Axon TS1018, TASER 7 User Manual
TASER 7 Home Defense Energy
Weapon
User Manual
For more cartridges or fresh batteries, go to taser.com
Model TS1018
IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
Read all warnings and instructions. Save these instructions.
The most up-to-date warnings and instructions are
available at www.axon.com
MMU0076 Rev: DRAFT 002
January 2021
Contents
1 Chapter 1: Overview
1 Important Safety and Health Information
4 Chapter 2: Ownership
5 Chapter3:IntroductiontotheTASER7EnergyWeapon
5 What Is the TASER 7 Energy Weapon?
5 Neuro Muscular Incapacitation (NMI)
5 Basic TASER 7 Energy Weapon Electrical Theory
7 Chapter 4: TASER 7 Energy Weapon Features
7 Safety Switch
8 Arc Switch
8 Battery Pack
8 Changing the Battery Pack
9 Speaker
9 Automatic Shut Down (AS)
9 Central Information Display (CID)
10 Cartridge Icons
10 System Status Icons
11 Battery Level Icons
11 Sample CID Displays
13 Spark Duration
13 Arc Switch
13 LASER and Mechanical Sights
13 LED Flashlight
14 Trigger Switch
14 Method of Operation
(Model TS1006)
15 Stealth Mode
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15 Function Test Mode
16 Chapter 5: Cartridges and Energy Weapon Operation
16 Remove the Cartridges from the Safety Clip
16 Cartridge Pair Assembly
17 TASER 7 Cartridge Characteristics
18 DigitalAnti-FelonIdentication(AFID)
18 TASER 7 Cartridges General Instructions
18 Loading the TASER 7 Cartridges
20 Cartridge Release Button
21 Unloading
21 Practicing with the TASER 7 Energy Weapon
23 Aiming and Probe Placement
23 Using the TASER 7 Energy Weapon
24 Deployment Instructions for Self-Defense
24 “Silence is Golden”
25 Warning Arc Display
25 What If I Miss?
26 Electrodes
26 Contact-Stun (Drive-Stun) Backup
27 Chapter 6: Maintenance/Troubleshooting
27 General Concepts
27 Function Test
28 Troubleshooting
28 LASER Sight and Flashlight Do Not Turn On
28 The Display is Inverted
28 Product Support
28 Product Returns
30 Chapter 7: Additional Items
30 Medical Research
30 Legality
30 Warranty
30 Warnings
30 Medical Research
31 Radio Waves
31 Compliance Marks
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Chapter 1: Overview
Important Safety and Health Information
The safety warnings posted at www.axon.com are for your protection as well as the safety of others.
Disregarding this information could result in death or serious injury.
!
WARNING!
Read and Obey
Signicant dierences exist between dierent TASER energy weapon models. Do not use
or attempt to use any energy weapon model unless you have read, understood, and are
following all current instructions, warnings, and relevant TASER training materials before
using TASER energy weapons. Failure to do so could increase the risk of death of serious
injury to the user or others.
Obey Applicable Laws
Use of energy weapons must be legally justied and comply with applicable federal, state,
and local laws and regulations.
Store in a Secure Location
Energy weapons and cartridges are weapons and, as with any weapon, follow safe
weapon-handling practices and store your energy weapon securely. Store energy
weapons, cartridges, and accessories in secure locations inaccessible to children and
other unauthorized persons to prevent inappropriate access or use.
For a complete list of product warnings, go to www.axon.com.
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LASER Information
LASER RADIATION
AVOID DIRECT EYE EXPOSURE
CLASS 2 LASER PRODUCT
Max. 1mW, 510-680nm
IEC60825-1 Ed. 2 (2007) and Ed. 3 (2014)
LASER RADIATION
DO NOT STARE INTO BEAM
CLASS 2 LASER PRODUCT
TASER 7 Home Defense Energy Weapon User Manual
!
WARNING!
LASER RADIATION
DO NOT STARE INTO BEAM
COMPLIES WITH 21CFR 1040.10 AND 1040.11
EXCEPT FOR DEVIATIONS PURSUANT
TO LASER NOTICE NO. 50 DATED
JUNE 24, 2007 (IEC608251-1 ED.3 (2014))
CONDUCTED ENERGY WEAPON
• Can temporarily incapacitate target.
• Can cause death or serious injury.
• Obey warnings, instructions and all laws.
• Comply with current training materials
and requirements.
AXON ENTERPRISE, INC.
Chapter 1: Overview
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LASER RADIATION
LASER RADIATION
AVOID DIRECT EYE EXPOSURE
CLASS 3R LASER PRODUCT
Max. 5mW, 510-680nm
IEC60825-1 Ed. 2 (2007) and Ed. 3 (2014)
DO NOT STARE INTO BEAM
CLASS 3R LASER PRODUCT
TASER 7 Home Defense Energy Weapon User Manual
!
WARNING!
AVOID DIRECT EYE EXPOSURE
LASER LIGHT IS EMITTED
FROM THIS APERTURE
COMPLIES WITH 21CFR 1040.10 AND 1040.11
EXCEPT FOR DEVIATIONS PURSUANT
TO LASER NOTICE NO. 50 DATED
JUNE 24, 2007 (IEC608251-1 ED.3 (2014))
CONDUCTED ENERGY WEAPON
• Can temporarily incapacitate target.
• Can cause death or serious injury.
• Obey warnings, instructions and all laws.
• Comply with current training materials
and requirements.
AXON ENTERPRISE, INC.
!
WARNING!
AVOID EXPOSURE – LASER RADIATION IS EMITTED
FROM THIS APERTURE
CFR 1040.10 (h) (l) (iv) requirement:
!
CAUTION! LASER RADIATION EXPOSURE
Use of controls, adjustments or procedures other than those specied herein may result in
hazardous radiation exposure.
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Chapter 2: Ownership
Do not point the energy weapon at any law enforcement ocer or do anything that would cause law
enforcement ocers to feel threatened by your use of the energy weapon. Because the TASER energy
weapon is able to temporarily incapacitate a person, law enforcement ocers may be justied to use
lethal force to protect themselves.
Although the TASER 7 energy weapon incorporates yellow components to distinguish it as a non-
rearm, it could be mistaken for a rearm. Take appropriate care in carrying and displaying the
TASER7 energy weapon. Do not modify the TASER 7 energy weapon or do anything to the energy
weapon to make it look like a rearm.
Do not give a TASER energy weapon away as a gift or sell it without providing the new owner’s name,
email address, and phone number to customer service at team@taser.com. For more information,
see Legality (Chapter 7).
Taking a TASER-brand energy weapon into a state or municipality where energy weapons are
prohibited (see taser.com for a current list) or out of the United States (US) without the proper export
license is prohibited by law (similar prohibitions may exist in other countries).
Check with the Transporation Security Administration (TSA) or any other relevant agency for the most
recent regulations to determine whether you are permitted to travel aboard a commercial airplane
with a TASER energy weapon. Check local laws to determine whether you may possess or carry a
energy weapon in your destination.
It is recommended that you carry the TASER 7 energy weapon only in a manufacturer approved holster
or carrying case.
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Chapter 3: Introduction to the TASER 7 Energy
Weapon
What Is the TASER 7 Energy Weapon?
The TASER 7 energy weapon is a rmware upgradable, 2-shot weapon manufactured by Axon
Enterprise, Inc.
The TASER 7 energy weapon uses two replaceable TASER 7 Cartridges containing compressed nitrogen
to deploy two small probes that are attached to the TASER 7 energy weapon by insulated conductive
wires. The TASER7 energy weapon transmits electrical pulses along the wires and into the body which
are designed to aect the sensory and motor functions of the peripheral nervous system and cause
involuntary muscle contractions. The cartridges have a 25-foot (7.6 m) range. The TASER 7 energy
weapon deploys the cartridges one at a time. It is possible to apply energy beyond the initial burst to
a deployed cartridge without deploying the remaining cartridge. It also is possible to apply a Warning
Arc display or drive-stun without deploying any of the cartridges loaded in the energy weapon.
The TASER 7 energy weapon has an estimated useful life of ve years.
Neuro Muscular Incapacitation (NMI)
TASER technology is designed to use electrical impulses similar to those in your body’s nervous system
to cause stimulation of the sensory and motor nerves. Neuro Muscular Incapacitation (NMI) occurs
when an energy weapon is able to cause involuntary stimulation of both the sensory nerves and the
motor nerves. It is not dependent on pain and can be eective on subjects with a high level of pain
tolerance.
Previous generations of stun guns primarily aected the sensory nerves only, resulting in pain
compliance. A subject with a very high tolerance to pain (e.g., a drug abuser, person in serious
psychological distress or a trained, focused ghter) may not be aected by the pain or may be able to
ght through the pain of a traditional stun gun.
Basic TASER 7 Energy Weapon Electrical Theory
• Electricity must be able to ow between the probes or the electrodes to deliver an electrical charge
and will generally follow the path of least resistance.
• Generally, the greater the spread between the probes on the target, the greater the eectiveness.
• Electricity will generally not pass to others in contact with the subject unless contact is made directly
between or on the probes, or the wires are touched.
• Exposure to water will not increase the power to the subject. The delivered electrical charge is
xed inside the TASER energy weapon, and will not increase signicantly even with environmental
changes.
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• The TASER 7 energy weapon always defaults to a 5-second activation, with activation by the trigger
or either Arc switch.
• After the second cartridge has been deployed, the TASER 7 energy weapon will always try to deliver
an Adaptive Cross Connect across all available electrode paths, delivering discharges using up to
four probes from the two cartridge bays. The Adaptive Cross Connect Technology delivers electrical
pulses in sequence, at up to 44 pulses per second, between all positive and negative probe
combinations: Left top probe to left bottom probe; left top probe to right bottom probe, right top
probe to right bottom probe, and right top probe to left bottom probe. (The illustrations below are
from the perspective of someone behind the cartridge bays, holding the weapon.)
Path 1
Path 3
Path 2
Path 4
• The Adaptive Cross Connect (ACC) technology can make the TASER 7 energy weapon eective
even if some probes do not hit the target. Electricity is intentionally driven between all contacts
to maximize the impact of the probe deployment and to compensate for close probe spreads or
clothing disconnects. ACC will attempt good quality connections more frequently if it detects that
other paths do not have a good connection.
• The Charge Metering technology is designed to maintain a xed charge output independent of load
conditions: good connection, partial connection, arcing to skin, etc.
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Chapter 4: TASER 7 Energy Weapon Features
Get to know the TASER 7 energy weapon.
Blast door
Ejector
Front sight
Smart Probe
Cartridge release button
Speaker (on right side of weapon)
Rear sight
Flashlight
LASER
Arc switch
Battery pack
Safety Switch
Ambidextrous safety that can be operated from either side of the energy weapon.
Safety switch
Trigger switch
Battery release
down (SAFE) up (ARMED)
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• Safety switch down (SAFE).
• Safety switch up (ARMED) and ready to deploy.
• Do not block the safety on one side of the energy weapon while attempting to move it on the other
side. This can break the safety and disable the energy weapon.
• If the energy weapon’s safety switch is left in the up (ARMED) position for more than 20 minutes,
the energy weapon turns o to avoid draining the battery.
• If the weapon has not been moved for ve minutes, an internal movement sensor will detect this
and the weapon will enter into “power save mode.” In power save mode, the LASERs and LED
ashlight shut o, and the weapon will not react to a trigger pull nor single Arc-button press. To re-
arm the energy weapon, perform one of the following procedures:
◊ Shift the safety to the down (SAFE) position and then shift it back to the up (ARMED) position.
◊ Press both Arc switches simultaneously.
Arc Switch
The Arc switch is used to employ a Warning Arc Display. Arc switch functions are described in Warning
Arc Display (Chapter 5). The weapon will arc for as long as the Arc switch is held down. If there has
been a probe deployment, a momentary press of any Arc switch will result in a 5-second activation
across the front of the weapon, or across all deployed cartridges.
Battery Pack
Battery packs should be stored in their original packaging, including the
desiccant bag, until they are to be used. Do not store the battery pack
anywhere that the gold contacts on the top of the battery pack may touch
metal objects. If you cause an electrical short between these contacts, the
short will drain the lithium energy cells and may cause the pack itself to
become dangerously hot. This battery pack is not rechargeable.
The battery pack is a lithium energy cell power supply system for the
energy weapon. Battery packs contain data from the weapon.
Note: TASER 7 battery packs will not work with previous-generation energy
weapons such as the X2, X26, and X26P.
Battery packs have a useful life of approximately 500 single-bay discharges.
Battery capacity may vary depending on temperature, environment, use of
the ashlight and other factors. Battery packs will deplete faster in colder
weather and increased use of the ashlight.
For more information on installing a battery pack in a energy weapon, see Changing the Battery Pack.
(Model TS1006)
Changing the Battery Pack
1 Point the energy weapon in a safe direction.
2 Shift the safety switch to the down (SAFE) position.
3 Conrm that the Central Information Display (CID) is blank.
4 To remove the battery pack, depress the battery pack release buttons on each side of the
battery pack and remove it from the energy weapon.
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