On the A8S reciever, Pin 3 is ibus/sbus.
If you've had it connected pin 4, then you'll only be able to operate it as PPM. It shouldn't matter running it either PPM or SBUS, as essentially you'll be using 3 wires for either install. PPM will give 8 channels (i believe), where-as SBUS will give you loads more. Just depends on how many channels you need, but if it's working with PPM, I'd stick with that if you don't need more channels.
There is a sequence on the A8S that you'll need to carry out if you want to use SBUS, however, some early models of this receiver would default back to IBUS the next time the receiver was powered back on.