SHOWVEN BT71 Fountain Machine User Manual

SHOWVEN BT71 Fountain Machine

Product Information

• Product Name: HC8200
• Manufacturer: Showven Technologies Co. Ltd.
• Version: V2.1
• Date: 2022/07/07
• Description: The HC8200 is a granule fountain machine designed for creating special effects in events and performances. It is equipped with various features such as DMX control, RFID card identification, and adjustable settings for temperature, fountain height, and more.

Product Usage Instructions

1. Safety Instructions:

   • Keep the audience and flammable materials at a minimum distance of 1.5m from the machine.

2. Operation Panel:

   • The operation panel consists of control buttons and an RFID area.
   • Control button area:
   • MENU: Press to switch through the menu and press and hold for 3 seconds to enter the advanced menu.
   • DOWN: Decreases parameter values.
   • UP: Increases parameter values.
   • ENTER: Confirms and saves parameters.
   • RFID area:
   • An RFID card is provided with consumable HC8200 bags.
   • Swipe the card to identify parameters and types of granules.
   • The RFID card is disposable and can only be used once.

3. Interface:

   • Main Interface:
   • The first line displays the DMX address.
   • The second line displays the present inner core temperature and the temperature progress bar.
   • The third line displays the remaining time.
   • Error Information:
   • E0: System IC
   • E2: Temp. Sensor
   • E3: P Temp. Over
   • E4: Time Remain
   • E5: K Temp. Over
   • E6: Heat Fail

4. Setting Menu:

   • Press MENU to switch through the setup menu.
   • Options:
   • Set DMX Address: Assign a unique DMX address for each machine.
   • Fountain Height: Set the firing height for testing purposes.
   • Manual Heat ON/OFF: Enable or disable manual heating.
   • Manual Fountain ON/OFF: Enable or disable manual firing.
   • Auto Clear Delay: Set the time delay for clearing material
     after each firing.

5. Advanced Menu:

   • Press and hold MENU for 3 seconds to enter the advanced setup interface.
   • Options:
   • Set Temperature: Adjust the temperature within the range of 580-620 (default: 580).
   • LCD Backlight ON/OFF: Turn the LCD screen backlight on or off.
   • Density: Adjust the sparks density within the range of 70-100 (default: 100).
   • Factory Mode Selection: Choose between Factory Mode (for engineers) and User Mode (for regular use).
   • Motor Protect ON/OFF: Enable or disable the motor protect function.
   • DMX Channel Mode: Select the DMX channel mode (2/4/2+3).
   • Tip Over Error ON/OFF: Enable or disable the tilt function.
   • Standby Switch ON/OFF: Enable or disable firing only when heating up is finished.

6. DMX Channel Functions:

   • First Channel:
   • 0-15: Firing OFF
   • 16-39: Fountain Height 1
   • 40-63: Fountain Height 2
   • 64-87: Fountain Height 3
   • 88-111: Fountain Height 4
   • 112-135: Fountain Height 5
   • 136-159: Fountain Height 6
   • 160-183: Fountain Height 7
   • 184-207: Fountain Height 8
   • 208-231: Fountain Height 9
   • 232-255: Fountain Height 10
   • Second Channel:
   • 60-80: Clear Material (perform after each show)
   • 20-40: Emergency Stop
   • 0-10: Pre-heat OFF (disabled when auto-heat ON)
   • 240-255: Pre-heat ON (disabled when auto-heat ON)

Thanks for choosing SPARKULAR® PRO, we wish it will sparks up your show. Please read the following manual carefully before operating this product.

Safety Instructions

• Unauthorized repair are prohibited, it may cause serious incident.
• SPARKULAR® PRO is designed for outdoor installations, but please do NOT soak in water.
• Make sure lid of feeding hopper are well covered when use SPARKULAR® PRO.
• Accidentally burning of consumable can only use sands to extinguish.
• Consumable should keep away from moisture and stored in a dry sealed environment.
• Check whether there is consumable aggregate in the output nozzle both before and after each show, if any, please clean it up, or it will affect the firing effect, damage machine, even cause serious incident.
• There will be some sparks drop to ground when use HC8200 LARGEI and HC8200 LARGE, suggest to use HC8200 MEDIUM or SMALL for indoor events.
• The SPARKULAR® PRO power supply cable maximum allowed cascade of 5pcs (BT71) / 3pcs (BT72), exceed connecting may result in damage or even cause fire.
• For better heat dissipation, block the air intake and air outlet is prohibited.
• Cover the output nozzle of SPARKULAR® PRO is forbidden, inspect the machine before each show, making sure no objects or material will block the output nozzle.
• Never touch the nozzle of SPARKULAR® PRO, danger of getting burnt.
• Never touch the sparks which shooting out from the nozzle.

Safety Distance

• Keep audience and flammable material at a minimum distance of 1.5m (when use HC8200 MEDIUM or LARGE) or 2m (when use HC8200 LARGE ) from SPARKULAR PRO. Make sure sparks shoot out from SPARKULAR® PRO can NOT touch any objects. And keep a clearance with minimum 1m from the setting maximum effect height.

• In windy environment, increase the safety distance according to the wind direction and speed.

• The safety zone area shifts accordingly when the machine installed in tilt position. Please increase
  the safety distance in the direction which machine tilt.

• Sparks and consumables from the machine can lead to serious eye injury. Always wear safety goggles when enter the safety zone.

Description

SPARKULAR® PRO is derived from SHOWVEN original SPARKULAR® technology platform for outdoor installations and professional outdoor show market. IP55 rated weatherproof enclosure design allows SPARKULAR® PRO works even in heavy rainfall. 1200g huge hopper design ensure long effects time after each filling up. It is an ideal choice for outdoor events, theme parks, projects installations etc.

Technical Specifications

• MODEL: BT71/BT72
• DIMENSION: 315× 290× 285mm
• WEIGHT: 16.5kg
• CASING MATERIAL: 304 stainless steel
• VOLTAGE: 220V(BT71)/110V(BT72), 50/60Hz
• WORK POWER: 600W(220V)/700W(110V)
• WORK TEMP.: -20° C~50° C
• EFFECT HEIGHT: HC8200 LARGEI
• LARGE: 5~5.5m adjustable
• EFFECT DIRECTION: vertical
• HOPPER CAPACITY: 1200g
• HC8200 CONSUMPTION RATE: 20g/min
• INTERFACE: Neutrik® powerCON TRUE1 IN/OUT Seetronic® 3-pin XLR IN/OUT
• CONTROL: DMX 2 channels

Structure of SPARKULAR PRO

1. Output nozzle cover
2. Feeding Hopper lid
3. LCD screen
4. Power IN / Power OUT
5. Service Hole
6. Safety Loop
7. 3-PIN DMX IN
8. 3-PIN DMX OUT

Diagram of bottom panel

Operation Panel

• READY: Flash means machine is preparing, LED keeps on means ready to work
• DMX: Flash means DMX signal is connected, light OFF means there is no DMX signal
• FAULT: Light ON when error occurs
• HEAT: Light ON when system is heating up

Control button area:

• MENU: Press to switch through menu, press and hold for 3senter advanced menu
• DOWN: Parameter down
• UP: Parameter up
• ENTER: Confirm and save parameters

RFID area:

RFID card come with consumable HC8200 bags, swiping card to identify parameters and types of granules. The RFID card is disposable, one card can only use one time.

Interface

Main Interface:

• First line:Display DMX address is “1”
• Second line: Display the present inner core temperature and the temperature progress bar; displays remaining time is 7 minutes and 24 seconds.

Error information

Setting Menu:
Press “MENU” switch through setup menu

Set DMX Address

|

1-512

|

1

| Set DMX address. Each machine occupy two DMX channels. If controlled by Host Controller, please

assign a unique address for each machine

Fountain Height| 1-10| 5| Manual firing height setup, for test only
Manual Heat| ON/OFF| OFF| Auto heating up ON/OFF
Manual Fountain|

ON/OFF

|

OFF

|

Manual firing, for test only

Auto Clear Delay|

0.1-0.9s

|

0.1s

|

Auto clear material time after each firing

Advanced Menu:
Press and hold “MENU” for 3s to enter the advanced setup interface, press MENU key to enter different options, wait 3 seconds to return to the main interface

580-620

|

580

| Default is 580. Please don’t change default value without engineer’s suggestion from SHOWVEN.
LCD Backlight| ON/OFF| ON| LCD screen backlight ON/OFF
Density| 70-100| 100| Sparks density

Mode Selection

| Factory Mode

User Mode

|

User Mode

| Factory mode is for engineer only. When in Factory mode machine can’tcontrolled by DMX

console/host controller

Motor Protect| ON/OFF| OFF| Motor protect function, default setting is Off

DMX Channel Mode

| 2/4/2+3

DMX

Channel

|

2 DMX channel

|

Don’t change. 4 DMX Channel and 2+3 DMX Channel are for special use.

Tip Over Error| ON/OFF| ON| Tilt function switch

Standby Switch

|

ON/OFF

|

OFF

| When ON, the machine can firing only when heating up was finished

DMX Control
SPARKULAR® PRO occupy 2 channels when use DMX.

Operation Guide

1. Install SPARKULAR® PRO
2. Horizontal installation is preferred for SPARKULAR® PRO. If need to installed SPARKULAR® PRO in angles, please turn the Tip over to OFF status first, maximum firing angle is 45 ° and can only be angled to the right side as below picture.
3. Make sure the machine is securely installed to avoid tipping.
4. Check carefully the output nozzle of each machine, make sure the output nozzle is in good shape and there is no powder aggregate. The nozzle shield sheet can be removed manually when machine in power off status.
5. Fill SPARKULAR® PRO
6. Open powder bags and fill the feeding hopper. Hopper capacity of SPARKULAR® PRO is 1200g.
7. Make sure the powder is originally from SHOWVEN or SHOWVEN authorized distributor, other types of powder may block even damage the machine.
8. Choose correct consumable according to the application scenario. SPARKULAR® PRO can only use HC8200 LARGE I, LARGE, MEDIUM and SMALL.
9. Please be noted that there may sparks or remains fall to the ground. Make sure no flammable material on ground in the safety zone.
10. Make sure the lid of hopper is locked tight after filling.
11. Connect Power / DMX cable
12. Connect a power cable to the POWER IN socket of SPARKULAR® PRO. 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.
13. 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 the next machine POWER IN.
14. The SPARKULAR® PRO power supply cable maximum allowed cascade is 5pcs (BT71) / 3pcs (BT72). Do not connect exceed units to a single electrical circuit.
15. Assign DMX address for each unit of SPARKULAR® PRO. If use SHOWVEN host controller or FXcommander to control the machine please allocate a unique DMX address for each unit of machine.
16. Connect a DMX cable to the DMX IN socket of first unit of SPARKULAR® PRO, connect the male connector end of DMX cable to your DMX controller (FXcommander, HOST CONTROLLER, light console etc).
17. 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.
18. 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.
19. Activate SPARKULAR® PRO by swipe RFID card
20. Swipe an RFID card. Read the card as show below. SPARKULAR® shows time remain if read successfully.
21. SPARKULAR® PRO will report E4 when remaining time is less than 10min.
22. Please note each RFID card come with 200g package HC8200 can increase single machine 20min working time, the maximum recharge time for SPARKULAR® PRO is 60min, when time remain reached 60min, it can’t recharge anymore RFID card.
23. Programming and Firing
24. Programming SPARKULAR® PRO, set the firing height, firing sequences etc.
25. Heating up, it takes around 5min. Heating time related with voltage and environment temperature.
26. Make sure the prescribed safety zone is clear.
27. Suggest to clear material before firing.
28. Firing. In order to prevent overheat in the heating chamber and protect machine, the maximum continuous firing time for SPARKULAR® PRO is 30s.
29. The operator should always have a clear view of the device, so that he/she can stop the show immediately when there is danger.
30. Clear material for SPARKULAR® PRO for 5s after show, clear material will remove the remaining particles from heating chamber. For angled installation, please elongate clear material time.
31. Turn Off and clean up
32. Disconnect SPARKULAR® PRO from power supply. Allow SPARKULAR® PRO to cool down.
33. Disconnect all POWER and DMX cables.
34. Empty the remaining HC8200 in hopper, and store the remaining HC8200 in a dry sealed bottle for next time use. Never touch the output nozzle of SPARKULAR® PRO when empty the hopper. DANGER OF GET BURNT!
35. Clean the surroundings to remove powder residues.

Maintenance

• Empty the feeding hopper before shipment of machine.
• Empty the feeding hopper if long time not use, for high humidity environment we suggest to empty feeding hopper after show.
• Clear material both before and after the show for SPARKULAR® PRO.

Warranty Instructions

• Sincere thanks for your choosing our products, you will receive quality service from us
• The product warranty period is one year. If there are any quality problems within 7 days after shipping out from our factory, we can exchange a brand new same model machine for you
• We will offer free of charge maintenance service for machines which with hardware malfunction (except for the instrument damage caused by human factors) in warranty period. Please don’t repair machine without factory permission

Below situations NOT included in warranty service:

• Damage caused by use other type of consumable which is not from SHOWVEN® or SHOWVEN® authorized distributor.
• Damage caused by improper transportation, usage, management, and maintenance, or damage caused by human factors;
• Disassemble, modify or repair products without permission;
• Damage caused by external reasons (lightning strike, power supply etc.)
• Damage caused by improper installation or use;

For product damage not included in warranty range, we can provide paid service. Invoice is necessary when applying for maintenance service from SHOWVEN® .

Showven Technologies Co., Ltd.
Tel: +86-731-83833068
Web : www.showven.cn
E-mail: info@showven.cn
Add: No.1 Tengda Road, Liuyang Economic & Technical Development Zone, 410300, Changsha, Hunan, P.R.China

References

• Founder of Sparkular, Sparkular Machine Maker | Showven
• Founder of Sparkular, Sparkular Machine Maker | Showven

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