AFA v3.0 released 01-01-2005. If you have an older board then I suggest sending it back into TAG so it can be flashed with the newest code.
This manual written by Ydna. Contact him at ydna@zdspb.com if you have any questions.
Predator code is installed onto Morlock boards that ship from TAG. Morlock boards that ship from KM2 are flashed with a different code.
To turn on the marker, flip the toggle switch while not holding the trigger down. If successful, the LED will turn on and stay on. This means you are ready to fire. Upon activation, the marker's anti-chop eyes are automatically active. There is no forced shot; the board automatically knows the difference between a ball being loaded and a ball not being loaded. If you wish to disable the eyes, hold the trigger down for three seconds.
Holding the trigger down for 3/4 of a second will force a shot if nothing has loaded.
Solid LED: Ball loaded, marker ready to fire
Slow-blinking LED: Eyes disabled
No LED: No ball loaded
You should expect approximately 15,000 shots from a single 9 volt alkaline battery. Lithium batteries will last longer.
Programming:
To adjust the board's settings, the two DIP switches on the surface of the board must both be off. With the DIP switches on, the marker will be set to whatever ROF you last had, and locked in semiauto. You will not be able to adjust any settings while the board is locked.
To enter the programming mode, turn the board on while holding down the trigger. The LED will blink then turn off. At this point you are expected to select a register. To do this, click the trigger the appropriate number of times corresponding to the desired register. Once you have selected a register, the LED will blink a certain number of times to tell you what the current setting is for that register. You then click the trigger for the new setting. If you accidentially selected the wrong register, simply turn the board off then back on again to continue programming. Once you have entered the new amount for a register, wait one second and the board will store the new setting then blink the LED twice. After the new setting has been stored, you return to the "main menu" where you can select another register to adjust. If adjusting register 1 (firing mode), after you select the new mode the marker will exit the programming mode and the gun will then be ready to fire.
| Register: | Function: | Settings: |
| Fire mode | 1 for semiautomatic | |
| 2 for autoresponse | ||
| 3 for fully-automatic | ||
| Rate of fire | Maximum ROF in balls-per-second while eyes are disabled | |
| Debounce setting | Debounce setting in 1/3 millisecond increments | |
| Solenoid dwell time | Solenoid dwell in milliseconds | |
| Fire delay | Fire delay time in milliseconds | |
| Eye delay | Eye delay time in milliseconds | |
| AFA firing mode | 1 for semiautomatic | |
| 2 for AFA1 (debounce slowly drops once register 12 ROF has been reached) | ||
| 3 for AFA2 (debounce quickly drops once register 12 ROF has been reached) | ||
| 4 for AFA3 (first three shots are semiauto; fourth is fullyauto until the trigger is released) | ||
| 5 for AFA4 (first three shots are semiauto; fourth is 15-bps fullyauto until the trigger is released) | ||
| 6 for AFA5 (first shot is fullyauto, all other shots are the same as AFA2) | ||
| 7 for AFA6 (first shot is fullyauto, all other shots are the same as AFA3) | ||
| ABS activation time | 1 for ABS disabled | |
| 2 for 5 seconds | ||
| 3 for 10 seconds | ||
| 4 for 15 seconds | ||
| ABS dwell time | Added dwell time in milliseconds for ABS firing | |
| Eye sense | 1 for reflective | |
| 2 for beam-break | ||
| Intellifeed run time | 1 for no no delay | |
| 2 for 5-ms delay | ||
| 3 for 10-ms delay | ||
| AFA level | Rate of fire in balls-per-second for the AFA code (set to 1 to disable AFA) | |
| Eye test | See description below |
3. Debounce setting: Time interval of no trigger events whereby the board will then start accepting new trigger events. Setting lower debounce settings will increase the chance of trigger bouncing. Note that the deboune setting is adjusted in 1/3 millisecond intervals...not full millisecond intervals.
4. Dwell time: Amount of time that the solenoid will remain open, that the bolt will remain forward.
5. Fire delay: Amount of time after the eye senses the bolt has recocked that the gun will be able to cycle at next.
6. Eye delay: Amount of time after the ball has been detected that the marker will fire. This ensures you won't chop due during that split-second between when the eyes detect the ball and when it actually clears the top of the bolt.
8. ABS activation time: Amount of time after the last shot that the ABS will engage and add milliseconds to the dwell for the next first shot.
9. ABS dwell time: Amount of dwell time that will be added to the normal dwell setting for the first shot when register 8 is enabled.
10. Eye type: This is the sense of voltage difference that will tell the board a new paintball is loaded and ready to fire. Your marker will only work with one eye sense if you have anti-chop eyes installed.
11. Intellifeed run time: Amount of time that the board will wait after firing before the intellifeed pulse is sent to the hopper.
12. AFA code: Once you reach the bps amount programmed into this register, the AFA code selected in register 7 will activate. IN most cases this involves the debounce lowering until your maximum ROF setting is reached (or the feed rate of your hopper). To use the AFA code, select your desired mode from register 7.
Predatorprogramming.wmv (right click, save as) - This is a video I made of an example of programming. In this video I increase the dwell by one millisecond, then select semiauto.
Eye Test:
This can be used to test the performance of your eyes with paint.
For beam-break eyes, select register 13 with nothing in the breech. The LED will remain lit so long as the eyes see nothing in the chamber (beam not broke). If the LED doesn't light, it could be because the eyes are misaligned.
For reflective eyes, select register 13 with nothing in the breech. The LED will remain lit so long as there is no ball detected; when you drop a ball into the chamber the LED will light if it is detected.