User Manual

Bolt delay (default 5, range 1-15 ms, Viking only): A delay that gives the bolt enough time to block the eyes on
the forward stroke. Too low will cause blank or skipped shots. Too high can slow down the marker.
Eye mode (default forced, Viking only):
1. Forced with force shot – marker only fires when a paintball is present or a force shot is initiated by
holding down the trigger for ½ second.
2. Delayed – the eyes will watch for a paintball for up to 500 ms after each pull, then fire.
Ramping start (default 5, range 4-14 pulls per second): How fast you pull for the ramping fire modes to start
adding additional shots. Ramping modes only.
Ramping percentage (default 500%, range 10-500%): Adjusts how much the software helps the user while
ramping. A 50% ramp adds 50% of the user’s pulling rate to the current rate of fire. (i.e. pull 8 times per second
and the gun will fire 12 times per second)
G mode or “breakout mode” (default off): Provides unlimited full-auto, reverting to the user-selected fire mode
on the 1
st
, 2
nd
, or 3
rd
shot after turning on the board. Breakout modes are illegal for use in all tournament series.
Tadao Technologies LLC takes no responsibility for the use of breakout modes.
Board mode (default Viking): Selects the marker type that the board will be used for.
1. Viking – single solenoid.
2. Excalibur with eye system – dual solenoid, boots up with eyes enabled.
3. Excalibur without eye system – dual solenoid, boots up with eyes disabled, cannot toggle eyes.
Bolt open delay (default 2 ms, Excalibur only): A small delay between the end of the dwell time for the ram and
the beginning of the bolt moving backwards to load another paintball. Lower values increase the potential rate of
fire, but can cause blowback up the feed tube.
Bolt open time (default 40 ms, Excalibur only): The time the bolt spends in the rearward position waiting for a
paintball to load. If the eye system is enabled the bolt open time will automatically be reduced if the eyes see a
paintball fall into the breech. If the eye system is disabled it is very important that the bolt open time is long enough
to allow paintballs to feed.
Watch time (default 500 ms, Excalibur only): The additional amount of time that the eye system will wait for a
ball to fall into the breech if one is not detected during the bolt open time.
Bolt close delay (default 30 ms, Excalibur only): amount of time after the bolt begins to close before the next
cycle is allowed to begin. If set too short your Excalibur will appear to double feed or may not fire at all while
trying to shoot fast.
Save current settings to profile 1-5: Allows the user to save the currently selected settings as 1 of 5 profiles,
which can be loaded again later. These profiles can also be configured using the Tengu USB interface. To use: pull
and hold the trigger until the LED turns off. Release the trigger. The LED will blink once. Enter in the profile
number to which you would like to save the current settings by pulling the trigger the desired number of times.
Load profile 1-5 to current settings: Allows the user to load 1 of the saved profiles to the current settings. To use:
pull and hold the trigger until the LED turns off. Release the trigger. The LED will blink once. Enter in the profile
number you would like to load to the current settings by pulling the trigger the desired number of times.
Reset: Allows the user to restore the active settings to the default values. Profiles will not be changed. To use: pull
and hold the trigger until the LED starts flickering to indicate that the reset has begun. Once the LED returns to the
alternating yellow/red sequence, the reset has completed.
Excalibur Timing/Rate of Fire Information
Total cycle time for the Excalibur is:
Eyes off: dwell + bolt open delay + bolt open time + bolt close delay
Eyes on: dwell + bolt open delay + bolt open time + ball in place delay + bolt close delay
(The watch time setting will be placed after the bolt open time if no paintball loads immediately)