Attack Mode

Attack Mode is Mantis’s default — the mode it boots into any time the Upload button isn’t held. In this mode:

Enumerate

Mantis enumerates to the host as a standard USB HID keyboard.

Execute

It reads whatever script is currently stored in flash and executes it instruction by instruction — typing strings, pressing key combinations, waiting on delays or button presses, looping, and so on.

Fall back

If no script has been uploaded yet, Mantis types a short demo string so you know it’s working.

Note:

The Mantis scripting language reserves an ATTACKMODE instruction (with HID / CDC / OFF options) for future firmware, but it is not implemented in the current build. Mantis currently supports only the single Attack Mode described above, selected via the boot-time button check.