Taser X26E ECD User Manual

TASER® X26E™ ECD

User Manual

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS.

Read all warnings and instructions. Save these instructions.

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Contents

4 Chapter 1: Warnings
4 Important Safety and Health Information

4 Use of Force Policy

5 Chapter 2: General Information
5 What is the TASER X26 ECD?
5 Neuro Muscular Incapacitation (NMI)
6 Common Eects of NMI
6 Basic X26 Electrical Theory

7 Chapter 3: Features
7 X26 ECD Features
7 Safety Switch
8 LASER
8 High Visibility Sights
8 Digital Power Magazine (DPM) or XDPM Battery Pack
9 Installing the DPM Battery Pack
10 Central Information Display (CID)
10 Spark Duration
10 DPM Power Level (Energy Cell Indicator)
10 X26 Status Data
11 Illumination Selector (LASER and LED Flashlights)
12 Trigger Switch
12 Stainless Steel "Shock" Plates
12 Textured Grip Zones

13 Chapter 4: Cartridges & ECD Operation
13 Remove the Shipping Cover from the Cartridge
13 15, 21, LS21, XP25™, and XP35™ TASER Cartridges
14 AFID
14 Loading and Unloading the TASER Cartridges
15 Loading
15 Unloading
15 Aiming and Probe Placement
16 "Silence Is Golden"
16 Potential Causes of Reduced or No Eectiveness
17 Electrodes

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17 Drive-Stun Backup
18 Recommended Drive-Stun Areas for Maximum Eect

19 Chapter 5: Maintenance/Troubleshooting
19 Spark Test
19 Spark Test Instructions
20 What to Do Following TASER ECD Use
20 Considerations for Handling Used Probes
20 Eects On Animals
20 Police/Military K-9 Caution
21 Uploading Software Revisions
21 X26 ECD Maintenance and Care
22 Dropped or Wet X26 ECD
22 TASER Online Troubleshooting Guide
22 Product Returns

23 Chapter 6: Optional Accessories
23 Extended Warranties
23 Data Download Kit
24 EVIDENCE.com™ Lite Services
24 TASER CAM™ Recorder
25 BLACKHAWK! and Blade-Tech Holsters
25 Dual Cartridge Holder
25 Advanced X-RAIL™ Mounting System

26 Chapter 7: Additional Items
26 Additional Information
26 TASER Training Academy
27 Medical Research

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Contents

Warnings

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Important Safety and Health Information

Read, understand and follow the product warnings and safety instructions contained in the Product Warnings
document included with this electronic control device (ECD). The most current warnings are posted on our
website at www.TASER.com. Do not attempt to use this ECD until you have completed training with a TASER
International Certied Instructor.

WARNING

Complete Training First

Signicant dierences exist between each of the TASER ECD models. Do not use or attempt to use any ECD model unless you
have been trained and certied by a Certied TASER Instructor on that particular model.

Read and Obey

Read, study, understand, and follow all instructions, warnings, information, training bulletins and TASER training materials
before using the TASER ECD. Failure to comply with the product instructions, warnings, information, training bulletins, and
TASER training materials could result in death or serious injury to the user, force recipient, and others.

Obey Applicable Laws

Use the ECD only in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws and other regulations or legal requirements.
Your agency’s guidance must also be followed. Any ECD use must be legally justiable.

Electronic Control Device

•Can temporarily incapacitate target.

•Can cause death or serious injury.

•Obey warnings, instructions and all laws.

•Comply with current training materials and requirements.

•See www.TASER.com.

TASER® ECDs are weapons designed to incapacitate a person from a safe distance while reducing the likelihood
of death or serious injury. Though they have been found to be a safer and more eective alternative when used
as directed to other traditional use of force tools and techniques, it is important to remember that the very
nature of use of force and physical incapacitation involves a degree of risk that someone will get hurt, or may
even be killed due to physical exertion, unforeseen circumstances and individual susceptibilities.

Use of Force Policy

Each agency is responsible for creating its own use-of-force policy and determining how TASER devices t into
their use-of-force matrix based on legal and community standards. Make sure your agency has a use-of-force
policy that addresses TASER ECD use and that this policy is clearly addressed during end-user training.

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General Information

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What is the TASER X26 ECD?

The X26 is a software upgradable ECD manufactured by TASER International, Inc. ECDs use propelled wires or
direct contact to conduct energy to aect the sensory and motor functions of the nervous system.

The X26 ECD uses a replaceable cartridge containing compressed nitrogen to deploy two small probes that
are attached to the ECD cartridge by insulated conductive wires. The X26 ECD transmits electrical pulses along
the wires and into the body aecting the sensory and motor functions of the peripheral nervous system. The
cartridges are available with various wire lengths from 15' to 35' (4.6 meters to 10.7 meters).

A citizen model, the X26C ECD, is also available where legal and has dierent operating characteristics than the
law enforcement model. Sale of cartridges with wire length longer than 15' is limited to law enforcement only.

The X26 ECD has an internal memory that stores the operating software and a record of every deployment. See
the Data Download section for more details.

The X26 ECD has an estimated useful life of 5 years.

Neuro Muscular Incapacitation (NMI)

The human nervous system communicates with simple electrical impulses. The command center (brain and
spinal cord) processes information and makes decisions. The peripheral nervous system includes the sensory
and motor nerves. The sensory nerves carry information from the body to the brain (temperature, touch, etc.).
The motor nerves carry commands from the brain to the muscles to control movement and can be involuntary
in response to the sensory information. An example would be the involuntary muscle reaction to pull a hand
away from a hot object.

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TASER technology uses similar electrical impulses to cause stimulation of the sensory and motor nerves. NMI
occurs when an ECD is able to cause involuntary stimulation of both the sensory nerves and the motor nerves.
It is not dependent on pain and is eective on subjects with a high level of pain tolerance.

Previous generations of stun guns primarily aected the sensory nerves only, resulting in pain compliance. A
subject with a very high tolerance to pain (e.g., a drug abuser, or a trained, focused ghter) might be able to
ght through the pain of a traditional stun gun.

Common Eects of NMI

WARNING

The use of TASER technology causes incapacitation and strong muscle contractions making secondary injuries
a possibility. These potential injuries include but are not limited to: cuts, bruises, impact injuries, and abrasions
caused by falling, and strain-related injuries from strong muscle contractions such as muscle or tendon tears, or
fractures. These injuries are secondary in nature and not directly attributable to the electric output of the ECD,
but are possible consequences of the strong muscle contractions the ECD induces to produce incapacitation.
Some of the eects may include:

• Falls immediately to the ground and be unable to catch oneself;

• Risk of drowning if ability to move in water or wet environments is restricted;

• Yelling or screaming;

• Involuntary strong muscle contractions;

• Freezing in place with legs locked;

• Dazed feeling for several seconds or minutes;

• Potential vertigo;

• Temporary tingling sensation; or

• Critical stress amnesia (may not remember any pain).

For a full list of warnings, visit www.TASER.com.

Basic X26 Electrical Theory

• Electricity must be able to ow between the probes or the electrodes and will generally follow the path of
least resistance.

• The greater the spread between the probes on the target, generally the greater the NMI eectiveness.

• 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.

• Electricity can arc through clothing, and even some bullet-resistant materials.

• Exposure to water will not cause electrocution or increase the power to the subject (the electrical charge is

xed inside the TASER ECD, and will not increase signicantly even with environmental changes).

• Medical studies have found that modern pacemakers and implanted cardiac debrillators withstand
external electrical debrillators many orders of magnitude stronger than the TASER conducted energy
pulses.

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Features

X26 ECD Features

Get to know the X26 ECD:

High Visibility Sights

TASER Cartridge

Wire

Probe
AFIDs

3

Illumination Selector

Safety Switch

Trigger

DPM Release Button

Stainless Steel Shock Plate

Textured Grip Zones

(DPM) Digital Power Magazine

LASER Sight

(LIL) Low Intensity Lights (LEDs)

Cartridge Release Tab

Blast Door

Safety Switch

Ambidextrous safety switch can be operated from either side of the ECD.

• Safety switch down (SAFE).

• Safety switch up (ARMED) and ready to deploy.

• Do not block the safety switch on one side of the ECD while attempting to move it on the other side. This can

break the safety switch and disable the ECD.

• If the X26 safety switch is left in the up (ARMED) position for more than 20 minutes, the system will shut
down to preserve battery life. To re-arm the ECD, cycle the safety switch to the down (SAFE) position, then
back to the up (ARMED) position.

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Down (SAFE)

Up (ARMED)

LASER

The X26 ECD has a LASER sight to aid in aiming. Some agency policies allow the user to use verbal commands
and the LASER to “paint the target” to attempt to gain compliance.

High Visibility Sights

The mechanical sights on the X2 ECD are molded to provide manual aiming of the ECD. The mechanical sights
are set to coincide with a top probe’s trajectory at a 15-foot distance.

Front Mechanical Sight

Rear Mechanical Sight

Digital Power Magazine (DPM) or XDPM Battery Pack

The Digital Power Magazine is much more than just a lithium energy cell power supply system for the X26 ECD.
In addition to the lithium energy cells that power the X26 ECD, the DPM also contains an onboard memory chip
that maintains a record of the remaining power level in the battery. The DPM memory also contains specic
information of energy cell performance and life expectancy for the energy cell pack at various temperatures
and for various loads.

The X26 ECD keeps track of how much the various features of the weapon are aecting the energy cell life
and updates the memory in the DPM accordingly. The battery percentage indicated is a calculated value and
not a direct reading of the battery voltage. Do not store the DPM anywhere that the gold contacts on the top
of the DPM may touch metal objects. If you cause an electrical short between these contacts, it will drain the

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lithium energy cells, but the DPM will continue to show 99% power. The power level indicator only registers
power consumed by the X26 ECD. If you short-circuit the DPM, it will malfunction and the energy lost during
the short-circuit will not be registered or tracked in the DPM. The DPM also contains memory that can update
the X26 ECD software.

The X26 ECD must be stored with the DPM/XDPM inserted at all times. If the DPM/XDPM is left out for an
extended period of time, software in the X26 ECD may be damaged, resulting in possible failure of the ECD and
the date/time may be reset.

The DPM battery has enough power for approximately 195 ve-second rings depending on temperature. The
DPM battery will use more energy in colder weather than warm weather. The eXtended Digital Power Magazine
(XDPM) has all the same features as the DPM, plus a holder for a spare TASER cartridge.

Installing the DPM Battery Pack

The X26 ECD is shipped with the DPM battery pack pre-installed. To change the DPM:

1 Shift the safety switch to the down (SAFE) position.

2 Remove the TASER cartridge.

3 To unload the DPM, depress the DPM release button and remove the DPM from the handle of the ECD.

4 Wait approximately 5 seconds, then install the new DPM. Ensure that the DPM is fully inserted into the X26

ECD. Apply sucient force to compress the foam gasket and allow the DPM battery pack to seat fully. Verify
that the DPM release button pops out from the recessed position with an audible click. Failure to do so
could result in a damaged X26 ECD or a loss of power during a deployment. When the DPM is installed, the
X26 ECD will cycle through the boot-up sequence (see X26 Status Data).

Release Button

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Chapter 4 Cartridges & ECD Operation