I HAVE LIGHT!!!!
I tried a couple different things, here are my results...
MTN17DD driver with guppydrv rev2 in a Sinner host.
560ohm driver bleeder between + spring and ground ring.
15k resistor on the diode pads
NO LIGHT!
560 ohm driver bleeder resistor
560 ohm resistor on diode pads
pot turned full left, no light
pot turned half, no light
pot turned full right, very very dim light!!!
so then I removed the resistor on the tailcap pcb and used half the strands from a piece of 20ga wire to bypass the resistor pads.
560 ohm driver bleeder
bypassed diode spot with wire
pot turned full left, no light
pot turned half, no light
pot turned 3/4 right, very very dim light
pot turned full right, decent but dim light!!! Not visible through switch boot.
so my modes don't switch at all not with guppydrv, I swapped the 15k driver bleeder resistor hoping to change that and have very very dim light that may charge the gitd switch boot, but even with the 15k driver bleeder the firmware still will not function right.
I'm going to have to try more experiments with the blf a6 firmware I have on order. For now I'm going to put the 560ohm resistor back on the driver and leave it at 30% so I can have some light and see if the dim light is enough to keep the boot charged. I am going to order brighter leds from lighthouse as well as more resistors from digikey and go from there.