Donation to Old-Lumnens (finished)

You want pictures? I got pictures. :slight_smile:

The bag has two different light coloured tailcap boots, o’rings and lanyard.

Thanks again Manker. This could not of gone smoother and your generosity to Justin is to be commended.

You lucky punks… :expressionless:

Arrived safely and included the “Old Lumens” inscription. Thank you again Manker!

mine arrived in Maine today - and I had a charged 14500 ready and waiting. WOW - what a nice light! The lighted tail switch is pretty cool. And mine has the Old-Lumens inscription as well. I am very happy.

Thanks to Manker and Kronos - what a huge and kind gesture!

(No pictures, but mine looks JUST like the one above, believe me!)

Thanks for doing this Manker! Very commendable!

Mine arrived today. This is a little powerhouse isn’t it!?

Does anyone know where the UI is written out for us folks who can’t figure it out? Near as I can figure right now I’m in Mode 7 (according to the website) but I have no idea how I got there. Now I’m in mode 2 and still haven’t figured out how I got there. In the meantime I’m going to do a search.

This should help you out Brian…

X5/X6

Or this ~toykeeper/flashlight-firmware/blf-x6v2 : contents of ToyKeeper/bistro/bistro.txt at revision 208

First do a search here for the X5, you’ll get a youtube video link and an earlier diagram —-> see edit, don’t do this
Then follow Manker’s link in the OP and there’s a diagram on the page we ordered from (or this)

Didn’t help me at all, my flashlight will not obey. —-> see edit

*EDIT: the flashlight is fine, I was being an idiot. I was using the wrong UI guide and just frustrating myself. I hope this didn’t mislead too many people.

My apologies to BrianK*

Somewhere in the Kronos threads Dale did a nice tutorial video. I am still looking for it and will post if I can find it.

Got mine today as well w/engraving - perfect condition. It's a keeper for sure... Excellent job on these, Manker!

I do the 16 taps and the light shuts off, then it blinks twice. Then blinks twice again, then comes on full time. All I’m doing is holding it.

I’m supposed to wait until I see the number of blinks I want right? Except I’m not getting them as seen in the video.

I have no problem getting into Level 1 modes.

Questions… what is muggle mode? And how does battery check work?

I just got my first 2 blinks after 16 taps and I got moonlight mode back and 6 more levels above that. But that no sense to me.

Right now though I need to back off. I’m getting frustrated. I’ll come back to this andI’ll figure out what I’m doing wrong eventually. But if someone has a clue what I’m doing wrong, my mind is open.

Some observations… it sure does drain a battery fast! That’s the FET, correct? I’m guessing that it supplies current for the lumens the way a fire hose supplies water. It heats up fast too! It’s also brighter than a C8 but much smaller. Nice light, good job BLF and Manker!

Looking forward to the Q8 if this is any indication.

Holy moly!!! These thing are bright……. :+1:

Mine arrived today. Shipped on the 14th, arrived on the 23rd……… not to shabby at all in the fast delivery department.

1 engraved, 1 not engraved. One out of two ain’t bad. :wink:

Thank’s again Manker for doing this………. :+1:

If you turn it of at the first two blinks you will change from 4 or seven modes to the opposite set. If you turn it off at the second two blinks you will turn same made memory on or off.

Thanks, I’m guessing that what I was led to for the flowchart (or video) isn’t valid for this light then? I don’t care, I just don’t want to try to find modes that this light doesn’t have.

I received mine today. I got one with OL engraving. I really like it. Thank you

BrianK, In this link is the “flowchart” you are looking for. There is a link to the video right under the chart.
FLOWCHART & VIDEO Link

Hi Teacher, That’s the one I’ve been using, but from what I gather it’s not 100% correct. I think it’s the UI for the BLF Q8.

Your timing is excellent. I’ve been working on charting the UI that I’ve found and just finished. If someone finds it to be incorrect please post. Thanks for the help MRsDNF! I’d have been trying to find things that don’t exist in this light for hours.

Dang! I can’t post pix. This forum software is so different.

>>>Find it here<<<<<][IMG]http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a57/BBQinMaineiac/Razoreviews/Kronos%20X5%20UI_zpsxmkkk6i8.jpg

Brian - another issue that might be confusing is I've found with the X5's I own (4 or so) the tail switch is pretty sensitive, on this one I even see flicker on occasion which I think is from the switch. On mine you can see the rubber boot over the switch bulging out. Didn't look at it yet, but I could probably trim down the knob in the center of the rubber boot a little, then I think it would work better.

The one I rcv's with the O-L engraving appears to be the Bistro UI as linked to by teacher above. The BLF Q8 UI is very different - it's an e-switch driver, not clicky driver, so operates completely different.

Here's your UI jpg:

Are you using advanced post editor? If so, use the Insert drop-down from the menu bar. In photobucket, use the "direct" cmd to copy the link to the clipboard.

Hhmm, sounds like you got the BLF A6 driver, which is using a Attiny13A, not the Attiny25 that runs Bistro. The A6 has only 2 mode sets: 4 modes and 7 modes.

Thanks for posting that for me*. I had no problem with the tail switch, but yes, it does protrude. It won’t easily tail stand.

It about drove me nuts yesterday ‘cause all I could get in config’ mode was the blink blink, blink blink. :slight_smile: All is well now. Maybe that’ll help someone else.

Mine isn’t engraved with OL so maybe the UI is different? It’s still a nice light and I’m not complaining.

*I’d love to see the command line for that so that I can post pix. When I use the post photo tab above, all it shows me is a “photo not found” error.

No prob - there isn't a "post photo tab" I can see. Use the "Insert" drop down from the menu bar, then choose "Insert/edit image", and for "Source", paste the link from Photobucket.

Edit: Ok, I compare exactly what you got to the BLF A6 UI flowchart and they are a dead-on match!! So, you definitely got an A6 driver there. Interesting...

Here's the A6 UI posted by bugsy https://budgetlightforum.com/t/-/36315/2. Here it is: