These boards were used in markers being sold to some sponsored teams between 2004-2006. Team boards are the same as regular Nerve non-NXT boards of the era, except with the addition of more tournament firing modes for the time. Many retail markers were sold with team boards by accident. I would guess 200-300 of these boards are out in the public.
Note: This is only a guide for HOW to adjust the board. Information regarding WHAT to set adjustments at can be found on the Setting Electronics and Pressure mainpage.
Upgrading: SP doesn't offer an upgrade service for their boards. If you need a newer circuit board (programmed with NXT beam-break eye features) you'll have to buy it separately.
Board Operation:
To activate the board, push and hold the power button until you hear it chirp (it will activate if the power button is held in for two seconds). Newer versions of the board will activate one half-second after the button is pressed in (quicker to turn on). The board is activated in Vision mode, ready to fire. To deactivate the board, hold the power button in until the board chirps once more and the LED no longer blinks (this will occur after two seconds).
The LED in non-Vision mode blinks twice fast every one second (the interval between blinks is 1/4 of a second). The LED in Vision mode while a ball is loaded is four blinks every second. If no ball is loaded, the LED will blink once every second. As said, to toggle between Vision enabled and disabled, push the power switch once.
Programming:
The only adjustable settings on the Nerve board are dwell, recharge, and firing mode. To adjust any of these, you must first remove the left side of the grip panels so that you can have access to the lower, vertical circuit board. You will see two grey buttons located on the side of the board; these are referred to as the dwell buttons and are used to adjust all three settings. The top button will increase the setting wheras the bottom one will decrease it, denoted by the text UP and DN printed on the back of the circuitry.
Dwell:
To adjust the dwell setting, simply push either the dwell DN or UP button to decrease or increase the setting respectively. Don't hold the trigger down while doing this or the dwell won't be adjusted. Never set your dwell below 12 chirps, as the solenoid is not designed to cycle at this speed.
Dwell is adjustable between 3 and 19 milliseconds in 0.25 millisecond increments (64 settings total) on Nerve boards. Technically this means your dwell increases one millisecond for every four chirps, with the minimum setting being 3-ms. It's not necessary to bother worrying about millisecond/dwell/etc if you're using the stock board, unless you end up upgrading the board to one that uses milliseconds to adjust; information for "where to set dwell to" uysing the stock board is given in chirps and NOT milliseconds.