More on Modes
I'm getting quite used to the 3 groups of modes now with the e-switch control, and their are some pros/cons as any light, or any mode set would have - personal preferences vs. real issues. Only issues that might be real issues so far:
- ramping between 50% and 100%, down or up, is difficult to see going on - much more noticeable in the lower 50%. This was responsible with my initial confusion of how ramping worked -- I just didn't notice ramping was working at all when in that higher range.
- when doing the 7 sec hold to switch mode groups, if you are in a low or moonlight specially, the blink that occurs at 7 secs is hardly noticeable - every so slight flicker if you really concentrate, but very easily missed. This probably gave me a great deal of problems initially, but now that I know, it explains a lot.
- I keep triggering the temp threshold setting by doing 1/2 clicks on the power switch in sequence -- this is very frustrating... Not sure how to avoid this. It's difficult to test the functionality of the power button because every time, I trigger this temp threshold setting.
- The blinks, count, frequency, meaning, etc. gets very confusing. I see them too often and not sure what I did to get them. Certainly one reason is the temp threshold form the issue above, but not sure if there's more to it, or if that explains it all. Maybe for the proto units, the temp threshold is ok, but I'd consider disabling this user setting once in production, or implemened a different way.
led4power explained it pretty clearly how these mode groups work. The 3rd mode group is your standard 3 or 4 modes, like in group #1, 4 if you have moonlight enabled.