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PadelShooter 3A
© De Racketclub – Arnold van Houten
Version: 1.10 - August 2023
Contents
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1. The PadelShooter important information before starting
• The PadelShooter 3A is a machine with some extra features compared to the PadelShooter
1. The battery is external and the PadelShooter 3A has an extra simple remote control with
only “On” and “Off” buttons which can stop / start shooting which is very useful because you
don’t need to pause the machine with your phone. Also the frequency of the PadelShooter
3A could be set faster than the PadelShooter 1 which is especially useful when you want to
shoot balls to 2 players, they both could be busy with hitting balls and they don’t need to
wait for the other player.
• Some padel courts (for example blue “Mondo” courts) are made of a kind of plastic that
forms a hard slippery layer around the shooting wheels. After some time the balls will be
shot with less speed (slippery, so less grip on the balls) and finally possibly ball blocks. If this
happens, the wheels should be made rougher. De Racketclub has a very good solution for
this. If this happens, contact De Racketclub and we help you how to solve this.
• The machine app will be a bit “overwhelming” because you can set the machine almost as
perfect as you want. Many details could be set in the “Config screen” and saved once, so the
PadelShooter will use your preferred settings every time you use the machine.
• All the speed settings are a percentage of the maximum speed of the machine. In the Config
screen there is a value for “Max Speed”, which is default set to a number “50”. If you see
that all the standard trainings are too fast or too slow, you can easily change all trainings in
one time by changing this “Max Speed” to a higher/lower number. This could also be used
when playing outside and there is high wind (from front or back).
• Some padel courts (for example blue “Mondo” courts) are made of a kind of plastic that
forms a hard slippery layer around the shooting wheels. After some time the balls will be
shot with less speed (slippery, so less grip on the balls) and finally possibly ball blocks. If this
happens, the wheels should be made rougher. De Racketclub has a very good solution for
this. If this happens, contact De Racketclub and we help you how to solve this.
• The trainings could be made perfect for all level players. If you found in the inbuilt trainings
(Trainings screen) that changing the settings is better for your level, you can make that
permanent, by setting these “best settings” in the Config screen for every training. You can
make preferred settings for Single play or for Double play, often for doubles the frequency is
higher and the area of the court is wider. The settings of Speed, Frequency, Width and
Height have a value from 0-100. This is a % and means that 0% is the lowest and 100% the
highest value. In the Config screen there is a setting “Pause level”, which adds an extra
pause only after every high ball in the inbuilt trainings (0=no pause, 100=2 secs extra pause).
• In the Config screen you can find for every training a “Net” setting. This “Net” setting is the
height of the lowest position to shoot balls, this is often the net. For every training the
PadelShooter won’t play balls BELOW the “Net” position. So, if you change the “Height”
during play and it won’t go lower, probably the “Net” position for the training is higher than
the “Height”. Sometimes you only want high balls between a lowest position and a highest
position. The height for the balls is set by the “Height” setting and the lowest position for a
training could be set with this “Net” setting. Also, several trainings move (randomly)
between a lowest and a highest position. The highest position could be set by the “Height”
and the lowest position could be set by the “Net” in the Config screen. After changing, don’t
forget to save the Config settings by “Write for Single” (settings for 1 player) or “Write for
Doubles” (settings for 2 players).
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• In the inbuilt trainings (Trainings screen), there is a “Limit Left” and “Limit Right”. This is for
choosing just a part of the horizontal padel court. The horizontal court is from 0 (absolute
left position) to 100 (absolute right position), so if you only want to play at the right side of
the court, you can set Limit Left=50 and Limit Right=100, for left side of court Limit Left=0
and Limit Right=50. But you can also choose other parts of the court to only play in that
area. Remember that, when limiting the court, all trainings use the “Width” then in that
area. If you limit the court to right side and you want to play in the whole right side, then set
“Width” to 100, 100 is then 100% of the right side area.
• The position of the PadelShooter should be at the other side of the net (of the players) in the
horizontal middle
as close as possible to the back glass. When setting the training
to “Fixed” and the “Limit Left” to 0 and “Limit Right” to 100, the PadelShooter should shoot
exactly at the middle service line. But you are sure free to change the position to your needs
.
• The settings could be changed by moving the “ball” in the 5 sliders, but you can also change
the values above by typing the exact number and then save it by pressing ENTER button.
After changing the settings, press again the training to use the new settings and start that
training. This settings are only changed during this training session. If you want to store it
permanent, press “Save” (be careful because all settings changed from the trainings during
this session will then be changed) or go to the Config screen to set all settings permanent for
all trainings (this is the safest method).
• In the Trainings screen, some buttons have a “~”, which means this is a variable number. So,
“Bandeja~ - Volley” means 1 volley and a variable number of bandejas (1-10, you don’t know
how much every time).
• The PadelShooter 3A works with an external Lithium battery. Included is a charger with a
small connector that should be put in the hole of the battery for charging. The battery also
has a connection for the cable to connect the battery with the machine. Connect the cable
to the battery and the machine (“DC”). Then you can turn on the machine by setting the
switch to “DC”. For charging, you only need to take the battery and connect it to the
charger, no machine needed for charging.
2. App installation
At the moment the app is only available for Android, also a (cheap, about € 100,- in the market)
Android tablet without a phone connection (only Bluetooth is necessary for controlling the
Padelshooter and WIFI for installing the app and download settings and programs) could be used. An
Android tablet only needs a WIFI connection for once installing the app from the internet. When
using the machine, no phone connection is needed. For installing the app, you can download it from
the PadelShooter website.
1.
Start your Android phone/tablet and in your browser go to: padelshooter.com,
Support, Downloads (Padelshooter 3A) with password: sportisfun
2.
In the section “APPS” click the button for downloading the app. The app will then be
installed on your phone, follow the instructions on your phone for completely install, ignore
the warnings (because it is not installed from the Google App store). When starting the app,
it will automatically search for the Padelshooter 3A machine, so the machine should be
turned on to find the machine.
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3.
An icon on your phone is created to start the app.
4.
The PadelShooter app is now ready to control the PadelShooter, after the
PadelShooter is connected, the Bluetooth icon is green, the machine is then “ready to be
controlled”.
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3. App usage
The app is for controlling the PadelShooter ball machine.
The steps for connecting:
1. Turn ON the PadelShooter machine
2. Start the PadelShooter app
3. The app will connect automatically and the Bluetooth icon will turn green
Another way for connecting, is via your own phone. You then search the machine on your phone,
just like you should do with a headphone or a some other Bluetooth device:
1. Turn on the Padelshooter
2. Go to “Settings” on your phone / tablet
3. Select “Bluetooth”
4. The Android phone / tablet will search for Bluetooth devices, select the Padelshooter in the
list and fill in the password “1234”
5. Start the Padelshooter app and it will automatically connect with the machine, the
Bluetooth icon at the top-right will change from grey to green, when connected with the
machine. If it failed, you could press the “Bluetooth” button for connecting again.
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You can go from here to several screens:
• Trainings screen, where you find all kind of inbuilt trainings
• Programs screen, where you can program your own trainings and can download “ready
made” trainings from the Padelshooter website
• Config screen is for setting the best settings of the Trainings in the Trainings screen and for
downloading/managing programs. From all the sub-screens, you can go back to this Main
screen.
In all the screens are some important settings of the trainings and programs. These are Speed, Spin,
Frequency, Width and Height, which are presented by a line with a ball that you could change to
another value by “moving” the ball left or right. All these settings, is from 0 to 100, except spin (-
50=topspin till +50=backspin). Every training starts with the best settings but you can change the
way you prefer. Also these starter settings (best settings) could be set by yourself (Config screen).
Or, when you are busy with a training and you found that you set the right settings, press “Save”
button to save permanently.
The best usage of the app/machine is to:
• Choose (Main screen) if you play with 1 or 2 players, in Config screen you can set the
preferred settings for 1 or 2 players. These are used when setting 1 (“My Single” in Config
screen) or 2 players (“My Doubles” in Config screen) in this Main screen. Because for 2
players, the “Frequency” of balls should be higher and also the “Width” should be bigger, it
is useful to make different settings to play with 1 or 2 players.
• Start with the “Trainings” screen and get used to the sliders and settings
• For every training, first try the best settings for you by changing the speed, spin, frequency,
width and height.
• If some balls go straight into the back wall, (1) set speed lower or (2) set height lower. If all
trainings are shooting too fast/slow, you might change the “Max Speed” (in Config screen),
the Speed settings are always a % of this “Max Speed”.
• If some balls in a training go into the net, set Net Position higher for the specific training (go
to Config screen, search “Net” in the training you want to change, Write for Single or Write
for Doubles), the machine won’t shoot lower than the Net position for the specific training.
If, for example for “Random”, the Height is set to 10 and the Net position for “Random” is
set to 15, the machine won’t shoot lower than 15. The Net position is for protecting the
machine to shoot into the net with all kind of variable trainings (higher and lower balls). If
you use a higher speed, the Net position could be set lower.
• Sometimes the first few balls are slower or faster than the next ones. Wait for the other balls
if the settings are right, then eventually change.
• Set the machine as close as possible to the back wall. If you play with 2, set in the horizontal
middle and first try a few balls at fixed position in Trainings (at width 50, limit left/right 0-
100), the balls then should land at the middle service line (middle of 2 service fields).
Eventually turn the machine to shoot precise in the middle.
• It is sure possible to set the machine at other positions (for example in a corner with the
direction of the machine to the opposite corner), just as you want.
The app software consists of 4 screens:
1.
Main screen
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The Main screen is the start of the app. With this screen you should make the
(Bluetooth) connection with the machine and let you choose to go to one of the
other screens. Before going to another screen, you should set with how many
persons you want to use the machine (1 or 2). The most ideal settings for the
trainings are then set for the number of persons you choose.
2.
Trainings screen
The Trainings screen offers various Padel trainings for 1 or 2 players.
3.
Programs screen
The Programs screen can run self-made programs. These programs could be made
by yourself or be downloaded from the Racketclub website.
4.
Config screen
The Config screen can finetune all the trainings of the inbuilt “Trainings” screens. All
trainings have starter settings, which you can change in the screens with the sliders.
When changing in the Trainings screen, the slider settings are set temporarily, in the
Config screen you can change it for all times. When you choose a training in the
Trainings screen, the start settings of the sliders (speed, spin, frequency, width and
height) are set in the best way. In the Config screen you can change the starter
settings for all the trainings/buttons.
The ”Net” position (for setting the minimal height of the low balls), could only be set
in the Config screen for every training.
The “Max Speed” is the maximum speed (a number from 1-250) that will be used in
the speed sliders of all screens. The 0-100 slider speed setting is a % of the
Maximum Speed. This maximum speed is normally the best value for Padel (50).
When changing the “Max Speed”, the Speed for all trainings will be changed
globally, also for the Programs. For example, when there is a lot of wind or you use
different balls than before, you can change the speed for all trainings in one time.
The “Pause Level” gives an extra delay after only high balls in some trainings (Volley
– Bandeja trainings). 0 means no pause, 100 means 2 secs extra pause after the high
ball. This value could also be set higher for just 1 player and lower for 2 players
doing the training. Normally you set the frequency of the balls (pause between each
ball) by Frequency” but because high balls needs longer time to arrive at the player
and sometimes also players let these bounce on the ground / wall, more time is
needed to shoot the next ball, which is set with the pause level (only for the
Trainings screen, not for Programs).
In all the screens, 5 values (slider lines) could be set for:
1.
Height: for the height of the balls or a maximum height in some variable height trainings, the
range is then between the net position (set in Config screen) and the height you set.
2.
Width: for the range of the horizontal movement. Use a low value for just a small range
(from the horizontal middle) and larger value for a wider range (for doubles). Also the Width slider
could be used to set the exact position (Fixed). The slider setting is set from the view of the player,
so left is 0 and right is 100.
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3.
Frequency: for setting pause between the balls. A low frequency will pause a long time
between each ball and a high frequency will pause shorter.
4.
Spin: set the spin for the ball, 0 is the middle and shoots a flat ball without spin, left (a
negative value) gives topspin and right (a positive) value gives backspin to the ball (often used in
Padel).
5.
Speed: sets the speed of the balls, this speed is a % of the Maximum Speed specified in the
Config screen.
The numeric values of all sliders are displayed above the sliders for Speed, Spin, Frequency, Width
and Height. Just as the sliders, you could also enter these values here by hand and then press
“Enter”.
A value, that is not visible in the Trainings screen, is the “Net Position”, this value should be set in
the Config screen. In many trainings the height is varying between Net Position and the Height slider
value. If the speed is low, the Net Position should be set higher because the speed is too low to shot
over the net. When setting the “Net Position” for a training in Config screen, the machine won’t
move lower than this “Net” position for that training so the balls will go over the net even when the
speed is low.
In every screen, at the bottom there is a “Back” button to go back to the Main screen. From the
Main screen, you can access all the other screens.
Position of ball machine
The ball machine could be set in the horizontal middle at the back wall and shoot in the middle
direction. It is also possible to set the ball machine in one corner, just what you like. You should keep
in mind that the optimal settings for the ball machine were made for the ball machine in the
horizontal middle against the back wall. If you set the PadelShooter at a different position and/or
different direction, the settings might be necessary to change (Config screen).
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4. Main Screen
In the Main screen, you can choose with how many players you want to use the machine (1 or 2
players). For many trainings the pause between the balls will be shorter for 2 players than for 1
player. Also, the width (horizontal) will be larger for 2 players. You can set different settings for 1 or
2 players in Config screen and these settings are then selected by choosing 1 or 2 players here.
Selecting 1 player will use the settings in Config screen for “Single” and selecting 2 players will use
the settings made in Config screen for “Doubles”.
From the Main screen, you can select which screen you want to use: Trainings (for inbuilt trainings)
or Programs (for making your own programs or run downloaded programs from the
Padelshooter.com website).
When selecting the “Config” button, you go to the Config screen for setting some details in the app
and manage some. The Trainings have the optimal settings and you only should use the Config
screen when you want to finetune the trainings.
In the Trainings screens, you can change the Speed, Spin, Frequency, Height and Width for the
trainings. When you change some of these settings, these will be set during this time you use the
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app. When you think the settings are “perfect” for you, you can use “Save” button for storing the
settings also for the future. The settings are stored for the number of players you selected earlier in
the Main screen during this training session. Remember that also the settings for trainings, you
changed earlier in this session, will be saved. You can see the changed settings later in the Config
screen. Some settings can only be set in the Config screen:
For every training:
The “Net” position, this is height of the net and is just a number you should “play” a little
with, so you don’t shoot balls in the net anymore, especially useful when you want a lower
speed. The Padelshooter never shoots balls lower than the “Net” position, even when you
set the “Height” lower.
For common use:
The “Max Speed”, this is the Maximum value for the speed. In the trainings you use a
number from 0-100, this is a percentage of the Maximum Speed. So, if you raise the
Maximum Speed, in all trainings the speed will be automatically changed with higher speed.
Be careful with this setting, but it can also be very useful, for example when there is huge
wind from one side of the court. When the wind is in front of the ball machine, you can set
the Maximum Speed some higher and respectively for wind in back of ball machine, set the
Maximum Speed some lower. The “Max Speed” value is also used for your own programs
(Programs screen).
The “Pause Level”, for setting some pause in trainings of the Trainings screen with high balls
(Bandeja – Volley trainings and Cross trainings). Only after the high ball, an extra pause will
be included from 0 (no pause) to 100 (2 secs pause). This could be useful when you are not a
top-level player or when you want to train to hit the high balls after hitting the back wall
(then it needs some extra pause, otherwise the next ball will be shot before the last ball was
hit back). The “Pause Level” is only used in the (inbuilt) Trainings for the high balls.
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5. Trainings Screen
The Trainings screen is for playing several specific Padel trainings. The value for the Speed, Spin,
Frequency, Width and Height could be changed with the sliders. The value of the sliders is displayed
in the bar above the sliders. These values could also be changed by manually type the numbers and
press “Enter”. Remember that the “Height” is the height of the balls but if, for some training, the
“Net” position is set to a higher value than the height, the balls will still be shot at the “Net”
position! Normally you use the Height for the high ball (bandeja in Bandeja – Volley trainings) or the
highest range position in some random trainings (for example Random, Vert, Hor ~, 2-Line ~) and the
Net (in Config screen) for setting the low ball (for example volleys in Bandeja – Volley trainings) and
the lowest position in range trainings (for example Random, Vert, Hor ~, etc).
The Limit: Left % and Right % is used to only use a horizontal part of the court. In Padel, often players
only stand on left side or on right side. All the trainings could be limited to the side you prefer. The
whole court is from 0% (left) to 100% (right), the middle line is 50%. This means the left side is from
0-50% and the right side is from 50-100%. You can use whatever % that you want. For example, if
you only want to play balls at the right side on your backhand (when you are right-handed), you can
limit the court from 50-70%. Within this part of the court, you can still use the horizontal movement
(“width”) to use that part full (100%) or only part of this (f.e. half: 50%).
If you see that for a training the ball is shot to the back wall, the speed or the height should be set
lower. If you see that in some (variable) trainings some balls are shot into the net, you should set the
“Net” position higher for that training (Config screen). If you have trainings with a high (bandeja) and
a low (volley) ball, there is an extra pause after the high ball, change the extra pause with “Pause
level” in Config screen.
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The standard position of the ball machine is in the middle of the field as deep as possible against the
back wall. But, to shoot more to the side wall, it is also very useful to position the ball machine in the
opposite corner of the corner and side wall where you want to shoot balls. For example to train
service returns with balls in the corner and against the back / side walls, set the machine in the
corner and point it to the opposite corner. The ball machine in the middle can’t play balls against the
side wall, so change the position to let it shoot to the side wall.
“Hor”: Horizontal Movement
The balls will be shot randomly at 1 height. This training is meant for 1 person but it could also be
used for 2 players as a team. The horizontal position is completely random so it is possible that you
get the balls several times at the same location, this is pure random.
You can set:
•
Height: for the height of all the balls
•
Width: for the range of the horizontal movement. Use a low value for just a small range and
larger value for a wider range (for doubles). The Width is set from the middle of the area you have
chosen. Remember that this area is within the area you choose with the “Limit settings”.
•
Frequency: for setting pause between the balls. A low frequency will pause a long time
between each ball and a high frequency will pause shorter.
•
Spin: set the spin for all the balls, 0 is the middle and shoots a flat ball without spin, a
negative value gives topspin and a positive value gives backspin to the ball (often used in Padel).
•
Speed: sets the speed of the balls, this is a % of the “Max Speed” set in the Config screen, so
100% is the Maximum Speed.
→ Keep in mind that the setting for “Width” is only in the area that you limited by “Limit Left /
Right”.
“Hor ~”: Horizontal Movement with variable height
The machine moves left/right all the time and shoots balls. The ball will be shot randomly at a
random height, the lowest position you specify with “Net” (in Config screen), the highest position
you specify by “Height”. This training is meant for 1 person but it could also be used for 2 players as
a team. You can use this training for getting small variations in height for the volleys or other shots.
Depending on the Frequency settings, the balls are shot in different directions moving from one side
to the other. If the Frequency is set in some way, sometimes the machine moves to the other side
but the next ball is shot when back at the same side. Then you might change the Frequency a bit.
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You can set:
•
Height: for the maximum height of the balls (the minimum height is set for “Net” position in
Config screen at “Hor ~”).
•
Width: for the range of the horizontal movement. Use a low value for just a small range and
larger value for a wider range (for doubles). The Width is set from the middle of the area you have
chosen (by Limit left/right?).
•
Frequency: for setting pause between the balls. A low frequency will pause a long time
between each ball and a high frequency will pause shorter.
•
Spin: set the spin for all the balls, 0 is the middle and shoots a flat ball without spin, a
negative value gives topspin and a positive value gives backspin to the ball (often used in Padel).
•
Speed: sets the speed of the balls, this is a % of the “Max Speed” set in the Config screen, so
100% is the Maximum Speed.
“Vert”: Vertical Movement
The machine moves up/down all the time and shoots balls at a fixed horizontal position.
You can set:
•
Height: for the height of the highest vertical position (the lowest vertical position is set by
“Net” position for Vert in Config screen).
•
Width: for the (fixed) horizontal position. The value of 50 is in the horizontal middle of the
court.
•
Frequency: for setting pause between the balls. A low frequency will pause a long time
between each ball and a high frequency will pause shorter.
•
Spin: set the spin for the balls, 0 is the middle and shoots a flat ball without spin, a positive
value gives topspin and a negative value gives backspin to the ball (often used in Padel).
•
Speed: sets the speed of the balls
➔ Important is also the “Net position”, which could be set in the Config screen (Vertical, Net
position), if balls sometimes go into the net, the Net position should be set higher.
“Random”: Random Movement
The machine shoots balls randomly in height and width position. This is not just left/right and
up/down movement but real random balls between the net position, height position and the range
that is specified with the horizontal slider.
You can set:
•
Height: for the highest possible position to shoot
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•
Width: for the range of the horizontal movement. Use a low value for just a small range and
larger value for a wider range (for doubles). The range of the balls is set from the horizontal middle
to both sides
•
Frequency: for setting pause between the balls. A low frequency will pause a longer time
between each ball and a high frequency will pause shorter
•
Spin: set the spin for the ball, 0 is the middle and shoots a flat ball without spin, a negative
value (to the left) gives topspin and a positive value gives backspin to the ball (often used in Padel).
•
Speed: sets the speed of the balls
➔ Important is also the “Net position”, which could be set in the Config screen (Vertical, Net
position), if balls sometimes go into the net, the Net position should be set higher.
2-Line
The machine moves left/right all the time and shoots balls at 2 exact positions. This training is for 2
players where every player gets his own ball all the time or for 1 player to get a forehand and a
backhand and a forehand and so on.
You can set:
•
Height: for the height of the balls
•
Width: for the distance of the 2 positions. Use a low value for 1 player playing forehand and
backhand all the time and a high value for 2 players. The Limit left/right also sets the area for
shooting.
•
Frequency: for setting pause between the balls. A low frequency will pause a longer time
between each ball and a high frequency will pause shorter.
•
Spin: set the spin for the ball, 0 is the middle and shoots a flat ball without spin, a positive
value gives topspin and a negative value gives backspin to the ball (often used in Padel).
•
Speed: sets the speed of the balls
Bandeja – Volley
The machine shoots continuously a low ball and a higher ball at random horizontal positions, it is
meant for 1 player at a time but can also be used with 2 players (when setting horizontal range
high). Because the high ball takes longer time to play back, there could be a small delay after the
high ball. This delay could be set in the Config screen (Pause Level). The speed is for all the balls the
same.
You can set:
•
Height: for the height of the high (Bandeja) ball.
•
Width: for the horizontal range where the machine shoots the 2 balls randomly. When the
horizontal slider is on the left, the 2 balls will be shot in a small horizontal range, when on the right
the 2 balls will be shot in a big horizontal range.
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•
Frequency: for setting pause between the balls. A low frequency will pause a long time
between each ball and a high frequency will pause shorter. There could be set a small delay after the
high ball. The “Pause Level” in the Config screen could be set between 0 (no delay after high ball)
and 100 (2 secs delay after high ball).
•
Spin: set the spin for the ball, 0 is the middle and shoots a flat ball without spin, a negative
value gives topspin and a positive value gives backspin to the ball (often used in Padel).
•
Speed: sets the speed of the balls
➔ The Pause Level (Config screen) sets a delay after just the high ball. If the volley regularly
goes into the net, set the Net Position (Config screen) higher for Bandeja - Volley.
Bandeja~ – Volley (variable)
The machine shoots continuously just 1 low ball (volley) and then a random number (1-10) of higher
balls, randomly in a horizontal range, there is a small delay after the high ball (set in Config screen,
Pause Level).
You can set:
•
Height: for the height of the high (Bandeja) ball.
•
Width: for the horizontal range where the machine shoots the 2 balls randomly. When the
width slider has a low value, the 2 balls will be shot in a small horizontal range, when the width slider
has a high value, the 2 balls will be shot in a high horizontal range. The 2 balls (low and high) could
be shot at different horizontal positions of each other.
•
Frequency: for setting pause between all the balls. A low frequency will pause a long time
between each ball and a high frequency will pause shorter. Always there is a small delay after the
high ball.
•
Spin: set the spin for the ball, 0 is the middle and shoots a flat ball without spin, a positive
value gives topspin and a negative value gives backspin to the ball (often used in Padel).
•
Speed: sets the speed of all the balls
➔ The Pause Level (Config screen) sets an extra delay after just the high ball. If the volley
regularly goes into the net, set the Net Position (Config screen) higher for BV~.
Bandeja – Volley~ (variable)
The machine shoots continuously a random number of low balls (volleys) and then 1 high ball,
randomly in a horizontal range, there is a small extra delay after the high ball (set in Config screen,
Pause Level).
You can set:
•
Height: for the height of the high (Bandeja) ball.
•
Width: for the horizontal range where the machine shoots the balls randomly. When the
width slider has a low value, the 2 balls will be shot in a small horizontal range, when the width slider
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has a high value, the 2 balls will be shot in a high horizontal range. The 2 balls (low and high) will be
shot at different horizontal positions of each other.
•
Frequency: for setting pause between all the balls. A low frequency will pause a long time
between each ball and a high frequency will pause shorter. Always there is a small delay after the
high ball.
•
Spin: set the spin for the ball, 0 is the middle and shoots a flat ball without spin, a positive
value gives topspin and a negative value gives backspin to the ball (often used in Padel).
•
Speed: sets the speed of all the balls
➔ The Pause Level (Config screen) sets an extra delay after just the high ball. If the volley
regularly goes into the net, set the Net Position (Config screen) higher for BV~.
Bandeja~ – Volley~ (variable)
The machine shoots continuously first a random number of low balls (volleys) and then a random
number of higher balls, both randomly in a horizontal range, there is a small delay after the high ball
(set in Config screen, Pause Level). The low balls and the high balls will both randomly differ in
height. The low balls (volley) will have the lowest position at the “Net position” and randomly about
20% above the net position. The high balls (bandeja) will have the highest position at the Height
position and randomly about 20% below the highest position.
You can set:
•
Height: for the height of the highest (Bandeja) ball, the balls will change between .
•
Width: for the horizontal range where the machine shoots the 2 balls randomly. When the
horizontal slider has a low value, the 2 balls will be shot in a small horizontal range (from the line
between the 2 service fields), when the width slider has a high value, the 2 balls will be shot in a high
horizontal range. The 2 balls could be shot in different horizontal positions of each other.
•
Frequency: for setting pause between all the balls. A low frequency will pause a long time
between each ball and a high frequency will pause shorter. Always there is a small delay after the
high ball.
•
Spin: set the spin for the ball, 0 is the middle and shoots a flat ball without spin, a positive
value gives topspin and a negative value gives backspin to the ball (often used in Padel).
•
Speed: sets the speed of all the balls
➔ The Pause Level (Config screen) sets a delay after just the high ball. If the volley regularly
goes into the net, set the Net Position (Config screen) higher for BV~.
2-Line ~ (2-Line variable)
The machine shoots balls for 2 players (2-line) on the exact positions of the 2 players, or the
forehand and backhand for 1 player. The height will be random all the time, what makes the 2-line
balls more difficult.
You can set:
•
Height: for the height range of the balls.
•
Width: for the horizontal distance between the 2 balls for the 2 players.
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•
Frequency: for setting pause between the balls. A low frequency will pause a long time
between each ball and a high frequency will pause shorter. Always there is a small delay after the
high ball.
•
Spin: set the spin for the ball, 0 is the middle and shoots a flat ball without spin, a positive
value gives topspin and a negative value gives backspin to the ball (often used in Padel).
•
Speed: sets the speed of the balls
➔ Important is also the “Net position”, which could be set in the Config screen (2-Line, Net
position), if balls sometimes go into the net, the Net position should be set higher.
Cross1
The machine shoots 2 balls for 1 player at 2 horizontal positions, a high ball in the left corner and a
low ball in the middle. For optimal play, you might position the ball machine more in the direction of
the corner.
You can set:
•
Width: for the horizontal range where the machine shoots the 2 balls. When the width slider
has a low value, the 2 balls will be shot closer to each other, when the horizontal slider has a high
value, the 2 balls will be shot with more horizontal distance of each other.
•
Height: sets the height of the high ball
•
Frequency: for setting pause between the balls. A low frequency will pause a long time
between each ball and a high frequency will pause shorter. Always there is a small delay after the
high ball.
•
Spin: set the spin for the balls, 0 is the middle and shoots a flat ball without spin, a positive
value gives topspin and a negative value gives backspin to the ball (often used in Padel).
•
Speed: sets the (relative) speed of the balls
➔ The Pause Level (Config screen) sets a delay after just the high ball. If the volley regularly
goes into the net, set the Net Position (Config screen) higher.
Cross2
The machine shoots 2 balls for 1 player at 2 horizontal positions, a high ball in the right corner and a
low ball in the middle. For optimal play, you might position the ball machine more in the direction of
the corner.
You can set:
•
Width: for the horizontal range where the machine shoots the 2 balls. When the width slider
has a low value, the 2 balls will be shot closer to each other, when the width slider has a high value,
the 2 balls will be shot with more horizontal distance of each other.
•
Height: sets the height of the high ball
•
Frequency: for setting pause between the balls. A low frequency will pause a long time
between each ball and a high frequency will pause shorter. Always there is a small delay after the
high ball.
•
Spin: set the spin for the balls, 0 is the middle and shoots a flat ball without spin, a positive
value gives topspin and a negative value gives backspin to the ball (often used in Padel).
•
Speed: sets the (relative) speed of the balls
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➔ The Pause Level (Config screen) sets a delay after just the high ball. If the volley regularly
goes into the net, set the Net Position (Config screen) higher.
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2-Line BV (2-Line Bandeja Volley)
The machine shoots a low ball and a higher ball at 2 horizontal positions. Even though the training is
meant for 2 persons on the court (both players get respectively a volley and a high ball), the training
is also nice for 1 person when the frequency and horizontal range is lower. For 1 person, the player
gets 2 volleys and 2 high balls.
You can set:
•
Height: for the height of the high (Bandeja) ball.
•
Width: for the horizontal position where the machine shoots the 2 balls. When the width
slider is a low value, the horizontal range is low distance, when high value the range is bigger.
•
Frequency: for setting pause between the balls. A low frequency will pause a long time
between each ball and a high frequency will pause shorter.
•
Spin: set the spin for the ball, 0 is the middle and shoots a flat ball without spin, a positive
value gives topspin and a negative value gives backspin to the ball (often used in Padel).
•
Speed: sets the speed of the balls
➔ The Pause Level (Config screen) is not used in this training, this training is mainly used for 2
players so there is no extra delay after the high balls. If the volley regularly goes into the net,
set the Net Position (Config screen) higher.
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6. Programs screen
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The Programs screen is for making and running self-made trainings or ready-made trainings that
were downloaded from the Racketclub website (see the Config screen).
After connecting the app to the machine and choose “Programs” in the Main screen, you get the
above screen.
Programs with your preferred name could be made. Maximal 9 shots could be used in the program.
The screen is divided in several parts (from top-bottom):
1. The Program information part
2. The Programs/Shots part
3. The Shot settings part
4. The Commands (Button) part
Program information
The “Program information” part shows the name of the selected program or let you specify the
program name. When selecting a program, it also shows the number of shots of the program. The
“Programs” button shows the available programs in the app in a list below.
Programs/Shots
The “Program/Shots” part is located below the Programs information part and shows the available
program names or the programmed shots of the selected program. This part is only visible when the
“Programs” button is pressed (it shows the loaded programs), or when you selected a Program from
the list and then it shows the shots of that program. When selecting a program (press the program
button that you want to use), it shows all the shots of the program. The name of the selected
program is displayed in the “Program information” part. The Speed, Spin, Frequency, Width
(Horizontal), Height (Vertical) values are presented for every shot. If you pressed the “Programs”
button and there are no programs shown, there is no program on your mobile phone yet. You can go
to the Config screen, Programs section and then press “Read Racketclub”. Then you have just some
examples (not high level at moment but some examples for programs ). If you now go to
Programs screen and press “Programs”, there will be some programs available. You can press one of
the programs to see the shots of the program.
Shot settings
The “Shot settings” part shows a bar with the settings of the selected shot and the sliders of the
speed, spin, frequency, horizontal and vertical settings. The settings could be changed by changing
the sliders (values will be visible in above bar) or by changing the values in the bar above the sliders
and press “Enter”. When selecting a shot, the slider settings are changed and the settings of that
shot are presented, also the selected shot number/name change to yellow. When selecting a shot,
the name will turn to yellow and is then selected. When you want to delete some shots, all the
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selected shots (yellow coloured) are deleted. Only the settings of the last selected shot will be
shown in the sliders and is available for changing.
Commands
The “Commands (Button)” part, the 2 buttons on the left, show the basic machine control buttons
Off (turn off machine) and Play Progr (start shooting balls of the program). The middle command
below “Programs” show the buttons for controlling the programs. On the right there are 3 buttons
for handling the shots of a program. Especially new is the “List Category”, for this button you need
an internet connection because it loads the available categories from the Padelshooter website.
New Progr (New Program)
A new program could be made by:
1. Press the “New Program” button.
2. Fill in the name of the program in the “Program information” section.
3. Change the settings with the sliders for the 1st shot.
4. Press “Add Shot”.
5. In the “Programs/Shot” part, the 1st shot is displayed.
6. Repeat steps 3-4 for more shots (max. 9)
Del Progr (Delete Program)
To delete a program:
1. Select a program by pressing the “Programs” button.
2. Select your program, that should be deleted, by pressing the named program. All
shots are displayed.
3. A list of programs is displayed. Even though the shots of the program are removed,
the Program name is still in the list. The program will still be visible in the list. The
program is not visible anymore, when you exit the app and start it again.
Save Progr (Save Program)
The Save Program button is mainly used to save an existing program, that you selected, with another
name (in fact you make a copy of that program). This could be very useful when you have a perfect
training and just want to have an “easy start” to make another training. For example, you made a
training at the right half of the Padel court, and then you want to make the same kind of training at
the left half of the Padel court. Then you “copy” the “Right half training” to a new name (“Left half
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training”?) and then you open this copied training and change the “width” slider for all shots to the
left side.
To save a program:
1. Select a program by pressing the “Programs” button.
2. Select your preferred program by pressing the named program. All shots are
displayed.
3. Fill in a new name in the “Program information” section.
4. Press “Save Progr” button.
5. A new program with the new name is in the list of programs (press “Programs”)
List Category
The List Category button shows the category of programs that we made for you to download from
our website, so you need an internet connection for it (WIFI or by phone). First press the “List
Category” for showing the available categories, then press on a category button to download the
“ready-made” programs for that category. After this download, you will see the downloaded
programs from that Category when pressing the “Programs” button. You can use these programs but
it is also meant to change this for your own needs, it is a good start to become more experienced in
making your own programs.
Very useful is also that, when you downloaded the Category programs, these are in memory of the
phone but also stored on the phones disk. How to find these is described in the Config screen
description later.
Add Shot
To Add a new shot to your program:
1. Start a new program (New Progr) or select an existing program (Programs, select the
preferred program).
2. If you see the sliders, “Add Shot” will add a shot with that slider setting. To see the
sliders, you need to select a shot. If there is no shot, a shot is added with default
values that you can change then by pressing that shot.
3. Set the sliders for your next shot which will be added after your last shot.
4. When all is set, press “Add Shot”. The new shot is added at the end of the existing
shots.
5. What could be very useful, is that you first select another shot (so the sliders are set
for this shot) and that you then change some setting(s) and press “Add Shot”. This is
a way to copy other shots to a new shot.
6. When you have a shot with some perfect settings but at the right side and you want
another same shot at the left side, press the shot at the right side (sliders will
change), press “Add Shot”, Select the new shot, change the Width slider to the left
and “Save Shot” (see below).
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Save Shot
To change settings of shots for your program, use “Save Shot”:
1. Select an existing program (Programs, select the preferred program).
2. Select the shot you want to change; you can select several shots which will all be
changed in the sliders that you set. The selected shots are marked with yellow
characters.
3. Change the sliders for the shot(s). When all is set, press “Save Shot”. The selected
shot(s) is saved with the selected values.
➔ When you select several shots to change the settings all the same, just press several shots so
these are marked yellow and change the sliders for all shots, then press “Save Shot”. Then all
the marked shots are changed for these values.
Del Shot(s)
To delete a shot from your program:
1. Select an existing program (Programs, select the preferred program).
2. You could select more than 1 shot. All shots, that are marked with yellow characters,
will be deleted from the program.
3. Press Del Shot(s)
➔ When you selected more than 1 shot, these are all marked for deletion. If you don’t want to
delete, press all shots that shouldn’t be delete again so these are unmarked.
7. Config Screen
The Config screen has 2 parts: Training Settings and Programs.
The Training Settings are the start values of all the trainings (the setting of the “ball” in the slider).
When pressing a training button in the Trainings screen, the sliders Speed, Spin, Frequency, Width
and Height are set in the “start values”, which you can change as you want but it is easier to have it
immediately in your preferred setting.
Training Settings
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The Training Settings specify all values for the trainings in the Trainings screens. For all the trainings
there is a list with settings, for the trainings with a random number of volleys/bandejas, there is only
1 setting: “BV ~”.
The settings have, beside values for Speed, Spin, Frequency, Width and Height, an extra value:
“Net”. This “Net” value is the “Net position” but in fact it is the minimal height for shooting the ball,
so the machine will not shoot in the net. For low-speed balls, the “Net” should be at a higher
position than for higher speed balls. In trainings, the ball will always vary between the Net and the
Height you choose yourself for the trainings. When the “Net” height is too low for a training, some
lower balls will be shot in the net. When the “Net” is for a training higher than the “Height” position,
the machine will shoot at the “Net” position because it will NEVER shoot below this setting.
There are also some common settings:
➔ Max Speed. This value is the maximum speed that the machine is allowed to shoot the balls,
this is not the exact speed in km/h but just a value from 0-250. When the Max Speed is set
to 90 (standard for Padel), and in trainings the speed is set to “100”, this means the speed is
100% of the Max Speed, so this is 90. The Max Speed is also important for the Programs
screen. When you should change the Max Speed, all your programs will shoot different than
before, so only change this when necessary!
➔ Pause Level. This value is an extra delay after the high ball of trainings. 0 means no delay and
100 means about 2 seconds extra delay.
➔ Width min and Width max. These values are for specifying the standard part of the
Padelcourt you use. If you are a right side padel player, you specify Width min=50 and Width
max=100. Then the default setting for playing is on the right side.
Because the best settings for just 1 player is quite different than for 2 players, we made the settings
for 1 player and 2 players (doubles).
For saving the right settings, use:
1. Show the settings you made earlier for 1 player by pressing “My Single” button
2. Change the settings for 1 player
3. Press “Write for Single”
4. Show the settings you made earlier for 2 players by pressing “My Doubles” button
5. Change the settings for 2 players
6. Press “Write for Doubles”
There are a few ways to set these setting:
1. Standard settings of the app
2. Update the setting from the Racketclub website
3. Load from your mobile phone
When you installed the app, the values have standard settings, for 1 player and for 2 players.
The best settings could also be downloaded from De Racketclub website by pressing the “Reset
Single (Web)” and “Reset Doubles (Web)” buttons. The 3rd option is to write and load the settings
to/from your mobile phone in a file (P-1.csv for single settings and P-2.csv for doubles settings). It is
also possible to write your settings to a self-named name, so you have a backup of your settings that
won’t be overwritten by coincidentally press a button.
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At the “Main screen”, you choose for 1 player or 2 players. First the app checks if the settings are
already on your mobile phone and, if so, it uses your local settings. If there are no local settings on
your phone and the phone has an internet connection, it loads the settings from the Racketclub
website. If both values (local and Racketclub) are not available, the app settings will be used.
To set the preferred settings, there are some buttons/fields in the app. The “My Single” loads the
single settings from your local phone (normally “P-1.csv”), the “My Doubles” loads the double
settings from your local phone (normally “P-2.csv”) and shows these settings in the above listing, the
“Write for Single” writes the single settings to your local phone and the “Write for doubles” writes
the doubles settings to your local phone. The “Filename” field gives you an opportunity to save/load
the settings to a different name than the default name (“P-1.csv” for single and “P-2.csv” for
doubles). If you let this field empty, it always uses the default names, if you fill in a name then it is
written to the name. The risk is that you might write wrong values to the default files and then it is
nice to have a backup file with the right values to a file with your name. The “Reset Single (Web)”
loads the single values from De Racketclub website and shows these values in the above listing. The
same for the doubles values which are loaded from De Racketclub website with “Reset Doubles
(Web)”. A good way to work when you have made your “perfect settings” for 1 and 2 players, is to:
1. Load the Single settings: “My Single” button
2. Enter “Single” in Filename field
3. Press “Write for Single” button (a settings file with name “Single” will then be created on
your phone), this file will never be overwritten by coincidentally press a button
4. Load the Doubles settings: “My Doubles” button
5. Enter “Doubles” in Filename field
6. Press “Write for Doubles” button (a settings file with name “Doubles” will then be created
on your phone)
7. Then you can see with the “List” button in the Programs part, that there are now also some
new files “Single” and “Doubles” on your phone. If you incidentally overwrite your standard
settings, you can get it back (for Single) with: List, Press “Single”, My Single, Write for Single.
It loads your private stored settings for Single, loads these and then writes to the default
settings “P-1.csv”.
My Single
“My Single” loads the default local settings for 1 player from your phone “P-1.csv” (if no other
filename specified in the “Filename field”) and shows these in the above listing.
Write for Single
“Write for Single” writes the settings for 1 player, of the above listing, to the local phone to the file
“P-1.csv” (if no other filename specified in the Filename field).
My Doubles
“My Doubles” loads the default local settings for 2 players from your phone “P-1.csv” (if no other
filename specified in the “Filename field”) and shows these in the above listing.
Write for Doubles
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“Write for Doubles” writes the settings for 2 players, of the above listing, to the local phone to the
file “P-2.csv” (if no other filename specified in the Filename field).
Reset Single (Web)
“Reset Single (Web)” reads the settings for 1 player from De Racketclub website to the above listing.
At this moment, the values of De Racketclub are only available in the above listing. If you want to
write these to your local phone for 1 player, you need to write these with the “Write for Singles”.
Reset Doubles (Web)
“Reset Doubles (Web)” reads the settings for 2 players from De Racketclub website to the above
listing. At this moment, the values of De Racketclub are only available in the above listing, not on
your local phone. If you want to write these to your local phone for 2 players, you need to write
these with the “Write for Doubles”.
→For specifying other names than the default (for your own backup that won’t be overwritten), the
button in the next “Programs” section is useful: “List”. This button shows all your local files on your
phone and you can select a file of this list which is then set as “Filename”. See “Programs” section
for more information.
Programs
For loading and storing programs at your mobile phone, you can use some buttons to load the
programs from De Racketclub website and store it to your local phone. Or you can save/load the
programs in your app at a local file with a specific name (default is “P-programs.csv”). After you
made your programs in the Programs screen, these are available on your phone, but not stored as a
file on your local phone. You can write specific programs to a filename on your local phone. If you
have made programs on your phone for (for example) just 1 player, you can save these in a local file
(for example “Programs_1player.csv”), the same for 2 players (for example
“Programs_2players.csv”). If you want te use all your programs for 1 player, you can load these in
the app from “Programs_1player.csv” and then, in the Programs screen, you can use all programs for
1 player.
Read from Phone
If you press this button, all programs from the default “P-programs.csv” are loaded in the app. If you
specified a filename (in Filename field) and press “Read Programs”, the programs from that filename
are loaded in the app and can be used in the Programs screen. You could also first press “List” and
select a filename with programs and then read these.
Write to Phone
If you press this button, all programs, that are loaded in the app, are written to the default “P-
programs.csv”. If you specified a filename (in Filename field) and press “Write Programs”, the
available programs in the app are written to the specified filename in your local phone. So, if you
loaded many programs from all kind of Categories in Programs screen (and maybe changed these!),
you can save these all to a file on your phone to use later again. Also all your own made programs
could be stored this way.
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Read Racketclub
If you press this button, some basic programs from De Racketclub are loaded in the app and could be
used in the Programs screen.
List
Because settings and programs could be stored on your phone, it is useful to see what files are on
your phone for the PadelShooter app. When pressing “List”, a list of local stored files are displayed. If
you select one of these files, the name of the file is set in the “Filename” field and can then be used
to read the settings or programs of this file (you don’t need to type it by hand ). When you
downloaded the Category programs (Programs screen), these are loaded on your phone but also
stored on your phone disk with name “PC-<category name>.csv.
User App / Lock Config
The button “User App” simply hides the Config button in the Main screen so that Users (that don’t
know about changing settings permanently) can’t go to the Config screen of the app. The Config
button (and so the Config screen) is permanently hidden and you need to restart the app to get the
Config button back again. Also useful could be the button “Lock Config”, which hides the Settings for
the inbuilt trainings and can’t be changed then. For both buttons you need the password that you
also used for downloading the manual and app from the padelshooter.com website. The “Lock
Config” doesn’t need to restart the app, by fill in the password again and pressing the same button,
the settings will be shown again.
Clear Programs
When you downloaded several programs (in the Config screen and by loading Category programs in
Programs screen), your phone memory will be full of programs after a while. To clear the memory
and make it empty, you can use this button. It is emptied after you start the app again. Then, in
Programs screen and press Programs, nothing is displayed there. Then, you can find the written file
“PC-<category>.csv” by pressing “List” button, then press that file and “Read from Phone”.
Clear File
When you press “List” button, you see all files that the Padelshooter app saved to your phone. To
delete a file, you could press the file so that this file is displayed in the “Filename” field, and then
press “Clear File”. Then this file is deleted from your phone. Be careful with this because there is no
warning shown if you are sure about this.
Show Programs
When you press “Show Programs” button, you go directly to the Programs screen.
Examples to work with the Config screen
•
Load settings from De Racketclub website and store on your local phone
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1. Press “Reset Single (Web)”, the “perfect” values, for 1 person play, are loaded from De
Racketclub website and are set in the “values listing”.
2. Press “Write for Single”, the values of the listing are now stored in your local phone in
file “P-1.csv”.
3. Fill in a filename “Single” in the Filename field and press “Write for Single”, the values of
the listing are now stored in a file “Single” on your mobile phone and will not be
occasionally overwritten by the app.
4. Press “Reset Doubles (Web)”, the “perfect” values, for 2 persons play, are loaded from
De Racketclub website and are set in the “values listing”.
5. Press “Write for Doubles”, the values of the listing are now stored in your local phone in
file “P-2.csv”.
6. Fill in a filename “Doubles” in the Filename field and press “Write for Doubles”, the
values of the listing are now stored in a file “Doubles” on your mobile phone and will not
be occasionally overwritten by the app.
7. If you press “List”, you should see a list of “P-1.csv”, “P-2.csv”, “Single” and “Doubles”.
•
You occasionally overwrite your single settings and want to restore
1. List your local files by pressing “List”
2. You see a file “Single” (that you saved in the 1st example), select this file, the filename
“Single” is now in the Filename field.
3. Press “My Single”, the single settings are now in the values listing.
4. Press “Write for Single”, a new “P-1.csv” has been made with the right (restored) values.
•
You want to load De Racketclub programs and store it in a local file “My programs”
1. Press “Read Racketclub” (in Programs section), the loaded programs are now in your
app, you can check this if you go to the Pro screen and press “Programs”.
2. Fill in “My programs” in Filename field.
3. Press “Write Programs”, the loaded Racketclub programs are now in your local file “My
programs”.
4. You can also save these programs as your standard programs. Because the Filename
field is cleared after writing to a file so the field is now empty, you can press “Write
Programs” again and now it is written to your standard programs file “P-programs.csv”.
•
You want from “P-programs.csv” only Bandeja trainings in a file “Bandeja” on your phone.
1. Load your local programs by pressing “Read Programs”. You can check all your programs
in the Pro screen (Go to Pro screen and Press “Programs” there). Your machine don’t
need to be on, you can do this with only your mobile phone.
2. In the Pro screen (you don’t need to be connected with the machine), delete the
programs from your programs list (Programs, press the program you want to delete and
press “Del Progr”. Repeat this for the other programs you don’t want in your local file.
3. Go Back from the screen (“Back”) and go again to the Pro screen, now all programs you
want to store in a local file, are listed.
4. Go back to the Config screen (“Back”, “Config”).
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5. While the programs are now loaded in your app, you can write these to a file on your
local phone. Fill in Filename “Bandeja” and press “Write Programs”.
6. If you press “List”, there is a local file “Bandeja” on your phone.
7. If you later only want to use Bandeja programs in a training, you can then press “List”,
select the “Bandeja” file in the list and “Read Programs”. Now only Bandeja programs
are loaded on your mobile phone.
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8. Problems, Maintenance and Versions
Versions
Version Machine Version App
Details
V4
3.5
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Added: no shorter balls when frequency set higher
•
Changed: “Bandeja-Volley ~” with random nr of high
balls
•
Changed: “Bandeja-Volley” at horizontal random
positions
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Added, “Save” button on Easy/Mid screen for saving
“perfect” settings for future use
V4
3.51
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Added: “Bandeja~ - Volley~”, shoots at random
horizontal positions, random nr of volleys, random nr of high
balls
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Changed: extra “speed boost” after every shot to stay
shooting at same speed, no matter low/how high frequency is
V4
4.4
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Added Limit left % and right %
V5
5.2
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Added category programs to load
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Added limitations for the settings to users
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Added more management for storing on phone and
clearing the app memory for programs
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Maintenance
Maintenance item
Details
Clean machine
Cleaning the machine can be done with a vacuum cleaner through the ball
shot hole (front of machine). After some time, felt, sand and court material
will be found in the machine. Especially the court material could stick on
the surface of the shooting wheels and in the gears for left/right and
up/down movement. To overcome problems, it is good to sometimes
remove the court material with a vacuum cleaner.
Charge battery
Often a battery is the “weakest” part of a ball machine. When regularly
charging (also when not using the machine in winter), you enlarge the
lifetime of the battery and keeps the “hours working with machine” longer.
Shooting wheels
When you see that court material will get “glued” on the shooting wheels,
you should maintain the wheels. Because the court material gets hot when
shooting the balls, it easily get fixed on the surface of the wheels. After
short time, that layer on the wheels will get hard and slippery. To
overcome ball blocks, you should make the surface of the wheels more
rough. This could be done with sand paper or with a (electrical) file.
Cleaning with water doesn’t help and is also almost impossible. The wheel
surface should be rough to pick up the balls easily.
Opening machine
If you have some technical skills and want to check the machine inside (for
example if sensors are filled with dirt/felt), you (1) need to remove the 4
screws of the handle to remove the handle and (2) need to unlock the 6
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screws at the side of the machine. Then the upper and lower part of the
ball machine can be opened.
Problems, possible solutions
Problem
Solution(s)
Ball block
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Make wheels surface rougher (if this happens more
than once).
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Check if a ball is in the machine (fell down during
transport to Padelcourt)
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First remove all balls inside the machine (just behind
the shooting wheels)
Too many balls in net with some
trainings
Set the Net Position higher (Config screen, change Net Position
for training with that problem, Write for Single/Doubles
(depends on the number of players))
After making perfect settings,
next time still old settings
Make the perfect settings for the training(s), then press “Save”
button. Or change the settings permanent in Config screen.
The pause between balls is too
long/short
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Set Frequency higher/lower (for all balls)
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Set Pause Level (Config screen, Pause Level, Write for
Single/Doubles), only an extra pause after the high ball is
added
App won’t connect with
PadelShooter
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Is the Machine turned on?
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Is someone else still connected with the machine?
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Is Bluetooth turned ON on your mobile phone?
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Are you still connected with another Bluetooth
device?
Problems with feeding too fast
Setting the Frequency doesn’t change the frequency, balls are
shot too fast after each other.
• Possibly the sensor (close to hole between ball bucket
and inside machine) has dirt/felt inside. Cleaning the
dirt with a vacuum cleaner might help solving this.
The wheels stay right and make
noise
When starting the machine, the wheels should move to the
right (when standing before the shooting hole) and don’t go to
the middle. There is a problem with the horizontal sensor, it
wont detect that the wheels are at the right. Contact De
Racketclub.
The wheels are at the left and
don’t go to the right position
When starting the machine, the wheels should first move to
the right and then move to the middle. If the wheels go
immediately to the left (when standing before the shooting
hole) without first moving to the right, the horizontal sensor is
detecting that the wheels are at the right but this is not true.
Probably there is dirt (felt?) in that sensor. Cleaning the
machine with a vacuum cleaner (especially behind the
shooting wheels at the bottom) will probably help removing
the dirt. Otherwise contact De Racketclub or open the
machine and check the horizontal sensor.