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- Page 1 LAMINA NIXIE CLOCK OPERATION MANUAL...
- Page 2 Congratulations for your new Lamina Nixie Clock The Lamina Nixie Clock is not just a nixie clock! It is a handcrafted, wooden framed timepiece with several programmable light e ects. Make your unique clock more unique! The easy access setup menu...
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Page 3: Pay Attention
Before remove your new clock from its box please read the operation manual carefully and follow the instructions! To keep your Lamina Nixie Clock in perfect shape avoid any water or any other liquid interact with the clock. Fingerprints, water or any other liquid can leave dark stains on the... -
Page 4: How To Operate The Clock
How to operate the clock The clock has 3 buttons on its rear side to operate: SET - ALARM - ADJUST The principle of operation is based on how long you press and hold the buttons. In general... Press brie y a button while you hear 1 beep - you can step between parameters, change values with one step at the time. -
Page 5: Indicator Lights
Indicator lights Wi-Fi/GPS sync enabled/disabled Alarm ON/OFF Quick start your Lamina Nixie Clock Connect the power and plug in the clock. It shows 6-5-4-3-2-1 numbers on the nixie tubes. Press and hold the SET button for 2 beeps to start the clock. It will show 09:00:00 as the time, and 01.01.13 as the date. - Page 6 Set the basics To the clock’s settings enter the parameter menu. To do this, press and hold the SET button for 3 beeps and release. When you enter in the parameters menu, rst you see the rmware versions of the clock. The numbers start: eg.: 00 -1 24.
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Page 7: Change The Date Format
12 hours AM/PM or 24 hours mode The clock can show the time in 24 hours format (Europe/military) or 12 hours AM/PM format. Press and hold the SET button for 3 beeps to enter the parameter menu. By pressing the SET button brie y, step to the parameter #1. With the ADJUST button you can change the value of this parameter. -
Page 8: Set The Alarm
Set the night mode When it is dark at night you may not want to have the clock with its full brightness or you may want to switch it o . By default the clock enters its “night” mode at 11 pm, the LED color lights are OFF and the nixie tubes shows the time dimmed. - Page 9 On the bottom of the right tube under the nixie characters an orange light turns on. This indicate that the alarm is activated. Now press the ALARM button brie y once to check the alarm time. The clock after a few seconds switches back to showing the time. To change the alarm press and hold the ALARM button for 2 beeps.
- Page 10 The color of the nixie tube characters can not be changed! Change the tube colors One of the most fun function of the Lamina Nixie Clock, that you can change the LED lighting colors around the nixie tubes. This function may seem complicated, but at the end it will be real fun.
- Page 11 Color reference chart Parameter 23 Third (BLUE) color from RGB mix Value of 255 from range 0-255 Example: Parameter 23 - (Afternoon, PM, LED color) The B (blue) value of the color is on maximum (255) BASIC COLORS: R (1) - G (2) - B (3) values R=255, G=0, B=0 GREEN R=0, G=255, B=0...
- Page 12 An example, change the date color Press and hold the SET button for 3 beeps to enter the parameter menu. By pressing the SET button brie y, step to the parameter #17, 20, 21, 22 or 23 to change the colors. parameter #17: is the color of the tubes when the clock show the date.
- Page 13 At parameter #17 set press and hold the ADJUST button for 3 beeps, this reset all the colors at this parameter to zero. No light will go OFF, as all the brightness values are zero. Now you are the the red color setup the clock shows: 17-10-00, press ALARM button once, now you are at the green color: 17-20-00.
- Page 14 Further color settings: Tube color mode I. parameter #20: day mode color, day light period set in parameter #4 and #5 parameter #21: night mode color, night light period set in parameter #4 and #5 Tube color mode II. parameter #22: AM tube color, from midnight till noon. parameter #23: PM tube color, from noon till midnight.
- Page 15 (without www or http://...only these numbers without space) 192.168.8.1 and hit enter. You see a login/con guration page to connect your Lamina Nixie Clock to the 2.4 GHz wireless network. Enter your SSID (network name) and your network password. Press Enter/Submit.
- Page 16 Press and hold the ADJUST button for 2 beeps to manually connect your Lamina Nixie Clock to your network. The two neon light in the clock’s base are alternately ashing, and the small light turns on under the middle tank.
- Page 17 Parameter Value Default Firmware version XX-XX.XX 12/24 Hr format 0: 12Hr mode, 1: 24 Hr mode 0: MM:DD:YY, Date display format 1: DD:MM:YY, 2: YY:MM:DD Leading Zero 0: OFF, 1: ON/Show Character Show/Hide 23:00 Hour of "Night Mode" 0 -> 23 Hr (24Hr format only) (11 PM) start...
- Page 18 Parameter Value Default 0: OFF, 1: ON, 2: Blinking/sec. Effect LED light 3: AM/PM color indication, (3 nixie tanks) 4: Color scan Effect light color RGB variables (see color value chart) BLUE in "Day Mode" Effect light color PURPLE RGB variables (see color value chart) in "Night Mode"...
- Page 19 Explanations of the parameter settings menu 00 - The software version of the clock. Can not be changed! 01 - De ne the time format. Set 24 Hrs format if you like to see afternoon for example 17:35, set 12 Hrs format if you like to see for example 5:35 PM.
- Page 20 Explanations of the parameter settings menu 15 - If the value is “0” the clock will not show the date automatically. If it is “1” , the date will show automatically in every 1 minutes, if it is: ”2”, then in every 10 minutes, at value “3” in every hour. 16 - When the date is shown, the color of the LED lights can be set to di erent color.
- Page 21 Explanations of the parameter settings menu 29 - Reset Wi connection, forget all wi settings 30 - Depending from your timezone, set the o set hours from the GMT. Plus or minus precursor set by this parameter! No Daylight Saving Time (DST) mode. The time need to be adjusted manually twice a year in DST zone countries.
- Page 22 Place the box to a clean area and remove velcro strips Take o the lid and the paper cover start from the top rear side Remove the 4 screws around the lower side of the box with the supplied 2.5mm hexagonal key Hold the body of the box and lift it up carefully The clock is still attached to the tray - 23 -...
- Page 23 Lift up the tray by its front side and remove the bottom rear screws, the clock is still attached to the base by the front screws front screws Now hold the clock in place with your ngers, while lifting up the front of the tray and remove the The clock will have no support when you remove the front screws, do not tilt the tray to much Loosen the last screw, but keep it in place.
- Page 24 Place the clock to a soft towel showing its back to you and tilt it forward to access the bottom part Place two books to the two sides where the clock edges can sit. Make sure the arms and the tubes do not touch the surface The next thing is to put in place all 4 small brass feet disks Take the supplied 4 screws and screw them tight The screw must go through the ring as it shown on the picture...
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Page 25: Product Reference
Product reference: CLOCK TYPE: VERSION: FIRMWARE: SERIAL NUMBER: ASSEMBLY DATE: POWER ADAPTOR: Delivered settings: 12/24 HOUR MODE: NIGHT MODE: DAY MODE COLORS (TUBE LIGHTS): NIGHT MODE COLORS (TUBE LIGHTS): AM MODE COLORS (TUBE LIGHTS): PM MODE COLORS (TUBE LIGHTS): SHOW DATE COLOR: COUNTING EFFECT: OPTIONAL GPS/Wi-Fi: LOCAL SETTINGS:... -
Page 26: Material List
Material list: IN-8 Nixie tubes Glossy nished ne American walnut Lacquered French maple Polished Brass Acrylic Optional GPS unit available : www.woodize.com/products Instructions and details: woodize.com/store/products/lamina-nixie-clock Designed and manufactured by Zoltan Acs and Zoltan Varkonyi info@woodize.com ©2012...