Guides
Using Factory
Step-by-step tutorials for Roastnet Factory, the free desktop roast log: install it, add your coffees and stock, weigh in, log the roast, weigh out, print cards, cup and compare.
- Install Roastnet Factory and open it for the first timeFactory is a free desktop app that runs on the computer next to your roaster. Installation takes a couple of minutes on a Mac or Windows PC. On first launch, you choose whether to connect to Roastnet or work offline.6 min read
- Connect Factory to your Roastnet workspace, or run it offlineFactory works on its own, but pairing it with a Roastnet workspace brings the day's schedule to the screen next to the roaster, sends every roast to the cloud and keeps stock accurate across the team.7 min read
- Set up your roaster, hardware connection and team in FactoryThe schedule needs a machine and an operator, and the live curve needs a probe. Three panes in Preferences cover these: Machines, Team and Hardware.8 min read
- Add green coffee to Factory: the bean catalogue and receiving stockFactory keeps two lists that beginners often confuse: Green Beans is the catalogue of coffees you buy; Inventory is the bags you actually hold. Add the coffee first, then receive the bags against it, so every roast deducts from the right lot.7 min read
- Create a coffee profile in Factory and roast to itA coffee profile is a roast you want to repeat, saved with its curve, timings and targets. Factory builds one from a real batch in two clicks, then draws it as a ghost line in the cockpit so the next roast can follow it.6 min read
- Plan the roast day in the Factory ScheduleThe Schedule is the day's worklist: every batch you intend to roast, in order, with its weight, machine and operator. Build it from the green you hold. It then guides the weighing, roasting and weigh-out that follow.8 min read
- Weigh in: confirm the charge weight and start a batchAt weigh-in, Factory records the actual green weight for each batch, warns when it differs from the schedule, and uses that weight, rather than the planned weight, to calculate roast loss later.6 min read
- Log a live roast in Factory: the curve, rate of rise, gas, fan, drum and markersThe cockpit is one screen for the whole roast: live curves on the left, numbers and faders on the right, and four stage buttons along the bottom. This is where you log a batch from charge to drop.9 min read
- Weigh out: record the roasted weight and roast lossDrop is not the end of the batch. The roasted weight turns a logged roast into roasted stock and gives you the number that tells you whether this batch matched the last: roast loss.6 min read
- Print the job card, bucket labels and batch cards from FactoryA job card in the bucket is the cheapest traceability a roastery can buy. Factory prints one per batch, sized to your label stock, with a QR code that opens the batch in Roastnet. After the roast, it prints a batch card for the roasted beans.6 min read
- Record a cupping in Factory and score the roastA roast curve tells you what you did. A cupping tells you whether it worked. Factory attaches a scored cupping to its batch, so the best-tasting roast of a coffee is recorded alongside its curve.6 min read
- Review roast history and compare curves in FactoryRoasts is the archive of every finished batch, with its recorded curve, events and weights. Open a roast to replay it, compare it with the profile and the last few batches on the same machine, and decide what to change next time.7 min read
- Buy green coffee from Factory, and list spare lots for saleBuy Green puts the live green coffee market on the screen next to the roaster. Browse listings from importers and other roasters, order a lot, and it arrives in your inventory and catalogue without double entry. The same screen lets you sell coffee you will not roast.6 min read
- Keep Factory and Roastnet in step: sync, offline work and backupsFactory writes everything to the device first, then sends it to Roastnet. That is why a dropped connection never costs a roast. This tutorial explains the queue behind the pending pill, the audit log and the backups pane that protects work that has not synced yet.7 min read
Run the roastery from one place
Green stock, roast plans, wholesale orders and the green coffee market in one platform, with a free roast-logging app for your machine.