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+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.) The maximum allowed
+ceiling is 70?C.
+
+The default temperature ceiling is 45?C.
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