How to: APE Board Programming Example

[tigar19]

The APE board allows you to change many settings and it also had 5 individual Profiles so you can have a customized Profile for any situation you encounter. It also has a total of 10 different firing modes and each one can be customized. These 10 firing modes are split evenly into Group 1 and Group 2 Firing Modes. The Ape Board allows you to turn off the firing modes you do not want to use which makes cycling through them faster. At a minimum you must have one firing mode from each group active.

The programming instructions can be a little daunting so I'm going to post the steps I took to disable all of the firing modes from Group 2 except for Ramp 1.

There are numerous menus and sub-menus but below is the path I have to take to make this change.

Startup Options -> Profiles -> Programming Menu -> Firing Mode Setpoints ->Group 2 Firing Mode Enable -> 31 Blinks

REMOVE the battery door or the instructions below will not work

1. Enter the Startup Options menu: hold trigger, push on/off button 1x, release trigger

2. The external light should be blinking Red which means you are in the “Programming Mode” Startup Option.

3. Push the Power Button 1x to select Programming Mode and the external light will switch to a solid white color.

4. You are now in the Profiles section.
a. There are 5 profiles you can scroll through but “Default” is the one you want and is represented by the solid white light, so press the Power Button 1x to select this profile. The external light will no shut off and now you should turn your focus to the LED lights on the board itself.

5. Now you are in the “Default” profile and now you can make Programming changes to it.
a. You should see a blinking Red LED on the Ape board. This is good.

6. There are 4 programming Menus within each Profile and the one you want is called “Firing Mode Setpoints” and this menu is represented by the blinking Red LED.

7. Hold the trigger until this Red LED goes off and then release the trigger to enter the “Firing Mode Setpoints” submenu.
a. That Red LED on the board will reappear but now it represents the 1st of 13 different options.
b. “Group 2 Firing Mode Enable” is the 9th option

8. Squeeze the trigger 9 times and you will see the LED board lights change with each pull
a. The Group 2 Firing Mode Enable option is represented by a Red and Blue solid LED

9. Pull and hold the trigger until the Red and Blue LED’s turn off and then release the trigger to enter the Group 2 Firing Mode Enable option.
a. The external light will flash the current setting which is 31 blinks. According to the table in the manual, 31 blinks means all 5 of the Rampage 2 Firing Modes are Enabled.

10. To change this setting, pull and hold the trigger until the Red and Blue LED’s turn off and then release.
a. Pull the trigger 1x and you will see the external light blink with each pull.
b. The table shows 1 blink means all of the Group 2 firing modes are disabled except for Ramp 1.

11. Push the Power button 1x to accept your new setting.

12. The external light should blink only 1 time instead of 31

13. Press and hold the power button until the marker turns off to save your new setting.

Now turn your marker back on and you should now only have 6 firing modes: Semi, Burst,. Reactive, Full Auto, Accelerator, and Rampage 1.

[Kanuck]

Outstanding! I will try this out on Sunday before my CQB match. You are the man, Tigar!

[tigar19]

Thank you kind sir and good luck in your game.

[Kanuck]

Just tried to follow this and I get stuck at step 4a. The solid white light is there and when I press the power button 1x to "select" this profile, the light doesn't switch to solid red, it shuts off. What am I missing?

[tigar19]

You need to take your battery door off because there are 4 LED's on the APE board that you need to pay attention to as well. I have updated the instructions.

The white light above the power button will turn off and the red LED on the board will flash Red.

[Kanuck]

Thanks for the additional information. I added a note in red

[tigar19]

That's cool. Did you get it to work?

[Kanuck]

Originally Posted by tigar19

That's cool. Did you get it to work?

I haven't tried again yet. Will do when I tear down the mini this evening.

[Baby Ollie]

I've gone through this, but not exactly sure what I've done. Thank you for taking the time to post this. APE really did a horrible job with their manual.

[Kanuck]

Originally Posted by Baby Ollie

I've gone through this, but not exactly sure what I've done. Thank you for taking the time to post this. APE really did a horrible job with their manual.

If you followed Tigar's instructs, you should now have only 6 firing modes.

Semi, Burst,. Reactive, Full Auto, Accelerator, and Rampage 1.


Tigar: I was able to program it with the battery cover off. Thanks again man!