{"id":254,"date":"2021-09-17T03:34:06","date_gmt":"2021-09-17T03:34:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westabyelectronics.com\/store\/?p=254"},"modified":"2021-09-21T04:28:40","modified_gmt":"2021-09-21T04:28:40","slug":"installing-an-ammo-counter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westabyelectronics.com\/store\/tutorials\/nerf\/installing-an-ammo-counter\/","title":{"rendered":"Installing an Ammo Counter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This is a small walk through of installing one of my ammo counters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Power Up and Overview<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Your ammo counter is ready to power on out of the box.  Just insert batteries, then find the switch on the battery box.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If your kit came with a lever switch, press it and you will see the count change.  For the optical sensor, aim the two beam sensors at each other and break the IR beam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Change ammo clips: <\/strong>Click left or right to cycle between the clips.<\/li><li><strong>Change ammo count:<\/strong> Hold right button until the display is flashing, then click left\/right to change the ammo. Press and hold right to save the setting.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Install<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Your kit came with all the wires pre-soldered.  However, it is still recommended that you cut the wires and re-solder to adjust the wire lengths to match your build.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Lever Switch<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>To install the lever switch, open your blaster and examine the trigger and action assemblies.  You are looking for a spot where there is a moving piece that can push into the lever switch with each shot fired.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The lever on the lever switch is quite long to support a variety of builds.  You can trim the lever shorter to fit your install by bending it back and forth several times with a needle nose pliers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Optical Sensor<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Coming soon<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">3D Printed Case<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Designed by Nathaniel Deal, these cases print reliably on a Prusa Mk3s<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>* https:\/\/www.thingiverse.com\/thing:3444057<br>* https:\/\/www.thingiverse.com\/thing:3305892<br>* https:\/\/www.thingiverse.com\/thing:3064984<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Housing Assembly: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ammo Counter Bezel Mount - 3D Print Assembly\" width=\"980\" height=\"551\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rUn8hcE2sgo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Settings<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Navigation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Hold the left button to enter the settings menu.<\/li><li>Press the left \/ right to navigate the settings. <\/li><li>Hold the right to edit a setting.<\/li><li>Hold the right to save a setting. <\/li><li>Hold the left to exit the settings menu.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Features<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Auto Reset<\/strong> (A0 &#8211; A9) : Number of seconds after 00 is reached before auto reset.<\/li><li><strong>Brightness Level <\/strong>(B1 &#8211; B5) : Adjust the brightness of the LED display.<\/li><li><strong>Calibrate <\/strong>(C0 &#8211; C9) : Ignore this. The digital optical sensor does not need calibration.<\/li><li><strong>Low Ammo Warning<\/strong> (L0 &#8211; L9) : Set the counter to blink when the ammo is low.<\/li><li><strong>Fire Detector Type<\/strong> (F0 &#8211; F2): Rising Edge \/ Falling Edge \/ Analog Voltage Threshold<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Other info:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Setting the clip size to 00 puts the ammo counter into &#8220;count up&#8221; mode.<\/li><li>Setting A0 \/ L0 will disable auto reset \/ low ammo warning.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a small walk through of installing one of my ammo counters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":257,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nerf"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/westabyelectronics.com\/store\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_9885-1.jpg?fit=2380%2C1904&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/westabyelectronics.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/westabyelectronics.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/westabyelectronics.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westabyelectronics.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westabyelectronics.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=254"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/westabyelectronics.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":295,"href":"https:\/\/westabyelectronics.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254\/revisions\/295"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westabyelectronics.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/westabyelectronics.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westabyelectronics.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westabyelectronics.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}