User's Manual

FIREMASTER IV " MillenniumThree " radio shooting system User’s manual
4.5 GENERAL DESCRIPTION
 Up to 128 Remote Units RX48 can be used at the same time,
(corresponding to 256 RX24 Units of the previous Firemaster III
system) for a maximum count of 6144 independent lines!
 All Remote Units are individually marked with a progressive number
on the case cover
 Each Unit has TWO INDEPENDENT SECTIONS with 24 lines,
marked 1 to 24: Unit number ONE has lines 1 to 24, Unit TWO 25 to
48 and so on for all existing Units. While the lines are no longer
marked INDIVIDUALLY on the front-panel (as in the previous
FIREMASTER III System), the TX-5000 will continue to display
the number of each individual line as before.
 The batteries can be charged with the power switch on the
OFF/EXT/CHARGE position, simply connecting the line cord to any
suitable mains outlet (90 to 240Va.c. 50 or 60Hz). The whole process of
test and charge is automatically performed by a dedicated
microcontroller. During the test and charge operations, the Unit cannot
be used.
 The program for the fire sequences is permanently stored inside the
memory of each single Remote Unit and it is maintained until the
operator will overwrite it with new data.
 Any number of remote Units can be added or removed from the System
without altering the program of the remaining Units.
 The fire sequences can be altered at any moment , even few minutes
before the show take place, with the maximum of ease, REMOTELY,
by radio link and without need for the personnel to be present on the fire
site.
 The Base Unit TX5000 (when the "SHOW" mode is NOT in use)
behaves just as a COMMUNICATOR and doesn't contain any memory
of the fire sequences (the sequences are stored inside the Remote Units
RX48), the Base Unit, if damaged, can be replaced IMMEDIATELY
without any modification of the fire sequences already programmed. In
"SHOW" mode the Base Unit TX5000 stores an IMAGE of the whole
show: should be necessary to replace at the last moment the Base Unit, it
will be also necessary to reload on it the show image from a portable PC
in few seconds.
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