These three rings are no circus! What should I do

Hint 1 of 10:

They seem to work by sending deadly beams at you.

Hint 2 of 10:

The rings rotate if you type some numbers at the console.

Hint 3 of 10:

Can you see what's going on?

Hint 4 of 10:

Maybe you could see better if the air was cloudier.

Hint 5 of 10:

Did you get the stogie from the Monolith Manager?

Hint 6 of 10:

Did you get the matches from the bar in SQI?

Hint 7 of 10:

Light up, cough up a lung, and you'll see the beams.

Hint 8 of 10:

The console will accept some numbers, to a certain degree.

Hint 9 of 10:

They are the number of degrees to turn the ring.