I have 5 Qlite drivers I would like to send to someone to reprogram.
I like almost everything about the Qlite drivers, just not the mode power settings.
Can the standard features be kept but change to a 3 mode at 25–50–100%.
I don’t need moon lite or strobe
Will doing this disable the star feature?
Of course I will pay for your time + shipping
CONUS only please.
Maybe, Depends on how much Richard will charge and when he has time to do it.
And then what do I do with the 5 drivers I don’t like? Sell them at a loss +shipping?
I know this is budget light but I don’t mind spending a little more to get exactly what I want.
If you’re going to ship them to someone and pay that person to re-flash them for you, then pay for the return shipping, isn’t that a loss already? If you sell them “at a loss”, and buy new ones from Richard, I’m sure it would actually be less of a loss in the end. Alternatively, you could buy the stuff to re-flash them yourself, like seasam said.
I'll reprogram them to anything you want. We have lots of open source stuff available. I'm in CA. Feel free to PM me. No cost except for your shipping fees. However you want to do it. I put him in touch with Toykeeper. I can flash what ever he wants but I can't reprogram. Anyone else know how to reprogram a star to have just 50%100%? That is what I will need for him.
Sorry for the question, new guy trying to learn
Does this mean if it’s programmed for three modes and then solder the third star it will now be two modes?
Or pick one or the other and the stars mean nothing after this?
moon mode is only present if you connect star 3 with STAR firmware. if not connected you would only see low,med,high modes in the case of “3 modes” above. if connected you would see 4 modes (moon,low,med,high) instead.
The PWM levels for LED brightness follows a logarithmic curve, not a linear curve. So in that respect, Johnny C’s calculation for a medium mode is correct, if you subscribe to the theory that a good medium mode is between 25-30% brightness. In this case a 30% level looks to be applied, at a PWM level of 39.
Having a 50% brightness is very much like a high mode, than a medium mode. Applying a 50% brightness mode would be the equivalent of PWM level of 75.
I’m thinking more about the heat produced at 4 vs 2 amps for the smaller lights like Convoy M1 and C8
Almost as bright as high but less heat and longer run times.
Am I way off on my thinking?
And 4 amps was just an example I may be running more or less.