Introduction Notifier is a state-of-the-art notification system, designed to bring mentalism into the twenty-first century. Notifier enables you to visually see the results from Dice, Dominos, Poker Chips, Color Sense, Pen Sense, RFID Playing Cards, and Magneto on a miniature retina display. This miniaturized receiver collates information from all of your Unifi Devices and then displays the status of...
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Unifi range. This saves you money, pocket space, and set up time when performing more than one Illuminati Magic product. Notifier is compatible with all Illuminati Magic products and provides backward compatibility with older, legacy systems.
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Fitting perfectly into a standard box, it is perfect for all types of performances, including close up, parlor, and stage. On/Off Button 1 Button 2 Page 4...
If you leave your equipment on the shelf for greater than six months without charging, you run the risk of the unit needing to be returned to Illuminati Magic for repair/replacement. When fully charged, batteries will last up to 18 months before becoming discharged.
Switching On and Off To turn Notifier on, slide the power switch up. To turn Notifier off, slide the power switch down. Notifier incorporates a lithium polymer battery that will last for up to eight hours from a single charge. If Notifier is running low on battery, it will provide a notification that it needs to be charged.
Charging Your Notifier Slide the Notifier module forward slightly to expose the USB Port and connect it to the supplied USB charging cable. Insert the cable into any standard USB Port. Please charge your Notifier before using it for the first time. Charging may take up to two hours.
Brightness Control You can adjust the brightness of the display by pressing and holding button 1 to lower the intensity and pressing and holding button 2 to increase the intensity. Brightness Up Brightness Down Page 9...
Architecture It is beneficial to understand how the Unifi platform works – once you have a solid understanding of the system architecture, you will be able to develop your own unprecedented, mind- blowing routines. The Dice, Dominoes, Poker Chips, Second Sight, Magneto, Color Sense, and, Pen Sense all transmit on the “Industrial, Scientific &...
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Many electronic mentalism vendors utilize BLE as it provides an extremely reliable and open standard, permitting high levels of interoperability. BLE is a “peer-to-peer” communications protocol – one device connected to another device and was not intended to be a broadcast protocol (hence why Unifi utilizes the ISM Band to broadcast signals).
Hiding Notifier Notifier was designed to fit into a standard sized card box and is supplied in a Phoenix branded card box. You can easily remove Notifier from the supplied card box, should you wish to insert Notifier into another card box. My favorite performance style is to be very bold in the location of Notifier.
Notifications Notifier receives messages from Dice, Dominoes, Poker Chips, Pen Sense, Color Sense, Magneto, and Second Sight. The most recent notification will be displayed on the screen. For example, if the spectator rolls a Red Dice with a result of three, then this be displayed on the screen.
Dice The Unifi Dice is a sophisticated electronic device that transmits its orientation every time it is moved or detects the presence of a magnetic field (such as a PK Ring). The Dice are available in a range of formats including; Casino Pips, Classic Elements, Emoji, ESP Symbols, Rubiks Cube, Shapes, and Zodiac Symbols.
Domino Dominoes are displayed on the Notifier display, with a white background indicating that the Domino is face up and a dark grey background indicating that the Domino is facing down. The pip configuration reflects the pip configuration on the actual Domino. If motion sensing is enabled and the Domino is moved, then the pips will change to purple.
Poker Chip Poker Chips are displayed on the Notifier display, with the background indicating the color of the Poker Chip. If the Poker Chip changes orientation, then the background color will darken or lighten to match the orientation. If motion sensing is enabled and the Poker Chip is moved, then the white bars will change to purple.
Color Sense Color Sense consists of six crayons inside a traditional crayon box. The crayons themselves are standard, everyday crayons, however, the crayon box contains motion sensors so that when a crayon is removed, a notification is dispatched. Notifier will display the result of a Crayon being removed from the Color Sense box.
Pen Sense Pen Sense consists of six Sharpie Chisel markers, with the first five Sharpies gaffed with an inbuilt transmitter (the black Sharpie is ungaffed). Pen Sense can be programmed to generate notifications through either movement or the presence (or removal) of a magnetic field.
Magneto Magneto is a miniature magnetic field detector, intended to be finger palmed. A North magnetic pole is interpreted by Notifier as “Heads,” whereas a South magnetic pole is interpreted as “Tails.” Page 19...
Second Sight When Second Sight scans an RFID playing card, it will transmit the result to Notifier, which will display the card index as follows: If multiple playing cards are scanned in succession, then Notifier splits the screen into multiple segments, allowing it to display up to six card indexes on the screen at one point in time.
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This allows you to determine which spectator has chosen which playing card. If a custom description has been programmed into the RFID Tag, then the full-text description is displayed on the display. In the example below, the text description of “Harrison Ford” has been programmed into the RFID Tag.
Legacy Devices Notifier has been designed to receive signals from third-party products. Most third-party products only provide a numerical result. For example, the roll of a Dice may be represented by the digit four, but equally so, a Green Crayon may also be represented by the digit four.
System Messages Whenever an Unifi Device powers up or powers down, it sends a notification message to Notifier. This includes the devices type, its serial number, and battery status enabling you to quickly test your devices in advance of your gig. Low Battery The Unifi devices broadcast their status every minute to Notifier.
System Status The System Status mode allows you to view the status of all the Unifi devices connected to Notifier. Notifier will display the firmware version, serial number, and battery level for each device To enter the System Status mode, press both buttons simultaneously for two seconds.
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To exit the system status menu, press both buttons simultaneously again. Page 25...
Bar Code Screen When Notifier is in idle mode (after a period of no activity), it will change the display to mimic the bar code found on the base of a Phoenix Card Case. By default, Notifier is dispatched with the display facing the opening of the card case, as this enables the flap to be open and closed, concealing the unit.
Programmer. You should not attempt to upgrade the firmware in Notifier unless requested to do so by your Illuminati Magic dealer. Connect the USB Cable to your PC and press and hold Button 1 and Button 2 for ten seconds.
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Once you are in the firmware upgrade mode, select the firmware image and click on Upgrade firmware button. After a few moments, Notifier will restart with the new firmware. Page 28...
Help and Support If you require any assistance, please contact our support hotline at support@illuminati-magic.com. I would encourage you to register at our web site at www.illuminati- magic.com and our Facebook Group. The full Unifi manual is available at www.illuminati-magic.com/unifi-online- help.html You may download the Unifi App by scanning this Quick Reference Code:...
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