I don’t start a new topic very often and hope I put it in the right category and is done right(it’s been a LOOOONG time) but I had to on this matter. You MUST try this firmware from ToyKeeper. If it has been talked about before, sorry to bring it up again. I bought the driver from a place called Mountain electronics—JK— we all know that awesome place, with the Crescendo firmware installed on a fet+7135 driver. WOW its pretty much the Q8’s ramping firmware but made for a reverse clicky switch light.
My hat is off to you ToyKeeper for your AWESOME job on this firmware and of course many other firmwares to.
It might work with a forward and for sure a reverse clicky switch. With a reverse clicky switch, as soon as you click it on, it starts to ramp up(with memory off) then you push the switch half way and it is set at that level you just stopped it at. Then if you half press once it will ramp up again and if you half press the switch it stops again. If you do a quick double tap it ramps down. If you just turn on the light from off it will ramp up and will blink at 100% then it will ramp back down and will do that all day until you stop it. I defiantly recommend that you try one out as it’s pretty sweet.
I just checked for the low voltage protection and it steps down in brightness as the battery gets low in voltage maybe around 3.5-3.3 volts???
Then the light went out at 2.80 volts.
Everyone needs another light
Hmmm. Knowing TK, this could actually get me sold on ramping firmwares. Let’s see if I manage to grab hold of a Crescendo driver sometime in the future to mod one of my Convoys with.
She has a great head on her shoulders that’s for sure. I have my driver in a Convoy s8 with a triple Nichia 219C 5000K, 80+ CRI with both springs bypassed and a VTC6. WOW let me tell you, thank goodness it has full thermal management. It’s a PID type of heat management as you set the temperature and when it reaches that temperature it will step down and when it cools down a little it will step back up in brightness. Good stuff.
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Another great UI! and the only one ever with ramping for a clicky? (at least that I’ve ever heard of) ToyKeeper, thanks for your time and effort on these awesome UI’s!
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A few questions & some thoughts,
I need clarification for the meaning of “double-tap” and triple-tap” in the diagram, are they different going from OFF than from ON?
Like this…
Triple tap for (for Turbo):
“Triple-tap” from OFF = 1-full click then 2-half presses
“Triple-tap” from ON = 3-half presses
Double tap:
From OFF to Moonlight = 1-full click then 1-half press
From Steady to Ramp down = 2-half presses
Or maybe I’m just confused. :person_facepalming:
The diagram doesn’t show any “Short press” like the A6/Bistro diagrams.
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Also here’s a thought I had for the quick access Moon/Turbo: To instead have 2 separate memory modes (for 2 different levels):
(they can still be Moon and Turbo if you want to set them that way)
Like this…
From OFF:
Single-tap to memory level one (same as currently)
Double-tap to memory level two (currently moon only)
Then we could set memory preferences for Single-tap / Double-tap from off.
And make the low end of ramping go as low as moon (or does it already?)
Also add a user programmable toggle for the Triple-tap from OFF mode to select either Turbo or Moon. (currently quick access Turbo only)
I can confirm that it works for both Forward and Reverse clicky actions. But FWIW and for whatever reason for me it felt more natural on the Reverse.
Beam0, There is a difference in multi-taps depending on the type of clicky being used. For a forward clicky one can Tap by a half press from Off. For a reverse, Taps don’t register until after the initial turn On.
Thanks pc_light, I posted in another thread where TK is active and in her reply she wrote “the first “tap” will need to be a full click” (with reverse switch) which also answered my question.
When I saw this firmware on MTN I was intrigued and excited about the ramping for a clicky, when I read “quick turbo access” I was even more excited, but now I see the “quick” turbo access from OFF is really 1-full click then 2-half presses, which is quick but not as direct as I envisioned. I would compare it to the normal sequence of getting to the highest level on a 3-mode Convoy S2+.
Although the “quick turbo access” feature is slightly quicker from ON (3-half presses)
When I read “quick turbo access” I envisioned it as being “direct turbo access” :person_facepalming: Anyway this looks like is a great UI and I can’t wait to try it.
It has to be quick between taps. It could be possible I guess if you were fast enough.
TK might be able to tell you if the code or which part could be changed for timing.
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I have crescendo running in a old Akoray 106. Pretty nice ui for a clicky running a amc7135 board with a attiny13.
And moonlight is one full click to on then half click again quickly for moon. Basically your turning the light on and ramping starts but the second click stops it before it ramps up, stopping at the lowest level which is moon. If you miss it, it will ramp up to turbo then back down and you’ll have another chance to click to moon, but your night vision will be shot by then. :sunglasses:
Toykeeper… Question?.
Will this sw work in a SOFIRN C8T as a direct replacement to existing one.
It’s a magic light but that Ramping would make it 110%.
I have a coupla S2\S2+ it would look nice in too.
The perfect sw would be. OFF\ON. with Ramping UP and down. with double tap for strobe, from any point.
Could never see point of S.O.S.
PS Thought it better to ask you direct than just wondering and guessing. Regards.
I have a 15mm MTN driver with Crescendo on my lumintop Tool AA, and once it tried to use it with the magnetic tailcap instead of the clicky tailcap.
It doesn’t work as steady and well as with the clicky tailcap.
Specially when you want to stop/restart ramping (up or down) or when you want to got to turbo or the special modes.
So I wouldn’t advise to use it in a twisty flashlight, from my experience!!
I have a twisty Thrunite with guppy firmware—in order to go fast enough for programming mode —I remove the O-ring—— If that’s an option it might work that way
. From OFF:
(memory off) 1 full click = on at moon level and begins ramping
(memory on) 1 full click = on at memorized level and remains steady
1 full click then Single tap = Moon
1 full click then double tap = Turbo
1 full click then triple tap = Strobe / Batt check / Special modes
. From ON (while ramping):
Single tap = pause ramping (steady on at the level when tapped)
1 full click = OFF
. From ON (after pause ramping):
Single tap = resume ramping UP
Double tap = resume ramping DOWN
Triple tap = Turbo
Quad tap = Strobe / Batt check / Special modes
1 full click = OFF
. From Moon:
Single tap = begin ramping
Triple tap = Turbo
1 full click = OFF
. From Turbo:
Single tap = back to steady on at previous level
1 full click = OFF
