This is the newer of two stock Shocker Sport boards, used primarilly between late 2000 to 2002.
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.
Board Operation:
To activate the board, push the powerswitch located on the left side of the circuit housing to the front position. This will activate the board and the LED will immediately flash a color sequence. After the LED sequence, the marker is ready to fire.
If using an LS board in an older circuit housing, you may not have access to the slide powerswitch. If this is the case then you'll have to manually disconnect the battery to turn the board off.
There are two types of LS boards:
LS 4x4 board: stock board, equipped with only semiauto mode.
LS Turbo board: These boards have a firing mode switch sticking out the front, which is used to toggle between semiauto and Turbo mode. The middle position is semiauto whereas the left and right positions are Turbo.
Timing:
Adjustment of the LS board is accomplished by manipulating the potentiometers on the right side of the board (these are called pots for short). Semiauto 4x4 boards only have three pots, whereas the Turbo boards have an added fourth pot. Each pot is labeled to the left, in white silkscreen. They read as follows: fire, bolt, turbo, and semi. The Turbo pot won't be installed if the marker isn't a Turbo board.
Potentiometers are adjustable resistors. They're adjusted using a small srewdriver and will send a different signal to the board's firing program depending on which position the pot is "facing". The fire and bolt pots control the solenoid pulse times (fire solenoid and bolt solenoid respectively) whereas the turbo and semi pots control the maximum firing speed in Turbo and semiauto mode, respectively.
Adjustments to the potentiometer signals are made by inserting a small phillips-head screwdriver into the pot's "cross" and gently turning the pot clockwise or counterclockwise. Turning the pot in the clockwise direction will shorten the time, whereas turning it counterclockwise will lengthen it. In the case of the fire solenoid, a longer time will make the fire piston stay open longer than a shorter time will. Alternately, a longer time for the bolt solenoid will make the bolt tip stay open longer.
The ports are adjusted in conjunction with the LED, which will change different colors/patterns depending on the pot's position. The LED patterns will only light up when one of the pots is in the process of being adjusted, and the LED will go out after a few seconds of non-adjustment.
When the pot is moved, the LED will light up either green or orange. If the LED lights orange, it means the pot is set too far past the minimum or maximum setting, and you'll have to reverse the setting until the LED turns green. The pot's minimum setting is around the 8 o'clock position whereas the maximum setting is around the 4 o'clock. This means the pot will have to be set between this range in order to be functional.
When the LED starts blinking green, it means you're in the middle of the adjustment range.
The pots are real-time settings, so they can be adjusted while the board is on or off.
The semi and turbo pots are used to control the maximum firing speed in semiauto mode and Turbo mode respectively. The semiauto cap is adjusted between 9-13 bps whereas the Turbo cap is adjusted between 7-9 bps. Turbo mode requires 5-bps of trigger speed before activating, after which point it will increase the firing ROF to the Turbo cap (set by the turbo pot).
Below is a sample video to show the various settings of the pot.
LED Startup Indicators:
When you turn the LS board on, the green/orange LED will light up a colored sequence. The specific sequence of colors is used to let you know the board's timing status, whether it's good or bad. If the LED sequence denotes a pot being undertimed or overtimed as shown here, then you should re-adjust that particular pot so it will face the acceptable range.
| LED sequence: | Condition: |
| green-orange-green | All timing pots operational. |
| green-orange-green-orange | Semi pot overtimed or undertimed. |
| green-orange | Turbo pot overtimed or undertimed. |
| green-orange(sustained)-green | Fire pot overtimed or undertimed. |
| green/orange-orange-green | Bolt pot overtimed or undertimed. |
| green-orange-green-green-green | Fire and bolt pots centered |
Also note that the last condition (green-orange-green-green-green) doesn't denote a problem; it's okay for the fire and bolt pots to be centered. I'm not sure why the LED sequence shows this on startup, but it does anyway.
Demonstrational Videos:
This video shows a demo for adjusting the pots, with a brief explaniation of their purposes.
LS adjustment, high-res (13-MB)
LS adjustment, low-res (3.7-MB)