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DocumentDocumentUSER MANUAL SPARKULAR® waverFALL V1.1 2024/07/02 Showven Technologies Co., Ltd. Thanks for choosing SPARKULAR® waverFALL, 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® waverFALL can be used in rain, please keep the device dry after use. \ Make sure lid of feeding hopper are well covered when use SPARKULAR® waverFALL. \ 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 are no flammable objects such as carpet on the ground within the safety radius of the machine. \ The SPARKULAR® waverFALL power supply cable maximum allowed cascade of 6pcs (220V version) / 3pcs (110V version), exceed connecting may result in damage or even cause fire. \ Cover the output nozzle of SPARKULAR® waverFALL 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® waverFALL danger of getting burnt. \ Never touch the sparks which shooting out from the nozzle. \ Make sure no staff, audience and flammable materials stays under the SPARKULAR® waverFALL. \ Safety Distance \ Safety distance for SPARKULAR® waverFALL divided into two parts safety radius around machine (a) and safety distance at firing direction (b). No person and flammable materials are allowed to stay inside the safety isolation zone when SPARKULAR® waverFALL was armed. \ The safety radius around machine of 1.5m. \ For safety distance at firing direction equals to maximum firing height + 1m. SPARKULAR® waverFALL with maximum 90 waving firing angles, when firing wave sequence the safety isolation zone is a three-dimensional sector area. HC8200 Type Max. Effect Height Safety Radius around Safety Distance at SPARKULAR (a) Firing Direction (b) LARGE 4m 5m LARGE I 5m 1.5m 6m LARGE II 7m 8m \ The SPARKULAR® WAVERFALL safety isolation zone is a three-dimensional space with a cross- section of 180° sector enclosed by a and b (check below diagram). We can understand it as a safety area formed by a safety column with diameter of a, height of b rotate of ±90 degrees. Unauthorized persons and objects are strictly prohibited from entering. Depending on the firing sequence / angles the sector area changes accordingly. \ In windy environment, increase the safety distance according to the wind direction and speed. \ Sparks and consumables from the machine can lead to serious eye injury. Always wear safety goggles when enter the safety zone. Description SPARKULAR® waverFALL is 180°waving spark fall effect originally developed by SHOWVEN. It can firing in any single direction between -90° to 90° or in waving sequences. With 72 preset firing sequences and various editable sparks effect brings infinite creativity to your stage. It can also combined with SPARKULAR WAVER to generate a spark effect in any direction of 360 degrees. Technical Specifications \ DIMENSION: 309 305 285mm \ WEIGHT: 17kg \ VOLTAGE: AC200-240V / AC100-120V, 50/60Hz \ WORK POWER: 500W \ HC8200 CONSUMPTION: 22g/min \ EFFECT HEIGHT ADJUSTBLE: YES \ EFFECT ANGLE ADJUSTBLE: -90°~ 90° (180° waving angles) \ INTERFACE: 3-pin and 5-pin XLR, POWER IN/OUT \ CONTROL: 6 DMX channels \ WORK TEMP.: -20 C~40 C \ CONSUMABLE AND EFFECT HEIGHT: LARGE (3-4m), LARGE I (4-5m), LARGE II (5-7m) Structure of SPARKULAR® waverFALL 1. Feeding Hopper Lid 2. Clamp 3. ARM alarming light 4. Display Screen 5. Power Switch 6. Fuse 7. Power IN 8. Power OUT 9. 3-PIN DMX OUT 10. 3-PIN DMX IN 11. 5-PIN DMX OUT 12. 5-PIN DMX IN Operation Panel 1. Keypad area MENU: Press enter setting interface UP: Parameter up DOWN: Parameter down MONI: Status monitoring of main part inside machine 2. Monitoring Interface From this interface, we can check the voltage and motor status of machine. 3. 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. Each card can increase single machine 20min working time, the maximum recharge time for SPARKULAR® waverFALL is 30min. 4. ARM alarming light ON: DMX connected or wireless remote function ON. BLINK: DMX armed, ready for firing OFF: No DMX connection and wireless remote function OFF. Display Interface 1. Main Interface: Background color of DMX area: red means DMX connected. Background color of TEMP area: red means heating chamber temp. reached setting temp. machine is ready for firing. Indicator light status on power switch: flash means machine is heating up, long on means temp. reached setting temp. 2. Error information Error information E0 System IC E1 Motor condition E2 Temp. Sensor E3 P Temp. Over E4 Time Remain E5 K Temp. Over E6 Heat Fail E7 Tip Over Explanation Systematic error Blower motor, shaft motor or feeding motor error 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, if disappear automatically, please check the power supply. Tilt sensor activated when machine slant over 45 degrees 3. Set Up Menu Press "MENU" enter setup menu, press LEFT, RIGHT to choose main menu, advanced menu or factory menu. Press "EIDT" can entering related menu and setting up related parameters. 4. Main Menu Parameters in main menu show in below table, press "UP"/ "DOWN" to change the value, please remember to press "SAVE" to save the setting. Options Range Default Explanation Set DMX Address 1-512 1 Set DMX Address Manual Heat ON/OFF OFF Manual heat ON/OFF setting Manual Fountain ON/OFF OFF Manual Fountain ON/OFF setting Sequence 2 - 72 2 Preset sequence setting Max. Angle 0°~90° 90° Max. Angle limit Min. Angle -90°~0° -90° Min. Angle limit Invert ON/OFF OFF When turned on, all angles will be mirrored. Head to middle ON/OFF When ON and Channel 1 DMX value is 0, output ON nozzle will back to middle position after running a preset sequence. 5. Advanced Menu Options Range Default Explanation Set Temperature Auto Clear Delay 400-620 0.1-0.9s 580 Setup SPARKULAR® heat chamber temperature 0.1s Automatic clear material time setting Wireless 2.4G ON/OFF OFF 2.4G wireless function setting LCD Backlight ON/OFF ON LCD backlight setting Density 70-100 100 Feeding amount Mode Selection Factory Mode User Mode Factory mode is for engineer only. User Mode When in Factory mode machine can't controlled by DMX console Default Parameter ON/OFF OFF Parameters reset to default setting Motor Protect ON/OFF ON Motor protect function Tip Over ON/OFF Tilt function switch, when machine ON slant over 45 degree it will stop working. Standby Switch Motor Disabled ON/OFF ON/OFF OFF When ON, the machine can firing only when heating up was finished OFF Motor can't waving when OFF Key Sound ON/OFF ON Keypad press sound setting Middle Set ON/OFF When it is ON, after firing nozzle OFF will move to around 15 degree and then back to middle slowly *For better performance of SPARKULAR® waverFALL, please don't change the default value without permission from SHOWVEN®. 6. DMX Channel Mode SPARKULAR waverFALL occupies 6 operational channels. Channel CH1 CH2 CH3 Function Manual Angle setup Manual Nozzle Waving Speed setup Firing ON/OFF Value 0~255: angle change from -90° to 90° 128: straight upward (0°) 0 and 255: Max Speed 1~254: Speed increase 0~15: Firing OFF 16~90: Firing height low 91~170: Firing height medium 171~255: Firing height high Maxi. Single firing duration is 60s CH4 n/a Reserved 0-2: no preset sequence CH5 Preset sequence setup 3-255: preset sequence DMX value = 2 + Sequence No.*2.55 (ROUND OFF) 0~49: Heating Up OFF (Emergency Stop) CH6 Mode setup 50~200: Heating Up ON 201~255: Heating Up OFF (Emergency Stop) Channel 1 (CH1): Manual Angle Setup SPARKUALR waverFALL output nozzle can be stayed at any angle between -90° to 90°, below is a list of typical angles used in our preset sequence with related DMX value. Angle No. Angle DMX value 1 -90° 5 2 -75° 24 3 -60° 47 4 -45° 66 5 -30° 85 6 -15° 108 7 0° 128 or 0 8 15° 148 9 30° 169 10 45° 190 11 60° 213 12 75° 234 13 90° 255 Angle Definition SPARKUALR waverFALL with waving output nozzle firing between -90° to +90°, we devided 180 degree into 13 firing directions as below (audience side view). Channel 5 (CH5): Firing Sequence SPARKULAR waverFALL has 72 preset sequences, operator use related channel DMX value or sequence No. to access certain sequence. Below, you can find sequence list. No. Ignition angle Description Firing Duration 1 Any angle 2 -90° 3 -75° 4 -60° 5 -45° 6 -30° 7 -15° 8 0° 9 15° 10 30° 11 45° 12 60° 13 75° 14 90° 15 (-90°) ~ 90° 16 90°~ (-90°) 17 (-90°)~ 90° ~(-90°) 18 (-75°)~ 75°~ (-75°) Clear material Fixed angle firing Fixed angle firing Fixed angle firing Fixed angle firing Fixed angle firing Fixed angle firing Fixed angle firing Fixed angle firing Fixed angle firing Fixed angle firing Fixed angle firing Fixed angle firing Fixed angle firing Slow waving once Slow waving once Slow waving once Slow waving once Depends on CH3 Depends on CH3 Depends on CH3 Depends on CH3 Depends on CH3 Depends on CH3 Depends on CH3 Depends on CH3 Depends on CH3 Depends on CH3 Depends on CH3 Depends on CH3 Depends on CH3 Depends on CH3 8s 8s 14s 12s CH5 DMX Reference Value 3-5 6-7 8-10 11-12 13-15 16-17 18-20 21-22 23-25 26-28 29-30 31-33 34-35 36-38 39-40 41-43 44-45 46-48 19 (-60°)~ 60° ~ (-60°) Slow waving once 10s 20 (-45°)~ 45° ~ (-45°) Slow waving 3 times 17s 21 (-30°)~ 30° ~ (-30°) Slow waving 3 times 12s 22 (-15°)~ 15° ~ (-15°) Slow waving 3 times 7s 23 (-90°)~ 90° ~ (-90°) Medium waving 5 times 12s 24 (-75°)~ 75° ~ (-75°) Medium waving 5 times 10s 25 (-60°)~ 60° ~ (-60°) Medium waving 5 times 8s 26 (-45°)~ 45° ~ (-45°) Medium waving 5 times 7s 27 (-30°)~ 30° ~ (-30° Medium waving 5 times 5s 28 (-15°)~ 15° ~ (-15°) Medium waving 5 times 3s 29 (-60°)~ 60° ~ (-60°) Fast waving 10 times 5s 30 (-45°)~ 45° ~ (-45°) Fast waving 10 times 5s 31 (-30°)~ 30° ~ (-30°) Fast waving 10 times 4s 32 (-15°)~ 15° ~ (-15°) Fast waving 10 times 3s 33 (-75°)~ 0° ~ (-75°) Fast waving 10 times 4s 34 (-60°)~ 0° ~ (-60°) Fast waving 10 times 3s 35 (-45°)~ 0° ~ (-45°) Fast waving 10 times 2s 36 (-30°)~ 0° ~ (-30°) Fast waving 10 times 2s 37 75° ~ 0° ~ 75° Fast waving 10 times 5s 38 60° ~ 0° ~ 60° Fast waving 10 times 4s 39 45° ~ 0° ~ 45° Fast waving 10 times 3s 40 30° ~ 0° ~ 30° Fast waving 10 times 3s 41 (-90°)~ 0° ~ (-90°) Slow waving twice 11s 42 (-75°)~ 0° ~ (-75°) Slow waving twice 10s 43 (-60°)~ 0° ~ (-60°) Slow waving twice 8s 44 (-45°)~ 0° ~ (-45°) Slow waving twice 6s 45 (-30°)~ 0° ~ (-30°) Slow waving twice 5s 46 90° ~ 0° ~ 90° Slow waving twice 11s 47 75° ~ 0° ~ 75° Slow waving twice 10s 48 60° ~ 0° ~ 60° Slow waving twice 8s 49 45° ~ 0° ~ 45° Slow waving twice 6s 50 30° ~ 0° ~ 30° Slow waving twice 5s 51 (-90°)~ 0° ~ (-90°) Medium waving 5 times 7s 52 (-75°)~ 0° ~ (-75°) Medium waving 5 times 6s 53 (-60°)~ 0° ~ (-60°) Medium waving 5 times 5s 54 (-45°)~ 0° ~ (-45°) Medium waving 5 times 4s 55 (-30°)~ 0° ~ (-30°) Medium waving 5 times 3s 56 90° ~ 0° ~ 90° Medium waving 5 times 7s 57 75° ~ 0° ~ 75° Medium waving 5 times 6s 58 60° ~ 0° ~ 60° Medium waving 5 times 5s 59 45° ~ 0° ~ 45° Medium waving 5 times 4s 60 30° ~ 0° ~ 30° Medium waving 5 times 3s 61 90° ~ 45° ~ 90° Slow waving 3 times 10s 49-50 51-53 54-56 57-58 59-61 62-63 64-66 67-68 69-71 72-73 74-76 77-79 80-81 82-84 85-86 87-89 90-91 92-94 95-96 97-99 100-101 102-104 105-107 108-109 110-112 113-114 115-117 118-119 120-122 123-124 125-127 128-130 131-132 133-135 136-137 138-140 141-142 143-145 146-147 148-150 151-152 153-155 156-158 62 90° ~ 30°~ 90° Slow waving 3 times 13s 63 (-90°) ~ (-45°) ~ (-90°) Slow waving 3 times 10s 64 (-90°) ~ (-30°) ~ (-90°) Slow waving 3 times 12s 65 (-90°) ~ 0° Slow waving gradually decreases angle 18s 66 90° ~ 0° Slow waving gradually decreases angle 18s 67 (-90°) ~ 90° Slow waving gradually decreases angle 41s 68 0° ~ (-90°) Slow waving once 5s 69 (-90°) ~ 0° Slow waving once 5s 70 0° ~ 90° Slow waving once 5s 71 90° ~ 0° Slow waving once 5s 72 0° Fixed angle firing 12s DMX control example 1: firing sequence No. 42 1. Set output nozzle straight up CH1 = 128, CH2 = 0, CH3 = 0, CH4 = 0, CH5 = 0, CH6 = 128 2. Set preset Sequence No. 42 CH1 = 128, CH2 = 0, CH3 = 0, CH4 = 0, CH5 = 108, CH6 = 128 3. Firing CH1 = 128, CH2 = 0, CH3 = 255, CH4 = 0, CH5 = 108, CH6 = 128 159-160 161-163 164-165 166-168 169-170 171-173 174-175 176-178 179-180 181-183 184-185 DMX control example 2: firing sequence No. 8, firing time 10s 1. Set output nozzle straight up CH1 = 0, CH2 = 0, CH3 = 0, CH4 = 0, CH5 = 0, CH6 = 128 2. Set preset Sequence No. 8 CH1 = 0, CH2 = 0, CH3 = 0, CH4 = 0, CH5 = 21, CH6 = 128 3. Firing, default firing duration is 60s CH1 = 0, CH2 = 0, CH3 = 255, CH4 = 0, CH5 = 21, CH6 = 128 Keep 10s. 4. Firing OFF CH1 = 0, CH2 = 0, CH3 = 0, CH4 = 0, CH5 = 21, CH6 = 128 7. Wireless Control Mode: When use remote controller, please disconnect DMX cable connection, set machine to Wireless 2.4G to ON status. Match machine with remote controller by Press "A" on remote controller when machine at Wireless Control interface. A: OFF / SET, Firing OFF, SET means match machine with remote controller. B: Firing, vertical up (0°) C: Firing, according to the sequence setting on machine D: Clear Material 3s. Please replace the battery when the indicator light on remote controller is weak. Battery mode: 9V stacked battery. Remote controller for SPARKULAR waverFALL is optional accessory. 8. SHOWVEN HOST CONTROLLER ZK6200/6300 control: When use our host controller control SPARKULAR® waverFALL please press "F3" and switch the device on HOST CONTROLLER to CIRCLE FLAMER-6CH. Due to host controller with bidirectional communication with SPARKULAR® waverFALL, for each unit of machine please do allocate a unique DMX address as below: SPARKULAR No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 DMX Address 1 7 13 19 25 31 37 43 49 55 61 67 73 79 85 91 97 103 IMPORTANT NOTICE: Allocate same DMX address to different machine will cause signal interference and leads to malfunction of machine. Operation Guide 1. Install SPARKULAR® waverFALL a) SPARKULAR® waverFALL suggest to be hanged horizontally. b) Make sure the machine is securely installed to avoid falling, make sure to install extra safety rope for each machine. c) 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® waverFALL a) Open powder bags and fill the feeding hopper. b) Choose correct consumable according to the hanging height and safety distance.. SPARKULAR® waverFALL can only use HC8200 LARGE / LARGE I / LARGE II. HC8200 Effect length (Low Output) Effect length (High Output) LARGE 3m 4m LARGE- 4m 5m LARGE- 5m 7m 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) Make sure the lid of hopper is locked tight after filling. SAFETY NOTICE: Accidentally burning of consumable HC8200 in the hopper can only use sands to extinguish. 3. Connect Power / DMX cable a) Connect a power cable to the POWER IN socket of SPARKULAR® waverFALL. 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® waverFALL 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® waverFALL. e) Assign DMX address for each unit of SPARKULAR® waverFALL. If use SHOWVEN host controller or FXcommander to control the machine please allocate a unique DMX address for each unit of machine. If use remote controller to control SPARKULAR® waverFALL wirelessly, please set machine to wireless ON status and match machine with remote controller. For DMX cable control please execute below operations (f to h). f) Connect a DMX cable to the DMX IN socket of first unit of SPARKULAR® waverFALL, 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) 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 (SHOWVEN DMX splitter 8 with bidirectional signal transmission, thus can get signal feedback from device). 4. Activate SPARKULAR® waverFALL by swipe RFID card a) Swipe an RFID card. Read the card as show below. SPARKULAR® waverFALL shows time remain if read successfully. SPARKULAR® waverFALL 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® waverFALL is 30min, when time remain reached 30min, it can't recharge anymore RFID card. CN. 00000001 5. Programming and Firing a) Programming SPARKULAR® waverFALL, set the firing sequences etc. b) Heating up, it takes few minutes, it varies according to the voltage and environment temperature. c) Make sure the prescribed safety zone of related firing sequences are clear. d) Suggest to clear material for SPARKULAR® waverFALL before firing. e) Firing. In order to prevent overheat in the heating chamber and protect machine, the maximum continuous firing time for SPARKULAR® waverFALL is 60s. 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) Running preset sequence No.1 to clear material for SPARKULAR® waverFALL after show, clear material will remove the remaining particles from heating chamber. NOTE: If use SHOWVEN HOST CONTROLLER ZK6200/6300 to control the firing, please press "F3" to choose "CIRCLE FLAMER-6CH", then set the firing sequence, as for preset sequence the firing duration is fixed, so please set firing duration 1s. Please do allocate different DMX address for each unit of SPARKULAR WAVERFALL (6 channels), otherwise it will cause signal interference. 6. Turn Off and clean up a) Power off SPARKULAR® waverFALL, allow SPARKULAR® waverFALL 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® waverFALL 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. 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