Nixie Clock Type `6 tube IN-12`
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1. than 24 hours Nixie Tube Clock Nixie 6 IN 12 www printerdoctor com _92. 0 and 55 seconds past each minute Night Blanking Override During programmed night blanking the blanking may be overridden to see the time by briefly pressing the SET button Tubes will remain lit for the period defined in parameter 8 Setting Alarm Press the ALARM Button The seconds digits show the on off status of the alarm OO or O1 off or on Set on off status then minutes followed by hours by using the ALARM and ADJ buttons When set the alarm LED will also light Nixie Tube Clock Nixie 6 IN 12 www printerdoctor com Cancelling Alarm Press ALARM briefly to cancel alarm and enter snooze mode or a longer press until the clock bleeps to cancel snooze Alarm remains set for the next day Rapid DST Adjustment Press DST briefly to toggle between DST and standard time The Indicator Shows whether DST mode is active or not Note that GPS time data does not contain DST information so the DST status will need to be set manually in GPS sync mode as well as manual time set mode Calibration of timekeeping accuracy Over time you may observe the clock runs faster or slower than an accurate time standard You can finely adjust the timekeeping by setting configuration parameters 20 and 21 We recommend to precisely set the clock against a known accurate clock and then record the time drift in seconds after 5 full days 120 hours Program this value into parameter 20 Set pa
3. User Guide Nixie Clock Type 6 tube IN 12 Nixie Tube Clock Nixie 6 IN 12 www printerdoctor com 1 1 Features Hours Minutes and Seconds display 12 or 24 hour modes Uses a Quartz Crystal Oscillator as the timebase Not AC frequency Programmable leading zero blanking Date display in either DD MM YY or MM DD YY or YY MM DD format Programmable date display each minute Scrolling display of date or standard display Alarm with programmable snooze period Optional GPS synchronisation with status indicator LED Dedicated DST button to switch between DST and standard time Supercapacitor backup Keeps time during short power outages Simple time setting using two buttons Programmable leading zero blanking Five programmable neon colon settings Flashing AM PM indication illuminated AM PM indication both flashing both on both off Seconds can be reset to zero to precisely the set time Programmable night mode blanked or dimmed display to save tubes or prevent sleep disturbance Rear Indicator LEDs dim at night to prevent sleep disturbance Weekday aware Master Blank function to turn off HV tubes on weekends or during working hours Separate modes for colon neons during night mode Standard or fading change of digits Standard fading or fading with scrollback display modes Slot Machine Cathode poisoning prevention routine Programmable RGB tube lighting select YOUR favourite col
4. functional without GPS synchronisation Set time manually 4 Enter your time zone offset from the synchronisation source Note that GPS transmits UTC 5 Visual effect cathode poisoning prevention all digits on all tubes are cycled for 10 seconds This setting overrides night blanking or dimming for the duration of the effect 10 seconds 6 Date will be displayed each minute between 50 and 55 seconds past the minute 7 Press SET briefly during Night Mode to show time for prescribed period 8 Set this parameter to 1 to restore original default settings Internal operations will then load all the original settings and restore the value to 0 Setting the Time and Date From time display mode press and hold SET button for 2 seconds until the seconds digits are highlighted Press the ADJ button to reset seconds to zero Briefly Press SET again and the hours will be highlighted Press the ADJ button to set the minutes Briefly Press SET again and the hours will be highlighted Press the ADJ button to set the hours Proceed in this fashion to set the calendar Year Month and Day Finally briefly Press SET again to revert to normal clock operation Showing Date From time display mode briefly press SET button Date will be shown for 5 seconds then revert to time display Auto Date Display Setting parameter 18 to 1 will enable auto display of date between 5
5. h the range of possible values by pressing the ADJ button When the desired value has been reached move on to the next parameter by pressing the SET button When the last parameter has been set pressing SET one more time will revert the clock back to time display mode The first parameter 0 cannot be changed as it is the software revision number It will show for several seconds and then move to parameter 1 Parameter Description Vales 10 version 1 0 11 version 1 1 etc 1 24 Hr 0 MM DD YY default 1 DD MM YY 2 YY MM DD from V1 1 onwards 0 leading zero blanked default eg 01 54 32 1 leading zero displayed Oo 0 Night Mode O Tubes off 1 Dimmed display default Master Blank days 0 Off 1 Weekdays 2 Weekends 3 All days default Colon neons mode 0 AM PM Indication flashing 1 AM PM Indication illuminated 2 Both flash default 3 Both illuminated 4 Both off Nixie Tube Clock Nixie 6 IN 12 www printerdoctor com H Colon neons during night dimmed mode Radio time signal source _ UJ GPS Baud rate 14 13 16 Radio time offset hours Radio time offset mins Radio time offset polarity Reserved leave as 0 Snooze period 17 18 19 20 21 Reserved leave as 0 Time Calibration Factor Time Calibration Polarity 22 Slots Mode m m N 23 Reserved leave as 0 24 Reserved leave as 0 Reserved leave as 0 26 D
6. isplay Mode 27 Auto date display each minute 28 Night Mode Override 0 Period Restore default settings Notes Nixie Tube Clock Nixie 6 IN 12 www printerdoctor com 0 AM PM Indication flashing 1 AM PM Indication illuminated 2 Both flash 3 Both illuminated default 4 Both off 0 No Radio Time source default 1 Reserved 2 Reserved 3 Reserved 4 GPS 4 8 Kbps default O l 1 9 6 Kbps 2 19 2 Kbps 3 38 4 Kbps O Minus time default 1 Plus time Oe O 6 minutes default 1 9 minutes 2 12 minutes 3 15 minutes 0 99 each unit adjusts by 0 2s per day O Make clock slower 1 Make clock faster 0 Slots disabled 1 Slots every minute 2 Slots every 10 minutes default 3 Slots every hour 4 Slots at midnight O Standard change of digits 1 Fading digits 2 Fading digits with scrollback effect default 0 Off 1 On 2 On with scrolling effects default 50 default O gives 15 seconds override O Keep user settings 1 Restore original default settings 1 Master Blanking Mode has priority over Night Mode Use to disable the clock on weekends eg clock is in office or during office hours eg clock is at home Complete HV Shutdown to save power and tube life 2 Night time neons mode is active when night mode is set to dim During night time blanking the tubes AND neons are disabled 3 Clock is fully
7. our palette 729 colours possible Have a different colour or your choosing every hour or autochanging colours Your choice All user preferences stored to non volatile memory A suitable 12v DC power supply is included 500mA or more current capability 12V DC 5 5mm plug with 2 1mm Nixie Tube Clock Nixie 6 IN 12 www printerdoctor com The four buttons have the following functions SET Exit tube test routine on cold power up Show date Set time and date Enter configuration menu ADJ Adjust time date alarm time configuration parameters ALARM Set alarm time snooze cancel snooze alarm DST Toggle between DST and Standard Time 1 Hour Enter colour setup menu scroll through colour time options Entering configuration mode The principal settings of the clock are stored in flash memory your preferred configuration is stored even after powering off the clock for extended periods To access the configuration mode press and hold the SET button After 2 seconds the seconds will become highlighted Continue holding the button a further 2 seconds until the clock displays in this format 00 XX 99 The 99 in the seconds digits tells you that you are in the configuration menu In configuration mode the hours digits diplay the current parameter being adjusted and the minutes digits display the current value stored against the parameter For each parameter and referring to the table below scroll throug
8. rameter 21 to O to slow down the clock and to 1 to speed up the clock The clock features a separate and dedicated setup menu for the RGB LED lights accessed from the DST button All settings are stored to non volatile memory so your favourite colours will still be there after even a long power off You can set fixed colours and intensities or program an auto colour cycling effect at your choice of speed 4 1 Entering RGB LED menu Press and hold the DST button until the display shows 00 0 00 The first minutes tube will not be lit Nixie Tube Clock Nixie 6 IN 12 www printerdoctor com e For each hour 0 23 you can set a custom colour Each custom colour can have your choice of RED GREEN and values from O colour off to 8 maximum brightness Mix the colours using the SET AD buttons Use low values 1 2 and 3 for low brightness eg For night time Set the value to 0 for that colour to be off Once you are happy with the colour for that hour press DST to move to the next hour e Have fun playing with your favourite colours and intensities Colours are displayed live during RGB menu e Inthe example above between 8 and 9 hours the LEDs will be purple 8 red O green and 8 blue Nixie Tube Clock Nixie 6 IN 12 www printerdoctor com e Inthe example below between 19 and 20 hours the LEDs will be blue with a hint of green O red 2 green and 8 blue 4 2 Se
9. tting auto colour cycling Setting colour RED to value 9 has a special meaning This will enable auto colour cycling for the specified hour The speed of the cycling will then be governed by the GREEN value 0 very slow change 9 very fast change Red 9 therefore Auto Colour Cycling is enabled for 12 13 hours Green 3 SO Speed is 3 Blue value has no effect Note The colours do not cycle live during Auto Colour Cycling setup The cycling starts only during normal time and date display Nixie Tube Clock Nixie 6 IN 12 www printerdoctor com 5 1 Configuring for Optional GPS Synchronisation e Set parameter 12 to value 4 e f using our Micro GPS ensure the baud rate in parameter 13 Is value 0 e Set parameters 14 and 15 for the hours and minutes your time zone is offset from UTC This is usually only whole hours e Set parameter 16 to identify whether the offset is minus 0 or positive 1 of UTC The clock has been designed for and tested with our Micro GPS Receiver available separately to order please email to info printerdoctor com 5 2 Function of the green GPS indicator e GPS Synchronisation not enabled parameter 12 0 LED is permanently off e GPS Synchronisation enabled parameter 12 4 The LED will be ON if the clock has synchronised in the last two hours Slowly flashing if the last synchronisation was between 2 hours and 24 hours ago and off if the last synchronisation is older
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