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diff --git a/ui/rampingios/rampingios-v3.txt b/ui/rampingios/rampingios-v3.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4598a76 --- /dev/null +++ b/ui/rampingios/rampingios-v3.txt @@ -0,0 +1,324 @@ +RampingIOS V3 Manual +http://aperiodic.net/phil/archives/Geekery/rampingios-v3.html + +Tue, 28 Aug 2018 +9:47AM | Geekery | # + + +RampingIOS V3 Manual +-------------------- + +[rampingiosv3-ui.png] RampingIOS V3 UI diagram + +The Emisar D4S flashlights use a firmware named RampingIOS V3. (The Emisar D4, +D1, and D1S all use RampingIOS V2.) There's not really a manual; the only thing +we get is the diagram on the right. It's reasonably comprehensive, but there's +a fair amount of detail it merely summarizes, so I thought a textual manual +would be nice. + +The Emisar D4S only works when the head and tailcap are tightened fully. You +can physically lock it out--prevent it from turning on accidentally--by simply +loosening the tailcap a small amount. A quarter turn will do it. + +Emisar lights are known for their ramping interfaces. Rather than have a small +number of distinct brightness levels, they can vary their brightness anywhere +between their lowest and highest levels, like a light on a dimmer. The D4S is +in ramping mode by default, but it also has a stepped mode that can be +configured to be closer to how non-ramping lights work. + +Each mode--ramping and stepped--can have differently-configured brightness +floors and ceilings. + +The driver for the D4S has two different chipsets. At low brightness levels, a +fairly-efficient but low-power chipset (called a 7135) is used. These lowest +brightness levels are called the "regulated levels". Each regulated level will +always be the same brightness regardless of how much charge the battery has. +Above a particular brightness level, the light switches over to a +less-efficient but high-power chipset (called a FET). These levels are called " +direct-drive". The brightness of the direct-drive levels is directly related to +the battery's charge level; the more charged the battery, the brighter the +levels. The light is at its most efficient, in terms of power used for every +lumen generated, at the brightest regulated level. When the light is first +powered by tightening the tailcap, it will default to this level. + +At higher brightness levels, the light's LEDs generate a lot of heat. If the +light exceeds its configured maximum temperature, it will begin dimming itself +automatically until the temperature drops below the allowed maximum. + +The D4S has a set of cyan-colored auxiliary LEDs that can be on when the main +LEDs are off. You can configure the behavior of the aux LEDs. + + +Basic Usage +----------- + +The default mode for the light is ramping mode. Triple-pressing the button (3 +clicks) while the light is on will toggle between ramping and stepped mode. + +While the light is off, press and release the button (1 click) to turn it on. +It will turn on at the last-used brightness level. (This is called "mode memory +".) Immediately after loosening and tightening the tailcap (or after changing +the battery), the memorized level will be the light's max regulated level. + +When the light is on, 1 click will turn it off. The current brightness level +will be memorized for future use. There's a fraction of a second delay between +pressing the button and the light actually turning off. That's because of the +way the light processes input; it's waiting to make sure you're only going to +press the button once (since multiple presses will trigger other actions). + +When the light is on, holding the button down will brighten the light. In +ramping mode, the brightness will increase gradually ("ramping up"). In stepped +mode, the light will jump through increasing brightness levels. If you press, +release, and then hold the button, it will begin dimming. In ramping mode, the +brightness will decrease gradually ("ramping down"). In stepped mode, the light +will jump through decreasing brightness levels. While the light is changing, if +you release the button and immediately hold it again, the direction (dimming or +brightening) will switch. + +In ramping mode, while the light is ramping, it'll briefly blink off and on +again at two different brightness levels: the maximum regulated level and the +brightness ceiling. + +While the light is off, double-pressing the button (2 clicks) will immediately +jump to the brightness ceiling. + +While the light is on, 2 clicks will jump to the maximum brightness level, +regardless of the configured brightness ceiling. Another two clicks will go +back to the previous brightness level. + +While the light is off, if you hold the button the light will turn on at its +lowest level. If you continue holding the button, the light will begin +brightening from there. + + +Configuration Menus +------------------- + +The light has several different configuration modes. Each of those modes works +more or less the same way. The mode will have a series of menu items that it +will go through. For each menu item, the light will first blink a number of +times corresponding to the item number (first, second, etc.) After that, the +light will begin fluttering on and off fairly quickly. While the light is +fluttering, you can click the button a number of times; the light will count +the number of button presses and use that number as its new configuration for +that menu item. After a short period of time, the fluttering will stop and the +light will move on to the next menu item. After the light has gone through all +of the menu items, it will return to whatever mode it was in before entering +the configuration mode. + +If you don't press the button during a particular menu item's fluttering, that +item will remain unchanged. + + +Configuring the Basic Modes + +While the light is on, 4 clicks will enter ramping or stepped configuration +mode, depending on which mode the light was in before the 4 clicks. + +For ramping mode, there are two menu options: + + 1. Brightness floor (default 1/150) + 2. Brightness ceiling (default 150/150) + +During the floor configuration, press the button equal to the number of ramping +levels (out of 150) at which the floor should be. To set the lowest possible +floor, click the button once. + +The ceiling is configured similarly, but you press the button equal to the +number of steps away from maximum brightness. To set the highest possible +ceiling (at max brightness), click the button once. + +For stepped mode, there are three menu options: + + 1. Brightness floor (default 20/150) + 2. Brightness ceiling (default 120/150) + 3. Number of steps (default 7) + + +Other Modes +----------- + +The other modes largely involve multiple clicks from off. Most of them are not +generally needed for everyday use, but they supplement the light's basic +operations. + + +BattCheck/TempCheck Modes + +From off, 3 clicks will enter "BattCheck" mode, which blinks out the current +battery voltage. First it blinks the number of volts, then it pauses, then it +blinks out the tenths of volts. Thus, if the battery were at 3.5 volts, the +light would blink three times, pause, then five times. For zeroes, it gives a +very short blink. + +A fully-charged lithium-ion battery is 4.2 volts. The light considers 2.8 volts +to be an empty battery and won't turn on if the battery is at or below 2.8 +volts. + +The voltage sequence will continue blinking until you turn off the light with a +single click. + +While the light is in BattCheck mode, 2 clicks will enter TempCheck mode. +Instead of blinking out the battery voltage, the light will start blinking out +its current temperature in degrees Celsius, first the tens digit then the units +digit. Like BattCheck mode, the light will continue blinking out the +temperature until you turn it off with a single click. + +While the light is in TempCheck mode, 4 clicks will enter thermal configuration +mode. See the thermal configuration mode documentation below for how that +works. + + +Tactical Mode + +From off, 4 clicks will enter "tactical" or "momentary" mode. The light will +flash once to show that it's entered the mode. The auxiliary LEDs will turn off +(if they were on). In tactical mode, the light will turn on at its memorized +brightness for as long as the button is being held down. It will turn off as +soon as the button is released. + +There's no button press combination that will exit tactical mode. To exit it, +you will have to partially unscrew and retighten the tailcap. + + +Lockout Mode + +From off, 6 clicks will enter lockout mode. The light will flash twice to show +that it's entered the mode. There's a separate aux LED mode for lockout mode, +so you can tell whether the light is in lockout or not. + +In lockout mode, pressing the button will turn on the light at its lowest +brightness ("moonlight mode") for as long as the button is held down. + +Another 6 clicks will exit lockout mode. The light will flash twice to show +that it's left the mode. + +While in lockout mode, 3 clicks will cycle through the various settings for the +aux LEDs in lockout mode. The four modes are, in order: low, high, blink (on +high), and off. The default mode is blink. + +Remember that loosening the tailcap a quarter turn will also lock out the +light. Using the 6 clicks is called "electronic lockout", while turning the +tailcap is "physical lockout". + + +Aux LED Configuration + +From off, 7 clicks will cycle to the next aux LED mode. The four modes are, in +order: low, high, blink (on high), and off. The default mode is low. + + +Beacon Mode + +From off, 8 clicks will enter beacon mode. In beacon mode, the light will blink +on and off every few seconds. + +By default, the light will blink every two seconds. To change the timing, use 4 +clicks while in beacon mode. The light will enter a one-item menu. During the +flickering for input, press the button a number of times equal to the number of +seconds between blinks. + +1 click will exit beacon mode. + + +Thermal Configuration Mode + +From off, 10 clicks will enter thermal configuration mode. + +The menu items here are: + + 1. Current temperature (every click is one degree Celsius) + 2. Temperature ceiling (every click is one degree above 30?C) + +The "current temperature" item can be used to adjust the calibration of the +light's temperature sensor. To use it, make sure the light has been off long +enough that all of its components have cooled (or warmed) to the ambient +temperature. Check the ambient temperature using a thermometer you trust. Go to +thermal configuration mode, and enter the current temperature by clicking the +button a number of times equal to the temperature in degrees Celsius. (If it's +22?C, click the button 22 times.) + +You can check the default calibration by entering TempCheck mode from a +room-temperature light. The D4Ss are supposed to go through a temperature +calibration at the factory, so hopefully most of them won't need manual thermal +calibration. + +The temperature ceiling is simply the highest temperature the light should be +allowed to reach. Once it hits its temperature ceiling, it will progressively +dim itself until the temperature stabilizes below the ceiling. Note that the +number of clicks in that menu option is added to 30 to reach the actual +ceiling. (Thus, you can't set a ceiling below 31?C.) 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