Showven SPARKULAR II, User Manual

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3. Connect Power / DMX cable
a) Connect a power cable to the POWER IN socket of SPARKULAR
®
II. Connect the other end
of power cable to the power source. Make sure power supply in consistent with the rated
voltage of the equipment, and the socket must well grounded.
b) If connect machine in sequence, please connect a power link cable to the POWER OUT of
previous machine, connect the other end of the power link cable to POWER IN of the next
machine.
c) The SPARKULAR
®
II power supply cable maximum allowed cascade is 6 units (220V version) /
3pcs (110V version). Do not connect exceed units to a single electrical circuit.
d) Power ON all SPARKULAR
®
II.
e) Assign DMX address for each unit of SPARKULAR
®
II. If use SHOWVEN host controller or
FXcommander to control the machine please allocate a unique DMX address for each unit
of machine.
If use remote controller to control SPARKULAR
®
II wirelessly, please set machine to wireless
ON status and match machine with remote controller. For DMX cable control please execute
below operations (f to h).
f) Connect a DMX cable to the DMX IN socket of first unit of SPARKULAR
®
II, connect the
male connector end of DMX cable to your DMX controller (FXcommander, HOST
CONTROLLER, light console etc).
g) Connect a DMX cable to the DMX OUT of previous machine, and the other end of to the
DMX IN of next machine. Connect all devices in series in this way.
h) Suggest to plug in a DMX terminator into the DMX OUT in last unit of machine to improve
signal reliability. Signal amplifier is required for long distance (>200m) DMX signal
transmission.
4. Activate SPARKULAR
®
by swipe RFID card
a) Swipe an RFID card. Read the card as show below. SPARKULAR
®
II shows time remain if
read successfully. SPARKULAR
®
II report E4 when remaining time is less than 10 minutes.
b) Please note each RFID card come with 200g package HC8200 can increase single machine
20min working time, the maximum recharge time for SPARKULAR
®
II is 30min, when time
remain reached 30min, it can’t recharge anymore RFID card.
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5. Programming and Firing
a) Programming SPARKULAR
®
II, set the firing height, firing sequences etc.