I can’t see the sense without details, does that mean only the high priority item will be fixed before a full public release? that would then mean lots of redundant bug reports to flexcandles for probably items you already discovered but didn’t share, thus people will report same issues and probably get answer like “known issue” that ought to be fun, sorry I believe in transparency or………well you know; wasn’t that the purpose of choosing some testers on here so we all can see the results?
I am waiting for yet another full driver and pill from fasttech. I installed the new driver in my test light and while I can pair easily with the light on 3 different Android devices I am completely unable to connect to or program the light. It's good to see that someone here has a working light from the official release. I am eagerly waiting for _the_'s experience with the new driver. Foy has been reluctant to swap his beta driver for the real driver because his beta works with a few exceptions. Hopefully he will swap the driver so we can find out what his experience with the production driver is. I hope my bad experience is limited to only mine and that a whole new replacement pill resolves it all.
The windows app won't even run for me on my W7 64bit laptop. Not sure why it seems to work for others.
Johnny *frustrated* Mac
Who’s complaining about how FastTech is handling things?? I think they are doing a GREAT job. I really don’t care about how a dealership treated a customer who bought a $40k car, it’s irrelevant here and most of us know once a Dealership gets your money, the “relationship” is over.
Back on Topic.
Seriously? It won’t run on Windows 7 64bit for you? I’m running it on a Dell XPS Windows 7 x64-bit Service Pack 1.
About an hour ago I loaded it on my HP Laptop Windows 8 x64 Media Center Pro edition and it connects instantly, I’m very impressed with it. I don’t have my S4 yet, so can’t speak on Android yet.
Well.. The priorization was my own interpretation of severity. High means "must be fixed before release", medium is more like minor usability issue, and low is just cosmetic (like: button is 1pix too much to the right). As a professional software developer, I'm a bit strict with these.. ;)
I understand, as a Director when I give out info to my Team I use transparency and expect them to do the same with reports back to me, not to blur out “info” and say you can see by the graph we have just an issue or two to resolve, actually NO I can’t; nothing personal if your going to post, post - otherwise it’s a waste of bandwidth.
So, are the people who bought the lights getting the updated driver? Mines currently in transit. It shipped last week.
Johnny is right, I have been dragging my feet putting in the new driver. Except for not being able to program the lowest non-PWM mode and the next two higher, my light programs and functions beautifully so, I'm reluctant to tear apart a light that works so well.
The thing is, I have to do it, sooner rather than later. I'm using the very first version app to hit Play Store and if I update, it won't work with the old driver. My bad for putting it off. The thing is, unlike the other guys, my light usually connects on the very first try and accepts new profiles without a hitch. It's actually got a foot, and sometimes almost three feet range.
Not trying to justify my tardiness but my example is pretty dang stable as is. They've had me hopping at work but I think I'll be able to do it tomorrow night. Sorry I haven't been more communicative but Johnny and _the_ have put this extra time to good use, working through all the issues. It's actually a good thing the problems happened to the other guys' lights because they are much more qualified than Foy. They've really gone the extra mile helping Fastech get this right.
Foy
I got mine today and it was connecting, but now it’s the same as Johnny’s. it pairs up no problem, but the app immediately fails when I tap connect. The issue has been reported to Fasttech.
I am not sure, but I think I might have set the light down on its tail while connected to it. The ZY-T08 is know for mode-switching when tapped on the tail end. This is what happened (I had the light on high using the cool remote control feature), and the light immediately turned off, and has not connected since.
If I had a pre-release driver, I would not report this here. Since this is a released driver and many of us now or will soon have them, I feel it is important to inform everyone of what has happened without concluding that something is wrong or broken.
Until I get a response from Fasttech, I’m not going to jumping to conclusions. it is possible that I messed up somehow and there is a simple solution.
@Relic38, there is no Android crash reports received. Are you using the Windows application? We are interested in the crash message — I’ll try to find your ticket now.
Hi Fasttech,
It doesn’t crash, it just doesn’t connect. I had to email the ticket, for some reason I could not enter one through the online form. PM me if you cannot find it, I’ll resend.
Android.
OK, Thanks I’m using the PC app myself on a Retail unit and it works just fine……I’m pleased with it so far.
PC App will connect to the device, but it goes downhill from there.
I’ll work this out with Fasttech support and report the results here.
Relic38, we have got your message and ticket. From your screenshots the Windows app is able to connect and show voltage/temperature, but it can’t pull profiles.
We have determined that this is caused by the apps not correctly handling memory corruptions caused by the power interruption. Please test the updated Windows/Android apps we have sent you and see if they corrects the situation.
Thanks!
Just received the light... didnt have time yet to check it out..
I hope to do that very soon.
thanks Fasttech!
Good news, the updated PC app is working fine now. I can read and write profiles at will. Nice!
Bad news, the Android app is still not connecting. Looks like a service issue. Ticket updated with new screen shot.
Some fun modes, just fooling around. The Apps need to add a way for people to save their profiles for sharing. I suppose the .xml file would accomplish that, maybe.
I kind of like them though, especially pulse2; It’s like a heartbeat.
Sounds good, I’m glad it’s working for you; I guess FT will update the app on their product page.
Edit: I just seen they did update the app on their product page 