Advanced functions
Advanced support functions
More advanced support options are available via "Settings", "Support" "Advanced", "More options".
Note: please do not use these functions unless a member of our support department asks you to do so to help with problem diagnosis. The functions are:
- Exercise servos: this move the servo motors through their length of travel.
- Test points: this moves the lasers to specific points in front of the simulator.
- Check projector settings: this checks that the projector is displaying the complete image generated by DryFire.
- Adjust head 2: this moves the laser dot generated by head 2 (the one on the right when facing the wall) to coincide with the one generated by head 1.
Advanced room setup
Most people don't need advanced setup and the projection add-on doesn't require it at all.
Laser targets and results will not be totally accurate if you have a sloping wall - you need the "slope start" and "slope in" measurements.
The room "ceiling height", "left side wall" and "right side wall" measurements are used by the software to display accurate angular speed when a laser target starts or ends on a side wall or on the ceiling - for example wide crossers or very high incoming/outgoing birds.
Important note: when using the optional projection add-on you don't have to enter anything relating to the screen size because this is established during projection setup after you have laser targets working.
Initially you set up only these distances:
- simulator to wall/screen,
- simulator from floor,
- shooter from wall/screen.
Advanced setup is reached from "Calibration", "Full calibration", "Calibrate" and allows you to enter additional values to tailor the system for the room.
Please look carefully at the drawing below which shows how the measurements relate to the room.
Note: the drawing shows measurements in millimetres (mm) but they must be entered into DryFire using metres (m).
Shooter eye height: don't change this - it is calculated automatically when you carry out muzzle alignment by shooting at the upper Post-it note.
Right of shooter: if you cannot stand directly behind the simulator, measure how far you are to the right or left of it. Enter a positive value if you are to the right or a negative value if you are to the left. (+0.50m in drawing.)
Room ceiling height: the floor to ceiling height. (2.40m in drawing.)
Slope start: the height above the floor where any inward facing slope starts. (1.36m in drawing.)
Slope in: how far the top of the slope extends into the room. (0.93m in drawing.)
Left side wall: the distance from the simulator to the left wall. (2.00m in drawing.) Right side wall: the distance from the simulator to the right wall. (2.00m in drawing.)
Ceiling mounted: click this if your simulator is mounted upside down to the ceiling.
Note: this has nothing to do with a ceiling mounted projector used with the optional projection add-on. DryFire doesn't care where a projector is mounted - as long as it produces a clear rectangular image directly in front of the simulator.
Advanced UGA functions
The UGA is normally triggered by the pressing the trigger switch and it normally operates in "press to fire" mode.
The best advice is not to change it!
Configuring the UGA
Should you really need it, the UGA Bluetooth configuration app runs under Apple iOS, Android or Windows 10 and connects to the UGA via Bluetooth.
Visit Google play (Android), App Store (Apple iOS) or the Microsoft Windows 10 App Store and search for “DryFire Trigger” then download the app.
The app will look slightly different on each "platform" but the functions are the same.
This image is from the Apple iOS version.
- Fire on press: the gun "fires" when you press the trigger. This is the way most people shoot.
- Fire on release: the gun "fires" when you release the trigger. Also called "set trigger".
- Universal mode: the gun "fires" when the UGA detects the vibration caused by the firing pin.
- Trigger sensitivity: the lower the value, the more sensitive the system will be to vibrations.
- Movement threshold: sets movement sensitivity for the Universal mode.
Bluetooth problems
Bluetooth can be unreliable so keep the UGA fairly close to your PC or smartphone and to run the app immediately after switching on the UGA.
The UGA "advertises" its presence for one minute after being switched on so the app should detect it. If not, switch off the UGA, close the app, wait 10 seconds, switch on the UGA, run the app.
Not all PCs and laptops running Windows 10 have decent or up-to-date Bluetooth devices inside them so if you have problems we recommend trying the Belkin F8T065BF Bluetooth USB dongle. (By the way: did you know we invented, and named, "dongles"?)