Wurkkos/Sofirn are just doing a poor job implementing switch LED’s on new lights with charge controllers. Q8 Pro’s orange LED’s are nonsense. IF22A’s switch LED’s are super inconsistent. It’s a real shame.
Anduril lights should control all LED’s through the UI, unless the light is PLUGGED IN.
In drivers done the right way, there's extra circuitry present to share the LED's between the charging circuit and MCU - seems to work well. I haven't seen a light with these troubles yet, but I'm not keeping up with them all.
I’ve also been curious about the TS21 power switch lights and what they mean.
It appears to me you can lock the switch (4C) and when in locked mode, you can change the orange blink to nothing and maybe a faint blink. I was able to successfully program the switch to autolock after 1 minute. I do that to all my Anduril 2 lights for safety and so I’m not doing so many button presses.
But I’ve also wondered about the blue to pink light progression when the TS21 switch is not locked and haven’t found any info in that regard. While I like the power and life of the 21700 battery, I tend to prefer my D4V2 Hanklights overall. From a user perspective, I much prefer the raised ring to help me find the power switch in the dark. Yes, the lighted switch does help, but some of my lights with lighted switches have very low lighting when locked.
LP - just informed SOS is out of all A2 lights except for the LT1 (here: https://budgetlightforum.com/t/-/62656/969)
Not sure if you were aware, or do you need confirmation.
Thank you for these awesome diagrams! Let me ask a question: you included the auxiliary leds’ color and brightness settings in the FWAA version. Does it mean you know the way how to install auxiliary leds? Thanks in advance.
Looking forward to the diagrams being updated to reflect the changes that the new dual channel Hank-lights bring.
These diagrams are incredibly helpful!
I think Lux-Perpetua is a little busy with other things lately, so I wouldn’t count on updates any time soon. Not sure if the .svg source files are available anywhere, or if it’s only rendered .pdf versions.
In any case, with the increase in diagram complexity for Anduril 2, it might be a good idea to rebuild in something like TikZ for LaTeX. This would probably be more maintainable long-term than the Inkscape svg methods used previously. It’d also be good to split it into a series of diagrams for tutorial purposes, and TikZ would make it much easier to keep those in sync with a master reference sheet.
Hey there TK. Have you updated the A2 manual with the changes? I d/l what I thought was the most recent A2 manual, but didn’t notice the latest changes… as I understand them… or maybe I missed the references in that document.
Not sure which manual you used, but I keep the version-controlled plain-text manual pretty up to date. Everything else is maintained by other people.
I love this document, thank you for making it available.
Thanks, that looks like the one I printed out.
Unless I missed it, I’m not seeing info about the new “9H from off toggle” for switching the most recent dual channel firmware from “channel ramping mode” to “channel switching mode”
or
the new “7H while on toggle” (Ramping Config menu - 3rd option) to set your light so that when you 1H to go to moonlight, it won’t start ramping up if you hold too long. (0C= normal, 1C= no ramp up)
I’m looking under the Misc config menu towards the end of the document. So again, I might have just overlooked where you documented those features.
Edit: I take it back. I think those are there. I just need to connect the dots between Other Modes and the Misc config menu and also the Ramping config menu and the Misc config menu.
See? I really need that picture diagram so I can connect the dots better!
Is it possible that ramp speed configuration is not implemented in FWAA?
Also, 1H for value 10 doesn’t seem to work where 1C is a value increment by 1.
The manual at that link reflects the current version of the code. Most retail products have an older version, so they might not have everything the manual mentions.
In particular, the Lumintop FW series of lights hasn’t had any coordinated firmware updates since mid-2019. I tried to send new code but Lumintop wasn’t interested, and I haven’t heard from them since. They’ve adopted some newer versions occasionally, and even used some of the wrong builds at times, but I would not expect any of their products to have up-to-date firmware.
After last year’s driver hardware downgrades, and some of the other hardware changes over time, I can’t really recommend the FW series any more. I like the beam shape and host ergonomics, but quality is too much of a gamble and it seems like each new batch is a little worse than the one before it.
Anyway, the most reliable way to get info about a light is to write down the date shown in version check mode, then look at the code repository for that date to see what the state was at the time. The manual should be pretty accurate when the date is matched, and the commit messages describe what changed in each version.
those features are not listed options,
in my FWAA UI flowchart:
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(image updated to remove the non functional 3H from On, and removed aux lights and button lights that do not apply to FWAA)
Unfortunately. But ToyKeeper’s original text description includes these features.
The manual has features that came out later than the FWAA version of Anduril. For example, there is no Tint Ramping in a FWAA.
The FWAA flow chart is more accurate, for the FWAA, than the Anduril Manual. And even the FWAA flowchart has features listed that do not actually exist in a FWAA.
For example 7C and 7H from off are Aux light controls. But the FWAA has no Aux lights. The FWAA flowchart on page 1, also lists SOS, but there actually is no SOS in a FWAA… (I deleted SOS from my copy of the FWAA flow chart.)
Anduril is not the same on all lights. There are many different versions of Anduril. The manual describes all the Possible features of Anduril, but different flashlights have different features enabled. Not all Anduril features work on all lights.
And it is not possible to reflash the firmware in a FWAA to add some of the new features. For example the FWAA hardware does not have enough memory for the new Lower Lows. The FWAA also does not have flashing pads accessible without disassembly.
So, just use your FWAA the way it is, and enjoy the features it Does have.
jon_slider, thank you for the explanation. This is brand new to me, until recently I only used Narsil, only learned Anduril on paper.
Your description is extremely useful and educative. FWAA is awesome as it is. My uncertainity only came from my missing experience, sometime I got lost in the clicks. Now, with your help FWAA is very clear to me. Just got a 4000K Nichia version, it exceeded all my expectations. Greatest good surprise was that pwm was not visible on pictures so I can use it as auxiliary light for taking photos indoor. Thank you so much.
very glad you are finding the Floody Beam of the FWAA useful. I agree the PWM is not visible in photos, nor by eye, it is too fast to see, a good thing…
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And also glad you like the 4000K 219C option
I also enjoy my FWAA as a floody light… I enjoyed the 4000K SST-20 version as well… though I recently changed the LEDs to 3500K 219B.
we have some great LED choices these days
enjoy your FWAA 
I was long awaiting a small light that can support my photos. First I got the Manker E14 III with its extra wide and even beam, 4000K HCRI and constant current driver. The FWAA was just to play with Anduril 2. It was a good surprise that FWAA perfectly complements the other light to get a well balanced lighting.
Hi Lux-Perpetua, the FWAA version of the Anduril 2 diagram has a 3H from ON to Momentary Turbo in Advanced mode indicated. That function doesn’t seem to be implemented in my copy of Lumintop FWAA. Just a feed back. Thank you for the diagrams!