3.7 Half facemask
3.8 Heat suit
The half facemask is used to capture respiration information from the user as well as
to overlay the sounds of breathing through a standard positive pressure SCBA. Simply
connect the facemask to the connector on the right-hand shoulder strap of the SCBA
and adjust the straps on the face prior to putting on the VR headset. Metrics are
reset on each scenario launch and can be viewed in the ‘Monitor’ tab on the iPad user
interface.
Heat suits are supplied pre-paired to SCBA sets. Heat suits are worn over a t-shirt
or similar and are designed to be worn underneath the firefighter’s standard personal
protective clothing.
To turn on the heat suit, simply connect the supplied power cable to the magnetic
connector on the top of the SCBA cylinder. The suit will automatically power on and
connect to the SCBA. In the software on the iPad, ‘Heat On’ must be selected for the
suit to generate heat.
The suit will automatically regulate heat zones - proportional to the position and
orientation of the firefighter to the fire in the virtual scenario. Not all scenarios
generate the signals required for the heat suit to operate. Contact FLAIM Systems for
a list of heated scenarios or to add functionality.
The batteries in the nozzle (2 x AAA) should
last a month or more of continuous use. Please
remove the tracking puck when not in use and
store separately as this will optimise battery life.
These two batteries are the only user replaceable
batteries in the FLAIM Trainer and should be
recycled appropriately.
The tracking puck also contains an internal battery.
This is charged by plugging a USB cable into the
charging port on the base of the puck. See the
charging section of this manual.
Figure 16:
When installed, the puck should
look like this
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