Export scripts from Finale Fireworks for the 48 cues version

-  Set firing system to FireTEK from menu Show->Set firing system -> FireTEK -  Go to customize firing system menu Show->Set firing system -> Customize

-  Change on first line 'Module/slat type' from ftk[slats8] to ftk[slats4] see attachement -  Save and when you export from File menu use Export firing system script... -> FireTEK

*There is an error when you 'Re-address show' by informing you that you will need more firing modules than you really need. Software reports you how many rails you need, not modules. This does not affect the show or reports needed for shows.

ATTENTION: In your script you need to have no bombs fired at 0 time. The first bomb needs to be at least 10ms.

4. Learning/erase small r emote on FTH-48S (option) For l earning small remote on FTH-48S:

- Power on the interface

- In INIT state press and hold button ‘<<’ for about 5 seconds until the screen displays: ‘Press other xx seconds for delete or release for learn’

- Release the button and wait until the screen displays ‘press any button from the remote’ -   Press a button remote and the screen will display ‘Learned successfully’

-  Check if the remote is working For erase small remote on FTH-48S:

- Power on the interface

- In INIT state press and hold button ‘<<’ for about 5 seconds until on the screen appear: ‘Press other xx seconds for delete or release for learn’

- Continue to hold that button until the screen displays ‘Erase successfully’ - All the remotes learned by that interface are now deleted

 

5. Set the FTH-48 modules a s Master:

a. Connect to a computer via USB. ATTENTION: You need to have the USB drivers installed. You don’t need to start the software

b. In INIT state press and hold button << (Blue) and short press button >> (Green). ATTENTION: For safety reasons on FTH-48S module to be able to set the module as Master you need to press and hold button blue during the power on until the INIT screen appear.

 

6. A ctivate Bluetooth for smartphone operation and b asic specification:

ATTENTION: To be able to use Bluetooth the FTH-48 firing module must be set as Master (See point 6 ) or as Slave

- Power on the Bluetooth module: in create network state if it is set as Master or in in IDLE state if it is Slave press and hold button ‘<<’ for about 3 seconds until ‘Bluetooth ON’ will appear on the screen and the password for pair the device

- Wait until ‘Bluetooth ON’ will disappear from the screen and a ‘B’ letter appear above the wireless icon (left top corner). It will take about 20 seconds

- Search and pair the device from the Bluetooth menu of your smartphone using the password provided on the first step. The name of the device will be something like: FTHIDXX

- Install fireS application (need to approve installing applications from unknown sources)

- Start the fireS app and press ‘Search for connected devices’. Choose the correct one and press Connect

- Once it is successfully connected you can see 12 buttons (01 to 12) on the left, command buttons on center top: ‘<<’ and ‘>>’ and rails radio buttons on the right

- You can check what e-matches are connected by pressing rail you want to check: (Green means very good connection, yellow means good connection, Red means Bad connection and grey means No connections)

- You can change the current state using buttons ‘<<’ and buttons ‘>>’

- In Armed state you can fire Manual. In Armed state all igniter’s connections become red. - In Play state the script saved in the modules will automatically run

 

Set interface ID

- Interface ID must be set only if the interface is not preprogrammed with a script

- You must consider the interfaces connected to a Master or an FTM-99 remote must have unique IDs – so please be careful when set the ID for Manual fire

- At start up ‘Set interface ID’ will appear. To increase the current ID press button ‘<<’ or button ‘A’ from the small remote (if there is one)

- If you press longer the blue button the ID will increase faster

- Confirm the current ID by pressing button ‘>>’ or button B from the small remote (if there is one)

 

8. Op erating Dead Man Switch(DMS): It has 2 buttons: DMS and TRG (the top one) -   It can be used on the FTM-99 remote

- It is automatically detected when connected

- Once it is connected you will only be able to go into Play state only if the DMS switch is pressed -   If it is released the system will pause the show

- If it is depressed the system will resume the show

- You can use the TRG (trigger) button for sequence firing in Play state and also to start the show from the Armed state

- You can check if the buttons work in IDLE state: The display will show you if a button is pressed and which one.

- Also in IDLE state if you press TRG button you can go directly to the interfaces with errors, if there is any. If you press button DMS you go to the next interface.

 

9. Set/Reset GPS start time from the FTM-99 remote -   The remote must be in IDLE state

- Must have connection to the slaves which want to be fired using GPS time trigger

- Press and hold button 3 (from your right hand) until SET start time appear on the screen

- You can increase hours, minutes and seconds using buttons: 01, 02 respectively 03 and you can decrease them using buttons: 04, 05 and 06

- To confirm the hours you must press and hold button 3

- If the hour is set you can reset it by pressing and hold button 3

ATTENTION: The start time set in this way will be lost on power off. Please be aware that the time used is the UTC time, not your local time

 

10. Check the internal Audio player from FTM-99 remote ATTENTION: With 5 .4 firmware or newer the default music file MUST HAVE the file name '0'

- The remote must be in IDLE state

-  If the ID appear on the top - center of the remote means the internal audio player it is powered on -  If TC appear means the internal audio player is shut down and you need to press and hold button 5

until ID appear

- If you connect an USB memory stick and it is OK instead of ID (Internal Disk), the display will change to UD (USB Disk)

- To check if the music player is working you can short press button 5 and the audio file will be played. Only one audio file can be stored on the disk and it does not matter what filename it has.

- If you want to Pause/resume press again button 5, to stop you must press button 6

- If you want to shut down the internal player you must press and hold button 6 until TC appear instead of ID

- To have access on the internal music player memory please connect to the computer using and USB A to USB A cable.

ATTENTION: If the FTM-99 remote battery it is low possible not connect on the computer as USB drive to have access on the internal memory.

11. Internal p layer calibration. A TTENTION: Must be made after each firmware update and every t ime you observe any drift between music and s cript.

- Power on the remote

- Power on the internal player

- Connect FTM-99 remote with USB A cable to computer

- Copy the music file "IP Calibration" into internal disk of FTM-99... please be sure it is the only file from there.

- After copy disconnect USB A cable from FTM-99S remote

- Long press (about 2-3 seconds) button 12 until Drift and a number who is changing appears after IDLE

- Just let it this way about 4 minutes until Drift factor appear. If it is not between -50 and + 50 please contact us on [email protected].

- Now you can delete the test music file and you can add your music file

- Please be sure you will not long press in IDLE state button 12 while internal player it is on - Normally you need a new calibration only after you make a firmware update

Generate Time code

- Open the computer software LTC Audio Mixer

- If needed you can add an offset for delay starting

- For advanced users, you can change the number of channels and the Time code channel -   For beginners, we recommend defaults values

- Open the audio file (needs to be wav)

- The software automatically generates the new audio file with the same name + ‘smpte’ word at the end of the filename in the software folder

13. FTM-99 internal time code generator – It works only on the controllers which has this option.

FTM-99 has an internal time code generator and can have as output an LTC SPMTE time code with 25fps or 30fps ND. The output it is the show time and it is started in Play state. To enable go in remote screen and press and hold button 6 (from your right hand) until TC changes to TG (25). Press and hold again to change it to change it in TG (30) and press again for disable. ATTENTION: With the current firmware time code generator it works only on FTM-99 with this option (does not work on FTH-48). Also soon it will have as output GPS Time.

14. DMX output – can be used to control any DMX device like: flames, smoke, CO2, lights, etc.

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