SHOWVEN BT01 Spark Fountain Machine User Manual

BT01 Spark Fountain Machine

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Specifications:

• Output Nozzle
• Feeding Hopper Lid
• Cooling Fan
• LCD Screen
• DMX IN
• DMX OUT
• Fuse
• Power Switch
• Power IN
• Power OUT

Product Usage Instructions:

Safety Instructions:

• Keep audience and flammable material at a minimum distance of
  1m.

• In windy environments, adjust the safety distance according to
  wind direction and speed.

• When the machine is installed in a tilt position, increase the
  safety distance in the direction of the tilt.

• Always wear safety goggles when entering the safety zone to
  protect against sparks and consumables.

Operation Panel:

• LED Display Area:
  – READY: Flashing indicates machine is preparing, LED stays on when
  ready to work.
  – DMX: Flashing means DMX signal is connected, light off means no
  DMX signal.
  – FAULT: Light on when an error occurs.
  – HEAT: Light on when system is heating up.

• Control Button Area:
  – MENU: Press to switch through menu, press and hold for 3 seconds
  to enter advanced menu.
  – DOWN: Navigate parameter down.
  – UP: Navigate parameter up.
  – ENTER: Confirm and save parameters.

• Interface and Plugging Area:
  – POWER IN: Power input.
  – POWER OUT: Power output.
  – DMX IN: DMX Signal Input.
  – DMX OUT: DMX Signal Output.

• RFID Area:
  – RFID card comes with consumable HC8200 bags for identifying
  parameters and granule types. The RFID card is disposable and can
  only be used once.

Interface:

• Main Interface:
  – DMX Address: Displays DMX address and heating chamber temperature
  with progress bar.

• Error Information:
  – E0 to E7 codes with explanations for systematic errors and
  shutdown reasons.

• Menu:
  – Press MENU to navigate through setup menu with various options
  for customization.

Advanced Menu Options:

• Set Temperature: Range from 550 to 620.

• Wireless Control: ON/OFF option
  available.

• LCD Backlight Density @ Height: Adjusts sparks
  density at different height levels with ON/OFF switch and range
  from 50 to 90.

FAQ:

Q: What should I do if the machine shows an error code E1?

A: Error code E1 indicates Motor Protect error. Check the motor
connections and ensure they are not damaged. Restart the machine
after addressing any motor issues.

Q: How do I adjust the fountain height manually?

A: Navigate to the Fountain Height option in the setup menu and
choose from 1 to 10 gears for adjusting the firing height
manually.

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USER MANUAL SPARKULAR®
V3.2 2024/07/02
Showven Technologies Co., Ltd.

Thanks for choosing SPARKULAR®, 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. Keep SPARKULAR® dry and do NOT use in rain or snow. Make sure lid of feeding hopper are well covered when use SPARKULAR®. 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, make sure there is no flammable objects such as carpet on the ground within the safety radius around machine. Suggest to use HC8200 MEDIUM or SMALL for indoor events. The SPARKULAR® power supply cable maximum allowed cascade of 6pcs (BT01) / 3pcs (BT02), 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® 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®, 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 1m (when use HC8200
SMALL and MEDIUM) or 1.5m (when use HC8200 LARGE) from SPARKULAR®. Make sure sparks shoot out from SPARKULAR® 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 changes accordingly when 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® is original innovation products introduced by SHOWVEN® , it is the first spark fountain machine in special effects industry. SPARKULAR® is designed for highly demanding professional market with adjustable sparks height from 1.5 to 5m.
Technical Specifications
MODEL: BT01/BT02 DIMENSION: 200×218×305mm WEIGHT: 8.5kg VOLTAGE: 220V(BT01)/110V(BT02), 50/60Hz WORK POWER: 500W EFFECT HEIGHT: 1.5-5m adjustable INTERFACE: 3-pin XLR, POWER IN/OUT CONTROL: DMX 2 channels

Structure of SPARKULAR®
1. Output Nozzle 2. Feeding Hopper Lid 3. Cooling Fan 4. LCD Screen 5. DMX IN 6. DMX OUT 7. Fuse 8. Power Switch 9. Power IN 10. Power OUT Diagram of Bottom Panel

Operation Panel
1. LED display area:

READY

DMX

FAU LT

HE AT

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

2. Control button area:

MENU

DOWN

UP

ENTER

MENU: Press to switch through menu, press and hold for 3s enter advanced menu DOWN: Parameter down UP: Parameter up ENTER: Confirm and save parameters
3. Interface and Plugging Area
T6.3A 250V

POWER IN: Power input POWER OUT: Power output DMX IN: DMX Signal Input DMX OUT: DMX Signal Output
4. 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

1. Main Interface:

DMX Address

1

580

First line: Display DMX address is “1” Second line: Display the heating chamber temperature and the temperature progress bar;

2. Error information Error information E0 System IC E1 Motor Protect E2 Temp. Sensor E3 P Temp. Over E4 Time Remain E5 K Temp. Over E6 Heat Fail E7 Tip Over

Explanation Systematic error Motor over current protection Temperature sensor is not connected or damaged Machine shutdown due to chassis over temperature Firing time is insufficient, please swipe RFID card Machine shutdown due to heating chamber over temperature Heating fail, problem on heating PCB or mainboard Tilt sensor activated when machine slant over 45 degrees

3. Menu

Press “MENU” switch through setup menu.

Options

Range Default

Explanation

Set DMX Address 1-512 1 Set DMX Address

Fountain Height 1-10

5 10 gears of fountain height, manually adjust firing height

Manual Heat

ON/OFF

Auto preheat function switch after turn on machine
OFF ON: machine heat up automatically after power on. OFF: machine won’t heat up after power on.

Manual Fountain ON/OFF OFF Manual firing, for test only

Auto Clear Delay 0.1-0.9s 0.4s Automatic clear material time setting

4. Advanced Menu Options
Set Temperature

Range 550-620

Wireless Control

ON/OFF

LCD Backlight Density@ Height 1 Density@ Height 2 Density@ Height 3

ON/OFF 50-90 50-90 50-90

Default

Explanation

580 Setup SPARKULAR® heat chamber temperature

OFF

This option only available for customized machine

ON LCD Backlight ON/OFF

80 Adjusts the sparks density of Height gear 1*

80 Adjusts the sparks density of Height gear 2*

80 Adjusts the sparks density of Height gear 3*

Density@ Height 4

50-100

80 Adjusts the sparks density of Height gear 4*

Density@ Height 5

50-100

80 Adjusts the sparks density of Height gear 5*

Density@ Height 6

50-100

80 Adjusts the sparks density of Height gear 6*

Density@ Height 7

50-100

80 Adjusts the sparks density of Height gear 7*

Density@ Height 8

50-100

90 Adjusts the sparks density of Height gear 8*

Density@ Height 9

50-100

100 Adjusts the sparks density of Height gear 9*

Density@ Height 10 50-100

Mode Selection

Factory Mode User Mode

Default Parameter

100 Adjusts the sparks density of Height gear 10*

User Mode

Factory mode is for engineer only. When in Factory mode machine can’t controlled by DMX

console/host controller

Useless

Motor Protect

ON/OFF

OFF Motor protect function, default setting is OFF

Power Selection 220/110VAC

Useless

DMX Channel Mode

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

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

*For better performance of SPARKULAR®, please don’t change the default value without

permission from SHOWVEN®.

5. DMX Channel Mode: SPARKULAR® occupy 2 DMX channel.
First Channel 0-15 16-39 40-63 64-87
88-111 112-135 136-159 160-183 184-207 208-231 232-255 Second Channel
60-80

Function Fountain Off Fountain Height 1 Fountain Height 2 Fountain Height 3 Fountain Height 4 Fountain Height 5 Fountain Height 6 Fountain Height 7 Fountain Height 8 Fountain Height 9 Fountain Height 10
Function Clear Material

20-40 0-10 240-255

EMERGENCY STOP Pre-heat OFF Pre-heat ON

Operation Guide
1. Install SPARKULAR® a) Horizontal installation is preferred for SPARKULAR®. If need to installed SPARKULAR® 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. b) Make sure the machine is securely installed to avoid tipping. c) The safety zone area shifts accordingly when machine installed in tilt position. Please increase the safety distance in the direction which machine tilt. d) Check carefully the output nozzle of each machine, make sure the output nozzle is in good shape and there is no powder aggregate.

2. Fill SPARKULAR® a) Open powder bags and fill the feeding hopper. Hopper capacity of SPARKULAR® is 200g. b) Choose correct consumable according to the application scenario. SPARKULAR® can only
use HC8200 LARGE, MEDIUM and SMALL. c) Please be noted that there may sparks or remains fall to the ground. Make sure no
flammable material on ground in the safety zone. d) Maximum effect height: HC8200 LARGE is 5m, HC8200 MEDIUM is 3.5m, HC8200 SMALL is
2.5m. e) Make sure the lid of hopper is locked tight after filling.
3. Connect Power / DMX cable a) Connect a power cable to the POWER IN socket of SPARKULAR®. 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. b) 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 POWER IN of the next machine. c) The SPARKULAR® power supply cable maximum allowed cascade is 6 units (220V version) / 3pcs (110V version). Do not connect exceed units to a single electrical circuit.

d) Power ON all SPARKULAR® . e) Assign DMX address for each unit of SPARKULAR®. If use SHOWVEN host controller or
FXcommander to control the machine please allocate a unique DMX address for each unit of machine. f) Connect a DMX cable to the DMX IN socket of first unit of SPARKULAR®, connect the male connector end of DMX cable to your DMX controller (FXcommander, HOST CONTROLLER, light console etc). g) 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. h) 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.
4. Activate SPARKULAR® machine by swipe RFID card a) Swipe an RFID card. Read the card as show below. SPARKULAR® shows time remain if read
successfully. SPARKULAR® report E4 when remaining time is less than 10 minutes. b) Please note each RFID card come with 200g package HC8200 can increase single machine
20min working time, the maximum recharge time for SPARKULAR® is 40min, when time remain reached 40min, it can’t recharge anymore RFID card.
CN. 00000001
5. Programming and Firing a) Programming SPARKULAR®, set the firing height, firing sequences etc. b) Heating up, it takes around 5min. it varies according to the voltage and environment
temperature. c) Make sure the prescribed safety zone is clear. d) Suggest to clear material before firing. e) Firing. In order to prevent overheat in the heating chamber and protect machine, the
maximum continuous firing time for SPARKULAR® is 30s. f) The operator should always have a clear view of the device, so that he/she can stop the
show immediately when there is danger. g) Clear material for SPARKULAR® for 5s after show, clear material will remove the remaining
particles from heating chamber. For angled installation, please elongate clear material time.

6. Turn Off and clean up a) Power off SPARKULAR® , allow SPARKULAR® to cool down. b) Disconnect all POWER and DMX cables. c) 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® when empty the hopper. DANGER OF GET BURNT! d) Operators can use handheld vacuum cleaner to empty the feeding hopper. Do make sure the machine was cool down when clean it. Do NOT use high-power vacuum cleaners to avoid hot consumables being sucked into the vacuum cleaner from the heating chamber and cause fire. e) Clean the surroundings to remove powder residues.
Maintenance
a) Empty the feeding hopper before shipment of machine. b) Empty the feeding hopper if long time not use, for high humidity environment we suggest
to empty feeding hopper after each show. c) Clear material both before and after the show. d) Recommended to wash or replace the air intake filter every two months.

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 originally from SHOWVEN®. 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, Changsha, Hunan,
410300, P.R.China

References

• Founder of Sparkular, Sparkular Machine Maker | Showven

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