Le Maitre Salamander Flame Box

The Salamander Flame Box is a specifically supported DMX device. Like all flame boxes it has a safety channel and a trigger channel. In order for the flame box to operate, the safety channel must be turned on before any trigger commands will activate. For safety reasons we must also turn the safety channel back off at the end of the script. The safety and triggers may be turned on or off any number of times as long as the safety is on before any trigger cues are executed. The Salamander has three commands for this: SalamanderSafetyOn, SalamanderTrigger and SalamanderSafetyOff. Note that multiple Salamander devices may use the same safety channel.

SD Column Name	DMX	Note
TYPE		One of the Salamander commands listed below
CONTROL	Controller	One DMX controller universe per serial USB connection
MODULE	Channel	Values 1 to 512 are allowed
DUR	The duration of this flame	Must be a value between 00:01 and 25:00 (maximum duration)

Here is an example SD script using two Salamander flame boxes with separate safety channels. One has the safety channel on 1 and trigger on 2, the other safety is 3 and trigger 4.

CUE	HH MM SS FF	TYPE	CONTROL	MODULE	DUR	Event Description
1	00 00 00 00	SalamanderSafetyOn	C1	1	00:00	Set channel 1 to Salamander safety value for device 2
2	00 00 00 00	SalamanderSafetyOn	C1	3	00:00	Set channel 3 to Salamander safety value for device 4
3	00 00 10 00	SalamanderTrigger	C1	2	00:15	Flame on device 2 for half sec
4	00 00 10 00	SalamanderTrigger	C1	4	00:15	Also start device 4 for same
5	00 01 00 00	SalamanderTrigger	C1	2	05:00	Flame on device 2 for 5 sec
6	00 05 00 00	SalamanderSafetyOff	C1	1	00:00	Disable channel 1 for 2
7	00 05 00 00	SalamanderSafetyOff	C1	3	00:00	Disable channel 3 for 4

You should always allow for 10 seconds after turning the Salamander safety channel on before any trigger events.