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- Page 1 Fog Blaster Manual Hardware Version 1 Stand: 13. Mai 2024 Smoke Factory GmbH Schulze-Delitzsch-Str. 8A 30938 Burgwedel Germany...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Inhaltsverzeichnis Inhaltsverzeichnis Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Preambel 2. Scope of delivery 3. General notes 4. Safety instructions 5. Technical data 5.1. Dimensions and Weight ......5.2. - Page 3 Inhaltsverzeichnis Inhaltsverzeichnis 10.2.Flush ........25 10.3.Ethernet .
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Page 4: Preambel
3 GENERAL NOTES 1. Preambel All Smoke Factory fog machines are quality products at the cutting edge of technolo- gy. Our many years of experience, the continuous development and optimization of our products, especially from a practical point of view, have made us one of the leading manufacturers of fog machines in the field of stage technology. -
Page 5: Safety Instructions
4 SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS they will be mentioned separately. Elements mentioned in the text, which are visible on the user interface of the machine, are shown as italic, bold font. 4. Safety instructions • Caution, hot vapour! • Keep a safe distance of at least 1.50 m from the mist outlet for people and heat- sensitive objects. - Page 6 Smoke Factory fog fluids are completely water-soluble and biodegradable. The method used by Smoke Factory to produce fog with vaporiser fog machines is the most safe. We are not aware of any case in which a normally healthy person has been harmed in any way by this artificial fog.
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Page 7: Technical Data
5 TECHNICAL DATA 5. Technical data 5.1. Dimensions and Weight • Length: 45 cm • Width: 38,3 cm • Height: 28,5 cm • Weight with empty tank: 26 kg • Weight with full tank: 28 kg 5.2. Electric • Operating voltage: 220 - 250 V •... -
Page 8: Commissioning
The machine automatically starts the heating process. Warning Use only the enclosed power cable or another cable approved by Smoke Factory! Connect the machine only to grounded sockets! • The machine performs an initialization and requires approximately 10 minutes to heat up completely. - Page 9 7 SHUTDOWN – Put the fixture into standby mode, either by removing the DMX or Ethernet signal, via the Control DMX channel, or via the Settings menu. • The pressure in the accumulator is released into the tank. • Unplug the power cord from the outlet and/or remove the PowerCon True1 plug from the outlet.
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Page 10: Operation Of The Machine
8. Operation of the machine 8.1. Main Menu After switching on the machine, the main menu is displayed. (a) Fog Blaster in the heating process (b) Fog Blaster ready for operation Abbildung 1: Main Menu The main menu is divided into several sections, each of which contains specific infor- mation or settings: •... -
Page 11: Status Bar
8.2 Status bar 8 OPERATION OF THE MACHINE • Center: Status displays: Displays information about the machine. Preheat indica- tes how far the machine has heated up to the point where it is ready for operation. Energy indicates how much energy is available in the heating element for vapori- zation. -
Page 12: Standby Display
8.3 Standby display 8 OPERATION OF THE MACHINE • Symbol Ethernet ( ): Displays the status of Ethernet. Icon without IP address: Connected, but no IP address available. Icon and IP address: Connected and valid IP address available. Red: Connected, but no IP address obtained via DHCP. 8.3. - Page 13 8.4 Tank empty display 8 OPERATION OF THE MACHINE Note Use only original fluid! After filling, make sure that the tank cap is screwed on tightly! Fill the machine only with the mains plug pulled out! Abbildung 4: Tank empty display...
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Page 14: Working With Sources
9 WORKING WITH SOURCES 9. Working with sources The machine has a source system, which is based on the source selection of a TV, for example. Abbildung 5: Menu source selection In general, a set source is used until it is changed on the machine. However, there is an exception to this rule: 1. -
Page 15: Pressure
9.1 Manual operation 9 WORKING WITH SOURCES (a) Jet Control Abbildung 6: Manual operation 9.1.1. Pressure In the upper section the pressure (Pressure) for the jet can be set in 4 steps: 1. Low : smallest level 2. Medium: medium level 3. -
Page 16: Test Control
9.2 DMX 9 WORKING WITH SOURCES 9.1.3. Test Control The Test Control button can be used to manually test the settings directly on the ma- chine. The button is deactivated when the current source is active or the machine has not finished heating up. -
Page 17: Sacn
9.3 sACN 9 WORKING WITH SOURCES By pressing + and - the number at the flashing cursor can be increased or decreased. By pressing < and > or directly tapping a digit, the cursor can be moved. Pressing < in the upper left corner will return to the previous screen without saving the changes. -
Page 18: Art-Net
9.4 Art-Net 9 WORKING WITH SOURCES Abbildung 10: Setting sACN By pressing + and - the number at the flashing cursor can be increased or decreased. By pressing < and > or directly tapping a digit, the cursor can be moved. In the upper row the sACN universe is set. - Page 19 By tapping the Art-Net button or by Source -> Art-Net you can switch to the Art-Net settings menu. Here the Net, Sub-Net, Universe and the Address can be configured. (a) Fog Blaster top section (b) Fog Blaster bottom section Abbildung 12: Setting Art-Net...
- Page 20 9.4 Art-Net 9 WORKING WITH SOURCES By pressing + and - the number at the flashing cursor can be increased or decreased. By pressing < and > or directly tapping a digit, the cursor can be moved. In the upper row the Art-Net Net is set. The value can be between 0 and 127. In the next row the Art-Net Sub-Net is set.
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Page 21: Rdm
9.5 RDM 9 WORKING WITH SOURCES 9.5. RDM When used with DMX and Art-Net, the machine supports the RDM protocol. Properties can be read and changed via RDM. The following parameters are supported: Tabelle 1: Unterstützte RDM-Parameter Parameter Disc DISC_UNIQUE_BRANCH DISC_MUTE DISC_UN_MUTE QUEUED_MESSAGE... - Page 22 9.5 RDM 9 WORKING WITH SOURCES Sensors The machine has the following sensors that can be read out via RDM: • Preheat %: Reflects the value from the main menu and status bar. Indicates the percentage until the machine is ready for operation. •...
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Page 23: Settings
10 SETTINGS 10. Settings (a) Fog Blaster top section (b) Fog Blaster middle section (c) Fog Blaster bottom section Abbildung 13: Setting menu... -
Page 24: Personality
10.1 Personality 10 SETTINGS By tapping the Settings button in the main menu, you can switch to the settings me- nu. All general settings can be adjusted here. To return to the main menu, < must be pressed in the upper left corner. 10.1. -
Page 25: Flush
10.2 Flush 10 SETTINGS – Channel 4: Control: Can put the machine in standby or reactivate it via DMX. Pressing < in the upper left corner returns to the previous screen without saving the changes. Pressing saves the settings. 10.2. Flush In the Flush menu, the pressure system in the machine can be automatically drained to remove air bubbles from the system. - Page 26 10.3 Ethernet 10 SETTINGS The upper switch can be used to set whether an IP address is to be obtained via DHCP or whether a static IP address is to be configured. If DHCP is selected as the setting, the IP address and subnet mask assigned by the DHCP server in the network are displayed below.
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Page 27: Display
10.4 Display 10 SETTINGS If no server in the network responds when DHCP is set, a random IP address is selected after approx. 15 seconds according to the Auto IP protocol. It is still tried to get an address from a DHCP server. 10.4. -
Page 28: Standby
10.5 Standby 10 SETTINGS Below this you can set whether the display should rotate. Pressing < in the upper left corner returns to the previous screen without saving the changes. With the settings are saved. 10.5. Standby By tapping Standby, the standby display is shown directly, see Abschnitt 8.3. 10.6. -
Page 29: Info
10.7 Info 10 SETTINGS Abbildung 22: Shutdown complete 10.7. Info The Info menu displays information about the machine. This includes the model, the software version and the MAC address and RDM ID. Abbildung 23: Menu Info Additional information such as the hour counter and temperatures can be found under Additional information at the bottom of the menu. -
Page 30: Reset
10.9 Reset 10 SETTINGS (a) Fog Blaster Abbildung 24: Menü Update 10.9. Reset In the Reset menu, the machine can be restored to the factory settings. Abbildung 25: Menu Reset After pressing Reset to factory defaults the machine is restarted and the factory set- tings are loaded. -
Page 31: Dmx Channel Assignment
11 DMX CHANNEL ASSIGNMENT 11. DMX channel assignment The channel assignment depends on the set Personality, see Abschnitt 10.1. Tabelle 2: DMX channel assignment Mode Type of DMX Value Function control 0-127 step 128-255 Jet output active step Jet output time varies with channel 3 or the manual setting on the device Pressure 0 - 64... -
Page 32: Error Messages
12 ERROR MESSAGES 12. Error messages If an error is shown on the display, the machine must be restarted in order to continue using it after the error has been corrected. The machine can report the following errors: 12.1. E-1 The temperature sensor in the heating element is broken. - Page 33 12.2 E-4 12 ERROR MESSAGES 12.2. E-4 PCB temperature to high. Abbildung 27: Error E-4 Note This error can also occur in case of a loose contact at one of the temperature sensors!
- Page 34 12.3 E-20 12 ERROR MESSAGES 12.3. E-20 Communication with the Power PCB has failed. Abbildung 28: Error E-20 12.4. E-30 The temperature sensor on the pump is defective. Abbildung 29: Error E-30...
- Page 35 12.5 E-31 12 ERROR MESSAGES 12.5. E-31 The temperature sensor on the tank is defective. Abbildung 30: Error E-31 12.6. E-32 The temperature of the pumps is too hot. Abbildung 31: Error E-32...
- Page 36 12.7 E-33 13 UPDATE 12.7. E-33 The temperature of the tank is too hot. Abbildung 32: Error E-33 13. Update The FogOS Updater is required to update the machine. The software runs on compu- ters with Windows or MacOS. The computer and the machine must be connected to the same network and the computer must have an active internet connection.
- Page 37 13 UPDATE Abbildung 33: Update Modus The update is automatically uploaded and installed. Afterwards, the machine restarts. Note If no software for operation is found on the machine, the update mode is entered automatically.
- Page 38 Abbildungsverzeichnis A. A List of figures Abbildungsverzeichnis Main Menu ........10 Status bar with all icons .
- Page 39 B CHANGES TO THIS DOCUMENT B. Changes to this document Tabelle 3: Changes to this document Date Changes Editor 07.09.2023 First publication 13.05.2024 Safety instructions added 13.05.2024 Warning, heat up before overhead operation added. 13.05.2024 Internet use - removed...
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