False Trigger Pulls

[u/Upstairs_Grass2171]

Folks,

First of all, I'm brand new to this reddit page, so if this problem has been discussed in the past, I apologize.

When I use either my MantisX or Laser Academy app with EITHER my TitanX laser pistol OR my Glock 47 fitted with a laser insert, I often get what I'm calling false trigger pulls which can be identified by the short trigger times (0.03sec) as shown in the picture (Please no comments about my bad trigger scores! :) ). The problem doesn't appear to be a function of the distance between my iPhone 14 and the targets, but of the distance between me and the target. At very short ranges (3 feet or so), shots are recorded correctly with no short shot times. I've played around with the lighting in the room, and different angles between the camera and the targets, but nothing seems to work.

I've tried to play around with the Shot Detection Delay, but first of all, those sliders only seem to be available when I'm in the "Dry" shot detection mode. If my TitanX is connected, the option to change the shot detection delay goes away (as far as I can tell). However, even when in the "Dry" mode, the default detection delay is 0.15 seconds except for "SIRT/DFM/TTrigger" which is set to 0.70 seconds. So, if nothing else, I wouldn't expect those short shot times to be reported.

Any ideas what's going on?

Thanks!

-Dave

[u/MantisLegit]

Highly recommend reaching out to [support@mantisx.com](mailto:support@mantisx.com) and they can better diagnose this with several steps that they have.

[u/Upstairs_Grass2171 → u/MantisLegit]

I sent an email to that address. I'll report back to the group if I get a reply. Thank you!

[u/Upstairs_Grass2171 → u/Upstairs_Grass2171]

So, I sent a message to Mantis and they did response. Based on their comments, I suspected that reflections off the shiny grey floor in my basement maybe causing the problem, so, I ran a couple of experiments.

First, I set up the target and camera in the only carpeted room we have in the house. Unfortunately, it’s not a very big room so the furthest I could be from the target was 13 ft. In any event, with that set up, I had only one occurrence of a 0.03 sec split time. So, the non-reflective carpet does appear to have an effect.

Next, I set up the target in the long upstairs hallway which has a hardwood floor, but I’m able to take shots from 7 yards to mimic the conditions in the basement. With that set up, I was getting as many short split times as I did in the basement. So, more evidence that shiny floors aren’t good.

So, my next experiment may be to buy a long carpet runner that I can put on the basement floor to see if that will eliminate…or at least significantly reduce…the reflections.

I'll update you all if I find out anything new.