Home Screen - Project-Stinger/Main GitHub Wiki

After booting up the blaster and unlocking it from SAFE mode, you will be greeted with the homescreen.

The homescreen shows

• The currently selected profile in the profile color in the top left corner
• The remaining amount of darts in the magazine
• Motor RPM of all four motors
• Firing Mode
• Battery voltage and cell count. Turns yellow or red during warning / empty
• A small guide on how to enter the Menu and to select a profile

Move the joystick Up-Right, to enter the Menu.

You can manually adjust the amount of darts currently present in the magazine, by pushing the joystick Up-Left and then rotating it to the desired amount of darts. Clockwise for increase, and counter-clockwise for decrease. You can change the sensitivity in the User Interface Menu.

After a competition round, you may want to put the blaster into SAFE mode. To do this, do the following

• V1: edit the dart count to a value of 0, then twist the joystick 3 full rotations counter-clockwise (basically try to get the dart count to a negative number).
• V2: Point the blaster straight down, and then rotate it so that it is straight again, but with the top rail facing down. This can be a continuous motion (flinging it backwards).

You can lock the joystick so you don't accidentally enter the menu by pushing it Up for 2 seconds. Unlocking is done the same way. The blaster now shows "LOCKED" in the lower right corner. V2 only: The blaster will also give a confirmation sound when locking or unlocking.

You can still switch profiles when the joystick is locked. Just select the profile like you normally would, but pull the trigger before you go back to the home screen (i.e. before you let go of the joystick).

If you want to enter standby manually (either because you don't want to wait several minutes or because you disabled automatic standby), you can edit the dart count to a value of 0, then twist the joystick 5 full rotations counter-clockwise (basically try to get the dart count to a negative number).

Sometimes the time-of-flight sensor used for mag detection overheats. In that case, the dart counter will show "er". It is probably a good idea to let the blaster cool down. To enable the sensor again, power-cycle the blaster (or V2: go into standby and wake it back up).