Blamcon IR LED Emitters

Required for All IR Light Guns

All Infrared light guns require emitters to operate, as do our Blamcons, the front of the light gun is an IR positioning camera that uses the emitters to track its position in 3D space.

There are 3 main configurations for these LEDs: Blamcon bars. Four corners, and crosshair. Blamcon works with all three of these configurations, but we highly recommend the Blamcon bars as they have the best balance of ease of use and tracking area.

To use crosshair and four corners you need to use 4 Blamcon IR modules and for the Blamcon Bars you just need two blamcon IR bars, which have two emitters build into each, this works up to a 65 inch. For those using TVs 75 inches or larger, we have a larger Blamcon mega bar which has been tested reliably on a 120 inch projector screen.

Features

Options to support ALL ir based light guns
High Powered LEDs for the best play experience
powered from a single 500ma USB port or 5V
Blamcon bars are easy to use and install
Blamcon modules Support multiple LED configurations
Multiple mounting options to fit your needs
Complete DIY or use premade Blamcon emitters

Common LED IR Arrangements

Blamcon Bars

If you are building a Blamcon, the bars are by far the best way to go. They will give you the best play area and are the easiest to mount properly. bars are easy to center and are the cleanest way to set up your IR emitters and are perfect for screens up to 55″.

Blamcon Modules in Four Corners Configuration

If you need compatibility with other light gun systems this may be for you. Blamcon emitters can be moved to the corners, edges, or anywhere you need them to be. They are harder to set up and center but they do give you a wider range of options if you have another light gun system that needs it. Blamcon light guns themselves will work with any of these configurations.

Blamcon Modules in Crosshair Configuration

Crosshair pattern is for compatibility with third party systems and is the hardest to mount. We do not recommend using this config only for Blamcon. Make sure you change your IR settings to crosshair in the free Blamcon ARC utility on steam.

To Lens or Not to Lens

The IR camera used in Blamcon is 4:3 at 30 degrees. Adding a lens to your light gun will give it 64 degrees. While this is good for playing closer it reduces accuracy at long ranges and can introduce some distortion, which can be corrected for in Blamcon ARC.

Light Gun Calibration Distances

Note that you can get closer after calibration as Blamcon uses predictive tracking to keep a smooth operation even when it can only see two IR points. The distances below are the distances were the camera sees 4 points at all times, including the corners. Once calibrated you can generally play closer than these distances.

TV Size	Distance	With Lens
24″	1.3m 4.3ft	.6m 2ft
32″	1.5m 5ft	.8m 2.6ft
43″	2.3m 7.5ft	1m 3.2ft
55″	2.6m 8.5ft	1.1m 3.8ft
65″	3.1m 10ft	1.3m 4.3ft
75″	3.8m 12.5ft	1.6m 5.2ft
85″	4m 13ft	1.7m 5.5ft
105″	4.9m 16ft	2.1m 7ft
120″	5.6m 18.4ft	2.4m 8ft