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1. Nixie Clock Marcel A 2 OU le 1 ulm D User Manual May 2011 Safety Precautions Do not power on the clock when tubes are damaged or missing Use the power supply that came with the clock or use a power supply that s compliant with the technical specifications of the clock Do not expose the clock to rain or moisture Do not put the clock in sunlight for a long time Do not expose the clock to high temperatures Do not cover the clock Always clean the clock with a dry or very slighty damp cloth Do not use any detergents Be careful while touching the tubes esp the nozzle at the top Power off the clock before cleaning The clock must be completely dry when it s powered on Do not subject the clock to mechanical shocks Avoid any mechanical shocks to the tubes and to the top of the tubes in particular Keep out of reach of children Technical Information Power supply 12 VDC 500 mA Power consumption 3 W max DC connector OA Dimensions 138 mm x 63 mm x 68 mm W x D x H Nixie Tubes IN 16 Background light Depends on the clock s configuration Cyan LEDs Ocean green LEDs RGB LEDs with automatically changing colors Time format 12 hour format 24 hour format Date format DD MM YY day month year MM DD YY month day year Alarm snooze time 1 9 minutes Backup power 30 minutes Durability Tubes Tube life saving mode with adjustable brightne2. ht tube indicates whether the alarm is turned on When the alarm goes off push SET ALARM to stop the alarm Push ADJ SNOOZE to show the current date for a number of seconds When the alarm goes off push ADJ SNOOZE to snooze The alarm will go off again after the snooze time has expired Hold MODE OPTION to activate the option mode Hold SET ALARM to activate the setup mode Setup Mode Setup mode allows you to set the time the alarm and the date Push MODE OPTION to cycle through the various settings time gt alarm gt date gt back to display mode Push SET ALARM to step through the various values of a setting The currently selected value flashes Push ADJ SNOOZE to change the value Time Alarm hours minutes seconds hours minutes snooze Snooze time is expressed in minutes Date Date format DD MM YY Date format MM DD YY month year month year 4 User Manual Option Mode Option mode allows you to change various settings of the clock Press MODE OPTION to step through the available options The value of the currently selected option flashes Push ADJ SNOOZE to change the value The clock will revert to display mode when you don t push any button for at least fifteen seconds Time Format HUE option ESS 12 12 hour format 24 24 hour format Leading Zero DIET option 0 Disabled 1 Enabled Digit Cross Fading PALIN option N Digit cross fading in the tubes 0 Disab
3. led 1 9 Fast 1 to slow 9 User Manual Date Format DIALER option 1 DD MM YY day month year 2 MM DD YY month day year Display Date dS UUUE option Automatically show date Disabled At 00 10 20 30 40 50 sec At 00 20 40 seconds At 00 30 seconds At 40 seconds At 50 seconds At the top of the hour At midnight Date Scrolling Speed DIALER option 1 4 Fast 1 to slow 4 Tubes Animation Method dE option No animation Cycling digits every minute Waving digits every minute Cycling digits every 10 min Cycling digits every hour Cycling digits at midnight Cycling Digits dl WUE option 1 Left to right 2 Right to left 3 All tubes at once 4 Random Brightness ose 1 10 Minimal to maximal Clock s Precision golmana option Press SET ALARM to increment the value by one Press ADJ SNOOZE to decrement the value by one Alarm Tone MANDAN option 1 9 Fast to slow pace 10 No alarm tone Brightness of Tube Saving Mode HANU option 0 Off 1 10 Minimal to maximal Start of Tube Saving Mode HEU option 00 23 Midnight to 23 hours Duration of Tube Saving Mode ULE option 00 No saving mode 01 23 Active hours 24 Saving mode always active User Manual Adjusting the Clock s Precision Option 10 in the option mode allows y
4. ou to adjust the clock s precision If you decrease the value by one the clock runs approx 1 3 s slower per month If you increase the value by one the clock runs approx 1 3 s faster per month In order to adjust the clock s precision you have to determine how much time the clock deviates over a period of time Use a reference clock to this purpose Examples of a reference clock include a GPS clock and the clock on the Teletext pages Measure the period in hours and the deviation in seconds The deviation is positive when the clock runs too fast it is negative when the clock runs too slow When you determine the deviation you must only take whole seconds into account disregarding any fractional part Once you ve determined the values for the period and the deviation use the following formula to calculate the adjustment adjustment deviation x 550 period Example Suppose the clock runs 2 seconds behind over a period of 72 hours Hence the deviation is 2 s According to the formula the adjustment is 2 x 550 72 15 In order to adjust the clock s precision you ll have to add 15 to the value of option 10 in the option mode Contact Information Official website http www axiris be G la HT cm i zy D User Manual 7
5. ss to prevent wearing out Periodical animations to prevent cathode poisioning 2 User Manual Installation Connect the DC plug of the power supply to the DC connector on the back of the clock Plug the power supply into a power socket The clock is now powered on Please note there s no ON OFF switch To power off the clock remove the power supply from the power socket and or disconnect the DC connector from the clock After you ve powered on the clock the clock will show the display mode When you power off the clock the clock will remember all settings for approximately 30 minutes All settings will be lost thereafter meaning you ll have to set up again after powering on the clock Control Panel BQ SR T u x D Oo Se onion Turn the knob LED to control the brightness of the background lightning The brightness varies from no light at all to maximal intensity The meaning of the buttons MODE OPTION SET ALARM and ADJ SNOOZE depends on the clock s current mode You can operate the buttons MODE OPTION and SET ALARM in two ways Push briefly Push the button and release immediately This operation is called pushing the button Hold Push the button for at least one second and release afterwards This operation is called holding the button User Manual 3 Display Mode Push MODE OPTION to show time alarm and date Push SET ALARM to turn on or off the alarm An orange dot in the rig
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