New Convoy C8 – Clearly better

And just when I thought I understood it to be simple.

Is there a video?

LOL, TK, whachoobeendrinking?

It’s easy. I can do it. If I can do it, it’s gotta be easy, right?

Odd I didn’t see this sooner.

The UI appears to be closer to the A6 firmware from what I can tell, except with reverse modes removed and more mode groups?

It’s much easier than it looks.

Normal usage:

  • Fully click and release the button to turn the light on or off.
  • Give the button a quick light tap to go to the next mode.

If you have memory turned off (which is default), you can also do this:

  • Do a longer press to go back to the first mode.

That’s all.


If you want to change the configuration, it’s like J-Dub74 described.

  1. Give the button several quick light taps in a row (10+ times) until the light stops turning on.
  2. Wait a moment. The light should blink once, then “buzz”. Then it should blink twice then “buzz”.
  3. Click during the first buzz if you want to change the mode group. Or click during the second buzz to turn memory on or off.
  4. If you told it to change the mode group, it will come on in a special mode where it blinks 12 times very slowly, representing the 12 mode groups. Click after the number you want. For example, to select group 5, wait for it to blink 5 times then turn it off.

For most people, after setting it up the first time you can forget about all the config stuff. Then just treat it as a pretty normal light with your choice of modes.

The defaults (mode group 1, no memory) are probably best on a smaller EDC light. Since the C8 is more of a thrower though, I expect a lot of people will probably want to enable memory, or use a high-to-low mode group, or disable the lowest mode.

Thanks TK. Is there a thread that describes how to read a light flow chart ? When you describe it I understand it, when I look at the chart it looks like something from one of VanGogh’s nightmares.

THANK YOU for mentioning VanGogh! :slight_smile:

I did not completely understand Bistro just based on the UI diagram as it seems so complex but as soon as I saw it knew I wanted it on a t-shirt or printed poster size for my wall where I would display it proudly.

I know ToyKeeper disagrees with me on this point but her diagrams are pure art in my opinion and nobody will convince me otherwise. Perhaps it is not so to everyone but I love it. Seeing such geeky greatness displayed as flowing lines and curves and knowing that it was a bit of a puzzle until I understood how it worked left me in awe. I still am. :slight_smile:

I installed this firmware in my flashlights and IMO it has a very simple and useful UI.
10+ clicks - 1 flash and fuzz - then click and select group.
10+ clicks - 1 flash and fuzz, 2 flashes and fuzz - then click to on/off memory mode.
That’s all. You have to make it ones and you never forget this.

I’d like to thank them too, especially Simon.

But I suspect he must have been swamped with irregular orders, so communication has been sparse. And I guess ordering almost ten different items didn’t help either.

GrayEd61, did you send PayPal to EDITED? I sent payment to that address but received no confirmation just yet. That’s still his email right? Can anyone confirm?

EDIT: The email in this thread 30%-50% discount / Free shipping / Coupon--------Shenzhen Great Wall Technology(Simon) Convoy-Flashlights is not his paypal email. You need to ask him for an invoice and tell him your email, or ask him his paypal email. Pardon the bureaucracy, read a bit further and you’ll find out why.

I would like to thank J-Dub & ToyKeeper for the wonderful work

How do I flash the new firmware on an existing S2+? Any soldering required?

thanks, buddy.

And once more I agree completely!

And indeed it was Dales video showing the way for Bistro for me.

I’ve just ordered one from Simon’s store!

ToyKeeper, J-Dub - also big thanks from my side! :slight_smile:
The only con that Convoy had were the drivers…and now those looks perfect - already ordered.

Tony Rex, please don’t post other people’s emails in a public forum!

Tell that to the owner then.

Btw I just found out that email is not his current and I had to open a PayPal dispute just to get the wrong payment back.

Personal problems in the new C8 thread :person_facepalming:

I was trying to get the new C8 and support Simon.

Get things smoother for him and I hope help others as well.

Sorry to derail. I’ll shut up now.

I guess you missed the part where I said “…other people’s email…” If he wants to post his own email online for all the world to see, that’s his deal. If he gave you permission to post his email online for all the world to see, that’s his deal. If you post his email online for all the world to see, without permission from him, that’s bad form. Does nobody know any etiquette at all any more? :person_facepalming:

By the way, I don’t know this, but it would be easy to speculate that the reason that email is no longer current might be because he posted it online for all the world to see. Just because this is a friendly forum, doesn’t mean that no baddies are watching here…

Edit: Wow! I’m getting good at this! I knew there’d be a Rude! point waiting for me when I got back! :laughing: Apparently, it’s rude to ask someone to be courteous. :sunglasses: :+1:

You can make a screenshot of an email address and then post that
If not spambots can harvest it :wink:

Bringing back the L from BLF:
I hope all Convoys will be available in clear some day!

Actually, you probably didn’t need to open that dispute as that email does belong to Simon but as you found, that is not his PayPal email. Either way you probably should remove it from your post.

People should never list anybody’s email to (even their own) in a public forum. If Simon did that at one point, he shouldn’t have.

You are right though that Simon is absolutely swamped right now and even his responses to me have dwindled to almost nothing in the last few days so I’m trying not to bug him too much. He just needs a few days to get caught up.

Edit:
I assume you now have the correct PayPal email for Simon but if not just shoot me a PM and I’ll send it to you and can help if you have any questions about the ordering process.