Among other things, methods and apparatus regarding collection, dissemination and display of information concerning paintball loaders and markers are disclosed. A loader includes a heads-up display, electronic devices for gathering, storing and disseminating information, and an antenna for sending a
Among other things, methods and apparatus regarding collection, dissemination and display of information concerning paintball loaders and markers are disclosed. A loader includes a heads-up display, electronic devices for gathering, storing and disseminating information, and an antenna for sending and receiving data. Wireless voice communications among paintball players is possible via associated headsets. There is also disclosed paintball equipment and methods for controlling both the firing and loading mechanism of paintball equipment. Current systems or mechanisms have individual and discrete electronic control systems for firing operations, e.g. located in the paintball gun itself, and loading operations, e.g. located inside the paintball loader. The present disclosure unifies the electronic control of said firing and loader operations into a single electronic circuit board located on either the paintball gun or paintball loader.
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1. A method of operating paintball equipment, comprising: providing at least one paintball loader having circuitry including a microcontroller and providing at least one associated paintball marker having circuitry, each said loader being a device initially separate from and insertable into and remo
1. A method of operating paintball equipment, comprising: providing at least one paintball loader having circuitry including a microcontroller and providing at least one associated paintball marker having circuitry, each said loader being a device initially separate from and insertable into and removable from to a respective one of said markers;establishing a wireless link between said microcontroller and a separate computer, and synching said microcontroller with the computer so that each of said microcontrollers are identified as a communication group and each of said microcontrollers is assigned an identification code over said wireless link;broadcasting a message from one of said loaders, said message including information identifying said one of said loaders or at least one loader in the communication group;receiving said message by at least one of said loaders or said separate computer; andsending said message to a visual or auditory output. 2. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing at least one headset having at least one speaker and a microphone, each of said headsets being associated with a respective loader, and wherein said broadcasting includes speaking said message into a microphone of one of said headsets, said message being transmitted from said one of said headsets to its associated loader. 3. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing at least one headset having at least one speaker and a microphone, each of said headsets being associated with a respective loader, and wherein a speaker of the headset associated with the at least one loader involved in the receiving functions as said auditory output. 4. The method of claim 1, further comprising establishing a wireless link between one of said loaders and a respective marker, transmitting a signal concerning data of said respective marker from said respective marker to said one of said loaders, and displaying said data on a display on said loader. 5. The method of claim 4, wherein said link is bidirectional, so that instructions may be transmitted from said one of said loaders to said respective marker. 6. The method of claim 1, further comprising storing said message in said microcontroller for access following said sending. 7. The method of claim 1, further comprising inputting information of a set of players via one or more electronic inputs in said loader, wherein said loader broadcasts said information to at least one other loader of said set of players. 8. The method of claim 1, further comprising storing data developed from operation of at least one of said markers in a microcontroller of at least one of said loaders, and following said storing, downloading said data to an external data analysis or storage device. 9. A method of operating paintball equipment, comprising: sending a message from at least one loader to a predetermined communication group including a separate computer, the at least one loader having a microcontroller fixed to it adapted to control the sending, the predetermined communication group created by synching the at least one loader to the separate computer prior to the sending;receiving the message by the communication group. 10. The method of claim 9, wherein the at least one loader includes a transceiver fixed to the loader and operatively connected to the microcontroller, and the transceiver performs the sending. 11. A method of operating paintball equipment, comprising: establishing a wireless link between each of a group of at least one paintball loader and a separate computer, each of said paintball loaders having circuitry including a microcontroller, each of said paintball loaders being a device initially separate from and insertable into and removable from a respective paintball marker, said establishing including establishing a wireless link between each said microcontroller and said separate computer, and synching each of said microcontrollers with the computer so that each of said microcontrollers are identified as a communication group, and each of said microcontrollers is assigned an identification code over said wireless link;broadcasting a message from one of said paintball loaders, said message including information identifying said one of said loaders or at least one loader in the communication group;receiving said message by said separate computer or at least one of said loaders, and outputting said message. 12. The method of claim 11, further comprising the step of synching a wireless headset to each of said paintball loaders. 13. The method of claim 11, wherein the message is one of an audio message and a data message. 14. The method of claim 11, wherein the establishing includes sending a signal from the respective microcontroller of each of said paintball loaders to said separate computer. 15. The method of claim 11, further comprising the step of selecting a set of users to whom to transmit at least one of audio and data from the microcontroller of at least one paintball loader of said group. 16. The method of claim 11, wherein the receiving is by at least one of said loaders and said message is sent to the microcontroller of said at least one receiving loader, and sending said message to a visual or auditory output associated with said receiving loader.
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