The manual work—the pulling, the waiting, the spark, the coiling—is not a bug. It is the feature. It reminds you that heat is energy, energy is work, and work is what makes a house a home.
The work focuses on the configuration but applied to a porous medium. It analyzes the onset of convection and the resulting heat transfer rates.
The best place to start is the official ProKonian website. Look for a "Support" or "Downloads" section where you might find manuals and other documentation for their products.