Intellifeed Install, Step by Step

[Hep]

After reading numerous questions about how to install an Intellifeed on a Revy and never seeing a thorough instruction online I thought I'd walk through a recent upgrade and document/picture it for anyone wanting to know how.
First off these instructions are assuming you have diassembled you Revy before and have access to a soldering iron and solder.
Tools required (pictured):
#1 Phillips
Soldering iron
Resin Core Solder
Intellifeed Cord
Revy Hopper of course

[Hep]

Step 1
Remove the 8 screw holding the Revy together and making sure not to loose the lid spring, so you will now have this picture.

[Hep]

Step 2
Remove the board, servo, eye and attached wiring from the shell. Then remove the Servo/wiring from the Board and Eye so you have this.

[Hep]

These parts can be discarded now.

[Hep]

Step 3
Remove the 4 phillip screws from the bottom of the servo being carefull not to pull it all apart or you could have a mess on your hands. All you want to remove is the servo bottom with the 4 screws exposing the back of the motor. Using your soldering iron de-solder the 2 wires from the motor. There might be heat shrink tubing over the connections at the motor but simply push them up the wire or gently cut the shrink tubing off exposing the connection.

[Hep]

Step 4
Notice the red wire is opposite of the red dot on the motor on this install. The red wire on the intellifeed cord and the red wire on the Revy dont neccessarily have to match. Since this is a servo, switching the wires will only change the direction in which the motor spins.

[Hep]

Now put the servo bottom back on aligning the intellifeed cord into the groove on the servo bottom. It should look like this now.

[Hep]

Step 5
Now time to fit it back together, you can see by the picture I took the intellifeed cord and pushed it into one of the servo mounting holes that arent used and routed the cable the same way the old harness was routed. I found it easier to put the back side (cord side) of the servo in first then swing the front in, helps to prevent pinching the intellifeed cord in the 2 shell halves.

[Hep]

Step 6
Put the shells back together making sure the intellifeed cord is coming out of the bottom where the batteries used go.

[Hep]

Step 7
Fit it to your marker, plug in the intellifeed cord and try it out. Adding Team Backlash sticker is optional as you can put your team on there but results may vary then ; )

Hope this helps anyone wanting to know how this procedure is done.
Peace,
Hep

[C.Carles-AOG]

Good write-up. The way I did it, you can reverse it, and there's no soldering required. I also kept the door on, just used the soldering gun to burn a hole where the cable went through. Very neat.

[Hep]

This is also reversible just do everything in reverse... hopefully they still have the old parts.
I use just the intellifeed, so this is not for someone who wants to use it in conjunction with the Revy batteries and board. Just wanted to clear it up for anyone else wondering.
Thanks,
Hep

[C.Carles-AOG]

I meant that I still use the wiring harness and I don't solder straight onto the servo. Hence, if I wanted to "reverse" the conversion I can make it a regular revvy again. Sorry for the confusion.

[Hep]

No problem. I knew what you were talking about bro, I just didnt want anyone else to get confused :doh:

[C.Carles-AOG]

Good call. My mistake. Once again, good write up Hep. Members like you make this website work. Excellent exchange of useful knowledge.

[BOMOD]

Great job documenting ! ! !

I sent off a suggestion to WDP on how to avoid the soldering part of the job. An edited version of that letter is up right now at http://www.markandlucymiller.com/WDPLetter.htm . It shows how to do it without cutting or removing wires!

[C.Carles-AOG]

BOMOD, I did something very similar. Works great! Very easy to go back to regular Revy.

[docraylope]

Great presentation! Thanks for the info!

[WarriorofChrist]

Hep, great article......and nice pics as well.

Do u know if this same procedure will work on the Rickochet 2K? It has alot more bells and whistles...timers, counter, and such, and I didn't know if it was the same voltage or not, and did not want to mess up my Angel:-) (this hopper runs on one 9V)

[Hep]

Originally posted by WarriorofChrist
Hep, great article......and nice pics as well.

Do u know if this same procedure will work on the Rickochet 2K? It has alot more bells and whistles...timers, counter, and such, and I didn't know if it was the same voltage or not, and did not want to mess up my Angel:-) (this hopper runs on one 9V)
Not sure but I doubt it since the Rico has the timer/counter which Im assuming you want to still work? Unless the Rico drops the battery voltage down to 6 volts from 9. Then you might be able to make it work but also running your IR3 battery down even faster than a Revy since your powering additional circuits with the Rico. But if your using an IR3 or LCD then you already have a timer and counter. So then all you have to do is solder the intellifeed cord onto the Rico servo and I see that method working.
Later,
Hep

[adrenalizer]

I was wondering if there was a way to get the revy to spin on every shot with the intellifeed? I have read posts where people say they did it but dont tell how :( Or is there a way to keep the feed tube eye working with an intellifeed???

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[Hep]

If you have an IR3 its programmable to spin on every shot (A1). If you have an LCD I think Cobra makes a board so it will spin with every shot also.

[Benfrain]

Hep, thanks very much for posting this thread. I'd ordered the intellifeed and didn't have a clue how to fit it onto a 12v revy.

I did it the way you descrbed except I didn't bother soldering. I just cut the original wires, stripped them back and twisted them onto the stripped intellifeed wires and taped them up - it works a treat.

I didn't even have an x-board revy, which I guess doesn't even make a difference if you are using intellifeed??

What are the best timer settings to set on the IR3?

Thanks once again - I wouldn't have known were to begin...

[Hep]

On both of my IR3's its set at A1 (every trigger pull) and .2 seconds for the spin time. Works great, I originally had it set for .1 seconds but that only rotated the impellar about 1/2-2/3 rotation which was I found not quit enough. So I moved to the .2 seconds setting. And as you found out it doesnt matter what kind of Revy board you had previously since it is now bypassed.
Hope that helps,
Hep

[Benfrain]

Yes, funnily enough that's exactly how I'd set it but haven't had chance to test it yet. Have a game this weekend so I'll see then.

Cheers - Ben

[SupAirBall]

thanks so much, it really worked :) i was worried that id screw it up but i didnt... its a bit slower than my x board though :(

heres a pic of my angel/with the intellfeed. THANKS TO ADRENALIN FOR THE AWSOME ANNO!

[SupAirBall]

hehe:puzzled:

[ShadowsOfTheFallen]

could i do this to a Halo and have enough power from my angel to turn the halo???

[cairo [555]]

I don't really get it.

if understand you correctly, then it would not mather if i would buy myself a 9V revy or a 12V revy?
cause you solder the wires directly to your servo.
which will feed the servo only 6V because that's what the angel delivers to the servo.

another question is there a different servo in the 9v or the 12v?
or just the board and number of batteries?

Cheers.

Cairo [555]

[Emmit]

cairo...you're correct. What you have to do is you unsolder the wires from the posts on the motor, and resolder the new intellifeed wires. You then remove all the rest of the junk inside the hopper so you're running the motor directly and the motor is the same in all the revs to my knowledge.

[SupAirBall]

hmm i was playin at splatterpark the other day with my intellefeed installed.... and for some reason its breaking paint in my hopper. I realize if there is paint in my hopper, its probibly from chopping. Well my gun has NEVER chopped before! NEVER!!!!! Now this intellefeed isnt fast enough. I thought it would spin as fast as I could shoot. My xboard = faster. Is it possible to re-install my xboard stuff, and would it work just fine?

[SupAirBall]

its only prolly averaging at 9/11 balls per second, go over that, and its goes chop crazy!

[Emmit]

it depends on whether or not you're using an IR3. With the LCD's and LED's you had to hit a certain ROF before it would activate. With the IR3, you can program it.

[SupAirBall]

yeah.. i want an IR3 but not sellin my lcd, my current lcd is prolly the best gun ive ever owned, never been happier, accept for what the intellefeed done.

[cairo [555]]

Are there many players out there using intelli, as it is slower then a standard 12V revy + x-board and other padles?

then the standard 6V "angel" hopper ;)
(i mean by this, the hopper servo which is connect only to your intellifeed).

[SupAirBall]

its not slower than a stock revy. its slower than an xboard (IF ITS ON AN LCD) I think i know what it was, I was wonderin, shells covered in paint (insides), breech goozin, barrel full, know what I noticed? I went through all my pods... and i noticed the pods I used that day had paint all over the insides of them.. Weird.. maybee there was some broken paint that I didnt see before I put it in my pods.. if so, that would explain why my revy is covered, my gun wasnt actin right, and such.. we will see :) I have a tourney this weekend, if it screws up that day, then its the intellefeed, if not, then its not :)

[cairo [555]]

oooh ok, now i get it (at least i think :D ) the 12V delivers 6V to the board in the revy, and 6V to the servo.

The 9V version uses part of the 9V for the board the other for the engine..

right?

So when you use the standard 12V your servo would run just as fast with the intellifeed (6V) because that is what is normally gets from the battery's in the hopper itself.

however if you user the X-board setup, then the X-board sends somehow more power to the engine so it will run, lets say at 12 volt ? :D

hmmmm it's early in the morning so i am not really awake right now :( :D

See ya.

[JimmerJammer]

how do i get my ir3 to make the hopper spin 1/2 spin everytime i pull the trigger?

[Emmit]

you have to play with the time settings. I think it's about .1 tho

[dowmace]

thanks for the step by step couldn't complete the intellifeed install without it thanks man

[paintplayer30]

hello
i have a 2000 lcd C&C angel
i wanna put a intellifeed on my angel setup
why is this setup better than using the revy on the 2 9vs
and runs off the angel battery does it run the battery down on the angel faster
also where did ya get the intellifeed cord and where it plug into on my angel
please let me know asap anyone (HEP) especially
thanx david

[angel2k3boy]

any 1 know how to make a home made intelifeed or a site that shows how?

[DCB]

I was reading my manual (I know ...what a concept ..hehe), and it says the the LCD will turn after you reach 2bps and spin for 2 sec. It also say "when in enhanced modes the hopper agitate on the first shot". What are they talking about?
Thanks

[Emmit]

if you're in any mode other than semi it spins at teh first pull, reason being that all other modes are at minimum 2bps or greater.

[DCB]

Wow...that makes sense! Sorry for being so dense....

[Hep]

Originally posted by paintplayer30
hello
i have a 2000 lcd C&C angel
i wanna put a intellifeed on my angel setup
why is this setup better than using the revy on the 2 9vs
and runs off the angel battery does it run the battery down on the angel faster
also where did ya get the intellifeed cord and where it plug into on my angel
please let me know asap anyone (HEP) especially
thanx david

Sorry about the late response player30 but better setup is debatable on an LCD. It spins slower but its a proactive in that it will spin once you hit 2 bps on your LCD so it doesnt wait for a gap in paint flow like a revy. Yes it runs your battery down but you can usually go a whole tourney weekend and not worry about it. The sponsors on this site Im sure have just the cords seperate (appx $20)

[Big_Burn]

Has any one tried to hook up a warp feed into the intelli feed connectoe if so how i would like to warp my angel...but i dont wont to do what airgun designs says to do buy striping the lcd board power wire...thnx

Big Burn

[marcis]

can I use an intellifeed with two 9-volt baterries in a REVY for my angel??

[Emmit]

no that kind of defeats the purpose of the intellifeed. It runs of the Angels battery and doesn't use 9v anymore.

[marcis]

cause I want to be able to run my own batteries...
and I only want to use the option: every trigger pool Hopper turns....

[Emmit]

it's a 1 or the other, there's no in between.......sorry man

[metuz]

well yes you can use your batteries in the revolution.. this is an old howto but it works like a charm..

http://www.g3pb.com/intellifeed_wiring.html

[BONES]

Very nice write up.

[Hep]

Originally posted by metuz
well yes you can use your batteries in the revolution.. this is an old howto but it works like a charm..

http://www.g3pb.com/intellifeed_wiring.html

You're are correct metuz this system you posted has been out for some time. The only real advantage is that if for some reason the intellifeed stopped spinning and didnt load a stack of balls in your feed tube the revy would catch that and do so. Its kinda a best of both worlds, I have a teammate that uses this same setup on his Dark IR3 but once he get rocking the trigger it still wont keep up sometimes (insert Halo here). Basically this is for a person not hosing lots of paint and wants a lighter weight rig (ie front player). I by no mean recommend it for a player who shoots pods of paint in a minute. :doh:
Hep

[lost06boys]

if i buy intellifeed for my revvy will it keep up much faster then w/o it? will it keep up good enough? do u recoment getting a different propeller?

[Hep]

Originally posted by lost06boys
if i buy intellifeed for my revvy will it keep up much faster then w/o it? will it keep up good enough? do u recoment getting a different propeller?

I'd probably say no but it depends of what marker your using it on and how fast you shoot. The IR3 will be able to utilize the intellifeed better than a LCD (stock board) since the IR3 has more adjustments in that respect. And either way you go I recommend the JMJ impellar for it.
Hep

[Angel4647]

When I bought my Angel LED long ago I had the "Smart Mod" done to my revy by an electronics guy. It allowed my revy to still use two 9volts but act as an intellifeed and not use any power from the gun.

It has more power due to running off of two 9volts instead of the 6 volts from the gun.

The eye also still works in the loader so a gap will still set it off and so do your trigger pulls from the gun.

It worked well, but I have still upgraded to an egg with z board. The z board egg feeds much faster.

Still got my old "smart intellifeed" loader though. Although it's collecting dust now that I got my eggII with z.

[C.Carles-AOG]

I'm looking for a way to intellifeed the EggII on my LCD. We'll see, Russ from www.xtremepsi.com is going to hook it up hopefully.

[zerokool]

I saw on PBN something about intellifeed with an evoII.. Any ideas? I would like to do it with my dark

[Hep]

Using an Evo with intellifeed. At that point you're just using you intellifeed to give your Evo a signal to spin and you dont want the Angels battery to have to actually move the impellar. Same with the Speed and A4 the intellifeed is just there to signal for your other battery powered hopper to turn on its own batteries (9 volts)
Hope that clarifies things,
Hep

[goldengun5]

i bought a used LCe with intellifeed. Whens its hooked up the loader spins when u go over 3 bps, and uses batteries from the hopper. The wire goes out side the loader, and can be used as a regular revy. When the wheel spins it spins for 3 seconds. Is there a way i can change this so it spins sooner and fo less time . thanks

[MoogLe]

that's only possible on ir3's and later as far as i know,

you could get an ir3 board and put that in your lcd and then it would be possible

[JonnyQwest]

Ok guys, any new word on the Halo intellifeed mod for the post IR3 Gen. of angel (speed,4,fly4,force). I have seen all the videos and it looks sweet. I had my Egg intellifed for my fly IR3 and i realy liked it. Any new word on this new mod?

I thought this would be the best place to ask vice starting a whole new thread.

Laterz
JQ

[Hep]

Just hang on bro it's in the works so save a little cash back. Absolutely RIPPS!!! Well worth the wait and that's all I can say :bigok:

[JonnyQwest]

Thanks Hep

I am very excited.

Also please read and respond to my posted question in one off the threads Emmit started in the:

Loaders/air systems/barrels -- "reloader B ....like all the glittered shell ...but talk about design flaw" on page 2

( I do not know how to Quote from another thread...sorry)

I am very curious about this. I am sure all of you have thought this out and have resolved it already. But if not, you may want to.
Thanks

Laterz
JQ

[Hep]

without looking if it has to do with the priming and no shots it was a one time deffective type deal from what I gathered. Long story but made sense. Either way that will have no bearing on the intellifeed Halo but to clarify one thing you will still need your Halo batteries to power the loader. Thats all I can say and you won't be dissapointed.
Hep

[JonnyQwest]

I know you guys have your sh*t together. I look forward to it

Laterz
JQ

[kidcopone]

is it possible to install the intellfeed to work with the rico apache?

would it install the same way as the revy?

Has is been attempted? was there a difference in operation of the hopper?

I think i want to attempt it, any ideas or tips?

Thanks

[Hep]

Im pretty sure it can be done but I have not tried it. Basically you can use the same technique for doing the Halo's and Evo's, not too sure it would do much for that particular hopper though.

[hanibal829]

Do you also have to have a Wire connecting to the lcd board???

[MoogLe]

Do you also have to have a Wire connecting to the lcd board???
that comes with an intellifeed sight rail, so yes

[DarkHope]

I seriously dont understand the purpose of getting an intellifeed if your still going to be using batterys...Its like uhhhh, we already can get our loaders to feed 30+bps, what good is the intellifeed?...and dont gime that nonsence its more reliable, reloaders are plenty reliable, and shoot any kind of paint

[hanibal829]

no batterys in the hoppers=lighter hopper

[Blues Clues]

In my revvy, using batteries makes it faster. Thats for sure. Especially with the x-board. Just put the wires where the ir breakbeam wires are instead. Instead of powering the servo, youll be telling the board to do it, making it use all 12v or 16v from your batteries, making it faster than your 9v or so angel batteries

[Hep]

I seriously dont understand the purpose of getting an intellifeed if your still going to be using batterys...Its like uhhhh, we already can get our loaders to feed 30+bps, what good is the intellifeed?...and dont gime that nonsence its more reliable, reloaders are plenty reliable, and shoot any kind of paint

You'll see in the end. And if your happy with your current set up then thats fine and this mods not for you :notsure: its just another alternative for some.

[Evil Drew M]

The old links are dead so could someone give me a quick rundown on how to install the Intellifeed cable into a Rev X so that it is still using the hopper's power circuitry?

Also - I was thinking about this. I race RC cars. I can tell you from experience that the servo in these hoppers is slow. Would there be any benefit to putting a faster servo into one of these things? It is simple to modify an RC servo to run continuously in 1 direction. Would spinning the impeller faster make any difference in overall performance?

[Blues Clues]

To keep your batteries and use intelifeed do the following. Take out your IR sensor, and I forget exactly which two wires from the IR sensor (there might only be two, its been months since I did it). You can plug in your intelifeed to all the possible sets and figure it out. That basically makes your intelifeed signal interpreted as the IR signal and itll spin. This way will spin the paddles faster than if you powered the motor directly from the intelifeed.

[Evil Drew M]

That's what I figured but wanted to be sure.

Thanks for the clarification.

[Evil Drew M]

If anyone is interested, the 2 wires you connect to are the green and the yellow if you want to retain your 12V system on a Rev X.

[black13]

thank you

[rossy11223]

Hello,
I have a Tippmann 98c and a revvy. I was told to come here for help on intellifeeding. I know you would put a switch behind your trigger so everytime you pull the trigger, it hits the switch. What I am confused about is wiring everything up. I know that I would be keeping the x-board and batteries in the revvy. Does anyone have any idea on how to do this? Any help would be greatly apreciated.

[BALLER IN AJ]

seems kind of silly to me but my intelli wire has three wires red green and blue..anyone else have this?

[shog1]

WOW!-I've been searching EVERYWHERE to find how to remove my intelli feed and return my Revy back to standard to use on my '68 Auto-mag(old skool)........top posting-thanks(by the way-my IR3 has had a spitfire upgrade-been gas flowed and it still rips with the best of them!)Long live IR3s!!!