JEM MARTIN Hydra, Руководство пользователя

Страница: 25 / 36

General operation 25
The simplest way to generate smoke is to execute the run menu’s on and off commands from the control
panel or, if you have the Jem Remote Control, to press the Fog button. This fires all heads at the level
determined by the fog level setting.
The density and hang time of the resulting smoke will depend on firing time, fog level, fluid weight, room
size, and ventilation. For thicker smoke, increase the fog level setting, and/or increase firing time. For thinner
smoke, use a lower fog level setting and/or decrease firing time.
For unattended smoke generation, execute the timer command from the run menu of the control panel or
the remote control. In timer mode, heads fire with the timing determined by the time-on and time-off settings,
at the level determined by the fog level setting. Several minutes of manual operation will give you a feel for
the time and level settings to use to achieve the desired effect.
To execute sequential chases from the control panel or remote control, refer to “
ALt
(alternate menu)
setting” on page 21.
If operating the Hydra from a DMX controller, refer to “DMX control” on page 23.
The maximum fluid consumption of each head is approximately 3.2 l/hr. With a full, 16-head system, a 50
liters of fluid provides approximately 60 minutes of firing time at full output. In practice, very few venues can
accept this much fog, so 2 tanks of fluid will last much longer.
The approximate firing time provided by 50 liters of fluid is indicated in the table below.
G e n e r a t i n g s m o k e
F l u i d c o n s u m p t i o n
Heads
Approximate firing time
provided by 50 l (minutes)
16 60
15 64
14 68
13 74
12 80
11 86
10 96
9 106
8 118
7 136
6 158
5 190
4 236
3 316
2 472
1 944