WAS Settings & ROF/Fire mode adjustment

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There are some WAS manuals floating around out there for various markers, but all I have been able to find are manuals that contain information for the original semi-only code.

I have a WAS board that has adjustable ROF and PSP/NXL ramping modes, evidenced by that it's doing an old school PSP 3 round burst ramp @ 15 bps cap. While this did provide a pleasant hit of 2k5/2k6 nostalgia, it is not desirable in 2023.


By absolute coincidence, I actually have a physical copy of a WAS ramping manual for an Impulse board in my manual book. Using my Viking I was able to verify that the parameters are indeed the same as the Impulse WAS.

Pretty confidently, if you have any WAS Equalizer that has 7 parameters in programming mode, it probably has ROF & Fire mode control. I have a System X NME and it does not have the 7th parameter (Alternating Green/Orange) and cross referencing an NME manual, that gun did not ship with the ramping firmware update.

The Impulse manual lists the parameter order & blink code as the following:
***Stock Viking settings are referenced from what I saw on board after a reset & listings present in the non-ramp firmware manual.****

1. Solid Red - Dwell
   • 1 Blink = 1ms - Old Firmware
   • 1 Blink = 1ms | Orange Flash | 1 Blink = .1ms (1/10th of a ms) - New Firmware
     • Dwell has a special way to read & set it when using the new firmware since WAS added the ability to adjust tenths of a millisecond via trigger programming.
   • Stock setting:
     • Old Manual: 8ms
     • Factory Reset:10ms
     • Impulse Manual:7ms
     • System X NME Manual:7ms
2. Solid Green - Debounce
   • 1 Blink =1ms
   • Stock setting:
     • Old Manual:10ms
     • Factory Reset:10ms
     • Impulse Manual:7ms
     • System X NME Manual:7ms
3. Solid Orange - Eye mode
   • Viking only - Excalibur eye modes are different entirely
   • 4 Modes, number of blinks tells which mode is active
   • Options according to Old Manual:
     • 1 Flash - Bypass
     • 2 Flashes - 'Delayed'
     • 3 Flashes - 'Forced'
     • 4 Flashes - 'Simulate'
       • 'Pretends' ball is in breech
       • Max ROF mode intended for dry fire
   • Options according to Impulse Manual (This appears to be correct to the Viking)
     • 1 Flash - Bypass
     • 2 Flashes - Eye mode 1 (uses ROF Cap)
     • 3 Flashes - Eye mode 2 (monitors bolt)
     • 4 Flashes - 'Simulate'
       • 'Pretends' ball is in breech
       • Max ROF mode intended for dry fire
   • Stock Setting:
     • Old Manual: 'Delayed' (2 Flashes)
     • Factory Reset: 3 Flashes - 'Forced'/'Eye Mode 2" (Unlimited ROF)
4. Flickering Red - Ball-In-Place (BIP) Delay
   • 1 Blink = 1ms
   • Stock Setting:
     • Old Manual: Parameter non-existent
     • Factory Reset: 3ms
     • Impulse Manual:10ms
       • Impulse uses a reflective eye instead of Viking's break-beam style
     • System X NME Manual:
5. Flickering Green - Rate of Fire (ROF) cap
   • 1 Blink = 1 BPS
     • No partial adjustment - 10.2 & 12.5 are not possible here.
   • Stock Settings:
     • Old Manual: Parameter non-existent
     • Factory Reset: 15 BPS
6. Flickering Orange - Eye Power (Viking/NME) Eye Sensitivity (Impulse)
   • This is a complete guess. This parameter does not exist in the original manual.
   • Due to similarity in technology, I will assume that the Viking is using Eye POWER
     • The Impulse manual lists this parameter as 'Eye Sensitivity'
       • Impulse uses a reflective eye - like an E-Blade
       • Blink once - Most Sensitive / Blink 10 times - Less Sensitive
       • More Blinks makes the eyes Less sensitive
       • Maximum setting for this parameter is not defined in Impulse Manual
     • The System X NME lists this parameter as 'Eye Power'
       • NME uses an LED break-beam eye system very similar to Viking
       • Blink once - Least power / Blink 10 times - More power
       • More Blinks makes the eyes More powerful
       • Maximum setting for this parameter is not defined in System X NME Manual
   • Stock Settings:
     • Old Manual: Parameter non-existent
     • Factory Reset: 10 Power
     • Impulse Manual: 10 Sensitivity
     • System X NME Manual:10 Power
7. Alternating Green/Orange - Firing Mode
   • 3 Modes, number of blinks tells which mode is active
   • Ramp scheme is not adjustable - input sequence into the ramp is always the same.
   • Ramps will obey ROF Cap parameter if Eye Mode 2 is selected (Verified on Viking)
   • Options according to Old Manual: Parameter non-existent
   • Options according to System X NME Manual: Parameter non-existent
   • Options according to Impulse Manual
     • 1 Flash - Semi auto ('NPPL Legal')
     • 2 Flashes - 3 shot ramping (PSP)
       • 15 BPS in eye mode 2
       • These are the first ramping modes available legally in league play.
       • For PSP, you had to shoot Semi 3 times, and then each pull of the trigger thereafter would be modified into a 3-round burst up to a capped ROF of 15 BPS. Breaking the burst requires the semi-lead in once more.
     • 3 Flashes - 3 shot full auto (NXL)
       • 15 BPS in eye mode 2
       • These are the first ramping modes available legally in league play.
       • For NXL, you had to shoot Semi 3 times, and then each pull of the trigger thereafter would be modified into full auto with a capped ROF of 15 BPS until the trigger was released for a full second.

I'll try to get a scan of my paper manual. It was my experience that finding this information was quite challenging, and I hope that posting it to the forum helps people bring their WAS Equalizer boarded Vikings (and anything else) into spec with modern rate of fire restrictions & get them back out onto the field.

[THE_Incredible_Hulk]

Message me your email and I'll email you my manuals.

[superman]

you should be able to upload them as attachments here.

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[THE_Incredible_Hulk]

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superman How do I do that?

It's easy on mobile. I haven't used the desktop version in ages.

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Thanks to The Incredible Hulk - Here's the actual latest WAS Equalizer manual for the AKA board from December 2006 alongside the original semi-only manual.