pi lit Sequential Safety Flares Quickstart Guide.pdf

pi-Lit $ ^{\circ} $ Sequential Flare (ICS) - Quick Start Guide

IMPORTANT: A tap is a momentary press; a hold is a 3-second press!

- Battery Status

When Flare is OFF, press for 3 seconds the square $ \pi $ （pi）button.
A yellow/green LED will begin to flash
- 5 yellow = full batteries
- 4 yellow = good batteries
- 3 yellow, 2 red = low batteries
- 1 red = batteries depleted (time to change batteries)

- Turning on Flares - Rapid Deployment System (RDS)

Simply pull off case! （Rechargeable only）OR,
Briefly tap either button.
Yellow/Green LED will illuminate indicating that the flare is turning on.
First flare takes approximately 3 seconds to turn on
The remaining flares will take approximately 1 sec to turn on
Wait until the flare begins flashing, then turn on the next flare.
Remember to wait until the flare begins to flash before turning on the next flare in line.
There are 16 LEDs on the SIDE of the flare and 4 LEDs on the TOP.
To disable the tilt sensor, simply TAP the square $ \pi $ （pi）button while the flare is operating. This will send the command to all the flares to "lock" on the 4 TOP LEDs even if it is in the HORIZONTAL position. TAP the square $ \pi $ （pi）button again and the 16 side LEDs will be locked on (irrespective of orientation). The $ 3^{\mathrm{rd}} $ TAP of the square $ \pi $ （pi）button will bring the flare back to its default state where the tilt sensor controls the choice of LEDs.

- Changing Patterns

Reverse Sequence: With flares on, momentarily tap both buttons simultaneously on any flare. This will reverse the sequence (stored in memory for next time).

- Turning OFF the Flares

There are two ways of turning OFF the flares:
- To turn off a single flare: Press and hold the square pi button for 3 seconds.

Pairing Groups of Flares Together

Not part of Quick Start - To save the environment we added this to the back of Quick Start rather than print an additional piece of paper. For those techies out there that might be interested.

Groups, Frequency and Channels:

The Ice Cream Sandwich Flare uses radio communication to establish a "network" connecting individual flares. This is how they establish their proper sequence number. If one fire unit deployed a set of 10 ICS flares on the east-bound side of a roadway and a law enforcement unit deployed a set of 10 ICS flares on the west-bound lane, or upstream on the same side, the radios might "hear' each other. If fire turned on number 1 flare and police turned on number 1 on their side around the same time, one of these flares might think it should be number 2. You can envision other scenarios where flares operating in proximity might lead to asynchrony. Close is 200 feet.

To avoid this crosstalk interference we have developed a "pairing mode" system. Up to 10 groups of flares may be used in proximity without interfering with each other, OR, they can be paired on the same frequency to create one large group of unlimited numbers of flares.

This is done automatically for you. Easy stuff.

PAIRING:

Turn on a flare. Wait until it flashes to turn on the next flare...and so on. You will notice that a small red "indicator" LED is flashing on the top (middle) of each flare as it turns on. This red flashing LED indicates that the flare is in "Pair" mode. While the flares are in Pair mode any flare turned on will join that group. Simple as that. The Pair mode will time-out in 5 minutes after the last flare is turned on, OR, you can end pair mode by holding both buttons on any flashing flare down for 3 seconds.
Once the group of flares is no longer in Pair mode (either by timing out or holding down both buttons for 3 seconds) any flare that is turned on in proximity will create a new group. This new group will be on a different frequency and will not talk to the first group that you lit up.
So, to recap, pairing starts automatically when you turn on a flare. Any flare turned on will automatically join that group while the small indicator red LED is flashing. Once Pair mode ends, any flare turned on will create a new group, and any flare turned on will join this new group. End of story!

pi- Lit® Sequential Flare (ICS)

INSTRUCTIONS

| Center RED LED Off = Pair Mode Off |
| --- | --- |
| TOP LEDS(4) | |
| ON/OFF
| See more functions below | BUTTON
| See more Functions below |
| 16 SIDE LEDS(4 Each side) | |
| * TAP = a momentary press of button
| * HOLD = 3 second hold of button | Remember to wait until the flare begins to flash before turning on the next flare in line. |
| Button | Button |
| TO TURN ON
| PULL OFF CASE-(Rechargeable Lithium Ion only)
| TAP Power or \pi)(“pi” Button(Alkaline batteries) | DYNAMIC TILT SENSOR ENABLED-(saved in the memory)
| TAP 1-Locks TOP LED-4 Total
| TAP 2-Locks SIDE LED-16 Total
| TAP 3-Return to Dynamic Tilt Sensor Enabled |
| TAP-FOR PATTERN CHANGE FLARE(SAVED INTO MEMORY)
| 1-Wave Slow/Smooth Pattern
| 2-Rapid March(Quick Flash)
| 3-All Flares Flash Simultaneously
| 4-Steady Burn | HOLD 3 SEC.-BATTERY STATUS CHECK
| IMPORTANT-Flare Must Be Off
| 5 green flashes=Full batteries.
| 4 green flashes=Full batteries.
| 3 green flashes=Good batteries.
| 2 red flashes=Low batteries.
| 1 red flash=Very low batteries. |
| and \pi Buttons Simultaneously | Power Off or \pi |
| TAP-REVERSE SEQUENCE
| Sequence Reversed(saved in memory) | HOLD \pi BUTTON 3 SECONDS
| Flare Group Off(turn off string of flares) |
| HOLD 3 SEC-ENTER/EXIT PAIR MODE-START A NEW GROUP
| Center RED LED Blink=Pair Mode On
| Center RED LED not Blinking=Pair Mode Off | HOLD \pi BUTTON 3 SECONDS
| Individual Flare Off |