X-Taste ARES User manual

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ARES
User Manual V1.10

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The ARES is designed for professional vapers. To ensure safety and
proper usage of the device please read the instruction carefully.
It is prohibited to open body of the device otherwise warranty will
be void.
Do not expose device to heat source for long period. It might
damage the battery.
Warning: Abnormal operation may damage the device!
This product is strictly for above 18 years only.
Open Box (Basic configuration):
1. 1x ARES device
2. 1 x USB cable (support up to 2A)
3. 1 x user manual

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1. Specification and features
Model: ARES
Dimension: Height x Width x Length (93mmx48mmx32mm)
Weight: 165g
Body Material: Zinc Alloy + Aluminium Alloy
Atomizers Connector: Stainless Steel 510 Connection, Nickel Plated Brass Contact
Display: 1.3 OLED
Support both dual 18650 or dual 20700 Li-On Battery
Atomizers
oOutput power range: 5W ~ 220W
oMaximum 40A continuous current.
oOutput voltage range: 0.5V ~ 15.5V (Buck-Boost DC-DC converter)
Power consumption (Without fire): 0.4W
Very low standby current: 39.5uA (Able to standby 3.9 years for fully charge battery)
Coil resistance
oMeasurement range 0.04Ohm ~ 10Ohm
oResolution: 1m Ohm (based on 0.1ohm measurement)
Power control mode
oRecommended resistance range: 0.08Ohm~3Ohm
oCoil over heat protection. Refer to coil material table for detail.
Temperature control mode
oRecommended resistance range: 0.08Ohm~2Ohm
oRepeatability: 1 degree Celsius / 1.8 Fahrenheit
oSupport Ni-200, Ti 01/02, SS316L, NiFe30, NiFe70. Refer to coil material table for
detail.
oTemperature adjustment range can be change through “X-Taste Advance”.
oDry coil protection.
Power control / Temperature control mode
Battery Management
oSupport maximum up to 2A USB charging current.
oSupport cell by cell monitoring
oSupport cell balancing: 99.5%

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Safety feature
oDry coil protection (only applicable for temperature control mode)
oCoil overheat protection
Support Ni200, Ti01/02, SS316L, NiFe30, NiFe70, Nichrome N60. Refer to coil
material table for detail.
Protection temperature can be change through “X-Taste Advance”.
oReal-time battery temperature monitoring. Auto shutdown device if temperature
too high or too low.
oReal-time on-board temperature monitoring. Auto shutdown device if temperature
too high.
oBattery health condition checking feature. Able to give alert if battery not in good
condition.
oCoil over voltage protection.
oCoil over current protection.
oCoil short/open circuit protection.
oWeak battery protection.
oBattery over charge protection.
oBattery over load protection.
o10 seconds maximum fire duration protection.
Support firmware upgrading through USB port.
Screen lock features.
Coil resistance measurement features.
Real-time display data during fire on
oBattery voltage, capacity
oCoil resistance (power mode)
oSensing coil temperature (temperature mode)
oCoil voltage
Auto power off features, 6 minutes.
oCan be modifying through “X-Taste Advance”.
5 individual preset configurations.
Continuous short press “Fire ON” button 3 times to power on devices.
Smart auto lock coil resistance.
Using TCR or temperature coefficient based on type of coil material for more precise
temperature control and coil overheats protection.
X-Taste Advance software allow user to modify setting and operation of the device.

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Coil Material Table:
Coil Material
Overheat protection
Temperature Control
Range
Temperature Control
Resolution
Ni200
331 Degree C
628 Fahrenheit
100~316 Degree C
212~600 Fahrenheit
1 Degree C
1 Fahrenheit
Ti01/Ti02
331 Degree C
628 Fahrenheit
100~316 Degree C
212~600 Fahrenheit
1 Degree C
1 Fahrenheit
NiFe30 (Stealth Vape)
331 Degree C
628 Fahrenheit
100~316 Degree C
212~600 Fahrenheit
1 Degree C
1 Fahrenheit
NiFe70
331 Degree C
628 Fahrenheit
100~316 Degree C
212~600 Fahrenheit
1 Degree C
1 Fahrenheit
SSL316L
331 Degree C
628 Fahrenheit
100~316 Degree C
212~600 Fahrenheit
1 Degree C
1 Fahrenheit
Nichrome N60
331 Degree C
628 Fahrenheit
NA
NA
Kanthal A1
NA
NA
NA
Active Region Table:

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Structure Diagram
Fire Button
“Left” Button
“Right” Button

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2. Operation (Power Up Device)
- Short press “Fire” button 3 times to power up devices.
- This design is to avoid “fire” being trigger accidently.
- Device auto enter power off mode after 6 minutes of idling.
3. Operation (Coil Resistance measurement)
-Press “Left” + “Right” for coil resistance measurement.
Firmware version

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4. Operation (Power mode)
-Long press “Left” button to trigger adjust target power. Press “Right” to increase and
“Left” to decrease power. Press “fire” button to confirm the power setting.
-Short press “Right” to switch different fire mode (soft, standard, powerful)
-Long press “Right” to enter main menu.
-Short press “Left” to switch different preset memory setting.
-Press “Left” + “Right” for coil resistance measurement.
-Press “fire” button to start fire.
-Under “MENU/Control” select “Wattage” to enter power mode.
-Fire mode “Powerful” giving 10% more power than “Standard “mode configuration.
-Fire mode “Soft” giving 10% less power than “Standard” mode configuration.
Target power
Preset memory
Coil material
Fire mode: Soft, Standard, Powerful
Elapsed time
Measured coil voltage, V
Measured coil
resistance, ohm
Battery 1,2
capacity and
voltage.

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5. Operation (Temperature mode)
-Long press “Left” button to trigger adjust starting power. Press “Right” to increase and
“Left” to decrease power. Press “fire” button to confirm the power setting.
-Short press “Right” button to trigger adjust temperature. Press “Right” to increase and
“Left” to decrease temperature. Press “fire” button to confirm the temperature setting.
-Long press “Right” to enter main menu.
-Short press “Left” to switch different preset memory setting.
-Press “Left” + “Right” for coil resistance measurement.
-Press “fire” button to start fire.
-Under “MENU/Control” select “Temp” to enter temperature mode.
-Example of Ni 200, Target temperature 275 degree C, Starting power 220W
Starting power
Preset memory
Coil material
Temperature control mode
indicator
Elapsed time
Measured coil voltage, V
Measured coil
resistance, ohm
Battery 1,2
capacity and
voltage.
Target/measured
temperature

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6. Operation (Main Menu)
-Press “Right”,”Left” to select menu setting.
-Press “fire” button to enter sub menu.
7. Operation (Main Menu / Control)
-Press “Right”,”Left” to switch menu setting.
-Press “fire” button to confirm control mode setting.
Coil type selection
Control mode
Battery health checking
Puff counter info
Power off device
Exit main menu
Power mode
Preset memory
Temperature mode
Device setting

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8. Operation (Main Menu / Coil)
-Press “Right”,”Left” to switch coil material type setting.
-Press “fire” button to confirm coil type setting.
-Support Ni200, Ti01/02, Nichrome N60, Kanthal A1, NiFe30, NiFe70, SS316L.
-Please refer to coil material table for detail.
9. Operation (Main Menu / Coil / TCR)
-Customize TCR setting for unknown coil material or non-single wrapping coil.
-Select “Coil/TCR”, Short press or long press “Right”,”Left” to adjust coil TCR value.
-TCR Range: 0.00040~0.01000
-Press “fire” button to confirm the TCR value.
Preset memory

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10. Operation (Main Menu / Puff Counter Info)
-Need to configure date before start using puff info counter
a. Example Day Puff Info
Puff counter info
based on day
Puff counter info based
on week
Puff counter info
based on month
Read/Configure system
date
Clear Puff info
data
Counter
Total time, s=seconds,
m=minutes

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11. Operation (Main Menu / Battery)
-Check the health condition of the battery.
-Press “Left” to check battery health.
-Atomizer with coil must be connected during health measurement. Otherwise will
indicate “Check Error”.
-Recommended coil resistance range 0.1 ~ 1 ohm for battery health check.
-User should consider replace battery if health condition was bad.
Good/Degraded/Bad
Battery temperature
Battery Capacity in %

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12. Device Setting
Screen Brightness
Screen turn “ON” duration
Stealth mode
Language
Device info
Reverse button “Left”
and “Right” polarity
Wake-up method
Temperature unit
Device power-up count

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a. Screen Brightness
-Brightness adjustment of the OLED screen.
-Four brightness stages selection.
-Default is “Bright”
b. Screen Turn “ON” duration
-OLED screen turn “ON” time duration
-Default is 15 seconds.
-Choosing short turn “ON” duration will able increase a bit battery life time.

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c. Stealth mode
-Allow turn off OLED main screen during “Fire On” if stealth mode “Enable”
-Default is “Disable”
d. Wake-up method
-Device only occupies 44.5uA during standby/sleep mode.
-Wake-up mode was the way of device wake-up from standby/sleep mode.
-Default is “Smart”.

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-Smart: Single “Fire” button click to “wake-up” device and immediately “Fire
On”.
- Normal: Short press “Fire” button 3 times to power up devices. This allows
device to avoid “fire” being trigger accidently.
- If device power off manually (menu/power off), both “smart” and “normal”
mode still required short press “Fire” button 3 times to power up devices.
e. Language
-Support 10 multi languages: English, Simplify Chinese, Italian, Russian,
Spanish, German, French, Portuguese, Dutch and Malay.
-Default is “English”

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f. Info
-Firmware version of the device.
-Serial number of the device, the serial number should match with the
barcode label at the battery slot of the device.
g. Reverse button “Right” and “Left” polarity
-Normal: “Right” : Up / Increase, “Left” : Down / Decrease
-Reverse: “Left” : Up / Increase, “Right” : Down / Decrease

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h. Temperature Unit
-Press “Right”,”Left” to switch temperature unit setting.
-Press “fire” button to confirm temperature unit setting.
i. Reverse button “Right” and “Left” polarity
-Normal: “Left” : Up / Increase, “Right” : Down / Decrease
-Reverse: “Right” : Up / Increase, “Left” : Down / Decrease

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j. Device Power-up Count
-Number of “Fire” button press counts for device power up.
-Default is 3 times.