If I may make a suggestion, I would like some way to set the brightness of the auxiliary and the switch LEDs on my D4V2 Ti. The dimmer option for these is way too bright for nightstand duty but turning them off does not help with locating the light in the dark.
âHold until hotâ is very hit & miss. Sometimes you specifically want the limit to go up or down slightly, that is very difficult with the âhold until hotâ method. On one attempt the limit goes up, on another it goes down, sometimes by far too much. There is a lot of trial and error to achieve the desired result.
To be able to just go in and accurately + or - the limit is so much better.
Please make LITE mode such way that after randomly sequence of clicks and holds made by kid or not flashaholic friend you donât need to think âaaaa! what he did with my flashlight!!11â
Haven't read up on all the ideas, but here is 1 of mine.
- All configuration modes only reachable from OFF with a special combination. (10 clicks for example)
It will be the first combination that kid press))
Yeah :+1:
It was an example. How about 7? ;)
Iâm liking the music examples. How about you have to tap the rhythm to the trumpet solo from Stevie Wonderâs âSir Dukeâ to get to config.
Tap some 7/4 John Bonham for rock lock-out.
I like this idea)
Another opinion to enter in config by hold during twisting tailcap.
Sorry, I canât do that in firmware. The brightness is determined by hardware, not firmware. So there are only three brightness settings:
- High: Power on, internal resistor off.
- Low: Power on, internal resistor on.
- Off: Power off.
It can control whether the power is on or off⌠and whether the control chipâs internal resistor is added into the circuit to reduce brightness. But it canât control how much.
Instead of a few short menus attached to the mode they configure, at 1 to 3 items each⌠you would prefer one long menu with about 10 to 20 items?
At last count, there were 21 config values⌠of which about half are set from a menu and half are set using some other action. The number changes over time though, as things are added and removed.
How would people configure lights which are physically incapable of this?
It uses âhold while connecting powerâ for factory reset, on most lights⌠so it would need another way to do that. And it would need to be really easy to do, since itâs a safety net for new users.
So it is not user friendly UI I see. Easy config for lite mode is big issue for ordinary user.
The idea for the simple UI is that most people wonât have to configure it⌠just take it out of the box and turn it on. It has no config options unless the user goes to the advanced UI.
After going to the advanced UI, theyâll be able to configure some settings for the simple UI. However, after going back to the simple UI, it will again not allow changes.
One way to do a power-on/hold the button config and reset, is to do it in 2 timeouts:
- 3 second hold to enter config mode
- 5 second hold to reset to factory
At 3 seconds, you could blink, say twice, then the user releases to get into config. If they continue to hold for 5 secs, it does the reset.
Now once you get into config, defining how it works to control 21+ settings (add all those being requested), and it gets insane not sure how this could be accomplished with an intuitive UI, accept maybe use the standard UI with the current config settings. A normal power-up sequence would have no config settings.
This might actually work out well, usability wise, and be relatively easy to implement since it uses the current UI for config settings. This is kind-of/sort-of what TK is saying above with the "simple" and "advanced" UI.
TK - I'm not so clear on this. The new voltage reading code, I assume will still be in Vers 2, do you believe it to be good enough to not need individual calibration?
I still have my older Anduril variant with added voltage calib (internal ref only for 1S battery, not voltage divider use for 2S+) and wondering if it's still useful, or are you considering adding it.
It still needs individual calibration. Itâs very stable and consistent now, but if the sensor isnât calibrated right, itâll be very consistently the wrong value.
So I have a voltage calibration function on the todo list. Itâll probably be a numeric entry menu attached to the battcheck mode.
My apologies if this has been suggested - I havenât read through the entire thread. Iâd like to see an option for the lighted switch to have a battery check option. So rather than a simple, steady blink, the switch will periodically broadcast the battery voltage.
To clarify, this would be under the current aux/switch options.
Iâd like a timer mode like candle mode but with just regular brightness, maybe swap it for one of the annoying strobe modes nobody uses or likes, oh and a working muggle mode.
Iâd like an Anduril feature that materializes $100 bills in the battery compartment, please. 