Dani Box Manual PDF
Dani Box Manual PDF
Dani Box Manual PDF
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01 Dani Box
The dicodes Dani Box is an electronically controlled MOD to be used with various
atomizers of different sizes and diameter. It is prepared to use one battery of
size 18650.
Mechanically the mod has a very ergonomic soft touch design and is equipped with
three buttons on the long side for menu operations and firing, a high brightness
OLED display on the top and a sophisticated construction of an adjustable center pin
made of copper beryllium.
The body is manufactured in high quality anodised aluminum and offered in several
colors. The head and bottom pieces are made of solid stainless steel.
Electrically, the Dani Box allows vaping with up to 60W and, beside 4 different
operation modes, provides temperature controlled vaping with many different kinds
of wire-materials (dicodes-wire, nickel, titan, stainless steel, and others).
We recommend the dicodes-wire (NiFe30, RESISTHERM) for optimal performance
and unique liquid flavor.
By means of a separately purchasable charging holder, the battery can be charged
inside the mod with up to 3A charging current.
02 Features
Wattage setting
In Direct-Mode (Bypass) Coil-Resistance during vape,
it shows the actual power including temperature dependent
applied to the coil. increase.
04 Menu Overview
This is a display only menu item. The coil resistance is displayed in a range from
0.00 to 9.90 Ohms. If temperature controlled vaping is selected, the current measured
coil temperature is also displayed, if not, the display shows T ---.
If the display does not show 20°C even with cooled down atomizer, it is recommeded to perform a manual
calibration again.
Note that for coils with very low resistance, like Nickel-coils, a slight mechanical rearrangement (tightening
the atomizer) can lead to drastical changes in the temperature control due to the change of contact
resistances. We therefore rcommend to use other than Nickel coils, e.g. The NiFe30 (RESISTHERM) wire
from dicodes.
Battery Status
The Check Battery item shows the battery voltage with little current drained (Ub0) and
the battery voltage under load during the last puff (UbL). The difference is the voltage
drop of the battery. A high drop (>0.4V) indicates a poor battery or contact problems.
Please note that every battery has an inner resistance and that therefore the voltage at ist contacts always
drops when current is drained. The more current is drained, the higher the drop will be. Always remember
this behaviour. Commonly used batteries of 18650 size have inner resistances of about 15mOhm up to
80mOhm. Smaller sized batteries even have higher resistances. Generally speaking, the batteries with high
capacity have higher inner resistance and those with lower capacity also have lower inner resistance.
05 Main Menu (Page 3)
0. Standard Mode
In the standard operation mode the wattage selected in the power setting menu is
applied to the coil, unless the voltage would be greater than 12V or the current greater
than 20A, which depends on the coil resistance.
For example with a coil resistance of 4 Ohms and a power setting of 40W, the required voltage at the coil
is 12.7V. With 4 Ohms the maximum wattage is 36W ((12V)²/4R=36W).
Or, if the coil resistance is 0.1 Ohm the maximum power is 40W, because (20A)²*0.1Ohm=40W.
As can be seen from the examples, with high coil resistance the power is limited by the maximum voltage
of 12V and with low resistances by the maximum current of 20A. The fact is also reflected in the feature
list: A power of 60W is guaranteed from 0.15 to 2.4 Ohms.
Resistances of 0.05 to 5 Ohms are possible but with a reduced power.
“Tmp. Cof” is used. The value of the selected coefficient is displayed behind “Wire”.
For commonly used wires, the predefined coefficents are: NiFe30=320, Nickel200=620,
Titanium=350, Tungsten=440 and Stainless Steel=105. Note that there are different
alloys for Titanium and Stainless Steel on the market, so the predefined values can
deviate from the actual wire-value you use.In those case it is preferable to choose
“Other” as the wire type and set the value of the wire in the extended functions
heater menu “TempCof”. The range for the coefficient is 050 to 650.
If you use the dicodes wire (RESISTHERM) it is guaranteed that the wire will always have the same
coefficient, because the wire was especially designed for temperature regulation purposes. The regulation
accuracy is best then, as the combination of resistivity and high coefficient is very good.
Note for using Nickel wire: Nickel has a high and always precise temperature coefficient (Ni200). But
Nickel is not so easy to handle, because it is quite soft and it leads to very low resistance coils, because
of it’s high conductivity. For the regulation accuracy smallest changes of contact resistances due to atomizer
movements (tightening) or mechanical thermal elongations lead to poor regulation accuracy.
05 Main Menu (Page 4)
2. Heater Protection Mode (only when Expert Mode=1)
Main Menu
The heater protection mode is a periodic interruption of the power applied to the coil.
The duration and the repetition rate of the interrupts is selected by means of the para-
meter “Heater Prot” in the extended functions mod-menu. The repeated power
interrupt helps to avoid a break in liquid flow and thus an increase in temperature.
The table below shows the relation between power interrupt and appliance time
in dependence of the parameter “Heater Prot”:
Parameter
The Power Boost Mode enables an initial short term high power pulse applied to the coil (boost). The
boost power is the value of the parameter “Power Limit”. Beside 3 selectable initial boost lengths, further
options generate a periodic boost pulse with different length and repetition rate. An initial boost is for quick
coil heat-up. The periodic boost lets the coil temperature pass a certain range all the time. In this case
different flavours within the liquid, which all develop their taste at different temperatures, are all addressed
by the varying temperature.
Main Menu
We recommend to set the normal power (not the boost) to much lower values, when
using the periodic boost, because the average power is increased by the boosts and
temperature gets higher therefore.
Wert Power Boost Boostzeit [ms] Zeit auf Nennleistung Effektive Leistung
[ms] (bei 5W Nennleistung)
Parameter
1 300 - Start-Boost
2 450 - Start-Boost
3 600 - Start-Boost
4 50 500 6.18
Extended Functions 600 6.53
5 80
Heater Menu 120 700 6.9
6
7 160 800 7.17
8 200 900 7.36
9 250 1000 7.6
10 300 1000 8.0
Note: If the power setting equals the power limit value, the boost has no function, as it is limited to that
value as well. For a graphical diagram showing the boost operation see next page.
05 Main Menu (Page 5)
Diagram for Boost-Function
Fire Button Fire Button
Power
Time Time
Error Messages
If an error occurs, the mod directly jumps to the error menu and displays the error
number and a mnemonic (short-term) description.
The possible error messages are:
0 OvrVolt: The input voltage is too high. The dicodes Dani Box is prepared for the use of one battery.
If the input voltage exceeds 4.5V this error message is displayed. Reduce the input
voltage to the specified range.
1 ChkAtom: No atomizer detected or open coil.
2 TempRef: A problem during the temperature reference measurement occured
3 HighR: The resistance of the coil is too high for the selected output power. The maximum output
voltage is 12V and current is 20A. This specification together with a maximum output
power of 60W leads to a resistance range of 0.15-2.4 Ohms. Also see “8 LowR”. Higher
and lower resistances are possible, but the power has to be reduced accordingly.
Example 1: With a 4Ohm coil the maximum power is (12V)²/4 Ohm=36W.
Example 2: With a 0.12Ohm coil the maximum power is (20A)²*0.12 Ohm
= 48W. Note that for resistances >2.4 Ohm the ouput voltage is the limiting
factor, whereas for resistances <0.15 Ohms it is the current.
4 OverCur: Short on coil or coil breakdown (open)
5 LowBat: The battery voltage under load (with current drained from it) has reached the minimum
discharge level, defined with parameter UbatMin in the extended function mod-menu.
6 EleHot: The electronics have heated up too much and needs to cool down. This error will not
occur with normal usage of the mod.
7 TimeOut: The maximum puff-time is limited depending on power. For a power <20W it is 20
seconds. Above 20W it decreases by 0.5seconds per Watt, above 40W it is 10seconds.
8 LowR: The coil resistance is too low for the selected power, please see “3 HighR”.
06 Extended Functions Menu (Page 1: Overview)
Change wire
temperature Set the minimum bat
coefficient of discharge level Counts the number of
“Other” wire (*1) (2.5..3V) puffs since last counter
Default 320 Default 2.7V reset.
Set display luminosity
Set Power Limit (1 low to 5 high Displays pure vaping
(40Wmax.) brightness) time in H:MM:SS since
Default 4 last counter reset
Default 60W
Select auto power
off time (1-2-5-10-15- Energy taken from
20-30-60 minutes) battery during vaping
Select heater Default 5min. since last counter reset
protection mode
(1..10) Select number of clicks Displays battery
to get into the menu capcitance since last
Default 6 (1..5).
Default 1 counter reset (can
show battery quality)
Select power
boost mode Speed for button
(1..10) usage (1 fast..5 slow).
Default 3 (*2 ) Reset the counters
Default 3 above.
Select wattage steps
1W/0.5W (<20W),
Only visible when 2W/1W (20-40W), Total lifetime puffs
5W/2.5W (>40W) of mod.
Expert Mode =1 Default 1 Not resettable.
Selects temperature
unit either °Celsius or Total lifetime vaping
°Fahrenheit. time of mod in
Default °C HHHH:MM
Not resettable.
Parameter display
during vape
off/post/cont (*3)
Default cont
Select display
orientation between
Left and Right (handed)
Default R
Wrap around
(roll over or stop
at min/max)
Default 1
Select Expert mode to
enable power boost,
heater protection and
bypass mode.
Default 0
Switch back all settings
to factory defaults
(*1 ) The temperature coefficient selects the type of wire material, range 050 to 650: When TC-mode is selected
(Main menu HCtrl=1), the user must select the wire type to be NiFe30 (dicodes wire), Ni200, Titanium, Tungsten
(Wolfram), Stainless Steel (Inox) or “Other”. The value for “Other” is adjusted here. The values of the predefined
wire-types are 320=dicodes-wire, 620=Nickel, about 105=Stainless Steel, 350=Titanium (varying literature values,
danger: fire harzard), 440=Tungsten (Wolfram). Value to select = Literature-value*10E5 K.
Example: Ni 6.2E-3*1/K * 10E5*K => 620
(*2 ) Setting 1 (fastest) up to3 without animation (visual shift effect), setting 4 slowest with shift animation
(*3 ) When temperature controlled vaping mode is selected and with diplay mode=post/cont, the current values of
“Power”, “Temperature” and “Wire-Resistance” can be observed 4 seconds after/during the vape. In standard
mode, the battery voltage, power and resistance is displayed. In Bypass mode the calculated power is displayed.
With display mode =off no parameters are displayed after or during the vape
06 Extended Functions Menu
Additional Explanation to several menu items, page 1
In the following paragraphs, explanations are given for those parameters and items, which are not self
explanatory or which have inter-dependencies with other parameters or functions.
The selection of the correct wire-temperature-coefficient is very important for the
correct operation of the mod, when temperature controlled vaping is selected.
As soon as TC-mode is selected, a multiple choice list of commonly used wires types
with provides predefined coefficients is displayed and the wire type “Other”.
The coefficient of this “Other” wire is adjusted in this menu item. Note that stainless steel wires and also
titanium wires often have not well defined coefficients, depending on their exact alloy composition.
The TCoef item in the menu is visible, even if the operation mode is not selected to temperature
controlled vaping.
All dicodes devices have a functionality to adjust the minimum discharge level of the
battery between 2.5V and 3.0V (older models 3.5V). Almost all available batteries on
the market specify the minmum discharge level of 2.5V to 2.7V. If the user is unsure,
whether her/his specific battery meets this specification, the level should be set to 2.7V.
The selected voltage is the voltage at the poles of the battery when current is drained from it (the
current drained depends on the power at the coil). In contrast to other available tube- and box-mods
on the market, which stop operation already at 3.4V, the lower discharge level on dicodes mods lead to
a better battery utilization (about 20%).
Note that at UBatMin+ 0.5V a power reduction is activated depending on the actual power setting.
The time to automatic power off of the mod can be selected between 1 minute up to
60 minutes. We recommend to choose 2 or 5 minutes, because the mod is always
immediately on and ready to vape, when the fire button is pressed. This provides
the best utilization of the battery.
Note that if the mod was actively switched off by the user (5 times fast clicking of the fire button), the
instant power on is not available. In this case the mod has to be switched on with 5 clicks first.
The display mode switches on and off the dynamic display of several parameters during
and after the puff. The setting “cont” (continous) will display values during and seconds
after the vape. With “post” the values are displayed only after the puff and off disables
the display.
The values shown depend on the operation mode: In temperature controlled mode, the parameters are
the temperature, coil resistance, temperature regulating power and a battery symbol.
For the modes standard, boost and heater protection, the selected power (static, no change), the coil
resistance and the battery voltage are displayed. When Bypass mode is selected, the coil resistance and
the battery voltage dependent, calculated power is displayed, as there is no fixed power setting in
bypass mode.
06 Extended Functions Menu
Additional Explanation to several menu items, page 2
The dicodes Dani Box can be used in 5 different modes. But in order to keep the menu
as short and simple as possible, 3 of the 5 modes are only available, if the Expert-Mode
is set to 1. The name is Expert-Mode, because the use of the additional operation modes
requires additional knowledge about their functionality.
The additional modes available with Expert Mode set to 1 are “Power Boost”, “Heater Protection” and
“Bypass”.
1. Standard: Vaping with a constant power setting. The selected power is applied to the coil, unless
the coil’s resistance affords a different power setting.
2. Temperature
Control: The power applied to the coil is calculated by a temperature controller which keeps the
coil’s temperature constant. Important to note: Set the correct temperature coefficient
and perform a calibration at room temp.
3. Power Boost: The coil is quickly heated up initially. Moreover an repetitive boost can be selected.
Note not to set the power limit to a value too low and use lower normal power setting.
4. Heater
Protection: The power to the coil is repetively interrupted to enable a liquid flow und to limit the
temperature.
5. Bypass: The mod behaves like a mechanical mod, i.e. the battery voltage is directly applied to
the coil. This with the restriction, that the maximum current is limited 20A. Note that
the vape now depends on the charging level of the battery, and the coil should not be
very low in resistance as then 20A is the limiting factor.
With “Set Defaults” it is possible to reset all settings to the delivery status.
The reset is initiated by selecting the menu an pressing a button. To avoid unintended
resetting the user has to confirm the procedure by again pressing the button when
“confirm” is displayed. “Process” shows that the rest is performed.
Most of the defaults are listed in the overview diagram of the Extended Functions Menu.
Those settings missing there are:
Power: 10W
Temperature: 210°C
Heater Control Mode: 1 (Standard, normal VW)
Wire Type: NiFe (320)
06 Extended Functions Menu
Additional Explanation to several menu items, page 3
The Extended Functions Menu has another sub-menu showing several statistical values.
There are two types of value-counters, either re-settable to zero or not.
The statistic counters are saved whenever the mod is automatically or manually
switched off. In contrast, if the battery is removed from the mod before switching off,
the changes of the counters since the last switching on are lost.
The menu item Reset Cntr, i.e the resetting of the counters, is intentionally positioned
between resettable counters and thos which cannot be reset. So it is easier to remember,
which are reset.
07 Remarks and Notes
Battery
Always use batteries with high drain or very high current capability, flat top, unprotect
from high quality manufacturers. Avoid to use no-name products. Using low quality
batteries will void the warranty. Insert the battery with the plus terminal in the direction
towards the atomizer and in angular position.
Warranty
Opening the device, other than the battery cap, to change the battery, will void the
warranty!
Electronic cigarettes
Electronic cigarettes are NOT healthy. But so far all studies indicate, that they are less
harmful compared to tobacco- cigarettes. Electronic cigarettes are an alternative to
tobacco-products, but should not be regarded as an dehabituation to smoking.
Electronic cigarettes are not suited for children and youngster below 18years of age,
non-smokers, pregnant women, persons with allergies against Nicotine, Propylene Glycol
and persons with cardiovascular disease. Selling to persons below 18years of age
prohibited!
Battery Disposal
You bought a rechargable battery powered product. The rechargable battery lasts long,
but wears out nevertheless. Li-Ion batteries may not be disposed in houshold waste.
Customers are obligated by law to dispose wear out batteries to apporiate gathering
points.
Mod Disposal
The symbol below indicates that this product should not be treated as household waste,
but according to WEEE (waste electrical/electronical equipment) should be reused or
recycled. Thank You!
dicodes GmbH
Friedrich der Große 70
D-44628 Herne
Germany
Phone: +49 2323 1463635
Email: info@dicodes-mods.de
Web: www.dicodes-mods.de