F-7 - Effect machine Antari - Free user manual and instructions

Product type	Smoke machine
Brand	Antari
Model	F-7
Dimensions (L x W x H)	728 x 428 x 719 mm
Weight	52.5 kg
Power supply	AC 100-240 V, 50/60 Hz, 1600 W
Heating time	Approximately 6 minutes
Liquid consumption (fog mode)	140 ml/min
Liquid consumption (haze mode)	28 ml/min
Tank capacity	5 liters
Compatible liquid	Antari FLG-5E Heavy Fog Fluid
Control	DMX512, timer, manual, W-DMX
DMX channels	3 channels
Connectors	Neutrik PowerCon (power), XLR 3 and 5 pin (DMX)
Display	Blue LCD
Main functions	Timer (interval, duration, output), continuous volume mode, adjustable fan speed, automatic shutdown with cleaning
Safety	Overheating protection, automatic shutdown, minimum safety distance of 50 cm
Maintenance	Regular cleaning with distilled water, drain the tank before transport
Operating conditions	Indoor, ambient temperature 0°C to 40°C
Delivery contents	1 machine, 2 power cables, 2 liquid tanks, 1 user manual
Warranty and support	Contact Antari dealer, no user-serviceable parts

Frequently Asked Questions - F-7 Antari

How to turn on the Antari F-7 machine?

Place the machine on a flat surface, fill the tank with Antari liquid, connect the power and turn it on. Preheating takes about 6 minutes. Once the display shows Ready to Fog, press the VOLUME button to emit smoke.

What liquid can I use in the F-7 machine?

Use only high-quality water-based smoke fluid Antari FLG or a fluid recommended by your dealer. Using other fluids can cause clogging or spitting.

How to set the timer mode on the F-7?

Press the TIMER button to activate timer mode. Use the menu to set the interval (1 to 300 seconds), duration (1 to 120 seconds), and smoke output (20 to 100%). The machine will emit smoke at regular intervals.

How to clean the Antari F-7 smoke machine?

Empty the liquid tank and fill it with distilled water. Turn on the machine and let it run until the water is used up. Repeat if necessary. Then fill with smoke fluid and check proper operation.

What to do if the machine does not produce smoke?

Check that the machine is turned on and preheating is complete. Make sure the tank contains liquid. If the problem persists, turn off the machine, unplug it, and contact your Antari dealer. Do not attempt to repair it yourself.

How to connect a DMX controller to the F-7?

Use an XLR 3 or 5-pin cable to connect the controller to the machine. Set the DMX address in the menu (1 to 510). The machine uses 3 DMX channels: channel 1 for mode (Haze/Fog), channel 2 for smoke output, channel 3 for fan speed.

What safety distance must I maintain?

Leave at least 50 cm of clearance around the machine to ensure proper ventilation. Also maintain a minimum distance of 50 cm between the machine nozzle and flammable materials.

Can I use the machine outdoors?

The machine is designed for indoor use only. Protect it from moisture and liquid splashes. Outdoor use could damage the device and pose electrical hazards.

How to properly turn off the machine?

Press and hold the STOP button for 3 seconds. The machine starts an automatic cleaning program and then shuts off by itself. Then unplug the power if not using it for a long period.

What to do in case of liquid leakage?

Unplug the machine from the mains immediately. Clean the liquid with a damp cloth. If liquid has entered the inside, contact your Antari dealer before reusing the device. Never swallow the liquid.

USER MANUAL F-7 Antari

Exterior view of a black F7 Source air conditioner unit with open doors and fan (no visible text or symbols on the device itself)

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User Manual - English

Safety Information

Please read the following safety information carefully before operating the machine. This information includes important safeguards about installation, usage, and maintenance. Pay attention to all warning labels and instructions in this manual and printed on the machine.

If you have questions about how to operate the machine safely, please contact your local Antari dealer for help.

• Keep this device dry.
  • Always connect to a grounded circuit to avoid risk of electrocution.
• Before connecting the machine to power, always check the voltage indicated on the machine matches to your local AC voltage. Do not use the machine if the AC power voltage does not match.
• Disconnect the machine from AC power before servicing and when not in use.
• This product is for indoor use only! Do not expose to rain or moisture. If fluid is spilled, disconnect AC power and clean with a damp cloth. If fluid is spilled onto electronic parts, immediately unplug the machine and contact your local Antari dealer for advice.
• No user serviceable and modifiable parts inside. Never try to repair this product, an unauthorized technician may cause damage or malfunction to the machine.
  • For adult use only. Never leave the machine running unattended.
  • Install the machine in a well-ventilated area. Provide at least 50 cm of space around the machine.
• Never add flammable liquid of any kind to the machine.
  • Make sure there are no flammable materials close to the machine while operating.

• Only use Antari fluid. Other fluid may lead to heater clog or malfunction.
- If the machine fails to work, unplug the machine and stop operation immediately. Contact your local Antari dealer for advice.
• Before transporting the machine, make sure the fluid tank is completely drained.
- Fog fluid may present health risks if swallowed. Do not drink fog fluid. Store it securely. In case of eye contact or if fluid is swallowed, immediately seek medical advice.

Unpacking and Inspection

Immediately upon receiving the machine, carefully unpack the carton, check the contents to ensure that all parts are present and have been received in good condition. If any parts appear damaged or mishandled from shipping, notify the shipper immediately and retain the packing material for inspection.

What is included: 1 x F-7 SMAZE Machine

2 x Power Cord (One for Fog Machine, the other for Fan)

2 x Fluid Tank

1 x User Manual

Product Dimensions

Product Overview

Setting Up

Step 1: Place the machine on a flat surface and in a suitably large area with at least 50 cm of open space around the machine.

Step 2: Fill the fluid tank with Antari approved fluid.

Step 3: Connect the machine to a suitably rated power supply. To determine the power requirement for the machine refer to the label on the machine.

Always connect the machine to a protected circuit and ensure it is properly grounded to avoid risk of electrocution.

Step 4: Turn on the machine and allow it to heat up. Heat up takes approximately 6 mintues. Once the machine has reached operating temperature, the display will show "Ready to Fog". Now the machine is ready for operation.

Step 5: To start making fog, press the VOLUME button on the control panel.

Step 6: To turn off the machine, hold the STOP button for 3 seconds; the machine will automatically run a self-cleaning process and shut down after the self-cleaning process is done.

Operation

Control Panel Operation

The machine can be operated with the onboard digital control interface.

Button	Function
[MENU]	Scroll through setting menu
[UP]/[TIMER]	Up/Activate Timer function
[DOWN]/[VOLUME]	Down/Activate Volume function
[STOP]	Deactivate Timer/Volume function.Or to select and memorize the setting.Hold 3 seconds to start self-cleaning process and shut down the machine

Control Menu

Operation Mode

XXXX

Select Fog or Faze Mode

Set interval time at Timer mode from 1 to 300 seconds

Set duration time at Timer mode from 1 to 120 seconds

Timer Output XXX %

Set output volume at Timer mode from 20 to 100 %

Volume Output XXX %

Set output volume at Volume mode from 20 to 100 % or continuous output

Fan Speed XXX %

Set fan speed from 20 to 100% or to turn off Fan

Set DMX/W-DMX address from 1 to 510

W-DMX Power XX

Turn On/Off W-DMX function

W-DMX Reset XX

Unlink from a W-DMX transmitter

Air Pump Sensor XX

Turn On/Off Air Pump Sensor

Run Last Setting XX

Turn On/Off run last setting function

DMX Connector Pin Assignment

The machine provides a 3- or 5-pin XLR connector for DMX connection. The diagram below indicates pin assignment information.

3 Pin XLR

5 Pin XLR

Pin	Function
1	Ground
2	Data-
3	Data+
4	N/A
5	N/A

DMX Operation

Making the DMX Connection – Connect the machine to a DMX controller or to one of the machines in the DMX chain. The machine uses a 3-pin or 5-pin XLR connector for DMX connection, the connector is located on the front of the machine.

Address Setup – Use control menu to set DMX address. The machine occupies 3 control channels. The starting address is defined as the first channel from which the machine will respond to the controller. Always double check to make sure there are no overlapping

channles in order to control the machine correctly.

DMX Channel Function

Channel	Value	Function
1	0-127	Faze Mode
	128-255	Fog Mode
2	0-5	Output Off
	6-255	Output 21-100%
3	0-5	Fan speed at 20%
	6-255	Fan speed 21-100%

Status of W-DMX connection

Symbol on the Liquid Crystal Display	Status of W-DMX connection
●	Transmitter assigned, DMX signal received
◎	Transmitter assigned, No DMX signal
⊙	Transmitter link lost or linking to transmitter
○	Transmitter not assigned

Service and Maintenance

• Do not allow the machine and fluid to become contaminated.
• Regularly fill distilled water to fluid tank and run the machine to clean the system. After cleaning, refill Antari fog fluids into fluid tank and make sure the machine can produce fog properly.
• It is recommended to run the machine on a monthly basis in order to achieve best performance and output condition.
• Excessive dust, liquid and dirt built up will degrade performance and cause overheating.

Technical Specifications

- Input voltage	US model : AC 100-120V, 50 / 60Hz 13.5A
	EU model : AC 220-240V, 50 / 60Hz 7A
- Rated power	1600W
- Warm-up time	8 minutes (approx.)
- Fluid consumption	Fog Mode : 140ml/min
	Faze Mode : 28ml/min
- Fluid tank capacity	5 Liters (1.32 gallon)
- Compatible fluid	Antari FLG-5E Heavy Fog Fluid
- Operating time	Faze Mode : 2.8 hrs at max. output
- Ambient temp. range	0 °C - 40 °C (32 °F-104 °F)
- Control	Manual, Timer, DMX 512
	Wireless DMX
- DMX channels	3 channels
- Connection	Neutrik Powercon (Power)
	XLR 3-pin and 5-pin (DMX)
- Dimension	L728 W428 H719 mm
	(L28.66 W16.85 H28.31 inch)
- Weight	52.5 kg (115.74 lbs)

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G5 Short guide

Pinout

Pin number	Funcon	Comment
J1:1	GND
J1:2	Data - / RxD	RxD if J3:12 is connected to 3.3V, internal pulldown
J1:3	Data + / TxD	RxD if J3:12 is connected to 3.3V, internal pulldown
J1:4	Funcon switch	Pull up to 3.3V internally
J1:5	OEM LED	3.3V when On
J1:6	5V, 5-15V, 5-26V	Depending on card model
J1:7	GND
J1:8	3.3V	Dierent compared to G4
J1:9	Recepon Indicator / Mode	Dierent compared to G4
J1:10	Direcon	For TRX cards

J3 is only for cads with -SPI extension

J3:1	Reset
J3:2	RX_NOT_TX	Output, High as RX, low as TX
J3:3	Reserved	N/C internal use
J3:4	Reserved	N/C internal use
J3:5	Slave IRQ	IRQ signal when radiocard is SPI slave, not implemented
J3:6	Overlay CS	CS Signal for overlay, acve high
J3:7	SLAVE CS	CS Signal when radiocard is SPI slave, not implemented
J3:8	SCK	Serial Clock signal
J3:9	MISO	Master In, Slave out signal
J3:10	MOSI	Master Out, Slave in signal
J3:11	RS485 DIR	Direcon for RS485 driver
J3:12	RS485 DISABLE	Connect to 3.3V when internal RS485 driver should be turned o

Information for migrating from G4 to G5

PLEASE NOTE:

• Pin 6 can handle 5 to 15V input on all receiver cards A40895G5 and A40896G5SPI
• Pin 6 can handle 5V input on following transceiver cards A40890G5 and A40891G5SPI
• Pin 6 can handle 5 to 26V input on following transceiver cards A40890G5SPI
  • Pin 8 can only be connected to 3.3V
• Connect only one power source to the card
• OEM LED output 3.3V when the LED should be on, adjust resistor to give enough current to the LED, maximum output current is 0.5mA
• Pin 9 does not indicate MODE on the receiver, on receiver it is indicang recepon
• Shutdown voltage:

To ensure stable operaon, the voltage need to be according to the pinout list. But the card may be operaonal all the way down towards 1.5V, to ensure that the cards is disabled, power need to be reduced to 0V

Transceiver cards

IMPORTANT DMX direction for cards

All transceiver cards can operate as transmier or receiver, by seng the voltage on pin 10 in the following 3 conguraons

Pin 10 voltage	Funcon
GND	Transmier (like G4 type O cards)
3.3V (Open)	Receiver (like G4 type O cards)
1.65V	Transmier or receiver (like G4 type R cards)Direcon is fetched from non-volale storage; direcon is changed if the buon (pin 4) is connected to GND during power upTo accomplish this, it is easiest to use two 4.7kOhm resistors, put one 4.7kOhm from pin 8 (3.3V) to pin 10 and one 4.7kOhm resistor from pin 7(GND) to pin 10.

OEM LED indication

Transmitter card

On 900ms / O 100ms = no DMX present

Connuously On = DMX present

On 100ms / O 100ms = linking receivers

On 500ms / O 500ms = unlinking all receivers

Receiver card

Connuously O = not assigned to a transmier

On 900ms / O 100ms = assigned to a transmier, but no DMX present

Connuously On = assigned to a transmier and DMX present

On 100ms / O 100ms = link to transmier lost or linking to transmier

MODE LED indication

Transmitter card

Connuously On = G4S mode

Connuously O = G3 mode

Receiver card

Aer a low pass Iter ^1

The signal has a 1s period, that goes low in 100ms steps to indicate reception rate:

100% recepon: High

90% recepon: 900ms high, 100ms low

60% recepon 600ms high, 400ms low

1) The low pass Iter should Iter pulses that are up to 50 us long. Pin 9 can drive up to 0.5mA and for Iter purpose, there is a 330ohm resistor on the PCB between the driver and the pin.

There will be a pulse for each received radio package, if the pulse is high or low depends on the current signal level, there will be an error of up to 2 pulses for each second, so the error is negligible if the reception is measured with pulse counting.

LED Overlay Interface, G5 cards

For the G5 cards with SPI funconality (two pinheaders).

It is possible to implement a display interface similar to the one used on the W-DMX

BlackBox/WhiteBox range.

The overlay interface consists of an SPI interface that shis out data for the LEDs as described below.

To avoid icker a latched shi register is recommended.

The SPI speed is 2.5MHz and Overlay CS is pulled high before the output start and pulled low aer the SPI output has ended, SCK and MOSI is output signals.

LED order

Name	Bit	Text	Color	Descripon
Power	0	PWR	Blue	Power, blinking in control mode
RDM	1	RDM	Green	RDM on/o
Green of Mode LED	2	Mode	Green	Mode indicator, part of a RGB LED
Red of Mode LED	3	Mode	Red	Mode indicator, part of a RGB LED
Blue of Mode LED	4	Mode	Blue	Mode indicator, part of a RGB LED
2 Universe	5	UNIV	Green	Is receiving a 2 universe link
Link	6	LINK	Green	Link established
Data	7	DATA	Green	DMX Data present
Transmit Mode	8	TX	Green	Radio Transmier
Receive Mode	9	RX	Green	Radio Receiver
Reserved	10
Signal 1	11		Red	Signal Strength
Signal 2	12		Yellow	Signal Strength
Signal 3	13		Green	Signal Strength
Signal 4	14		Green	Signal Strength
Signal 5	15		Green	Signal Strength