La Marzocco Diagnostics & Fault Manuals
La Marzocco dual-boiler commercial and luxury prosumer machines, saturated brew groups, rotary vane pumps, and PID steam temperature sensors.
Equipment Models
Hardware families produced by La Marzocco
Indexed Error Codes for La Marzocco
Machine-verified error code diagnostic walkthroughs
Flowmeter Pulse Detection Fault
On the La Marzocco Linea Micra, a rapid flashing red status LED during brew activation indicates that the Gicar control board is commanding the brew valve and pump ON, but zero pulses are registered by the Gicar volumetric flowmeter within the 5-second timeout window. This safety interlock halts dosing to protect the saturated group boiler and elements from dry firing or running dead-headed against a downstream hydraulic blockage or stalled flowmeter impeller.
Coffee Boiler NTC Open Circuit
The main electronic control board detected an open circuit (resistance reading above threshold / infinite resistance) on the coffee boiler NTC temperature probe circuit. The firmware trips safety interlock AL2, cuts coffee boiler SSR gating, and signals a rapid red flashing status LED to prevent thermal runaway.
Boiler NTC Temperature Alarm
Continuous rapid red flashing indicates a critical thermal loop interrupt triggered by the logic board, indicating an open-circuit, shorted, or out-of-range NTC temperature probe on the coffee or steam boiler.