It seems this question always comes up concerning the ESP classic e-frame; "How do I find the settings for the dip switches?" This for the most part due to lost manuals, acquiring the frame through a trade or a simple glitch of memory. I will provide a chart, some direction and a small bit of history concerning these antiquated e-frames so you can always come here to refresh your memory. 

A Little History and General Information

The ESP classic e-frame was the first sear tripping e-frame released by Kingman back in the year 2002. This e-frame came installed as the trigger frame firing mechanism of the E-99, Flash and AMG markers, Kingman's pilot electro's. The electronic board in the frame was equipped with a dip switch to choose which modes and what rate of fire you wanted to use while operating the markers. Moving these switches up or down in specific combinations, distinguishes which mode or rate of fire the board programing is set to. A solid window and window with a cutout were supplied with the frame that fit in the plastic grips so you could visually see the lighted LED when the marker was turned on. The window with the cutout was supplied so you could access these dip switches to change rate of fire and modes without having to remove the grips. The solid window was used to prevent easy access to these switches for tourney play. At the time, all this was cutting edge technology and put Kingman as the forerunners of the stacked tube blowback market. Offering these markers for less than $200 made that task even more simplified.

Operation

Though someone that had not used one of these e-frames before might think so, this is really not rocket science. You could probably sit down and tinker with the switches and find out exactly how they affect the functions of the frame.

Switches 1 - 4 set the rate of fire. Rather than using one's and zero's as Kingman did on their original chart which was a bit confusing, we'll just simplify and use 'up' or 'down' instead.

Rate of Fire	Switch Number & Position
	Switch1	Switch2	Switch3	Switch4
5 bps	Down	Down	Down	Down
6 bps	Up	Down	Down	Down
7 bps	Down	Up	Down	Down
8 bps	Up	Up	Down	Down
9 bps	Down	Down	Up	Down
10 bps	Up	Down	Up	Down
11 bps	Down	Up	Up	Down
12 bps	Up	Up	Up	Down
13 bps	Down	Down	Down	Up

 Switches 5 & 6 are used to set the 4 modes which are semi-auto(one shot per pull), 3 and 6 shot burst and full auto.

Mode	Switch Number & Position
	Switch5	Switch6
Semi	Up	Up
3 Shot	Down	Up
6 Shot	Up	Down
Full Auto	Down	Down

As an example of these settings, look at the photograph above and refer to the provided charts. You'll see that switches 1 - 3 are in the 'down' position and switch 4 is in the 'up' position. This means that the rate of fire is set at 13 balls per second. Switches 5 & 6 are both set in the 'up' position which means that the mode is set in semi-auto.

Technical Information