I think he fixed it a long time ago, but I’m not totally sure. He might just still have some of the old drivers around, and they could get mixed in randomly.
Generally the easiest way to tell whether a driver is from the first batch is by measuring the speed of the bike flasher. If it pulses once per second, it should be good. If it pulses twice per second or more, it’s probably a first-batch driver. The first batch ran at about 2.3X the intended speed, due to the factory accidentally overclocking the MCU.
- Check this pre-alpha version that almost works when Hermes in on Scorpio, background temperature is 24c and you are wearing black belt and give me feedback…
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Not quite that bad, but I did have someone send one of my betas to production once. Fortunately, it stood up to “unscheduled production testing”, so all we had to do was send the “new minor version upgrade release” a couple of months later
Yeah, I’m more wondering which branch is “final”. I’m not familiar with bzr at all, so I’ve been using the stuff at flashlight-firmware with no extra on the end.
I have recently received a purple S2+ with biscotti and it has stuck on memory mode and will not change. Apart from reflashing is there any other fix for it apart from a new driver?
I have messaged Simon as I have two of these with a third on the way and don’t want to find they all have the same issue.
I’m very unimpressed with this … in late 2018 Simon is still sending out flashlights which are too fast, and also apparently he is still sending ones with broken memory toggle. The pruple is a brand new model and these are problems known for over 1 year.
On this site many praise him but this is really terrible QC, or lack of regard for customers, or both. Maybe he was better in the past?
To answer your question, there is no trick or workaround that I am aware of. You need to reflash or get a new driver.
So, been reading through this thread (and a few others) and I count my lucky stars that the two Biscotti Convoys I have, both with the overclocked first-batch boards, work perfectly fine for me.
Legit the only issue I have (and it affects both torches) is that on the mode group select, starting on group 7 all groups blink one less time than their respective group number (group 6 blinks 6 times, then group 7 also blinks 6 times, group 8 blinks 7 times, and so it goes), so I’ve gotten used to counting the second-long lulls between groups and it’s worked well by me thus far, so I can live with it.
My new drivers arrived yesterday, so hopefully I will be able to work something out. I do have to admit that while I love what Convoy is making, Simon’s lack of “QC” is bothering me. Getting a S2+/XPL HI with biscotti, a brand new offering, shouldn’t result in busted drivers being sent.
Where did you buy it? If you just received it then I would complain to the store. It is defective and you should be compensated at least a few bucks in order to purchase a replacement driver (or firmware flashing equipment).
I would have done same with mine if I noticed the problem immediately after receiving.
Same here, you won’t get any complaints from me I also like the speed of the mode group selection – the less time I have to spend configuring my stuff, the better.
