Getting fed up with the X-Mag...

[pito189]

I have an X-Mag 3.2 software. It just hasn't been doing it for me lately. I recently sent it in for the 3.2 update, among other things. I get it back and it works like a dream.

This weekend at a scrimmage the X began to skip shoots. (I would have to flip it over to manual shoot it, and then back over to E to get it to shoot again.) No reason, I changed nothing. I have no idea what it could be. I need some ideas of what to look at, what to check, anything.

Kneeling behind a bunker on the field missing eliminations, because my gun doesn't shoot won't cut it. It was the first time I have ever thought that I need another gun that will work all the time.

Please help

unhappy X-Mag owner.

[Digits]

loob your bolt so it slides on the powertube nicer

[pito189]

There is no shoot in E-Mode, even the solenoid doesn't click. It's like the gun is completely turned off.






Tourney this weekend, and this needs to get fixed.

[GT]

so it works fine in mech mode and not in E? Make sure that trigger isnt toooooo short...

[funkmunky56]

two possible options... one, your battery could be low. check that out. second, there's a possibility that, somehow, your solenoid arm on your sear assembly is "out of true"... pull your display-side grip panel off and make sure that the clevis/threaded rod/plunger assembly isn't bent in ANY way... that was the problem with mine, when it was doin the exact same thing as yours. --Funk

[pito189]

Originally posted by gtrsi
so it works fine in mech mode and not in E? Make sure that trigger isnt toooooo short...

The Trigger test mode in 3.2 works fine all the time.

Originally posted by funkmunky56
two possible options... one, your battery could be low. check that out. second, there's a possibility that, somehow, your solenoid arm on your sear assembly is "out of true"... pull your display-side grip panel off and make sure that the clevis/threaded rod/plunger assembly isn't bent in ANY way... that was the problem with mine, when it was doin the exact same thing as yours. --Funk

Battery isnt the problem. Charged it on the way to the field. I'll check the plunger assembly.

[pito189]

Looks completely straight to me.

[Strider]

Test mode or not, I had this happen once with me, and it was solved by backing the magnet out a touch.

Try it, it might work.

[pito189]

I will give that a try and see how that works.

[Load SM5]

Check the ground screw in your board the one holding the board in the grip towards the bottom. If it backs out slightly the board is'nt grounded and the Emag shuts down. It happend to me at Texball and the symptoms sound the same as yours. Working on and off as the screw became looser before shutting down completely.

Hope that helps.

[pito189]

Originally posted by Load SM5
Check the ground screw in your board the one holding the board in the grip towards the bottom. If it backs out slightly the board is'nt grounded and the Emag shuts down. It happend to me at Texball and the symptoms sound the same as yours. Working on and off as the screw became looser before shutting down completely.

Hope that helps.

Good call Load, that is the first thing I checked, because that was one of the problems I had to send it into AGD for. They took the anno out of the screw whole. Because it was doing the same thing. I hope I can get this piece working.


Are you playing the MSPA this weekend coming up in Atlanta?

[USAF-Flyboy with a Mag]

I had the same issue with my x. It required a mechanical fix not an electronic one. All it took to fix it was some adjusting of my level x carriers and lubing the crap out of everything.

In your case...When you say you aren't hearing the solenoid click, try airing up the gun put it in emode with safety on and then pull the trig. It makes a more audiable sound when you pull the trigger with the safety on. It could be possible that you aren't hearing the solenoid click leading you to think it's an electronics issue. If you are still not hearing it that way then I'd try checking the ground as load suggested, it could be getting an intermittent ground.

[pito189]

Alright, just shooting the gun in E with the grip off.

Starting shooting the gun slowly, gun shoots fine.

Shoot pulling faster, gun starts not shooting on some pulls. When it doesnt shoot, there is no click, but there is a very slight motion of the plunger as it jumps a tiny amount.

Now at this point if I switch it over to manual and shoot, and then switch it back to E, it will either shoot or still not shoot. It varies.

I'm at a loss

[Tobe2be]

sounds to me that your battery is dead. that happens to me when i have a dead battery

[G-Rock]

He is not the only one, mine has been doing the same thing for aout 3 months now.

Just all of a sudden not shoot, have to switch it to manual, shoot it, and then back over to eletric and it works fine for awhile and then again.

I have done all the adjusting tot he trigger that can be done, heck even backed it all the way out and it still did it. today I took my On/Off assembly out and cleaned it really well, will have to give it a try tommorrow.

Any help, like pito said, we are in the Atlanta MSPA this weekend and would like to not chunk our guns!!

chris