Rapier V1
Laser Gaming Mouse
User Guide
English
2
We
l
come 3
Whats in the Pack
3
Key Features 3
y
Button Assignment 3
g
Rapier V1 Installation 4
p
p
S
o
f
tware Introduction
4
Rapier V1 Gamer Toolkit 4
p
p
Funtion Assignment
5
Kee
p
shot function
5
Emulate Keyboard
6
Emu
l
ate HID
7
S
cript
7
Scri
p
t Pro
g
rammin
g
in More Detai
l
8
Inter
f
ace
8
Exam
pl
e 9
DPI Level Up / Down 9
Rapier V1 Feature Confi gure 9
pg
pg
U
S
B Report Rate 1
0
De
l
a
y
Time Base Unit 10
Resolution Level 1
0
My Favourite Profi le 10
y
y
Q
&
A 11
Technical Support 11
pp
Limited Warranty Terms 11
y
WEEE Not
i
ce 11
FCC Compliance 12
p
CE Dec
l
aration - EC DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY 1
2
RoHS Compliance 12
p
C
ontents
3
W
e
l
co
m
e
!
W
elcome to the Verbatim Rapier V1 Laser Gaming Mouse. The Rapier V1 o
ff
ers you 3200dpi laser precision and is designed
f
or use with
all game types. With on board data store technology macro, keyboard, and mouse
f
unctions can be saved directly to the Rapier V1 and
t
ransferred from PC to PC without the need of the Gamin
g
Software.
I
t comes with 7
p
ro
g
rammable buttons allowin
g
y
ou to easil
y
set
y
our
p
rofi les for
y
our favourite
g
ames.
N
ote:
R
apier V1 has two modes; standard and gaming mode. The 7 buttons can be rede
fi
ned in gaming mode and all the de
fi
nitions are saved directly to the mouse
.
1
.
The ‘click’ and ‘select’
f
unction is attached to the le
f
t button (Button 1) and must always exist. To rede
fi
ne this button another button on the mouse has to be rede
fi
ned as the le
f
t
2
.
b
utton
.
W
h
at’s in t
h
e Pac
k
R
a
p
ier V1 Laser
G
amin
g
Mouse
•
M
ouse Carr
y
p
ouc
h
•
W
eight pouc
h
•
Q
uick
S
tart
G
uide•
C
D ROM containing Gamer Toolkit So
f
tware & User Guide•
K
ey
F
eature
s
9 Button Laser Gaming mous
e
•
7
programma
bl
e
b
utton
s
•
Adjustable dpi setting: 800 - 3200 dpi ‘on the fl y’ sensitivity adjustmen
t
•
7
d
p
i settin
g
s available via the software: 400 - 3200d
p
i
•
W
ei
g
ht ad
j
ustment for
y
our
p
referred set u
p
(5 x removable 4.5
g
ram wei
g
hts
)
•
S
u
pp
orts 3
g
rou
p
macro settin
g
directl
y
to the mouse (3 scri
p
ts)•
G
old plated USB connecto
r
•
F
rame rate: up to 7,800 FPS (
f
rames per second
)
•
T
rac
k
ing spee
d
: up to 65 IPS (inc
h
es per secon
d
)
•
Acce
l
eration: 20
G
•
H
otke
y
desi
g
n for ‘Tri
p
le Click’ function
•
USB full s
p
eed / Ad
j
ustable USB re
p
ort rate: 125~1,000 Hz
•
B
utton Ass
ig
nment
There are 9 buttons of the Ra
p
ier V1. The buttons defi nitions are as follow:
T
riple Click Button
Lef
t B
u
tt
o
n
D
PI In
d
i
ca
t
or
R
i
gh
t Button
I
E B
ack
w
a
r
ds
Mi
ddl
e Button / Scro
ll
W
h
ee
l
S
witch / DPI Toggle Switc
h
Mode
S
Mode Indicato
r
IE F
o
rw
a
r
ds
4
R
apier V1 Installatio
n
The Rapier V1 Laser Gaming Mouse is a USB mouse. It has plug ‘n’ play
f
unctionality however
f
or optimum per
f
ormance it is advised that the
USB p
l
ug is connecte
d
d
irect
l
y to t
h
e PC or
l
aptop, an
d
not via a USB Hu
b.
The fi rst time
y
ou install Ra
p
ier V1 switch off
y
our PC / la
p
to
p
,
p
lu
g
in Ra
p
ier V1 and then switch on
y
our PC.
No
t
e
:
R
apier V1 has on board memory so
f
or data trans
f
er it is recommend that it is plugged directly into the USB port o
f
the P
C
1
.
If
your computer do not support USB 2.0 please reduce the USB report rate to 125Hz in the ‘Feature Con
fi
g’ section o
f
the Gamer Toolkit So
f
tware
2
.
S
oftware Introduction
The software is an auto run CD. Please follow the steps below to install
:
I
nsert the CD into CD-ROM drive; the installation menu will be executed automaticall
y
. (If the auto-run does not function itself, double-click
1.
t
he “setu
p
.exe” icon in CD fi les.
)
T
he setup program will guide you through the installation step by ste
p
2
.
N
ote:
B
efore runnin
g
the
p
ro
g
ram, make sure the mouse is connected with the com
p
uter.1
.
R
a
p
ier V1 Gamer Toolkit
There are two modes built into Ra
p
ier V1, standard mode and
g
amin
g
mode. In standard mode Ra
p
ier V1 is a standard 7 button laser mouse
w
ith ability to switch
f
rom 800 dpi to 3200dpi. In gaming mode the
f
unctions o
f
these 7 buttons can be rede
fi
ned. All the rede
fi
ned data will
be stored on Rapier V1’s internal memory. You can use the same
f
unctions you saved on Rapier V1
f
rom PC to PC without the need o
f
the
Gamin
g
Software.
N
ote:
The ‘click’ and ‘select’ function is attached to the left button (Button 1) and must always exist. To redefi ne this button another button on the mouse has to be redefi ned as the left1
.
b
utton
.
5
F
unction Assignmen
t
Under each button are the
f
ollowing
f
unctions you can assign to the button:
Button Keep S
h
ot
•
Emu
l
ate
d
Key Boar
d
•
Em
ula
t
ed
HID
•
S
cri
p
t #
A
•
S
cri
p
t # B•
S
cript #
C
•
DPI (+)•
DPI (-
)
•
L B
u
tt
on
•
R
Bu
tt
o
n
•
Wheel Button•
IE Backward Butto
n
•
IE Forward Button•
D
i
sab
l
e
B
u
tt
on
•
These
f
unctions appear under the drop down menu on each button
.
K
eep shot
f
unction
A
.
I
n Gamin
g
mode, the kee
p
shot function can be assi
g
ned to an
y
button of Ra
p
ier V1. You can set the number of shots
y
ou re
q
uire b
y
one
button click, and the interval time between each shot taken on the mouse click. Set as
f
ollow:
Choose a button and select the
f
unction “Button Keep Shot”.
1
.
Defi
n
e
a
bu
tt
o
n t
o
e
m
u
l
a
t
e
.
2
.
6
S
elect the number of shot
s
3
.
S
e
l
ect t
h
e interva
l
time
4.
*
Delay time setting is the basic interval time o
f
two actions,
suc
h
as 2 s
h
ots. Sma
ll
er num
b
er means s
h
orter time
.
*
Interval time = Dela
y
Time Base Unit 4ms
P
ress “App
l
y” to active new setting.5.
E
mulate keyboar
d
B
.
I
n gaming mode, the entire button can be assigned as a keyboard command, the single command or a compound command. The process is
as
fo
ll
o
w
.
C
hoose a button and select the
f
unction o
f
“Emulated
1
.
K
ey
b
oar
d
”
.
I
nput the command by keyboard.
2
.
(
Using “C
l
ear” can c
l
ear t
h
e comman
d)
P
ress “A
pply
” to active new settin
g
.
3
.
7
E
mulated HI
D
C
.
R
apier V1 can emulate consumer control device (Human Inter
f
ace Device, HID) by speci
fi
c code.
The process is as
f
ollow.
Choose a button and select the function of “ Emulated Hid”
1.
S
elect a
f
unction or Input the speci
fi
c code.
2
.
P
ress “App
l
y” to active new setting.
3
.
No
t
e
:
The code can be
f
ound in HID table. PDF. (EX. 0x221 is “Search”
f
unction), some o
f
the code was limited by system.
1
.
S
crip
t
D
.
This
f
unction looks like “Macro”, but is much more power
f
ul than Macro. Rapier V1 upgrades the Macro into “Script”, to save a series o
f
mouse
and keyboard movement into a button. The movement include: the mouse movement, mouse scrolling movement, button clicks, keyboard
commands and compound commands. The Rapier V1 can store 3 groups o
f
scripts. Via the Rapier V1 utility, these 3 group scripts can be
edited at the same time and saved on the Ra
p
ier V1 hardware. The function remains built into the mouse even when
y
ou chan
g
e to a different
PC.
Choose a button and select the function of “Scri
p
t #A” (or #B,
1.
#C
)
8
S
elect the operation mode.
2
.
M
o
d
e exp
l
anation
:
L
oop (R): The command will be executed cyclically after you
•
p
ress an
d
re
l
ease t
h
e
b
utton. C
l
ic
k
t
h
e
b
utton a
g
ain to sto
p
it.
O
ne-Shot (P): The command will be executed when
y
ou
p
ress•
t
he button
.
O
ne-Shot (R): The command will be executed a
f
ter you press•
a
n
d
r
elease
t
he
bu
tt
o
n
.
H
o
ld
(1-S
h
ot): T
h
e comman
d
wi
ll
b
e execute
d
w
h
i
l
e
y
ou
p
ress
•
a
nd hold the button.
L
oo
p
(P): The command will be executed b
y
c
y
clicall
y
when•
you press the button
.
H
old (Loop): The command will be executed cyclically when•
you press an
d
h
o
ld
t
h
e
b
utton.
2-P
h
ase: You can com
b
ine two comman
d
s
g
rou
p
s,
g
rou
p
1 wi
ll
•
b
e executed when
p
ress the button,
g
rou
p
2 will be executed
wh
e
n r
e
l
ease
th
e
bu
tt
o
n. Y
ou
m
us
t in
se
rt “P
ause
”
co
mm
a
n
d
b
etween groun
d
1 an
d
2.
S
etup t
h
e LED in
d
icator
.
3
.
P
ress “A
pply
” to active new settin
g
.
4.
T
hen
g
o to “Scri
p
t Pro
g
rammin
g
”
p
a
g
e.
5
.
S
cri
p
t Pro
g
rammin
g
in more
d
etai
l.
I
nt
e
r
f
a
ce
I
n
p
ut Area: command in
p
ut area. All the
p
rocess of command in
p
ut or movement will be in
p
ut in this area.•
L
oad Area: load script
fi
le
f
rom
fi
le or mouse.•
E
dit Area: modi
f
y script process or description. •
S
ave Area: save script process or description into
fi
le or mouse.
•
3
g
rou
p
scri
p
t
s
X
,
Y: -32768 ~ +32767 avai
l
a
bl
e
Re
p
eat, Insert De
l
a
y
time: 1 ~ 255
availabl
e
9
E
xample
D
e
fi
ne a button
f
or “Script #A” in Buttons Con
fi
gure page then go to “Script Programming” page to create a script.
1
.
T
ick “String Input Method”, then key-in “Good Morning” and click “Add Script”, you will see the result in “A Edit Area” like the picture. I
f
you
2
.
want to delete some scri
p
ts, click “Delete from Scri
p
t”. If
y
ou want to chan
g
e the existin
g
scri
p
ts, then click “Create New Scri
p
t”
C
l
ic
k
“To Mouse” to save
y
our comman
d
to t
h
e mouse
d
irect
ly
.
3
.
N
ote:
You can use the same wa
y
to defi ne the command for mouse button or combine the ke
y
board and mouse command as well.1
.
D
PI
l
eve
l
u
p
/
d
own
E.
You can set this
f
unction to any button on Rapier V1. There are 4 hardware based DPI levels in Rapier V1.
R
apier V1 Feature Con
fi
gure
This part is the core control
f
eatures o
f
Rapier V1. In here, the resolution, LED control, delay time base unit, USB report rate can be modi
fi
ed.
10
U
S
B Re
p
ort rate
A.
The USB report rate can be adjusted
f
rom 125Hz to 1,000Hz.
No
t
e
:
S
ome com
p
uters do not su
pp
ort USB 2.0 or hi
g
h re
p
ort rate. If this is the case
p
lease reduce the re
p
ort to 125Hz.1
.
A
fter chan
g
in
g
the USB Re
p
ort Rate settin
g
y
ou will need to reboot
y
our s
y
stem to activate the function.2
.
D
e
l
ay time
b
ase uni
t
B
.
I
s the basic interval time of two actions
,
such as 2 shots. The smaller the number means the shorter the time.
R
esolution level
C
.
4
levels o
f
resolution can be adjusted and saved
.
M
y Favourite Pro
fi
le
I
n “My Favourite Pro
fi
le” page, you may save the button
f
unctions in a pro
fi
le. For pro
fi
le set up, there are two di
ff
erent ways based on the
button function includin
g
the scri
p
ts or not includin
g
the scri
p
ts
.
P
rocess
f
or no Script pro
fi
le
:
Click “ADD” button to create a
p
rofi le. E.G. Hot Ke
y
, then
y
ou will see the
p
rofi le name in left and middle column
.
1.
Click “EDIT” button, and you will be automatically taken back to “Buttons Con
fi
gure” page. Please assign the button
f
unctions you want, E.G.
2
.
D
e
fi
ne “Button 4” to be “Ctrl + Alt + Del”
f
unction
,
and click the “APPLY” button.
N
ext time when
y
ou want to use this
p
rofi le,
y
ou
j
ust need to choose the
p
rofi le name in the Quick Switch Profi le List.
3
.
P
rocess
f
or Script pro
fi
le:
Click “ADD” button to create a
p
ro
fi
le.
1.
Click “EDIT” button, and you will be automatically taken back to “Buttons Con
fi
gure” page. Please assign the button
f
unctions you want, E.G.
2
.
D
e
fi
ne “Button 4” to be “Script A” then go to “Scripts Programming” page to de
fi
ne “Script A”. Don’t
f
orget to click “APPLY” to set.
W
hen you want to use this pro
fi
le, please
f
ollow up the instructions:
3
.
T
ic
k
“Wit
h
A
ll
Scri
p
ts” o
p
tion.
i.
C
hoose the
p
rofi le listed in middle column.
i
i
.
C
lick “Download” button then Scri
p
ts will be im
p
orted from s
y
stem to mouse hardware.
i
ii
.
If
you want to share the Button Pro
fi
le
f
or the other PC
,
select the Pro
fi
le
N
ame
,
an
d
c
l
ic
k
on “EXPORT” to
c
reate
p
rofi le settin
g
fi les. You can
c
opy these
fi
les to the other PC, and
cl
ic
k
on “IMP
O
RT” to a
dd
Button
P
r
o
fi l
es
li
s
t
.
11
Q&A
Q
.
B
e
f
ore I changed any
f
eatures the cursor does not work well on screen
?
An
s
.
:
P
lease check the mouse pad you are using. For optimum per
f
ormance use the Verbatim Rapier Gaming Mouse pad.
If
you are using a computer that does not support USB 2.0 reduce the USB report rate under the Features Con
fi
gure page on
t
h
e
so
ftw
a
r
e
.
Q:
W
hat are the indicator functions, and how can I tell the status of mouse?
An
s
There are 4 indicators in Rapier V1, the default setting are:
L
ocation
F
unction Co
l
ou
r
N
um
b
e
r
I
n
d
i
ca
t
or
Reso
l
u
ti
o
n in
d
i
ca
t
e
Bl
ue
3
I
n
d
i
ca
t
or
Mode
in
d
i
ca
t
e
R
ed
1
B
lue LED can be set as a
f
unction indicator by the so
f
tware.
R
ed LED means mouse is in
g
amin
g
mode. When the LED is off it is in standard use mode.
Q.
H
ow do I create a pro
fi
le with “De
f
ault Function”
?
A
ns O
p
en the software and do not chan
g
e an
y
thin
g.
Go to “M
y
Favourite Pro
fi
les”
p
a
g
e then click “ADD” button, create the
fi
le name “De
f
ault” then
y
ou will see a
p
ro
fi
le called
“
De
f
ault” in pro
fi
le list
.
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h
nica
l
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t
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ou are ex
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eriencin
g
diffi cult
y
installin
g
or usin
g
y
our Verbatim
p
roduct,
p
lease visit the main Verbatim Technical Su
pp
ort website at www.
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e.com. From this
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a
g
e
y
ou can access our librar
y
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F
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f
ound to comply with the limits
f
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f
the FCC Rules. These
limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harm
f
ul inter
f
erence in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses
and can radiate radio fre
q
uenc
y
ener
gy
and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, ma
y
cause harmful interference to
r
adio communications. However, there is no
g
uarantee that interference will not occur in a
p
articular installation. If this e
q
ui
p
ment does cause
harm
f
ul inter
f
erence to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment o
ff
and on, the user is encouraged
t
o try to correct the inter
f
erence by one or more o
f
the
f
ollowing measures
:
R
eorient or re
l
ocate t
h
e receiving antenna
.
I
ncrease t
h
e se
p
aration
b
etween t
h
e e
q
ui
p
ment an
d
receiver.
Connect the e
q
ui
p
ment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected.
Consult the dealer or an ex
p
erienced radio/TV technician for hel
p
.
C
E Declaration
EC
DE
C
LARATI
O
N
O
F
CO
NF
O
RMITY
I
t is hereb
y
declared that this
p
roduct com
p
lied with the essential
p
rotection re
q
uirements of Council Directive 2004/108/EC and its
amendments on the a
pp
roximation of the laws of the Member States relatin
g
to electroma
g
netic com
p
atibilit
y.
This declaration a
pp
lies to all s
p
ecimens manufactured identical to the model submitted for testin
g
/evaluation.
E
N
550
22 2
006
C
lass
B
E
N
6
1
000
-
3
-2 2
006
E
N 61000-3-3 1995 + A1 2001 + A2 2005
E
N 55024 1998 + A1 2001 + A2 200
3
I
EC 61000-4-2: 1995 + A2 2000
I
E
C
6
1
000
-4-
3
:
2002
I
E
C
6
1
000
-4-4:
200
4
I
E
C
6
1
000
-4-
5
: 1
995
+ A1
2000
I
E
C
6
1
000
-4-
6
: 199
6
+ A1 2
000
I
EC 61000-4-8: 1993 + A1 2000
I
EC 61000-4-11: 1994 + A1 200
0
R
oHS Comp
l
ianc
e
This product is in compliance with Directive 2002/95/EC o
f
the European Parliament and o
f
the Council o
f
27 January 2003, on the restriction
of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic e
q
ui
p
ment (RoHS) and its amendments.
THI
S
DEVI
C
E
CO
MPLIE
S
WITH PART 15
O
F THE F
CC
RULE
S
.
O
PERATI
O
N I
S
S
UBJE
C
T T
O
THE F
O
LL
O
WIN
G
TW
O
CO
NDITI
O
N
S
:
(
1
)
THIS DEVICE MAY NOT CAUSE HARMFUL INTERFERENCE, AN
D
(
2
)
THIS DEVICE MUST ACCEPT ANY INTERFERENCE RECEIVED, INCLUDING INTERFERENCE THAT MAY CAUSE UNDESIRED OPERATION
.
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