Schaerer Coffee Machine Message: Fill With Beans, Right Grinder
"Fill with beans (right grinder empty)" means the right bean hopper is empty. Refill it with beans and the drinks that use the right grinder can be made again.
Low: a refill prompt; the machine is otherwise working.
- Code
- Fill with beans (right grinder empty)
- Maker
- Schaerer
- Equipment
- Super-automatic coffee
- Applies to
- Schaerer Coffee Soul (10-inch and 12-inch display)
What does Schaerer Fill with beans mean?
This is a refill prompt on the Schaerer Coffee Soul, the same kind as the one for the center grinder but for the right-hand hopper. The table in chapter 14.4 says the right bean hopper is empty, names that as the only cause, and gives one action: refill beans. The Soul can carry more than one bean hopper, each with its own grinder, so the message names the side that has run dry. With no beans in that hopper the control cannot grind for the drinks assigned to it, and it asks the operator to fill it instead of letting the grinder run empty. The manual does not describe the empty detection, does not say how many beans must remain, and does not say whether drinks from the other hoppers stay available, so we leave those points out. If the right hopper is clearly full and the message stays, the cause is not one the table lists, and it moves from an operator task to a technician check of the beans' flow and the detection.
Affected models and control systems
Schaerer Coffee Soul with the 10-inch or 12-inch display. The message is listed in the Soul operating instructions, chapter 14.4, and the manual gives no board revision or model limit for it.
Code numbers and their meaning can change between control generations. We match the full model and control before acting on a code.
What you may notice
- The display shows "Fill with beans (right grinder empty)"
- Drinks that use the right grinder are unavailable
- The right bean hopper is empty or nearly so
Possible causes
Likely causes — what usually sits behind Fill with beans on this control. A technician confirms which one it is before any part is replaced.
- Right bean hopper is empty
- A different bean type sits in the right hopper and a bridge of oily beans blocks the outlet
- The hopper's empty detection is smeared with oil and reads empty
- The hopper was refilled but its lid or slide was not closed, so the machine holds the message
Safe checks before calling for service
- Open the right bean hopper and look inside.
- Add fresh beans without touching the grinder opening.
- Close the lid and slide fully.
- If the message stays with beans in the hopper, tap the hopper gently and note whether beans move down.
How a technician diagnoses Fill with beans
- Confirm the message and that it names the right grinder.
- Check the hopper for a bean bridge, a closed shutter or a jam.
- Inspect the empty detection for oil and position.
- Compare the detection signal for a full and an empty hopper.
- Replace the detection part only after it fails the test.
- A grinder is a powerful moving part; clearing it is an injury risk.
- Detection wiring sits inside the machine and needs a meter.
- Removing a jam from the grinder means disassembling it.
Technical reference
- Document
- SOUL Operating Instructions (Schaerer, Original en)
- Maker documentation
- Schaerer owner support
- Edition
- Version 04-2026 (Doc. No. Shown as '-')
- Models / control
- Schaerer Coffee Soul (10-inch and 12-inch display)
- Section
- 14 Troubleshooting - 14.4 Faults with display messages: 14.4.1 Fault tables pp. 223-226, 14.4.2 Error pp. 227-228, instruction messages p. 229 (PDF pages equal printed pages)
- Checked
- October 2026
We use the maker's document to read the code and do not reproduce it. Always confirm the complete model and control before applying these steps.
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Which hopper is this?
The right one, as the message says. The center hopper has its own separate message.
Is it enough to add a handful of beans?
The manual only says to refill beans. A reasonable amount keeps the message from returning soon.
Will it clear by itself?
No. It clears once beans are added.
Need help with Schaerer Fill with beans?
A technician confirms the cause on site and gives you the price in writing before any work starts.