While rebuilding an FS4 recently, I decided to upgrade it to a chaos board, and immediately ran into a ton of issues. After reaching out to goldie, we were finally able to get it sorted out! I figured I would post this up here in case anyone else ran into similar issues.
When Vaporworks updated the firmware on the freestyle chaos boards from 3.0 to 3.1, they ONLY did it for the FSP boards and up (Doubtless due to the raging popularity of the FS4 and the countless number of players who still regularly shoot FS4s.)
The 3.0 programing is VERY different then the 3.1 programming. To access the programing, hold the trigger down on power up. The switch will start "counting" immediately. RELEASE the trigger once the desired count has been reached. Wait one second, then hold the trigger down again. The switch will start counting again, release it once it is at the desired value. Wait 3 seconds, power off the maker, and you should be good to go!
Below is the programing menu for the 3.0 Firmware
Button Programming Information
First color blinks corresponds to the heading level
Second color blinks corresponds to the current value of the setting under that heading.
So for example, a blink combo of 4,3 would be "Debounce setting of 9".
Heading Blinks
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1. Dwell
2. Eye Sensitivity Adjustment
3. Debounce
4. Mech Debounce
5. Presets
6. Firing Mode
7. Rate Of Fire
8. After-Eye
9. Eye Mode
10.Bolt Delay
11.Bolt Min Open
12.Aftershot Delay
13.Anti-Bolt Stick
14.Bolt Time (only used if Eye Mode is set to "Bolt Timer" instead of "Eye Monitored")
Dwell Blinks (* There is a LOT of misinformation on the web about the factory dwell setting on the FS4s and FS5. Stock from the factory, the FS4 & FS5 shipped with 18ms of dwell. Jerry Dobbins has personally confirmed this number as the stock setting.)
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1. 2.5ms
2. 3.0ms
3. 3.5ms
...
15. 18.0ms
16. 18.5ms
Eye Sensitivity Adjustment Blinks
(only used in reflective eye systems)
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1. Auto Eye Adjustment
2. value of 15
3. value of 30
4. value of 45
...
15. value of 240
Debounce Blinks
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1. value of 3
2. value of 6
3. value of 9
...
9. value of 27
10. value of 30
Mechanical Debounce Blinks
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1. value of 1
2. value of 2
3. value of 3
...
9. value of 9
10. value of 10
16. value of 16
Present Blinks (still needs tweaking)
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1. Extreme
2. Fast
3. Normal
4. Conservative
5. Board Defaults
Firing Mode Blinks
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1. Semi
2. Turbo
3. Autoresponse
4. Full Auto
5. PSP Ramping
6. NXL Ramping
7. Snapshot Trainer
ROF Blinks (still needs tweaking) TODO TODO
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1. Unlimited
2. 22bps
3. 20bps
4. 19bps
5. 18bps
...
15. 8bps
16. 6bps
After Eye Delay Blinks
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1. Bypass Eyes
2. 0ms delay
3. 1ms delay
4. 2ms delay
..
14. 16ms delay
Eye Mode Blinks
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1. Bolt Timer, SCOPE Off, Drop Shot After Timer
2. Bolt Timer, SCOPE Off, Fire After Timer
3. Bolt Timer, SCOPE On, Drop Shot After Timer
4. Eye Monitored, SCOPE Off, Drop Shot After Timer
5. Eye Monitored, SCOPE Off, Fire After Timer
6. Eye Monitored, SCOPE ON, Drop Shot After Timer
Bolt Delay Blinks
(Closed bolt only)
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1. 1ms
2. 2ms
3. 4ms
4. 8ms
..
16. 30ms delay
Bolt Minimum Open Blinks
(Closed bolt only)
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1. 1ms
2. 4ms
3. 8ms
4. 16ms
..
16. 60ms delay
After Shot Delay Blinks
(Closed bolt only)
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1. 1ms
2. 2ms delay
3. 4ms delay
4. 6ms delay
..
16. 30ms delay
Anti-Bolt Stick Added Dwell
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1. 0ms added
2. .5ms added
3. 1ms added
4. 1.5ms added
..
13. 5ms added
Bolt Timer Wait Time
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1. 0ms
2. 15ms
3. 2ms
4. 3ms
..
16. 30ms
When Vaporworks updated the firmware on the freestyle chaos boards from 3.0 to 3.1, they ONLY did it for the FSP boards and up (Doubtless due to the raging popularity of the FS4 and the countless number of players who still regularly shoot FS4s.)
The 3.0 programing is VERY different then the 3.1 programming. To access the programing, hold the trigger down on power up. The switch will start "counting" immediately. RELEASE the trigger once the desired count has been reached. Wait one second, then hold the trigger down again. The switch will start counting again, release it once it is at the desired value. Wait 3 seconds, power off the maker, and you should be good to go!
Below is the programing menu for the 3.0 Firmware
Button Programming Information
First color blinks corresponds to the heading level
Second color blinks corresponds to the current value of the setting under that heading.
So for example, a blink combo of 4,3 would be "Debounce setting of 9".
Heading Blinks
================================================== ===========
1. Dwell
2. Eye Sensitivity Adjustment
3. Debounce
4. Mech Debounce
5. Presets
6. Firing Mode
7. Rate Of Fire
8. After-Eye
9. Eye Mode
10.Bolt Delay
11.Bolt Min Open
12.Aftershot Delay
13.Anti-Bolt Stick
14.Bolt Time (only used if Eye Mode is set to "Bolt Timer" instead of "Eye Monitored")
Dwell Blinks (* There is a LOT of misinformation on the web about the factory dwell setting on the FS4s and FS5. Stock from the factory, the FS4 & FS5 shipped with 18ms of dwell. Jerry Dobbins has personally confirmed this number as the stock setting.)
=================================
1. 2.5ms
2. 3.0ms
3. 3.5ms
...
15. 18.0ms
16. 18.5ms
Eye Sensitivity Adjustment Blinks
(only used in reflective eye systems)
=================================
1. Auto Eye Adjustment
2. value of 15
3. value of 30
4. value of 45
...
15. value of 240
Debounce Blinks
=================================
1. value of 3
2. value of 6
3. value of 9
...
9. value of 27
10. value of 30
Mechanical Debounce Blinks
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1. value of 1
2. value of 2
3. value of 3
...
9. value of 9
10. value of 10
16. value of 16
Present Blinks (still needs tweaking)
=================================
1. Extreme
2. Fast
3. Normal
4. Conservative
5. Board Defaults
Firing Mode Blinks
=================================
1. Semi
2. Turbo
3. Autoresponse
4. Full Auto
5. PSP Ramping
6. NXL Ramping
7. Snapshot Trainer
ROF Blinks (still needs tweaking) TODO TODO
=================================
1. Unlimited
2. 22bps
3. 20bps
4. 19bps
5. 18bps
...
15. 8bps
16. 6bps
After Eye Delay Blinks
=================================
1. Bypass Eyes
2. 0ms delay
3. 1ms delay
4. 2ms delay
..
14. 16ms delay
Eye Mode Blinks
=================================
1. Bolt Timer, SCOPE Off, Drop Shot After Timer
2. Bolt Timer, SCOPE Off, Fire After Timer
3. Bolt Timer, SCOPE On, Drop Shot After Timer
4. Eye Monitored, SCOPE Off, Drop Shot After Timer
5. Eye Monitored, SCOPE Off, Fire After Timer
6. Eye Monitored, SCOPE ON, Drop Shot After Timer
Bolt Delay Blinks
(Closed bolt only)
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1. 1ms
2. 2ms
3. 4ms
4. 8ms
..
16. 30ms delay
Bolt Minimum Open Blinks
(Closed bolt only)
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1. 1ms
2. 4ms
3. 8ms
4. 16ms
..
16. 60ms delay
After Shot Delay Blinks
(Closed bolt only)
=================================
1. 1ms
2. 2ms delay
3. 4ms delay
4. 6ms delay
..
16. 30ms delay
Anti-Bolt Stick Added Dwell
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1. 0ms added
2. .5ms added
3. 1ms added
4. 1.5ms added
..
13. 5ms added
Bolt Timer Wait Time
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1. 0ms
2. 15ms
3. 2ms
4. 3ms
..
16. 30ms