Q8, PMS SEND TO THOSE WITH ISSUES BLF soda can light

next month for me then :disappointed:

Same here. I ordered 3 lights received tracking info on 9/30/17 and lights have not left China.

I don't understand - were you playing around with configuration settings? Why? What were you trying to do?

It sounds to me like you programmed it to use two modes and disable strobe - that's possible to do.

If you are now in MODES (Mode set Operation), this is how you do a factory reset, I just did it myself couple times to verify it:

  • from OFF, do these quickly back to back: click, then click&hold - keep holding until the main LED starts to blink
  • now you are in battery voltage display, so for example, if it blinks 4X, pauses, then once, the batteries are 4.1V
  • with it still blink voltage, do a double click - now it's in temperature display, for example, if it blink 2X, pauses, then blinks 8X, the temperature is 28C
  • with it still blinking the temperature, do a double click again - now it's displaying the firmware version #, should be one blink and long pause
  • with it still blinking the version #, do a press&hold, keep holding til it blinks. There should be 4 quick blinks to indicate the factory reset has been done

That's it, it should be reset to factory defaults: ramping, moon level set to 3, 3 minute turbo timeout, strobes enabled, etc.

If you want to reset

should work

Switch from MODES to RAMPING
(while holding the lamp goes into strobes, thats normal)
hold for 3.2sec, after two short blinks and one blink, click twice.
The lamp continues to blink out configuration for RAMPING.

Switch from RAMPING to MODES
(you hold for a long time, if you ramp down it’s easier on the eyes)
hold for 8sec, after two short blinks and one blink, click once.
The lamp continues to blink out configuration for MODES.

Basically it’s holding the button till it blinks 2x and 1x and than a double click shuts RAMPING on. A single click shuts it off.

Now you can wait till the lamp is gone through the rest of the config menu. The lamp will blink four times short when finished.
Or
you do a click and hold till the lamp blinks four times.

I have to say that it took me quite a while to get past the fact that the first two blinks just meant that it was in configuration. I thought it meant config section 2.1, 2.2… Couldn’t figure out where I was in the menu until I ignored the first 2.

The 2 blinks were intended to alert you, get your attention, and focus for the blink count that follows.

Mia arrived on Friday, the switch lights up badly, and it only turns on turbo, it does not act, it lights up, but I can not change modes, I’ve cleaned it inside and changed batteries, I do not have as much knowledge as you and I do not make yourself repaired .

in mine I can not configure, why does not actuate the switch, now does not light, turn on turbo when you turn the thread butt

Royo - yours sounds like something is defective with your Q8. If Turbo comes on immediately upon applying power, and the switch does nothing, there is a grounding/short problem or bad soldering, bad chip, something along those lines.

It sounds like you cannot do further trouble-shooting, so I have to leave this up to The Miller, sorry.

Royo, that does not sound good.
Please remove the cells and wait for PM.

Royo, PM send
All, who lives in Spain, is handy and wants to check this Q8 out?
I pay Royo for shipping and would like to see what is wrong. You can keep the Q8 afterwards.

And to add some nice news
All but 4 GAW winners have responded.
PayPal made
Some asked their share to be added to the BLF special fund, thank so much for that, will update the OP in the topic with this at a later time.
Some, amongt which litterally half the team (yes I split my share so then 7 can be halved :wink: ) asked it to be given to Mrs Lumens.

I have her PayPal now (thanks J-Dub74) and wait for the final four to react before sending her the money.
Right now it is $261,50
Heartwarming and so very nice, thanks!

I show this in my video.

I switch from ramping to mode sets at the 4:55-5:15 mark.

I switch from mode sets to ramping at the 8:30-8:45 mark.

My first Q8 to ship cleared Customs on the 7th, shows up now as having arrived at the FedEx facility at 3AM this morning. So it took 3 days to get from Customs to FedEx? Wow, I will expect it to arrive here on March 3rd, 2018. :wink:

It seems mine is on the roundabout route from FedEx. They just delayed expected delivery another day
Travel History
Date/Time
Activity
10/10/2017 - Tuesday
9:42 am
Departed FedEx location
FEDEX SMARTPOST CLINTON, PA
10/09/2017 - Monday
9:13 pm
Arrived at FedEx location
FEDEX SMARTPOST CLINTON, PA
11:29 am
In transit
BURBANK, IL
10/08/2017 - Sunday
8:43 pm
In transit
LA GRANGE, IL
8:36 am
In transit
ARGYLE, IA
10/07/2017 - Saturday
8:35 pm
In transit
WELLINGTON, KS
7:33 am
In transit
CLOVIS, NM
10/06/2017 - Friday
7:30 pm
In transit
THOREAU, NM
6:27 am
In transit
YUCCA, AZ
10/05/2017 - Thursday
6:26 pm
In transit
VERNON, CA
10/04/2017 - Wednesday
11:43 pm
Departed FedEx location
FEDEX SMARTPOST LOS ANGELES, CA
9:44 pm
Arrived at FedEx location
FEDEX SMARTPOST LOS ANGELES, CA
9/27/2017 - Wednesday
7:52 am
Shipment information sent to FedEx

It’s possible to config the led switch for only work with battery level indicator without blinks for fet and 7135 indicators?

Might as while take the tour - first time in US and all... Been seeing this on others :FACEPALM:

No unfortunately, not now - source code mod to do so. There's sooo many variations, so many requests, etc....

Think so far:

  • don't want it at all
  • want it on all the time, w/blinks or not? Not sure..
  • want it to implement dragon's breath
  • it's too bright, it's not bright enough
  • dunno how to turn it on, don't know how to turn it off
  • really like it blinks the channel it's using - no, get rid of it

:FACEPALM:

Thanks, reading the manual and thought it was not possible but i preferred to ask the masters of this flashlight.