Platform Pilot · Mac
Pilot is a free native Mac app that connects the roaster, draws the curve live, and will hold a PID-capable machine to a profile when you want it to.
Download on the Mac App Store (opens in a new tab)Compatibility
Kaleido, Aillio, Loring, Diedrich, Mill City and twenty-five more over Modbus and Siemens S7, or any thermocouple through a Phidget. It is free. Download it, connect, and watch your curve before you roast a bean — or open Demo mode and look around with nothing plugged in.
A full batch
Not a mock-up. A real batch on a real machine, with live control the whole way.
Pilot puts the machine's signal, the profile you are working to, and the record it leaves behind on the same screen, beside the drum rather than after the fact.
Temperature and rate of rise share a single timeline, with first crack and drop marked where they actually happened.
One roast, eleven minutes · two plots, one shared time axis
| Minute | Bean temp °C | Rate of rise °C/min |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | 200 | – |
| 0.5 | 132 | – |
| 1 | 98 | – |
| 1.5 | 92 | – |
| 2 | 99 | 26 |
| 3 | 119 | 22 |
| 4 | 139 | 19 |
| 5 | 155 | 16 |
| 6 | 169 | 14 |
| 7 | 181 | 12 |
| 8 | 191 | 10 |
| 8.5 | 196 | 8.5 |
| 9 | 200 | 7.5 |
| 10 | 206 | 6 |
| 10.5 | 210 | 5 |
Development time ratio across consecutive batches, with the run's own control limits drawn so drift is visible before it becomes a habit.
Twenty consecutive batches, with two-sigma control limits
Outside control limits: #10, #19
| Batch | Ratio | Status |
|---|---|---|
| #1 | 0.221 | In control |
| #2 | 0.218 | In control |
| #3 | 0.224 | In control |
| #4 | 0.219 | In control |
| #5 | 0.226 | In control |
| #6 | 0.222 | In control |
| #7 | 0.217 | In control |
| #8 | 0.229 | In control |
| #9 | 0.223 | In control |
| #10 | 0.251 | Out of control |
| #11 | 0.225 | In control |
| #12 | 0.220 | In control |
| #13 | 0.228 | In control |
| #14 | 0.224 | In control |
| #15 | 0.219 | In control |
| #16 | 0.231 | In control |
| #17 | 0.226 | In control |
| #18 | 0.222 | In control |
| #19 | 0.195 | Out of control |
| #20 | 0.224 | In control |
Charge and drop weights are recorded with the roast, so weight loss across the whole run has a shape rather than an average.
Count of batches by shrinkage band · n = 234
| Shrinkage band | Batches | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 12–13% | 8 | 3.4% |
| 13–14% | 24 | 10.3% |
| 14–15% | 58 | 24.8% |
| 15–16% | 71 | 30.3% |
| 16–17% | 42 | 17.9% |
| 17–18% | 22 | 9.4% |
| 18–19% | 9 | 3.8% |
Choose a supported roaster, controller, or probe, retain its capacity and connection method, and pin the machine Pilot should open with.
Download Pilot (opens in a new tab)Read the roast as it happens without splitting attention between separate charts and controls. Signal loss and probe faults are called out plainly.
Download Pilot (opens in a new tab)Put a known-good roast beside the one unfolding and work to it by hand, or hand the curve over and let Pilot hold the machine on it. Auto roast drives a PID-capable roaster to the target, cuts the heat if a probe stops reporting, and picks the roast back up if the connection drops.
Download Pilot (opens in a new tab)Review the actual and intended curves together with milestones, phase balance, recorded events, weights, and the batch history around them.
Download Pilot (opens in a new tab)After the roast
Pilot stands alone at the roaster and always will. Sign in, and the same record starts running the rest of the roastery.
Every roast exports as Artisan CSV or .alog, a RoastConsole CSV, or an image of the curve. No account, no lock-in, nothing held back.
The batch draws down its green lot, carries its weights and curve, and shows up where the rest of the operation can see it. Nothing re-entered.
Open orders and stock decide what gets roasted. The roast list you walk up to the machine with came from the same record the roast goes back into.
No. Pilot is free and complete on its own: it connects the roaster, records the roast, and exports it. Cloud is for when the same record needs to run planning, orders, and stock for the whole roastery.
Download Pilot free for Mac. Add Cloud when the same record needs to serve the wider operation.
Every option below says what happens after you click it.
RoastConsole is live.
Cloud comes with a 14-day trial and no credit card. Pilot is free for Mac. Start with whichever one matches where the work happens.