Pretty sure I’m factory reset. I removed the head completely quite a few times, let the thing clear it’s head as it were. Did lots of resets, flicker then flash, hold 3 secs. If it’s not in factory mode by now then that doesn’t work either.
4 clicks doesn’t lock the light and allow momentary on, it just puts the aux lights into flashing lo/hi beacon mode. In either the 4C (lockout but not) mode or regular mode the aux cannot be changed with 7C.
When I first fired the thing up yesterday, everything worked fine, even the momentary on. But momentary on had the beacon flash of the aux. 7C didn’t do anything to change it. At the moment it does lock out successfully, but the aux flash can’t be changed, and in normal mode it works as it should but again here, the aux light can’t be changed. Apart from the firmware, I really like it, I’d prefer it ran the original Anduril to be honest.
I’ve confirmed I’m in advanced mode, and I can change the standby aux level, but that doesn’t affect the aux level for lockout. It’s always at blinking/lightning on mine, no matter what 7C sets the standby aux to. Is 7C from off supposed to affect the lockout aux level?
I have noticed that the button really requires straight on presses. Took me a couple of days to get good at the switch. Change fingers and cadence it will work.
“There is one aux LED mode for the regular Off mode, and another aux LED mode for Lockout mode. This allows the user to see at a glance whether the light is locked.”
Well that was weird. I can…or could…confirm all the symptoms Rich was reporting, except that I had no issues changing aux levels in the normal way. But lots of weirdness with lockout mode in either simple or advanced, and in neither way did lockout actually work as lockout. Some odd flashes after 4C, then a button press would bring on low light, and releasing it would put it back into normal ramping mode as if lockout was never recognized at all. Switched back and forth between platforms, tried different aux levels in both, etc, etc. Then I decided to try momentary mode (in advanced) and that worked just fine. So I removed the head, put it back on, and suddenly everything was totally normal Anduril again…lockout as it should be, etc. I hadn’t tried lockout since I first received the light until reading Rich’s comments this evening, but the last three weeks or whatever all of the features I normally use have worked…normally. After a battery swap sometime last week I did notice that the light had factory reset somehow…not sure how that happened.
It seems that perhaps this light was indeed released too soon and without proper testing….and in this case maybe ToyKeeper should have been consulted first for firmware compatibility with the different hardware/signal approach compared to other lights. With the head aux using switch firmware and the signal polarity reversed, maybe custom tweaking is required. Weird to have an Anduril light not work like Anduril.
Should add that while the light was wonky and using 3C voltage check in simple mode, I often got a weird flutter/buzz just after the voltage blinks completed. That didn’t happen in advanced but was reproducible in simple. Also got a flutter when trying to enter lockout in either platform but it was intermittent. Whatever it was, taking the head off after momentary seems to have returned everything to normal. Odd. Contacts on the driver and signal tube are clean, light touch of grease on the threads but more toward the o-ring.
I wonder if it makes sense to merge the new q8-1616 config into the old one and update old targets or if that just causes more confusion. But that’s something for ToyKeeper to decide as the project maintainer.
Don’t hold your breath, lockout now doesn’t work. And I haven’t even pressed the button since it was working last night, it’s just decided it’s not going to play today. The 4C still activates the flashing aux, but holding the button ramps the light up.
I’m wondering if I may have a faulty one, and to be honest I want something that operates reliably, especially the lockout on these little pocket rockets.
I would get a refund, and after that decide if you want to buy another one… (note Im not saying to ask for a replacement… just ask for a refund, its a simpler conversation, with quicker results).
I’d been avoiding the tail e-switches until the kinks got ironed out. But I’m a sucker for a new emitter, and this is my first CSP, I love aux leds, and I’ve never had a high CRI cool tint pocket rocket. So, for $20, I couldn’t resist checking off all those boxes.
Now, if I can just get into the habit of looking at the right Andúril cheat sheet (the printed one from wurkkos is way too small for my quinquagenarian eyes), it’s going to take some self control to keep from ordering several more.
I think I’ll have to Jon, I can’t have a pocket EDC that so can’t lock out without the danger of initiating a factory reset due to the loosened head.
I’ve got the black and orange that you gave me a heads up on arriving pretty soon, so I’ll hang onto the silver and compare the two.
As you say, refund is the way to go. Batch 3 of silver are due soon, maybe I’ll grab one of them.
Also, thanks to Correlux for taking the time to post a similar experience, I’d decided it was probably human error, but I think there’s a genuine problem with the firmware interfacing with the light. Really wish they’d used Anduril 1 for this, I’ve got pretty familiar with that now as it’s being used on Sofirn’s, Fireflies etc.