal, click on the pencil in a square icon on the Dashboard page.

@KegLand - What firmware version did you test on? You have previously mentioned that there are frequent firmware updates, but the unit Morebeer just received from China and shipped to me was on a version dated July 21, 2022. And it did not grab an update once connected to the portal. Is there...