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2. Pin Function Comments 1 Reset Tied directly to 5V 2 Left Shoulder Normally high with no IR present 3 Right Shoulder Normally high with no IR present 4 Vibrator Feeds a 2N3904 Transistor switch A high means vibrator on 5 No Connect 6 No Connect 7 No Connect 8 Ground 9 4 Mhz Resonator 10 4 Mhz Resonator 11 No Connect 12 No Connect 13 No Connect 14 Option Button Pulled high through a resistor This pin should go low when the option switch button is pushed 15 Jumbo Yellow LED Feeds 2N3904 transistor switch that turns the yellow LED on or off This pin should be high when the Yellow LED 1s turned on and low when tutned off 16 Member Button Input Pulled high through a resistor The chest micro sends very short low pulses to this pin looking for a member button before the game begins 17 TX to Phaser This pin should be high unless there is some activity between the chest and phaser 18 RX from Phaser This pin should be high unless there is some activity between the chest and phaser 19 Ground 20 VCC Should be 5 volts 21 Blue LED Clear This signal is used to turn off all of the blue LED Ss on the chest back and shoulders 22 Red LED Clear This signal is used to turn off all of the red LED Ss on the chest back and shoulders 23 LED Clock There should be pulses on this signal evety time the LED s change position 24 Green LED Clear This signal is used to turn off all of the
3. When all of the phasers are the color you want and the names have all been edited click on the Save button After saving your changes now click on the DownLoad button and follow the instructions on the screen telling you when to hook up the programmer cable to the phaser Make sure that there is no battery plugged into the vest and that the chest to phaser cable is unplugged before connecting the programmer cable to the phaser Change Default Phaser Names and Color Save Cancel 45 SCORE SHEET MESSAGE The LaserBlast system allows you to add a message to every score sheet You can use this for a Happy Birthday message or to announce specials contests or any other message Promotional Message Enter Promotion Message Cancel Tuesday Parents play for free SOUND SETUP SCREEN The LaserBlast system is capable of playing music from a CD or from MP3 s optional It also can make pre recorded announcements for you at the beginning of the game during the game and when the game ends If you have the optional MP3 player software it will allow you to designate a theme song that is played during the first seconds of every game You can control how long this theme song plays before the regular randomly selected MP3 song is played The MP3 s must be installed using the shareware program called Music Match included on the installation CD All of the MP3 s must be installed in the d
4. acc 1 Test the game The phaser writes a test byte to the game memory memory U4 If this fails then the phaser lights a single green LED D4 and stays in an infinite loop with the laser on Tundehwrot O Say Vest Active 14 Tell the vest what This should cause the vest to blink the yellow LED ID it is twice 15 Check the phaser If pin 9 of the phaser micro is stuck low the phaser IR sensors for a will be stuck in an infinite loop If a change of color change of color command is received by the phaser it changes the command color of the vest and phaser 16 Say Enabled LCD is written when a start command is received HIDE on LCD from the chest 74 5 6 Say Game Start message on the speaker Erase the previous game data from the Game memory Put the countdown message on the Say GO and number of hits on Monitor the trigger phaser IR sensor safety sensor and chest Say Scanning memory on LCD Say vest name and number of hits on the LCD Notify the chest of the end of the Wait for the scanner commands on the phaser IR sensor If the game memory U4 won t erase properly this step will never be executed and the phaser could hang in an infinite loop This problem should be caught at step 11 but step 11 only checks one memory location This should happen after 15 seconds During the game these items are monitored If the phaser IR line is stuck low the phaser
5. Q Hit Delay It takes 4 shots to get credit for hitting the base This setting determines how much time must elapse between each of these 4 shots If you set it somewhere around 3 seconds it makes it difficult to hit the opponents base and easier to keep people from hitting your own base We recommend that you always set it to at least 1 second Q Relay Delay This setting determines how long the base relay will be energized after the base has been hit and thus the amount of time before the base can be hit again Typically 7 seconds is a good setting Q Base Tag Required If you select this feature the base will not allow the same person to tag it twice in a row If selected someone else must tag the base before you can tag it again This requires more teamwork and makes it more difficult to get the maximum number of bases The Printer Options Section of the Game Setup Screen allows you to control the way the software buttons work on the main screen 35 AutoScorePrint If this feature is checked the score sheets will be printed automatically when the Finish button is pressed on the main screen If this feature is not checked then you have to manually select Print All Paks after each game Q Activate Remote Finish This feature allows the start button on the scanner to do the same thing as clicking on the Finish button on the main screen after scanning has finished Some arena operators have a long distance betw
6. Wait for Shoulder Once a vest ID is received from the phaser the chest 72 to stay high waits to make sure that the shoulder signal is low pin 27 of the chest micro If this pin never goes low the chest micro will hang in an infinite loop Check option The chest micro looks to see if the option button on button switch the chest is pushed pin 14 of the chest micro If this pin is stuck low the chest micro will hang in an infinite loop Check for member The chest micro puts out some pulses on the button member button port and looks for a proper response If a member button is found the member information is sent to the and the jumbo LED flashes 6 times Look for valid If all the LED s are blinking normally on the chest start data coming then it is monitoring the shoulder pin pin 27 of the in from the chest micro for valid start data Valid start data shoulders consists of 16 bytes with 2 CRC s for data integrity These 16 bytes have to be received twice and be identical for the vest to recognize it as valid data Strobe lights or bright fluorescents can interfere with valid start data Send start data to If valid start data was received by the chest through the phaser the shoulders it forwards the good start data to the phaser and continously blinks the yellow LED If the yellow LED never quits blinking then the phaser probably never received the start of game data Wait for an activa
7. green LED s on the chest back and shoulders 25 LED Data This signal should be alternating between high and low as the LED s blink 26 Back Sensor Input Normally high when no IR present 27 Shoulder Sensors Input Normally low when present 28 Chest Sensors Input Normally high when no IR present The Phaser MicroProcessor Pinout is listed below Pin Function Comments 1 Reset Pulled high through a 0 7 volt diode 2 Green 0 A high on this pin turns LED on 3 Green 1 high on this pin turns LED on 4 Green 2 high on this pin turns LED on 5 Green 3 high on this pin turns LED on 6 CPU1 This pin goes low when the main micro wants to signal the sound micro to make a sound Otherwise it should be high 7 Photon Feeds a 2N3904 transistor switch that turns the photon LED on or off This pin should switch between high and low when firing a photon 8 Trigger This pin is pulled high when there is no trigger switch attached or when the trigger is not pulled Pulling the trigger switch should make this pin go low 9 Phaser IR input This pin should be high when there is no IR present on the phaser 10 Sound CPU Reset This pin provides a short pulse to the sound effects micro to get its attention It should be high otherwise 11 5 12 Ground 13 4 Mhz Resonator 14 4 Mhz Resonator 15 Blue 0 A high on th
8. troubleshooting damaged RS232 ports The Test Holsters button is only used for optional holster scanner systems It sends out commands to the holsters that cause their beacons to alternate between red and green This allows easy verification of the telephone data connections between each holster The LaserBlast system also makes an announcement over the sound system every time a base or megablaster is hit The name of the file that is played for each device is shown in the following table DEVICE NAME FILENAME GREEN BASE C LASERBLAST SOUNDS DEVICE0 WAV RED BASE C LASERBLAST SOUNDS DEVICE1 WAV BLUE BASE C LASERBLAST SOUNDS DEVICE2 WAV C LASERBLAST SOUNDS DEVICE10 WAV The system is shipped with pre recorded sounds but if you would like to change the sounds for each device you are free to do so You may want to save the original file in a different directory just in case you change your mind To play a different sound simply change your sounds name to the appropriate file name and put it in the C NLaserBlastNSounds directory 49 2 MONITOR SCREEN The LaserBlast system has an optional 2 audience monitor This monitor can be used to display the game scores in a 2 location It also displays member statistics and provides a scrolling marquee for advertising messages This optional software feature also provides the ability to scroll back to previous game results and display the scores on the 2 monitor D
9. 35 57 PM The number of times each vest has played in a game is also recorded in each vest This Totalizer data cannot be tampered with in any way and is therefore potentially useful to an absentee owner worried about employee theft THE TOTALIZER REPORT The Totalizer Report displays the number of times each vest has played a game since it was manufactured This data is read in from the vest at the end of each game and therefore cannot be tampered with This is why the data only shows up for vests that have been scanned in since the LaserBlast control program was started The totalizer in each vest only counts a game as being played if at least 30 shots have been taken 40 This allows referees to take a few shots to test vest or demonstrate the vest without counting it as a game i Totalizer Report E Hitman Dracula Assasin Blaster Odd Job Vader The Borg Eraser Commanda Cow Tipper Ranger Sniper Bubbles Morpheus Thunder Shythenng Excalibr WildStar Hammer Thor Blitz The Rock Omega Fusion Sloth Jester SuprFang BlakVYolf Twinkie Hawk Trinity Monster Quake KingKong Avenger Stealth Panther Enforcer Scorpion Tomcat Ghost Cobra Patriot Viper Stunner Humvee Robocop Xena 4 26 2003 5 35 51 PM MEMBERSHIP LIST This report creates a file called C LaserBlast membership csv that can be used by any other spreadsheet word processor or label generator program you like t
10. 6 Death Kitten 35 844 25 345 22 4 8 7 Red Cell 34 909 25 345 10 10 1 Chapter Trouble Shooting and System Repair Frequently Asked Questions Q I forgot my passwords What can I do A Advanced Avionics maintains a corporate password which will let you in Q My codename isn t coming up in the vest List what am I doing wrong A You are most likely not logging onto the vest correctly Make sure the member button has not only been initialized placed in the member probe but also that it has been recognized by the vest as is evidenced by Welcome Member appearing on the phaser s information screen This must be done before a game has been started Q My public games are prone to weird conditions after my members play What are they doing to sabotage me A The members are most likely not trying to sabotage you Always make sure that you return the game settings to a normal game the public would play Team Solo after each membet s game Q Why are there no vests listed in my totalizer A In order for a vest to be listed in the totalizer it must first be scanned in do this easily start a few minute game and fire a few shots on each phaser you want scanned in or just run a normal game and check the totalizer after all players have scanned in During a normal Saturday or Sunday all the vests will have been played and scanned in at least once Q I accidentally deleted one of my games What can I do A The L
11. Flash Red LED s Power supply or battery problem See paragraphs above to verify proper power supply on chest and phaser boards Isolate the cause by disconnecting cables from the chest 1 at a time Start with the phaser cable then the shoulders Try replacing the chest to back ribbon cable Use a spare cable to try it first on the outside of the vest before pulling the new cable through the vest 3 Flash Green Isolate the cause by disconnecting cables LED s from the chest 1 at a time Start with the phaser cable then the shoulders Try replacing the chest to back ribbon cable Use a spare cable to try it first on the outside of the vest before pulling the new cable through the vest Flash Blue LED s Isolate the cause by disconnecting cables from the chest 1 at a time Start with the phaser cable then the shoulders 2 Try replacing the chest to back ribbon cable Use a spare cable to try it first on the outside of the vest before pulling the new cable through the vest off all vest Turn off Vibrator The chest turns off all vest LED s and the vibrator and does nothing else while waiting for the phaser to tell it which phaser ID it is connected to If there is a problem with the phaser or the curly cable the vest never receives the ID and hangs in an infinite loop Receive Vest ID You can tell if the vest ID is received because the vest will flash the yellow jumbo LED twice as an indicatot
12. Phaser Oclick wav Taurt3 aserBlazthSnundssPhaserslclick way Penalty LaserBlast hSoundssPhaserspolice long Member Login C LaserBlast 5 oundsNBbitmono NW akeup w Pak Name aunds sBbitmonosjester way Send to m Phasers The following photos show how to connect the programming cable to the phaser Make sute you put the red stripe of the cable as shown Use the row of 5 pins on the connector closest to the far edge of the connector 43 CHANGE PHASER NAMES You can change the names of the LaserBlast vests if you have the optional programmer However you cannot change the name of just one vest You must change the names on all of the vests because the names of all of the vests are stored in each of the phasers You also have to remove all of the covers to the phasers and reinstall the covers without pinching wires Since the names of the phasers will have changed you have to reprogram all of the sound effects also if you want the vest to say its own name at the end of the game Allow at least 15 minutes per phaser for an experienced technician to change the name and reprogram the sound effects After pressing the Change Phaser Names button the following screen is displayed You can change the color of the vest so that it powers whatever color you would like Click on the color you want on the left of the screen and click on the existing name of the phaser Edit the name of the phaser
13. around not in its cradle In order to get the vest ready to play a new game without keeping the previous game scores you need to start the vest using the referee unit and then terminate the game If you have determined that the VEST RESET message is not the result of simply a discharged battery during a game follow these steps to isolate the cause 1 Check that the Coiled Cord is completely plugged in on both sides of the cable The white part of the connector should be fully plugged in It is not too uncommon for the connector to get pulled loose a little bit You can tighten the strain relief nut as tight as you can with your bare hands Do not torque strain relief nut with a wrench because it will dent the curly cord and cause premature failure We glue the connectors to the chest circuit board to make it more difficult to tug the connector loose 2 Wiggle all the cables that carry the battery power to the phaser This includes the battery cable itself the power cable leading to the back circuit boatd the 10 pin ribbon cable going from the back circuit board to the chest circuit board and lastly the curly cord going to the phaser Gently flex each cable about every 1 inch looking to see if the phaser power gets interrupted Make sure that both sides of the ribbon cable are firmly seated 3 Check to see if any of the crimp pins on the curly cords have become loose You can do this by wiggling each wire near the connector 4 C
14. discharged 10 C 60 C 14 F 40 F When stored less than a month 20 C 50 4 F 122 F When charged 50 When stored more than a month 20 C 35 C 4 F 95 F When charged 50 1 Read the instructions of your equipment regarding the battery installation and removal from the equipment so as not to mishandle and waste the battery 2 Despite being rechargeable the battery has a limited life span Replace when usage time between charges becomes short 3 Nicad NiMH and Li lon batteries should be recycled Be environmentally conscious do NOT throw these batteries in the trash If you don t know where your local recycling facility is call the Portable Rechargeable Battery Association at 1 800 822 8837 They will provide you with the address of the recycling center nearest to you Battery Charger Safety Safe operation of the battery charger requires following these instructions e Do not put anything on top of a battery charger e Allow a 2 space at the rear of the charger for airflow to release heat e Only connect Advanced Avionics Inc Laser Blast batteries NEVER anything else e Always push release button to remove batteries from charger e If charger or battery wires are damaged or frayed discontinue use immediately and call Advanced Avionics for service Chapter Basic Caring for the LaserBlast System The LaserBlast system was designed to require an absolute mi
15. have been run back to the scanner go ahead and plug the bases into the AC power outlet The police beacon strobe and speakers should all activate for about 2 seconds after power up If they do not activate then make sure that the switches for each are turned on the speaker volume is adjusted or the strobe speed is not turned all the way down Adjust the speaker volume and the strobe speed Do not adjust the strobe speed too fast because it will interfere with the IR data transfer if set too fast The base stores 512Kbytes of wave file sound effects These sound effects can be modified for whatever theme you would like See the section under Software Bells and Whistles for details They are originally shipped with standard sounds already programmed The special effects relay contained in the base is pre wired to an extension cord relay acts as a switch to turn on special effects for a few seconds when the base has been hit The amount of time that the relay is on can be controlled by the main computer The relay is only capable of switching 10 amps maximum so make sure you never plug anything into the relay extension cable that draws more than 10 amps 17 HOLSTERS The Base Relay Connection The Holsters optional The holsters provide an optional way to scan in the game data at the end of the game If your system includes holsters all you have to do is hang up each vest at the end of the game and th
16. pressed before all vests are scanned in the remaining vests START JOIN BUTTON This button will send the signal to start the game with the configured settings of the control program as though the start button on the Scanner had been pressed When pressed during a game it will re send the remaining game time to any vest within the Scanner range to facilitate adding players to the game late game data will not be received these players will not receive a score and vests will have to be manually reset It will also change the Finish Game button to the Abort Game Button ABORT BUTTON During a game clicking on the Abort Game button causes the computer and the scanner to go into Scanning Mode but leaves the vests in whatever mode they were in It is important to get all of the vests back into Waiting for Game Mode before beginning a new game This is the 1 problem new LaserBlast users have because the vests that were already in Waiting for Game Mode when a start button is pressed will start a new game but vests that were in Playing Game Mode or Scanning Mode will not start a new game Laser Blast B275 Enchanted Castle Print All Excalibr o cores W dStar Bicone e Select Hammer Avenger o Start Thor Stealth Blitz Panther 9 X Sheet The Rock Enforcer p 1 NE Setup p Finish gone et
17. serious injury Do not put the battery into a fire Do not use it or leave it ina place near fire heaters or high temperature sources In such a case the insulator in the battery may be melted the safety vent and structure may be damaged or the electrolyte may catch fire all of which may cause heat generation explosion or fire Do not use charge or leave the battery near fire or in a car under the blazing sun Such a high temperature may cause damage of the protecting device in the battery which may result in an abnormal chemical reaction and then heat generation explosion or fire Do not charge the batteries with any charger other than the Advanced Avionics Inc LaserBlast charger Use of any other charger may cause heat generation explosion or fire Do not throw or drop the battery Strong impact may damage the protecting device which may cause an abnormal chemical reaction and result in heat generation explosion or fire Do not disassemble or alter the battery The battery employs a safety mechanism and a protecting device in order to avoid any danger If these are damaged heat explosion or fire may be caused 1 not use the battery other than the following conditions otherwise the battery might cause heat generation damage or deterioration of its performance Operating environment When the battery is charged 0 C 40 C 32 F 102 F When the battery is
18. the center of the main monitor Once located they can be repositioned to the 22d monitor The 2 Monitor software consists of 4 screens that can be re arranged and positioned however you like on the 274 monitor These screens are y 1 The 5 Screen 2 The Current Game Statistics Screen 3 Player STATS Screen 4 The Marquee Normally the scores screen and the Player STATS Screen are positioned at the top left of the 2 monitor The Current Game Statistics Screen is positioned below it and The Marquee is positioned along the bottom of the 2 monitor Positioning the screens is accomplished by grabbing the corners of the screens with your mouse and dragging them into the desired position These screen positions saved whenever you exit the main program The next time you run LaserBlast the screens will appear in the same position Team Name and Team Score Scores Green Team Red Team 3 3980 Blue Team 1 100 203 Omega afl Aanger 2 680 02 Vander 1 100 04 The Borg 05 Jester 700 206 Commando 207 Assasin 08 Dracula 209 Cow Tipper 10 Blaster 11 Eraser zi Odd Job 13 Fusion 14 Sloth Player s Score Player s Vest Name Member names will be displayed here Player s Rank for that game 51 The Current Game Statistics screen shown below allows people in the audience to see which player has hit the bases and megablasters This screen is updated instantly while the curre
19. two special game formats Rover and Domination described below Q Enable Heat Sensor If this feature is enabled the player must hold the phaser with 2 hands or it will not fire and will honk at them It will also say USE TWO HANDS on the back of the LCD This feature reduces the likelihood of injury by discouraging people from swinging their phaser Recommended Always leave this on The Game Type section of the screen allows you to select the basic scoring method These are described below 33 Team Play vs Individual Play The only difference between these basic game types is whether or not your score is penalized for hitting other people or bases with the same color Some players manage to get negative scores by hitting their own team s color If you don t want negative scores you can either always run Individual Play or change the Friendly Fire setting to 0 Normal Game This is the setting used when you are not playing a Special Game such as Rover or Domination Q Rover Game This special game format is played by starting all players with green vests except one The Blue Rover All of the green players are trying not to get tagged by the Blue Rover because they get Rover points for each second that their vest remains green If the Blue Rover tags them their vest will turn red and they will no longer be accumulating Rover points Once they have been turned red by the Blue Rover they can contin
20. 5 pin male video cable into the 15 pin female video connector on the back of the computer If the system is equipped with a 2 monitor option then the main video card will be the 15 pin connector closest to the top of the computer Computer Power Cord Plug the computer into a battery backed up outlet on the UPS UPS The UPS provides power monitoring battery backup and surge protection for the control computer and accessories plugged into it Most of the UPS s used by LaserBlast have 3 outlets that are battery backed up and 3 outlets that are only surge protected Plug the UPS into a suitable 110 VAC outlet The UPS also has an on off switch Once everything is plugged in turn the UPS on and leave it on Use the switches on the individual computer printer and monitor to turn them on and off Do not turn off the computer printer or monitor using the UPS switch 11 Q Scanner Serial Port Plug the Scanner Serial Port adapter into 9 pin male serial port on the back of the computer This 9 pin female to 6 pin RJ12 telephone wire adapter is shown below Typically COM1 is assigned to the scanner serial port and it is located next to the keyboard and mouse port on the back of the computer Use the thumbscrews to attach the adapter securely to the computer Q Audio Output Cable to Arena amplifier This cable is used to feed your audio amplifier and maze speakers with game messages MP3 music software option or CD music Plug
21. ADVANCED AVIONICS INC Installation and Users Guide 2004 2006 Advanced Avionics Inc All Rights Reserved 6659 Warren Ann Arbor MI 48105 Phone 734 332 0256 Fax 734 332 0256 Updated April 30 2006 TABLE CONTENTS WARRANTY AND 8 0 2 3 Laser Safety oc oS MG Bt ts eG el aks 3 Battery Safety icc E RR CHER ERR EHE 3 Battery Charger Safety sse 5 BASIC CARING FOR THE LASERBLAST SYSTEM 6 INSTALLATION OF THE LASERBLAST HARDWARE 8 UNPAGCKI NG teo tds RE 8 GENERAL OVERVIEW AND BLOCK DIAGRAMS eee 8 THE CONTROL COMPUTER vrenr ea erra e Ee YET 11 THE SCANNER R THE IR FLOODLIGHT vice E e ae e e a RE AN 15 THE BASES eon ER NES 16 INSTALLATION OF THE LASERBLAST SOFTWARE 22 BASIC GAME PLAY USING THE LASERBLAST SYSTEM 23 GAME MODES ERR EE 23 THE TERMINATORS aee rr eere 25 7 EASY STEPS TO PLAYING A 26 THE SOFTWARE BELLS AND WHISTLES eee 27 NIAIBSESCREBN ii e ctetu E bra ca lop ebat GAME SETUP SCREEN GAME SETUP SCREEN ertet tenentes netter inen SCORE SHEET SETUP SCREE Ss OWNER REPORTS 8 2 GAMES REPORT 221 39 GAMES REPORT SCREEN THE TOTALIZER REPORT
22. DS SAFETY SENSOR NOT WORKING SHOOTS BUT NOT TAGGING OTHER VESTS NOT SHOOTING NO SOUND LASER OR SHOTS ON THE LCD Ne Check that the IR tube opening at the end of the phaser is not blocked or partially blocked Check that the crimp pin and wire on the Wide beam IR is a good crimp and the wire is not damaged If during a game you can shoot a photon and tag vests with the photon the Wide beam IR is OK The transistor at the Phaser diode may be damaged Replace the transistor Check that the Speaker wires are not damaged Check that the speaker is plugged in Check the crimp pin is in the connector and that the crimp looks good Check the speaker for puncture and or damage May need to replace speaker Check that you do not have shields and photons on the computer set to 0 Check that the option switch is plugged in Check that the options switch wires are not damaged and the crimp pins are in the connector and the crimp looks good If none these fixes the problem you have a broken option switch Check that there is no tape or gum or residue on the sensor Check that Use Heat Sensor is checked on Game Setup Screen Check that the IR Tube is not blocked with debris at the front of the phaser Check that the IR Tube is plugged in all the way the wires are not damaged The IR DIODE may have failed Check that the Trigger is setting on top of the switch lever in phaser handle Check that the Trigge
23. MEMBERSHIP LIST 2441 MEMBER SCORES 24142 DELETE MEMBERS 442 FLASH PHASER SOUNDS 42 CHANGE PHASER NAMES 44 SCORE SHEET MESSAGE 46 SOUND SETUP SCREEN 46 MAZE SETUP SCREEN 2 47 2 MONITOR SCREEN 50 THE SCROLLING SIGN SCREEN eee 53 MEMBERSHIP ss SAMPLE MEMBERSHIP REPORT esee 55 TROUBLE SHOOTING AND SYSTEM 56 FREQUENTLY ASKED 8 8 HARDWARE TROUBLESHOOTIN HARDWARE PIN 2 2 2222 The 13 IRSSeRSOTS iic esit ie tite retten rient att 64 The Phaser Chest Connector JP5 on Phaser kiss The Phaser Chest Connector JP1 on Chest sss The Chest Back Connector JP4 on Chest sss The Chest Left Shoulder Connector JP2 on Chest je The Chest Right Shoulder Connector on Chest 70 VEST PHASER FIRMWARE POWER ON SELF TESTS POST 70 CHEST POWER UP SEQUENCE eee 72 PHASER POWER UP SEQUENCE see 74 Warranty and Warnings one year from the date of delivery Shipment to Advanced Avionics Inc is the responsibility of the customer Advanced Avionics will pay for return shipment in the same manner as the item was shipped to Advanced Avionics Damage due to excessive abuse is not covered Examples of such abuse include but ate not limited to e Pinched wires
24. Owner Reports Your system can redisplay or reprint scores from previous games This setting determines how many games are stored on the disk drive before old games are automatically deleted 39 GAMES REPORT SCREEN This screen displays game play information from the previous 3 weeks The data can be printed Every game that is played is recorded in a file called C LaserBlast LaserBlast CSV This file is compatible with XL Word or any other ASCII compatible spreadsheet or word processor If you would like to view game data from more than 3 weeks ago you can load this file into any other spreadsheet or word processor program and view it or analyze it as you like Owner Report Game Records Number of Players Number of Games Played Tonight This Week This Month This Year Tonight This Week This Month This Year aM EM UM Listing of games since Saturday 4 5 2003 Games on Saturday 4 5 2003 2 34 58p for 0 01 33 Players 1 for 0 20 30 Players 2 ames 2 Players 3 Games on Tuesday 4 15 2003 353 4p for 0 05 17 Players 2 4 00 34 for0 11 29 Players 2 Total Games 2 Players 4 Games on Wednesday 4 16 2003 for 0 03 28 Players 15 for 0 02 10 Players 1 for 0 01 37 Players 2 for 0 01 22 Players 2 for 0 01 39 for 0 05 26 for 0 02 51 for 0 05 12 for 0 01 31 for 0 35 07 for 0 13 28 for 0 01 58 for 0 13 18 for 0 03 21 for 0 03 52 for 00401 Report Complete 4 26 2003 5
25. Query Devices button on the Maze Devices Screen Each LED status beacon should show a different pattern of red LED s Each beacon has 8 red LED S and they will show the values of the each of the DIP switches 21 Chapter Installation of the LaserBlast Software Minimum PC Requirements The LaserBlast software requires a dedicated computer with at least 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 400 Mhz processor 1 RS232 serial port for the scanner 1 RS232 serial port for membership if membership is desired 600 x 800 main monitor video card and monitor 600 x 800 2 Monitor video card and monitor if 274 monitor is desired CD ROM for software loading 2 Removable Hardrive for backup strongly recommended Windows XP Home or Professional Edition 128 Mbytes of RAM minimum 10 Sound Card The LaserBlast software 15 distributed on CD steps to install the software on your PC are listed in the file called ReadMeReleaseNotes txt on the CD These instructions are kept up to date as improvements and new features are added so we will not repeat them here in this manual Double click on this file and follow those instructions 22 GAME MODES Chapter Basic Game Play using the LaserBlast System This section of the manual describes the basic operation of the LaserBlast system and everything you need to know to start and stop games scan the data in at the end and print score sheets Game Modes The LaserBla
26. The Control Computer Unpack and arrange the LaserBlast control computer the counter The control computer is typically located very close to the cash register or managers work area or main customer counter Some arenas with mature referees prefer to locate the control computer near the vesting room to make it easier to change game settings although this convenience can create problems with less mature referees Your LaserBlast control computer was preloaded with software and pretested so that all you have to do is place it on a shelf or counter and plug in the following cables a Printer Cable This cable has a 25 pin male connector on the computer side and a 36 pin Centronics style connector on the printer side printer comes with instructions from the printer manufacturer Printer Power Cord Plug the printer power cord or printer power supply into a NON BATTERY BACKED outlet on the UPS Uninterruptible power supply Keyboard The keyboard plugs into the connector on the rear of the computer with the keyboard icon on it Mouse The mouse plugs into the connector on the rear of the computer with the mouse icon it Monitor Power Cord Plug the monitor into the monitor power supply and plug the monitor power supply into the battery backed up outlet on the UPS If your monitor does not have a separate power supply then plug the main power directly into the UPS Main Monitor Video Cable Plug the 1
27. aserBlast system creates a file in the c LaserBlast directory called games bak You can copy this file using Windows Explorer to games db When asked whether you want to replace the file answer yes Q I just quit the program and there s a game full of people still running What do I dor A Do not panic The game will run for the remainder of the time without the control program To recover their game data re open the control program load the settings for the game they are playing This will make sure that the scores are tabulated correctly should they be playing a game with altered scores such as a member s game When the control program is restarted it automatically detects that a game is in progress and continues counting the time for the game down normally At the end of the game the computer and the scanner will both be in Scanning Mode just like normal as if nothing odd had happened When the game is done players will scan as usual Q One of my customers didn t scan in what can I do to retrieve their score A Unfortunately nothing can be done to append a game s data once the FINISH button has been clicked and the game scores have been calculated Unplug the battery from the vest and plug it back in again to set the vest in waiting for game mode Q The Control Program has reported an unusually large small score for a player What is happening A The vest retains the score data even when a battery is
28. body within 20 feet and 45 degrees The player that armed the megablaster gets bonus points plus the points for anybody the megablaster tags as if the player tagged them himself This setting controls the number times each player is allowed to tag each megablaster in the arena Recommended 2 Ammunition This setting controls how many shots can be fired in a game Once this many shots have been taken the player is out of ammo and cannot reload Recommended 10 000 essentially unlimited Shields This setting controls how many shields you are allowed A shield is activated by holding the chest option button until the shields are activated about 3 seconds When the shields are activated the chest and back LED s spin very fast and the player can fire but can t be tagged Shields last 8 seconds Recommended 3 shields 32 Stuns Deac This setting controls how many stuns phaser and shoulder hits are needed to cause the vest to deactivate For example if this is set to 3 the stun time is set to 1 second and the deactivation time to 10 seconds then the first 2 times a person is tagged in the shoulder they will be out for 1 second The 3 time they get tagged in the shoulder they will be out for the full 10 seconds If you look carefully at the chest LED s you can tell your relative health by how many LED s are chasing each other If you only have 1 LED chasing itself then the next hit to your phaser or shoulder will cause a fu
29. cut wires or broken speakers that result from unauthorized opening of the phaser covers he standard LaserBlast warranty includes all parts and labor for a period of e Coiled cords damaged from the vest strap being disconnected or cut from the phaser e Battery cables being ripped apart due to not pushing on the release knob on the battery cable on the back of the vest and on the chargers e Batteries being dropped on floor e Batteries being carried by the connector or wires and not by the body of the battery Laser Safety LaserBlast products comply with CDRH 1040 10 and CDRH 1040 11 regulations governing laser product safety Do not allow anyone to purposely stare into the laser beam The LaserBlast laser tag phaser emits visible red laser light 635nm LASER RADIATION AODDRECTEYEBPOSIRE approximately mW but less than 5 mW CLASS LASER PRODUCT Caution use of controls or adjustments or performance of procedures other than those specified herein may result in hazardous radiation exposute Battery Safety Please read and follow the following handling instructions Improper use of the batteries may cause heat fire explosion damage or capacity deterioration of the battety 1 Do not let leaked electrolyte come into contact with the eyes skin In such a case immediately wash the area of contact with clean water and seek help from a doctor If not treated quickly prolonged contact may cause
30. d effects and test the scanner connection or the optional holster scanners Maze Device Setup Device Select Scanner Port Green Base cont C LaserBlast S ounds 8bitsterec wehal 18 HedBase come Blue Base First Hit C SLaserBlast S oundsNBbitstereovwpn Ib C COM3 E Jnd Hit LaserBlast Sounds bitstereatwornl_ Ib Paod2Z C COMS Pad3 Cs LaserBlastSoundsNBbitstereoNdont push Pu d COMB Explode C SLaserBlast S ounds abitstereo 1 2G auge_ B8 MegeBlasteri Tm MegaBlaster Hit Limit LaserBlastS oundssBbitstereosdenied 1 2 MegaBlaster LaserBlasthSoundssBbitsterensbugs bun M 715 MegaBlasterd Pod5 Taunt 2 ounds sBbitstereosblowin thi B2 7754 is Fade oundssBbitstereo H nuston 27982 E Pad Pods Click All 3reyed aut devices did not respond to quer Taunt 4 FC LaserBlast S ounds Sbitsterec razz wa Taunt 5 JC LaserBlast Sounds Sbitstereo g loger 1 Test Comm Clear amp Query ar Re Program Devices en Maze Holsters If you want to change the taunts or sound effects in the bases click on the type of sound effect you want to change and browse to your desired file The WAV file you pick must be an 8 bit stereo wav file If you need to convert a sound use the SuperSonic program provided or any other sound editing program you like The bases ha
31. e chest If there is a short ot other failed component on these 3 boards the resettable fuse in the back will be tripped and prevent any LEDS from coming on If the chest LEDs are working properly replace the chest to back cable Check to see if the trigger switch has popped out over the trigger actuator If it has remove the 2 screws holding the trigger and reinstall the trigger so that the trigger actuator holds the trigger switch down when not pulled The proper orientation is shown in the photo below The phaser updates the LCD display every time a shot is taken If the LCD is broken or not working properly the phaser has to wait for a timeout when it tries to write data to the LCD This causes the phaser to fire a little slower than usual 1 Check that LCD is plugged in completely Trigger may be sticking due to dirt or debris that a customer stuffed in the phaser Micro on chest may have taken a static hit you can try a micro from another vest to see if the vest works with the other micro If so then replace the chest micro Check that all cables on vest are plugged in completely and correctly If you are in a game check that the game setting is not on Stealth Check that all cables on vest are plugged in completely and correctly If you are in a game check that the game setting is not on Stealth Run the curly cable test by plugging in the battery while holding the trigger Run the curly cord test Use a voltme
32. e holster automatically reads the data into the computer To install a holster system follow these steps 1 Make sure each holster has a unique ID The IDZ s are set using the 8 position DIP switch shown on the following photo The holsters should be set to the correct number at the LaserBlast factory but if you ever have to replace a holster circuit board you will have to make sure that the ID of the replacement board is the same as the one you removing 18 LED STATUS PORT ID DIP SWITCH RED LED Indicates Scanning The Holster Start numbering the holsters with 16 and go up by 1 on each adjacent holster HOLSTER ID TABLE On means down ID Bit 7 Bit6 Bit5 Bit4 Bit3 Bit2 Biti Bit 0 LED D2 LEDD3 LEDD4 LEDD5 LEDD6 LEDD8 LEDD7 LEDDI 16 On On On Off On On On On 17 On On On Off On On On Off 18 On On On Off On On Off On 19 On On On Off On On Off Off 20 On On On Off On Off On On 21 On On On Off On Off On Off 22 On On On Off On Off Off On 23 On On On Off On Off Off Off 24 On On On Off Off On On On 25 On On On Off Off On On Off 26 On On On Off Off On Off On 27 On On On Off Off On Off Off 28 On On On Off Off Off On On 29 On On On Off Off Off On Off 30 On On On Off Off Off Off On 31 On On On Off Off Off Off Off 32 On On Off On On On On On 33 On On Off On On On On Off 34 On On Off On On On Off On
33. een the scanner and the computer Keep in mind that activating this feature will allow careless referees to tell the computer to finish scanning before they intended to and can cause delays while you rescan vests SCORE SHEET SETUP SCREEN The Score Sheet Setup screen is used to select options for printing The Windows operating system also has a printer settings screen that is used for printer settings such as ink level draft quality bin selection color greyscaling and color calibration The Windows printer settings vary from printer to printer Refer to your printer manual or call LaserBlast for assistance optimizing your Windows printer specific settings The Horizontal and Vertical Start settings are used to align the text with preprinted score sheets The Separation slide bar adjusts how much space is between the top and bottom score sheet when printing 2 score sheets 8 2 x 11 w Score Sheet Setup Printers HORIZONTAL START 157 Printer Name 5 J Default Printer E Sheet T Score 999 Shots 99 L ees ne d Check this box if you are using a Accuracy 10 m Rank 1 10 t black and white printer so that the L 05989 rinter doesn t try to Greyscale Prints a blank form and eS y y saves any changes you n the colors Full Sheets Py Half Sheets made to the settings Fills in test data and prints a score sheet s
34. er contains 1 IR emitter so it will communicate to the vests without an IR Floodlight but the IR Floodlight contains 40 IR emitters These 40 IR emitters eliminate shadows in the vesting room and allow error free communication with the vests The IR Floodlight FLOOD1 BRD 10740 REV B eeu 9 o TE 037 2 f ne NS Og 1 rig 6 wi PUT 979 pw 1 OUTPUT TO MULTIPLE DGPDWER PROM SCANNER FLOODLIGHTS GREEN POWER INDICATOR 15 THE BASES The proper location of the IR Floodlight is vital to a successful installation It needs to be located high on a wall or on the ceiling so that the IR light can spread out over a crowd of people There must also be a power outlet within 5 feet of the IR Floodlight The IR Floodlight also should be within 15 feet of the scanner Once you have found a location that meets these criteria mount the IR Floodlight using drywall screws and the 3 brackets Remove the cover of the IR Floodlight and carefully bend the IR LED s so that they aim in the general direction where the players will be Do NOT bend them more than once or they may break Make and route a 6 conductor phone line between the scanner and the IR Floodlight Make sure that the RJ12 connectors are oriented the same on both sides of the wire Secure the phone line to the wall being very careful to avoid putting staples through the phone line Go ahead and plug the new phone line b
35. ertain size files The amount of memory remaining in the phaser is displayed for you To change the sound effect to 8 bit mono open the file SuperSonic included with LaserBlast Software or other external music or sound program Follow the sound editor s directions on changing the format to 8 bit mono When you have all of the sounds for the phaser selected the way you want them then click on the SAVE button After saving your settings click on the Send To Phasers button The software prompts you to connect the scanner cable and programmer cable to the phaser at the appropriate time Make sure that there is no 42 battery plugged into the vest and that the chest to phaser cable is unplugged before connecting the programmer cable to the phaser Phaser Sound Effects Photon C SLaserBlast5 aundssPhasersphatons way Laser C LaserBlast S ounds Phaser Laser way Stun C LaserBlast S nundssPhasersstunned way Start Game CALaserBlast S oundssPhasersactiveated wa Scanning C ALaserBlastSS oundsNabitmonoNLaserpls w Game End aserBlastS nundssPhasersgameoverma Deactivated CLaserBlast S oundssPhasersdeactivated Back Life C LaserBlast 5 ounds Phaser vestactive w Scan Finished Sounds Car om way Shields Up LaserBlast Sounds Phasershields way Heat Sensor C LaserBlast S ounds Phaser Honk way Ota Amma C LaserBlast S nundssBoing wav Taunti nundssPhasersclick way Taunt C LaserBlast 5 ounds
36. etween the IR Floodlight using the right most connector and the scanner also using the right most 6 pin connector See photos for connector identification The green power LED should light when you plug the IR Floodlight in The RED data indicator will only light when the Scanner is sending data The Bases The bases consist of an electronic module a set of speakers a police beacon and a strobe light The module the speakers the police beacon and the strobe light come pre connected on a 2 x2 wood platform This platform can be suspended from the ceiling or mounted to any base structure that you desire Once the base has been mounted to the ceiling or structure all you have to do is plug in the 3 power cords 1 for the DC power module for the base controller 1 for the police beacon strobe and 1 for the speakers The bases need to be connected to the scanner through a 6 conductor phone wire There are 2 phone jack connectors on each base to allow you to daisy chain the bases to each other to complete the connection to the scanner The scanner also has 2 connections to allow you to route the phone lines to 2 bases directly The bases scanner and megablasters don t have to be connected to each other in any particular order it is only necessary that each device make it back to the scanner somewhere along the chain 16 The Base Control Module DC POWER TO SPEAKERS After the bases are mounted and the phone lines
37. f the vests you can isolate a lot of problems By observing which power up activities were completed you know where the failure is The following sequence represents a properly functioning vest If the vest does not execute this sequence then the step before is the likely cause The power on self test only helps if there is 5 volts making it to the phaser and chest microprocessors If the LED s on the phaser and chest blink when you put the battery in then power is OK and you may skip the power debugging steps Here are the easiest steps to verify the power is getting where it belongs 70 POWER VERIFICATION 1 Put the black lead of a voltmeter on the green wire Pin 4 of the chest phaser connector JP1 on the chest Verify that there is between 7 5 and 10 3 volts on the white pin Pin 3 of JP1 If this voltage is OK then you have verified the battery connections inside the battery the fuse inside the battery the fuse in the vest and the chest to back cable If there is a short from 5 to ground anywhere on any of the circuit boards the fuses in the battery and on the vest will automatically melt and you will get only about 0 1 volts on this pin Disconnect the phaser and shoulder circuit boards by unplugging them 1 at a time from the chest until the battery voltage is seen on Pin 3 The fuse will reset immediately and automatically when a short is removed If the proper voltage shows up on Pin 3 then the fault is isolated to t
38. hat all players have scanned in click on the FINISH button on the computer screen This will cause the scanner to exit Scanning Mode and the computer will calculate the game scores and print the score sheets At this point the computer the scanner and the vests are all back in Waiting for Game mode This is all you have to know to run basic games Probably the 1 cause of confusion and frustration for new LaserBlast system owners occurs when the vests the computer or the scanner get in different modes This can happen for various reasons such as the owner wanting to change the game setting right after a game has just begun If you click on the ABORT button the vests are still in Game Playing Mode and the computer and scanner are in Scanning Mode Once a vest has begun a game the only way to change the game settings is to unplug the battery and plug it in again and then restart the vest with the new settings or use the terminator explained later to reset the vests 24 Terminators TERMINATORS The LaserBlast System is provided with referee terminator devices These devices serve 2 functions when the system is in Waiting for Game Mode and 2 different functions when the system is in Playing Game Mode The functions are selected by either placing your hand under the reflective sensor in the front of the phaser or not 25 7 EASY STEPS Functions of The Terminator No Hand Sensor Wait
39. he housing Inspect the chest to shoulder cable for damage and make sure they are plugged in completely and correctly Check the shoulder boards for shorts or open solder joints Check that the Coiled cord wires are not broken and are plugged in completely Check the solder joints on the Shoulder boards on the sensors and or voltage across the sensor it should be 4 85 5 volts The U4 chip may be blown Unsolder and replace or replace the entire shoulder circuit board Make sure that the shoulders are not covered by long hair this will slow down communication by blocking the sensors on the shoulders Check the chest shoulder cable for any damage Make sure the ribbon cables are secured Check the voltage on the shoulder sensors 4 85 5V May need to replaced sensor Up to 10 seconds early is a normal variation in crystal tolerances between vests The most likely cause of a vest ending early by more than 10 seconds is that the vest was started early or was not in Waiting for Game mode when the game was started It is very easy to get confused and let the vests get out of sync with the computer and the scanner Make sure that shoulders aren t being blocked by a very dirty plastic cover or by long hair covering sensors Inspect the Chest to shoulder cable for kinks and unplugged connectors Check the voltage and the solder joints on the shoulder sensors as in No start game NO SOUND EFFECTS NO PHOTONS OR SHIEL
40. he last circuit board or cable you just unplugged If you see between 2 and 7 volts on Pin 3 then your problem is inside of the battery Either charge the battery or try another one Verify that there is 5 volts on the chest circuit board Leave the black lead of the voltmeter on Pin 4 of JP1 and measure the voltage on pin 1 of the chest micro This should be between 4 8 and 5 2 volts If there is the proper battery voltage on pin3 of JP1 but the 5 volts is not correct it is probably caused by a solder ball getting dislodged under a cap or an IC that has failed A failed IC will usually feel much warmer than the other IC s on the board This is a very rare problem Verify that the battery voltage has reached the phaser The easiest place to verify the battery voltage is across the large blue 680 uf cap on the phaser board Verify the 5 supply on the phaser board Measure the voltage between ground Pin 4 of JP5 on the phaser and pin 1 of the main micro Since this pin is tied to 5 through a diode it should read about 4 3 volts This is just a handy spot to measure the 5 volt supply If the battery voltage is present but there is no 5 supply there is probably a failed IC The 5 volt regulator has a thermal shutdown protection circuit in it but whatever IC has failed is often warmer than the others 71 CHEST POWER UP SEQUENCE Turn Vibrator on Loose connector on vibrator Chest Micro not fully seated Vibrator Motor damaged
41. heck that the shoulder lights on both shoulders are blinking If one of the shoulders lights are not blinking the chest to shoulder cable could be broken NO LASER OR INTERMITTENT LASER VERY DIM LASER VEST CHANGES COLOR BY ITSELF YELLOW LIGHT ON CHEST COMES ON AND STAYS ON NO LEDS ON BACK Check that all sensors on the boards have good solder joints and that no sensor is broken or has a broken leg If a solder joint is broken or leg broken you can bridge it with solder or replace the sensor The EEPROM memory chip may have been damaged If this is the case one green LED on the phaser will be stuck on indicating a failed EEPROM memory chip Unsolder and replace the EEPROM memory chip a Laser Blast technician must perform this operation Check that the crimp connecting the laser wire to the connector is not broken You can wiggle the wire while firing the laser and see if the laser begins working The crimp pin may need to be recrimped or soldered Check that the wire on the laser is not broken or pinched May need to cut out and resolder wire If the above does not fix the problem the laser is probably blown Replace the IR Laser assembly Laser Diodes have delicate mirrored surfaces that make up their optical cavity If the laser diode receives a static discharge or a powet spike the mirror surfaces be cracked This causes the laser to put out about 10 of the light that it normally would Replace the IR Lase
42. heir score Laser Blast 8275 Enchanted Castle Excalibr Quake Print All Wildstar KingKong Start Select Hammer Avenger Printing Thor Stealth Score Bitz Panther Sheet m p Finish Scorpion 2 Setup TomCat Setup Ghost Owner Cobra Reports EI Score Eur Bubbles E Humvee 2 Thunder Total 940 Total 3380 Scores for Game Ended 4 22 2003 8 42 35 Robocop Monitor Sound Setup Maze Setup Jm t TIME ii REMAINING REPORTING This section displays the name of the game format selected for the game that most recently completed The line above it indicates the selection for the next game that will be played How many vests have scanned in at the end of the most recent game How much time 18 remaining in the current game If the computer is rebooted while a game 18 playing the computer keeps track of the game time even while off Print All Scores This button is enabled after all vests are scanned in and the FINISH button is pushed If the AutoPrint feature is enabled in the Game Setup screen the scores will automatically be printed when you push the FINISH button Select Paks for Printing This button will reveal another row of checkboxes down the left side of each team s VestList allowing for only certain scores t
43. ing for Game Mode Playing Game Mode Aim directly at shoulders and hold for 3 seconds to start a default 15 minute game This is useful if you have a power failure or computer failure Aim at any sensor and the player will get a 40 second penalty If you want to terminate the player aim the terminator at their PHASER sensors during the 40 second penalty and pull the trigger without your hand on the sensor Aim at the phaser and pull the tripger to change the color of the vest Keep pulling the trigger until the vest is the color you want This causes a vest to be Stunned It is a warning shot that causes the player to be out for the Stun Time Set by the computer 7 EASY STEPS TO PLAYING A GAME To play a game with the LaserBlast System following these steps 1 Pluga battery into each vest and place it into the pouch 2 Change the color of any vests if you like using the terminator 3 Provide instructions to the players and push the START button on the scanner 4 Monitor the game play for rules violations 5 When the game is over assist players with Scanning In 6 When everyone has scanned in press the FINISH button on the computer screen 7 The score sheets will print automatically if enabled or click on PRINT ALL SCORES if automatic printing is not enabled That s all you have to do to play games with the LaserBlast System 26 Chapter The Soft
44. ion to mount the scanner to a wall in the vesting room The location should be within 5 feet of a power outlet and 5 feet from the floor It is also important for the scanner to be located near the door between the vesting room and the maze so that the referee can make sure that people pause as the scanner reads the data out of each vest as they re enter the vesting room after the game otherwise known as scanning Once a suitable location has been found anchor the scanner to the wall using 3 drywall screws in the outer brackets Don t plug the scanner power supply into the wall outlet at this time Make and route a 6 conductor phone line between the scanner and the computer Make sure that the RJ12 connectors are oriented the same on both sides of the wire Secure the phone line to the wall being very careful to avoid putting staples through the phone line Make sure to leave enough slack in the line to allow you to position the control computer where you want it 14 Make sure the computer is turned off and plug one end of the phone wire into the scannet connector 2 connector from the right see photo and the other end into the scanner serial adapter already mounted on the computer The Floodlight THE IR FLOOD The IR Floodlight is an electronic module mounted in the vesting room which transmits infrared signals from the scanner to the vests at the beginning of the game and at the end of the game The scann
45. irectory called C LaserBlast MP3 The software will randomly select a song from this directory The theme song is selected randomly from any MP3 s in the C LaserBlast MP3 startups directory Music Match is easy to use and has a built in help function The only thing you have to do after using Music Match to convert an audio CD into an MP3 is move the MP3 to the correct directory for LaserBlast You can do this using Windows Explorer 46 Select a WAV file to play at the beginning of the game Select a WAV file to play during the game Select a WAV file to play at the end of the game Choose your source of music Enter Password here if this screen has been password protected 1015 Game Sound Effects Trigger Time Seconds Before End of Game C LaserBlast Sounds startofgame w At Start Sound C LaserBlast Sounds endofgame w At End of Game Between Games Volume 7 1 Music Source r MP3 Setup C Audo CD enaa _ 4 Theme Song Time None r Play Between E Select how many seconds before the end of the game to play this sound Allows you to adjust the relative volume of the announcements during the game compared to the MP3 or CD music Check here if you want MP3 to play in between games 47 MAZE SETUP SCREEN The maze setup screen is used to program the bases with soun
46. is pin turns LED on 16 Blue 1 A high on this pin turns LED on 17 Blue 2 A high on this pin turns LED on 18 SCL This signal is used to talk to the memory chip that stores all of the hit data during the game It should be high unless actively talking to U4 19 LCD Data0 These are outputs from the main micro to the LCD module 20 LCD Datal These are outputs from the main micro to the LCD module 21 LCD Data2 These are outputs from the main micro to the LCD module 67 Pin Function Comments 22 LCD Data3 These are outputs from the main micro to the LCD module 23 SDA This signal is used to talk to the memory chip that stores all of the hit data during the game It should be high unless actively talking to U4 24 Safety Sensor This output is normally low but goes high Power when the micro is actively taking a light reflection measurement on the safety sensor 25 TX to chest This signal should be high unless actively transmitting data to the chest 26 RX from chest This signal should be high unless actively receiving data from the chest 27 LCD Data4 These are outputs from the main micro to the LCD module 28 LCD Data5 These are outputs from the main micro to the LCD module 29 Laser Feeds a 2N3904 transistor switch that turns the laser on or off A low on this pin means laser off A high means laser on 30 LCD Enable This pin is pulsed when the main mic
47. isplay the current game data on the 2nd monitor Scroll through the game data stored on the hard drive and select which game to display L 2nd Monitor Setup Moritor Scores e Check this box if you want Game Displayed 22 2003 8 42 35 PM the STATS screen displayed P Brev Game Next Game Current Display Options Title Font Player Check this box if you want the Show Stats Allows you to select the Slow Player Display 4 m 4 font used on the 2 STATS screen to display twice Jv Twice Only only If unchecked the STATS Sening Soe monitor display screen will always be displayed Sign ay Check this box if you want the arena operator to have control over when the scores are displayed on the 2 monitor This is useful while taunting the audience about who they think Enter the Scrolling Sign menu area to set up the marquee Check this box if you want the 2 monitor to display the players scores one at a time starting from the worst to the best Uncheck the box if you want all players displayed at the same time won Enter Password here if this screen has been password protected Click this button to verify that the current position of all the screens is in a valid Windows location Click on this button if you can t find the screens that should be on the 24 monitor This button forces all of the 224 monitor screens to be located in
48. isual inspection of all of the connectors to make sure they are fully seated Also carefully examine the wires to see if they have been pinched between the phaser plastic halves Any time there is a problem with a vest we recommend you run a vety easy built in test for the cutly cord You hold the trigger down while you put the battery in The phaser will then send data between itself and the chest micro at 1 million bytes per second If any of the bytes do not get to the chest and back correctly the phaser puts a CABLE ERR message on the LCD The phaser will continue to execute this test as long as you hold the trigger down This allows you to massage the cable tug at it gently and flex it in all directions while there is high speed data being transmitted on it The 3 ribbon cables in the vest are not quite as easy to test as the curly cord You should keep a spare ribbon cable that you know is good so that you can replace suspicious cable To temporarily verify whether a vest ribbon cable is good or bad remove the chest cover and either the back or shoulder cover Disconnect the suspicious ribbon cable but leave it in the vest Connect the known good ribbon cable on the outside of the vest making sure to pay attention to the red stripe pin 1 orientation If the problem goes away you can tape the new ribbon cable to the old one and pull it through the vest fabric This section of the manual contains a list of symptoms and
49. it 2 The computer keeps track of all of their statistics The statistics can be printed on the printer to allow the member to see their rankings with other players 3 The member gets 2 extra photons and 2 extra shields in each game Some operators ask us to change the program in the phasers for more or less member benefits so your equipment may have a variation in it The owner benefits from membership through initial Membership sales revenue and increased game play To gather the member information simply touch the member button to the member button reader and enter the information into the screen below If you want to sell lifetime memberships we recommend you set the expired date to 1 1 2050 You can use any date prior to the year 3000 Birthday Button The LaserBlast System has two birthday buttons provided per system See photo above These buttons give 2 extra photons and 2 extra shields in each game for the birthday kid Before starting the game touch the probe reader located on the right side of the chest plastic with the birthday button You will hear Revolt on the vest that has been tagged This vest now has special birthday powers Membership SAMPLE MEMBERSHIP REPORT HIGH SCORES April 2003 Rank Member Score Average Games Accuracy 1 The Missile Man 42 560 25 345 12 10 6 2 King Kong 41 773 25 345 14 8 6 3 SillyMe 40 284 25 345 11 6 5 4 Slacker 39 827 25 345 14 7 4 5 Slick 38 473 25 345 8 7 3
50. ll deactivation Lives Allowed If you are using an elimination game format described below this setting controls how many times you can be hit before the game is over for you If elimination is not checked then this setting does not matter AntiStalker This feature is used to prevent people from timing their shots so that you keep being hit immediately after your vest become active If you check this box the player has about 2 of a second advantage where they can fire but they can t be hit This keeps older kids from picking on younger kids Recommended that you always keep this enabled Q Rapid Fire This feature allows you to fire continuously without having to release and pull the trigger every shot Elimination This feature enables Limited Lives If this box is checked then the game will end when the game time has expired or sooner if the number of limited lives has been reached Some arenas call this game King of the Arena If you set the limited lives to 10 and enable this feature there is sometimes only 1 player left at the end of a 15 minute game Q Stealth Mode This feature allows the vests to operate with none of the LED s turned on In a dark arena this changes the game play a lot The vest will always LIGHT UP when hit even in stealth mode Q Change Colors If this feature is enabled the vests will take on the color of whoever tags them This feature works in conjunction with the
51. nimum of care and maintenance The following is recommended Clean the outside of the plastics once every 6 months with Windex for the best info exchange A light spray and wipe down keeps the range up on the vests Condition the Ni Cad batteries once every 3 months Leave the batteries in the vests to completely discharge them one night every 3 months This maintains the optimum life of the battery Check the chest back and shoulder plastics for loose screws every 2 weeks The equipment is used a very rough environment and the screws become loose even with lock washers installed Tightening or replacing a missing screw prevents equipment failure Clean off the dust and dirt once every 3 months where you keep the battery chargers Blow off any dust on the cooling fan of the battery charger Shut down the computer properly using the proper windows shutdown sequence Turning off the power without shutting down the windows operating system may corrupt the hard drive When not in use clip the phaser to the vest drop strap clip 4 If the batteries have been on the charger for more that 24 hours with out use unplug them from the charger Do not modify the configuration of the LaserBlast computer Things such as using the LaserBlast screen as wallpaper or disabling the hard drives in the CMOS setup screens cause downtime and lost revenue Even some screensavers have ended up being the cause of system malfunctions We
52. nt game is being played Current Game Statistics The Stats screen is displayed for each player that played during the last game This encourages members who want to review their stats to play a game Player The Borg Bases Hit Green Shots Fired 02120 Red Accuracy 41 14 Best of the Green team kember Stats THE SCROLLING SIGN SCREEN The LaserBlast system allows you to control the scrolling sign text effects It has 8 preset effects but also allows you to edit and combine the special effects for each message The sign will present whatever message you like in the marquee screen You can control all of the characteristics of the message that you see in the screen below Sign Control scroll Type default regular Vertical backwards scroll attention bullet flasher Background LR Presets Display m EN By clicking on the Test button you can preview the effects you have chosen When you click on Done your messages are saved and will be displayed continuously on the Marquee Screen 53 MEMBERSHIP The LaserBlast System has an optional membership hardware and software package It allows the operator to sell a membership button shown below The system allows the members the following benefits 1 The member gets to create his or her own name All score sheets and monitor screens will have their name on
53. o be reprinted should a person lose their first scorecard or need another for framing or other purposes Blasi B275 Enchant Print an Hitman o o iv o KingKong o S ta rt Select 0 Avenger o Eom 0 o Score 9 7 Panther EM Pam 9 Finish Scorpion 0 Sm v TomCat o Ghost o ms rj Cobra o ee Sniper Pan e Viper oe Message Bubbles M Twinkie o Stunner o Morpheus Hawk EM Humvee o Monitor Thunder Trinity o Robocop o E CMam B rxm B Sound Set Total 940 Total 9380 Total 100 Maze Scores for Game Ended 4 22 2003 8 42 35 PM Set _ Next Game Next Game Time Next CD Track Team Game 00 BET 14 Game Time Remaining 00 00 Next Game Time This allows you to override the normal game Next CD Track If you are using the CD player to pump music into the maze you can select which Track to play time for the next game only After a game is started this Next Game Time will revert to the time set for that game in the Game Setup screen 30 GAME SETUP SCREEN The Game Setup Screen controls all of the different scoring and game play options It also allows you to adjust the base hitting difficulty Game Name The Game Name is simply a name that you assign to a particular combination of settings You can create as many game names as you like
54. o do whatever you like with your membership data 41 5 5 This button creates report on the printer that lists all the members their statistics their scores and their rankings We suggest posting these on the lobby wall to attract more players and create repeat game play You can select which month you want to print the data for Member data is stored for one year only DELETE MEMBERS This button brings up a screen that allows you select a particular member and delete their record Caution must be used in deleting member data because once it is deleted it cannot be recovered without loading the most recent membership backup file which may not have all the data for recent member activities FLASH PHASER SOUNDS The LaserBlast phasers have many sound effects programmed into them If you bought the optional programmer you can record your own sound effects and install them into the phasers This takes about 15 minutes per phaser and requires removing the cover of each phaser so it should only be done by someone who has been trained on how to remove the cover of a LaserBlast phaser without pinching wires or otherwise damaging the phaser To program the phaser sounds you select the type of sound you want to change and browse to your new choice When you select a new sound file it will play for you Only 8 bit mono sounds will work for the phaser sound effects In addition the phaser can only hold c
55. o you can verify the alignment It also saves Select whether you prefer perforated 8 x 11 full sheets with 2 score sheets per page or half sheets any changes that you made to the settings Most people prefer full sheets 36 Check this box if you want helpful game hints printed the score sheets Checking this box on some printers causes problems because some printers can t print close enough to the bottom of the page If you have blank sheets printing after each score sheet uncheck this box Another solution would be to adjust the vertical position of the score sheet up so that the printer does not try to print lower than it can Score Shee Setup Printers Printer Hane J Default Printer aso a aD oO on Full Sheets C Half Sheets owner can set a password to prevent operators from changing this screen If a password is set you must enter it here before you can change any settings on this screen The LaserBlast system supports multiple printers If your system has more than one printer connected they will all be listed under the column Printer Name You can adjust the relative print speed between the printers so that all of the printers will be assigned the number of score sheets that allows them to finish printing at the same time 37 OWNER REPORTS SCREEN The Owner Reports Screen is protected by a password to prevent unauthorized
56. photo Connect each LED status module to the holster using a 6 wire phone cord 20 4 Mount 2 black 2x8 pine boards securely to the wall according to the following diagram The top board is used to mount the vest holding rack and the bottom board is used to mount the holster electronics 0 8 X PIN INCHES CENTER TO CENTER d ERD s INE 38 INCHES 14 INCHES F d After all holsters have been connected to each other and then to the power supply you still have to make a connection to the RS485 port on the scanner This can be from the end of one of the holster daisy chains or it can also be from an unused connection on the holster power supply To test the holsters click on the Test Holster button on the maze devices menu The red LED on the holster circuit board should go on and then off evety few seconds If not then there is most likely a bad telephone wire In otder to locate the bad wire remove half of the holsters at a time until the problem is found Make sure that you unplug the holster power supply before you connect or disconnect any telephone wire from any holster You may get lucky and not damage a holster if you unplug it with the power applied but it was not designed to be hot swapped Please turn off the power every time you connect or disconnect a holster telephone cord You can verify the ID s are all unique by clicking on the
57. r assembly The phaser is monitoring 3 infrared sensors between games looking for a Change Color command from a referee unit im 2 ee Determine if somebody is playing tricks on you and changing the color of the vest with a referee unit from a distance Check the solder joints on the sensors in the phaser check to see if the sensor legs are broken If all three sensors do not have any broken leads then the sensor has probably failed If you want to check this use a voltmeter put black to ground and check the pins on the sensor with the red probe two of the pins of the sensor should read 4 85Volts to 5 volts and the other pin should be close to ground Unplug and Plug in the battery again Someone may have held the Option button down causing it to go back into Scanning Mode If it happens again the option switch may be stuck Try rerouting the switch to remove any pressure against the switch Plug and unplug the battery If it still happens unplug the option switch at the chest and plug in the battery again If this clears the problem you need a new switch Check that the chest chip is in the socket firmly Check that the chest to back cable is plugged in properly and completely ONLY 1 LED LIT ON CHEST PHASER ONLY SHOOTS 1 SHOT PER SECOND NO YELLOW LIGHT ON CHEST NO LEDS COME ON AT ALL LEDS ON CHEST BLINK BRIEFLY THEN GO OUT PHASER LEDS ARE NOT LIT Unplug the phaser and the 2 shoulders from th
58. r spring is not broken Trigger will not bounce back after being pulled Check that the Switch wire is not broken and the switch is plugged in to board completely and that the crimp is good and the crimp is completely seating in the connector housing 63 HARDWARE OUTS Some of our customers prefer to do their own component level troubleshooting In order to do this you need to know some key information including the functions of some of the pins of the IC s on the circuit boards and the functions of the various pins on the connectors These are listed below The 13 IR Sensors Each sensor has 3 pins Ground Pin 1 The pin on the outside of the 2 pins grouped together 5V Pin 2 The center pin Output Pin 3 This is the pin all by itself Each IR sensor is connected to a NAND buffer The pin is listed below 6 Pin 3 6 Pin 1 2 8 13 Each sensor can be tested by looking at the voltage on the pin listed in the chart above A good sensor will have a voltage of between 4 7 and 5 15 volts When a terminator is aimed at the sensor the voltage should drop noticeably about 0 1 to 1 0 volts This means that the sensor is working Keep in mind that some types of bright fluorescent lights can cause a sensor to respond as if it were being hit with IR G The Chest Microprocessor pinout is listed below
59. recommend keeping the system computer off of the Internet as viruses can damage your system you have purchased the membership option the system will prompt you to save your membership database every Monday night Please insert a floppy disk to back up your member information when prompted This is strongly recommended because there is often no way to retrieve membership data from a failed hard disk Se UNPACKING BLOCK DIAGRAMS Chapter Installation of the LaserBlast Hardware The LaserBlast system was designed to be installed by people with sufficient skill to connect telephone lines and plug in printers computers and monitors Hach LaserBlast system is customized so your system may not have all of the peripherals and options described in this section of the manual Unpacking Unpack the LaserBlast System and compare it to the Invoice to make sure everything arrived after shipment Everything is easy to recognize except possibly the bases megablasters scanner and IR floodlight These items look alike and are labeled so you can tell the difference Your LaserBlast System is shipped with a removable backup hard drive You should store this backup drive in a safe place Hard drives are the number 1 cause of system failure and can be easily damaged even by normal handling Please treat the spare removable hard drive like you would a fine china heirloom General Overview and Block Diagrams The LaserBlast sy
60. removed from a vest If the vest LCD says VEST RESET when a game is started it will have previous game data in it This is done so that game data is not lost in the event a battery dies during a game In order to get rid of previous game data you must start a game and end a game You can do this with 1 minute game from the computer you can start a vest with the referee unit and then terminate the vest Q My control program reports that there are 3 seconds left but my game is ending Why is this A Due to the range of the IR Floodlight and the minor variations in phaser clocks over time game time may be a few seconds off Q My printer isn t printing Why A Check to make sure the printer is turned on and then check that the cables are plugged in Finally check the user s manual included with your printer for assistance with printer operation and maintenance 57 NO LCD SCREEN OR DIM LCD HARDWARE TROUBLESHOOTING There are several diagnostic features built into the LaserBlast system to assist with inevitable repairs Most of the problems that come up with LaserBlast vests and phasers ate actually caused by one of the following 1 A connector has been jarred loose 2 A cable has a broken wire 3 wire has been pinched in the phaser or chest 4 The LCD glass is cracked or broken These 4 problems account for the majority of the required repairs Many problems can be corrected by doing a very careful v
61. ro is reading or writing data to the LCD 31 Ground 32 5 33 Red 0 A high on this pin turns LED on 34 Red 1 A high on this pin turns LED on 35 Red 2 A high on this pin turns LED on 36 Red 3 A high on this pin turns LED on 37 Main IR Output Feeds a 10 Amp HEXFET switch to turn the narrow beam main IR LED on or off at 40 Khz A high on this pin turns the LED on a low turns it off 38 Safety Sensor Input Reads the amount of light coming back from the safety sensor A strong reflection hand present should put low voltage on this pin No hand present should put a 5 signal on this pin The Safety Sensor Power pin 24 must be high in order for this sensor to function properly 39 ReProgram Clock This pin is used to reprogram the main micro 40 ReProgram Data This pin is used to reprogram the main micro The Phaser Chest Connector JP5 on Phaser RX from Chest 2 Black to Chest The Phaser Chest Connector JP1 on Chest The Chest Back Connector JP4 on Chest HL 3 5 BakIRSemo Greer 8 LEDdek Chest Left Shoulder Connector JP2 Chest The Chest Right Shoulder Connector JP3 on Chest G Re LED 5 7 Gmud 8 Ceen VEST PHASER FIRMWARE POWER ON SELF TESTS POST If you know the proper power up sequence o
62. s the game time for the next game that starts You cannot change the game time once you have statted the vests unless you terminate the game using the terminator or unplug the batteries on all vests Stun Time This 15 the number of seconds that the vest will be unable to fire when stun has occurred stun happens when someone is tagged in the shoulder or the phaser Recommended 1 second for younger players 3 seconds for older players Deac Time This is the number of seconds that the vest will be unable to fire when you have been deactivated by a megablaster or by being tagged by another player in the chest or the back Recommended 4 seconds for younger players 8 seconds for older players Shot Delay This is the number of seconds between shots Recommended 13 seconds You can create a really fun game if you set this to 3 seconds and call it a Sniper game Bases Allowed You can control the maximum number of times that each person can hit each base Recommended 2 or 3 Photons The phaser is equipped with a wide angle IR emitter in the front that is capable of tagging anything within 20 feet and within a 45 degree angle It is activated by tapping the option button on the chest You can control how many photons are allowed per game using this setting Recommended 2 to 5 Megablasters A megablaster is an optional maze device that acts sort of like a mine A player tags it to arm it 7 seconds later it goes off tagging any
63. st System is setup to run games all day long with very little operator interaction The system consisting of the computer the scanner and the vests move between the following modes 1 Waiting mode 2 Game Playing Mode 3 Scanning Mode When the system is first turned on the computer the scanner and the vests are all in Waiting Mode this mode the game clock is 00 00 the vest LCD s all say LaserBlast and the scanner has 2 LED s chasing themselves In order to start a game you can either click on the START button on the screen or push the start button in the vesting room Either of these actions causes the computer to send the game setup information to the scanner and enter Game Playing Mode The computer starts the game timer and the scanner sends signals to the IR Floodlight that cause the vests to start the game The IR Floodlight will send the start game command to the vests for 20 seconds You can verify that the scanner received the statt game command because it switches to 3 LED s chasing themselves while it broadcasts the start of game information Part of the game information that is broadcast to the vests includes the length of the game so the vests know when the game is over 23 You can verify that the vests received the start game command because their large yellow LED on the chest will blink and their LCD s will say HIDE and countdown the time before activation When approximately 3 minu
64. stem is actually very simple to use and install but it does help to have an overview of the pieces and how they fit together The following block diagrams show the names of the pieces and the types of cables that connect them Later sections will describe how to connect them and provide more detailed information so don t worry PRINTER UPS MAIN MONITOR CONTROL COMPUTER T 600 WATTS PRIMARY VIDEO POR SECONDARY VIDEO PORT KEYBOARD PRINTER PORT PRINTER CABLE R232 COM PORT R202 COM PORT MEMBERSHIP READER CABLE CUSTOMER COUNTER AREA a ee ene eee eee P3232 SERIAL FROM COMPUTER HOLSTER POWER SUPPLY 100 WATTS FLOOD POWER FLOOD SUPPLY 15 5 REMOTE START BUTTON SCANNER b POWER SCANNER SUPPLY 15 WATTS RS485 SERIAL BUS P3485 SERIAL BUS RS485 SERIAL BUS RS485 SERIAL BUS HOLSTER HOLSTER HOLSTER BEACON BEACON BEACON Russ SERIAL BUS 000000 E POWER SUPPLY BLUE BASE SPEAKERS 20 WATTS BLUE 20 WATTS POWER SUPPLY GREEN BEACON STROBE THE MAZE BEACON STROBE 20 WATTS psags SERIAL BUS 20 WATTS 20 WATTS STROBE 20 WATTS POWER SUPPLY 15 WATTS tA 3 m gt m E a gt a 20 WATTS at tg eg ge 10 THE CONTROL COMPUTER
65. tampering The system is originally shipped with no password so you should click on Change Password when first setting up the system Password Cancel About Change Password You will be asked to reconfirm the password If you forget the password you entered LaserBlast can give you a new one Once a password has been entered you are taken to the screen shown on the next page As an owner you can assign passwords or disable passwords to various other screens that control the LaserBlast system Many years of arena experience have shown that passwords prevent system problems We recommend you restrict immature employees or customers from all of the screens listed Each of the buttons on the right side of the Owner Reports screen will be explained separately 38 Owner Reports Score Sheet Setup Authorization w Remove Score Sheet Setup Access Set Password Game Setup Authorization w Remove Game Setup Access Set Password Second Monitor Authorization w Remove 2nd Monitor Setup access l E Max Game Games Report Totalizer Report Membership List Member Scores Delete Members Set Password Sound Setup Authorization w Remove Sound Setup Access Set Password Maz tup Authorization 4 w Remove Maze Setup Access Set Password Flash Phaser Sounds Change Phaser Default Hames Exit Exit
66. te command from the phaser If one of the chest sensors pin 28 of the chest micro has a broken lead and is stuck low the chest micro will be stuck in an infinite loop Check for Back If the back sensor signal pin 26 of the chest micro sensot hit is stuck low the chest micro will be stuck in an infinite loop Check for If any of the 6 shoulder sensors or should cables are Shoulder sensor failed and the shoulder input pin Pin 27 of the chest i micro is stuck high the chest micro will be stuck in an infinite loop 73 PHASER POWER UP SEQUENCE 1 Clear LCD If the LCD has one line of squares on it then this MEE 2 Put the Phaser This writes the phaser name to the second line of the e E 3 Say Phaser Name Scan game Look to see whether this power up is from a battery memory failure To determine this the phaser looks to see whether the previous game ended correctly If the trigger This test sends high speed data back and forth switch is activated through the curly cord to the chest micro As long run a non stop as the trigger is activated you can massage the cable cable test yank it gently etc to look for intermittent cable E REM problems If a problem is found you will get a CABLE ERR message on the LCD If not VEST If the VEST is RESET then the 1 line says VEST RESET put the RESET version on the 1 line of the LCD 7 Flash the red I NEN 9 Flash the green a 10 Flash the blue
67. ter and make sure that pin 1 of the main micro reads between 4 5 and 5 2 volts If not find out if the 7805 regulator has battery input on one leg and 5 volts on the other leg with ground in the middle 61 LEDS ON CHEST SHOULDER AND BACK NEVER BLINK SHOULDER LOW BATTERY INDICATOR STUCK ON NOT ACCEPTING MEMBERSHIP BUTTON GAME WON T START ON THIS VEST ONLY GAME STARTS SLOW GAME ENDS TOO EARLY VEST WON T SCAN IN There could be a short somewhere else in the vest or phaser causing the resettable fuse in the back to not let any current through You can unplug the shoulder cables in the chest to eliminate the shoulders and shoulder cables 1 Check the chest to shoulder cable s 2 Check the socketed chest chip swap with another vest 3 The crystal on the chest could have failed Unsolder and replace the crystal Bow Try another battery you know is charged you may have low battery Check the chest to shoulder cable for damaged wires Check the shoulder board for an open or a short on the board The low battery IC or the Low battery LED may be broken unsolder and replace the low battery IC Check that the wire has no damage to it If it does you can splice a piece of wire Check that the connector is plugged in all the way and in the right orientation Check that the crimp is good If the crimp pin has become intermittent you can remove the pin from the housing solder it and replace it in t
68. tes has elapsed on the game counter any vest that does not have its trigger pulled will automatically switch from Game Playing Mode to Waiting Mode This allows the next group to put the unused vests on while the previous game is still going on When the computer game clock counts down to 00 00 the computer enters Scanning Mode as well as sends a signal to the scanner to switch to Seanning Mode The vests end the game automatically and they also enter Scanning Mode You can verify the computer is in Scanning Mode because the game clock will be 00 00 and the 2 button down on the right side of the screen will be labeled FINISH You can verify the scanner is in Scanning Mode because there will be 4 LED s chasing each other You can verify that the vests are in Scanning Mode because their large yellow LED will be on and their LCD will say the vest name and how many hits they have Duting Scanning Mode have each player aim their phaser in the general direction of the scanner and pause before hanging their vests up on the rack They don t have to pull the trigger or aim very accurately The scanner will grab the game data out of the vest in about 1 second the vest will say its name and the large yellow LED will go out As each vest is scanned in it will show up on the main screen of the computer Make sure that all of the players have scanned in and that none of the large yellow LED s on the vests are still lit After you are sure t
69. the 1 8 stereo jack into the green audio connector Speaker Out on the back of the computer Connect to Audio Mixer Input Supplied by Audio company to Speaker Out of Computer Green Jack Connect the 2 RCA connectors to the Audio Mixer Usually not supplied by LaserBlast using an RCA extension if required shown below 12 THE SCANNER Q 2nd Monitor Optional Connect the 2 monitor to the computer using the 15 pin male female extension cable The 2 monitor video card is usually the video connector closest to the bottom of the computer Q Membership Serial Port Optional Plug the membership adapter into a 274 serial port connector on the back of the computer The membership adapter is shown below Use the thumbscrews to secure the adapter to the serial port Plug the membership button cable into the Membership Serial Port Adapter shown below Find a convenient place to stick the reader peel the adhesive liner off the back and press the cable into place The Scanner The Scanner is an electronic module mounted in the vesting room that performs several functions It acts like a traffic cop and coordinates all of the Infrared Light and electrical signals between the bases megablasters vests computer and any holster electronics It also acts as a housing for the START GAME pushbutton 13 THE SCANNER START BUTTON RS485 RS232 to RS4 DC POWER 5485 COMPUTER FLOOD Select a locat
70. their suggested repaits Check that the LCD cable is plugged in correctly and completely Check that the cable has no damage or pinched areas on the cable Check that the Coiled Cord is plugged in on the chest and the phaser Check that the LCD is not cracked Check that the Speaker and LCD are in their plastic cradles and not moving around causing shorting to each other Sm oa Door LCD HAS SQUARES SCREEN LCD SAYS VEST RESET 6 Check that the solder joints on the LCD connector board are good excessive vibrations can crack them 7 of these work replace the LCD assembly 1 Unplug and plug the battery to the vest If the battery connector is bounced just right the LCD powers up with all squares 2 Check that the LCD cable is not damaged Check that the solder joints on LCD connector board good 4 The main IC on the phaser may have been damaged Unsolder and replace the main phaser processot A LaserBlast technician needs to do this repair because the chip needs to be reprogrammed e The LCD will say VEST RESET every time when it loses battery power while a game 15 being played This can occur because the battery is fully discharged or it can also happen if a wire is broken somewhere along the path between the battery and the phaser It can also happen if there is some metal to metal short somewhere in the vest such as a speaker bouncing around not in its cradle or an LCD bouncing
71. ue trying to get points by tagging all of the players in the arena as usual They can also still tag the bases and megablasters Q Domination Game This special game format is played by starting the players equally divided into all 3 colors You play this game with Change Colors enabled The goal of the game is to convert all of the players in the arena to the color that you began the game with This game can take some pretty strange tacks because the team that you are on can change in one shot It is a particularly good game for team building exercises The Scoring Section of the Game Setup Screen allows you to customize how many points each target is worth It also controls whether points are awarded for accuracy ot whether points are deducted for hitting your own teammates in a team game Chest Shoulder Back Phaser This is the number of points you get for tagging opponents in each location Hit Penalty You can set up the scoring system so that you lose points for being hit By selecting something other than 0 you can control how many points you lose for being hit For example if the chest is set to 200 points and the hit penalty is set to 10 then you will lose 20 points for every time you are hit in the chest In this example the person who tagged you would get 200 points This feature encourages defensive play Friendly Fire Penalty You can set up how big a penalty there is for tagging your own teammates or yout o
72. using the Save New and Delete buttons Game Options These options control the flavor of the game Players are given capabilities and limitations The details are described on the next page m Game Seip Gamfa me ram Options ase Options GameTime 4 0 Hit Delay Seconds SOLO Game stun Time Time Bat 5 4 5 0 515 Eliminator Deac Time sec aj Relay Delay Seconds Solo Speed De Gen 4 ES Delete the ay 01 selected game NENNEN E ua Printer Finish Option 4 Cy Active Remote Finish Button EE Save the settings Exit this screen using a new name Ez Enahle Heat Sensa without saving Type the settings Team Play Individual Play Rover Game j Domination Game Save the settings Enter the password 1 this screen has a Chest 0 Friendly Fie Penalty password set up Shoulder oo _ Rover Bak 10 gy S using the selected iv ii EXE Rover 4 Use This Phaser 0 Base eo Use the displayed Cane 7 E settings for the next Accuracy Threshold ox EE game settings are not saved to a Game Name 31 The Game Options portion of this screen allows you to adjust the following a Game Time This is the length of the game in minutes You can override the game time on the main screen for 1 game This affect
73. ve a limited amount of memory so the screen displays the amount used and the amount remaining You can program each base with different sound affects if you like Once you have the sounds that you want selected put a check mark next to the name of the base that you want to reprogram Click on Clear amp Re Program Maze This operation can take up to 30 minutes and you must allow it to fully complete otherwise your bases will have the sound effect chip in it erased but not filled with new sounds yet The PW space is for a password if enabled It is strongly suggested that you activate a password for this screen Most operators have a cutious employee that clobbers the base sound effects at least once 48 The Query Devices button will put out a message on the LaserBlast network asking any devices connected to respond The device has to be plugged in and turned on in order for it to show up here The TEST COMM button can be used to verify the RS232 connection between the computer and the scanner This test will transfer data continuously back and forth between the scanner and the computer and provide statistics RS232 serial ports can become damaged during storms or get plugged in backwards or anyway it is sometimes helpful to be able to verify a serial port The Scanner Port buttons allow you to pick a different RS232 serial port for the scanner connection This can also be handy when setting up new computers or
74. ware Bells and Whistles This section of the manual describes the software operation in detail The LaserBlast system allows a lot of flexibility but most of our customers rarely change the settings once they are set the way they want them MAIN SCREEN Laser Blast B275 Enchanted Castle ES All Quake cores KingKong Select Avenger Start E es Finish Scorpion gt TomCat Ghost Owner Cobra SuprFang Patriot Score Sniper BlakWolf Viper I Bubbles Twinkie Stunner a Morpheus Hawk Humvee Monitor Thunder Trinity Robocop Slythenng 9 Monster Xena o Sound mE Total 940 Total 3380 Total 100 Maze Scores for Game Ended 4 22 2003 8 42 35 PM Hm Next Game Next Game Time Next CD Track Team Game 9 E ia Game Team Game Paks Reporting 14 Game Time Remaining 00 00 Most of the functions you need visible and can be accessed from the main screen 27 FINISH BUTTON This button will send the signal to the Scanner to stop scanning and begin tabulating the scores of any vests whose data was received Upon calculating the scores of any vests it will display the scores on the Main Screen and the Optional 214 Monitor NOTE Make sure all vests are scanned in before pressing the FINISH button If any vests have the large yellow light on the chest still lit then that vest is not scanned in If this button is
75. will get stuck in an infinite loop This should get caught in step During this time the phaser is sorting through the game memory U4 and condensing all of the player information to make it faster to transmit to the computer The yellow LED on the chest should go on at this point The phaser uses the wide angle photon IR LED and the 3 IR sensors on the phaser to communicate with either the holsters or the scanner The easiest way to test the photon LED is to actually fire a photon during a game and make sure you can hit other vests Gobackwo Sept 75 76 Index 2 monitor 10 12 17 46 47 audio 11 Battery 3 4 Charger 4 floodlight 7 Game Modes 18 Holsters 45 marquee 46 49 52 megablasters 7 12 15 48 membership 6 12 17 37 50 MP3 11 42 password 34 44 52 scanner 7 11 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 38 44 45 53 58 score sheets 18 19 20 32 50 strobe 15 16 SuperSonic 44 terminator 19 20 totalizer 36 52 UPS 10 VEST RESET 53 55 warranty 3 77
76. wn base This field is a fraction For example if you set it to 0 2 and you tag someone on your own team you will have 20 of the points for that target deducted from your score Rover This is the number of points per second awarded to people playing a Rover game for every second they can keep their vest from turning red MegaBlaster This is how many bonus points are awarded for tagging the megablaster Q Bases This is how many bonus points are awarded for tagging an opponent s base Accuracy Threshold and Count Acc Bonus These two settings work together to determine how many extra points you get for good accuracy The Accuracy Threshold determines how good a player s accuracy has to be before they get any bonus points at all If the player s accuracy is below the amount selected here they get no accuracy bonus points If a player has accuracy higher than the Accuracy Threshold then the player gets an accuracy bonus This bonus is calculated as their accuracy times their score times the Count Bonus multiplier For example if the Threshold is set to 3 and the Count Acc Bonus is set to 2 the player s score is 10 000 points and the player s accuracy is 5 then the accuracy bonus points that will be added to the 10 000 points is 5 times 10 000 points times 2 1000 points The Base Options Section of the Game Setup Screen allows you to customize how difficult it is to hit the base
77. y Ghost o Owner Cobra o 5 Score r Blak Wolf o Viper e Message Bubbles Twinlie o Stunner EM DE Morpheus Hawk EM Humvee o Monitor Thunder Trinity o Robocop o E B Sound 5 Total 540 Total 3380 Total 100 Scores for Game Ended 4 22 2003 8 42 35 Set Hm ad Next Game Next Game Time Next CD Track Team Game 9 Game Team Game Paks Reporting 14 Game Time Remaining 00 00 28 CURRENT GAME INFORMATION This section of the screen shows information for the most recently completed game Each vest name is displayed and a check mark is placed next to vests that scanned in The vest name turns the color of the vest during that game The vest with the highest score turns a paler color to make it easier for the referee to spot the high score player for each team This is typically yelled at the crowd as the referee hands out the score sheets If a member played then their member name is displayed If you do not want a particular vest included in the score calculations you can remove the check mark next to their name before the FINISH button is pressed As far as the scoring is concerned it will be as if that player did not play This is useful if you have experienced players that want to play and don t care about their score and novices that are playing at the same time and don t want to be embarrassed about t

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