Practical Plug and Play

Plug the units to your epees and start fencing!  Units will communicate directly with each other.  No need to pair and unpair to a central unit or smartphone.   No need to set up a table at the center.

Each unit is sold individually and will communicate with any other unit.  Just set them to the same channel.

Very Visible

The whole 5x4 cm front face lights up through a silicone light diffuser visible from any angle.   

Bright LEDs at the rear face light up the inner guard area for extra visibility. 

Spectators

The devices are plugged on your weapons, where you, the umpire and the spectators have their focused view.  A quick blue light (with no buzzer) will illuminate on your unit if you get hit, just in case you don't notice your opponent's light.

Tough!

The front face and electronics are encased in a 6mm block of solid collision absorbing silicone resin.  It is designed to withstand a direct hit from an epee. 

Training Tool

A short buzzer mode feature gives a short beep when the point is depressed (within FIE timing compliance).  This allows you more effective training with the coach as it provides feedback when a valid hit is made.  Useful for practicing throw hits.   The FIE compliant lock out can be used to train actions while also practicing to avoid a double light.


Slim Sides

The rear face has a thickness of less than .5 cm . This will not crowd the inner guard and touch your hand.  The whole unit has a thickness of only 1.2 cm.


Personalize

The front face is sticker friendly. You can affix transparent stickers of your club or country.

Reliable Radio

Uses a simple and very reliable 433 MHz radio transceiver.   Unlike Bluetooth and Wi-Fi there is less radio traffic on these frequencies.   There is no complex data addressing and frequency hopping.  No delay in hit detection or lock out signaling in areas with lots of smartphones like malls or exhibition areas.  5 channels allow up to 5 active pistes.  (A 315 MHz radio option will allow another set of 5 pistes to operate)

Long Life Battery

Onboard LiPo rechargeable battery lasts more than 4 hours of actual fencing and up to 12 days in standby.   The unit will go on standby automatically if no hit is detected for 8 mins.   Batteries will deteriorate over the years but will still remain useful even if the actual fencing time has degraded to say 2 hours per full charge.

Unit can be serviced for battery replacement


No Sweat

Guard hit cancellation functions sometimes confuse sweaty jackets as metallic parts and sporadically will not register a hit.  We decided not to employ guard cancellation functions.  When the guard is hit, this will be detected as a hit.  Guard hits do not happen often and is fairly apparent when it does.  This can be resolved by the umpire or simple fencer honesty.  The device operation however will not be affected by any amount of sweat.

FIE timing compliant

Point depression duration and Lock out timing follow current FIE specifications.

Unit can be serviced if there are rule changes.


 email: info@bohnwireless.com

email us if you want to get a user manual.

email us if you want put your club or country logo on the device.  Some terms apply

email us for any info, we usually respond within the day.

Technical specifications


Actual Operation time:

Battery lasts up to 4 hours of actual fencing.

Standby detection:

System will go on standby if no hit is detected for about 8 minutes.

Standby time:

Battery lasts up to 12 days on standby time.

Charging port:

USB type C

Light reactivity:

When a touch is detected, hit light will turn on within 1 millisecond.

Buzzer reactivity:

When a touch is detected, the buzzer will activate within 40 milliseconds

Lock out wait time:

40 milliseconds (Compliant to FIE timing specifications).

Hit sensitivity:

Point must be depressed for at least 2 to 10 milliseconds. (Compliant to FIE timing specifications).

Radio frequency:

433 MHz (315MHz available on request)

5 channels

Guard Cancelation:

None

Weight:

39 grams