E/X Mag Technical Guide

The most valuable information you could have about your charger is not to lose it. It's a very expensive replacement part($80) due to all the labor it takes to build it properly. This is why it's also not a good idea to try and build your own charger. When charging the battery in the car, only use the cord supplied by AGD. If you want a wall charger, not just anything will do. Go to Radio Shack and buy thier 12-Volt 1500mA AC-to-DC Power Adapter($19.99)(pictured below). Make sure it has the blue tip with the tip inserted in the proper polarity! Dont charge your battery overnight. When it's charging, you'll see a red light. Green is supposed to be charged, but the light actually turns green once the battery has about a 80% charge. You could leave it on for about another 30-60min to let it completely charge. A completely dead battery shouldn't take longer than 4-6 hours to completely charge. A properly charged battery should read 20-22volts.

5. Adjusting the A.C.E. (Xmag)
I personally do not use my ace because my level 10 just works too good. However, if you do want to use it, adjust with a fine flat head screw driver as follows...

clockwise - more sensitive
counter-clockwise - less sensitive

Drop a ball in the breech with the sensitivity down and turn it up until it fires put the safety on so it doesn't actually shoot, just listen for the solenoid when adjusting.

For two color paint, insert the paintball dark side down into the breech, adjust until the gun fires. Then turn clockwise 2 full turns

ace 1 - one color paint
ace 2 - two color paint

6. Board Firmware Versions
If your wondering about the latest firmware out there and the differences between them, read on.

If you have anything pre - 1.37 your Emag severely needs to be flashed. 1.37 was the most common version and was around for a long time. It had a better memory, was capped at 16bps, had a game timer, shot counter, a total shot counter, low battery indicator, along with burst modes(with jumper). No full auto.

When the Xmag first came out 2.1 was released. The main difference was ace support. Everything pretty much remained the same. Burst modes were removed, and with the ace on the board would cap out at 24bps.

2.4 was released very soon after 2.1 which lowered the ace cap down to 20bps and had "ace 1", "ace 2" for one and two color paint.

3.0 was released with a shot buffer(tells the board how soon it can look for another shot in ms.) also had a trigger test mode. This version had many bugs.

3.2 came right out after 3.0 which fixed the major bugs the new feature of 3.0 had.

4.0 official release to be announced. An even more improved version of 3.2 with added features. Debounce, capped at 26bps, different trigger test modes, solenoid toggle on/off, and a true bps counter.

7. Nubbins and Ball Detents
If you own any type of Automag with a stainless steel body, then you use nubbins as your ball detent. They mount on the barrel. The old version is the wire nubbin which did the job but eventually the plastic nubbin was made and released. Since the wire nubbin was around for a very long time, some companies that made aftermarket barrels for the Automag didnt feel the need to pay too close attention to detail. For this reason, on some aftermarket barrel the nubbin groove is slightly different so the new plastic nubbin doesn't sit properly. By all means upgrade to plastic nubbins but if you notice that you are double loading, or you get radical velocity drop-off, then there is a chance that your nubbin may not be doing its job. In this case switch back to wire and see if the problem goes away.

Wire Nubbins
Plastic Nubbins

If you own an Xmag or any mag with a ULE body on it, then that means you have switched from nubbins to ball detents. The threading for the AGD detents is the same as the Angel. However, the AGD detents are made with a slightly larger bore around the ball. This gives the ball space to move rather than jamming up when a bolt with a higher boltspeed hits it. Even if you own an Angel, I highly recommend buying AGD detents. They are also insanely cheaper than other detents sold for the Angel and perform much better.

8. Powerfeed Plugs
Like barrel nubbins, there are older and newer versions of the powerfeed plug. You can easily check to see if you have an older one by looking for a flat spot instead of a constant "parabolic" curve. That flat spot kills feedrates, get upto speed with the newer parabolic plug.
*Thanks to RobAGD on AO for the pic.