Programmable Light User Guides and Flowcharts

[Illumination]

thanks for posting this:twothumbs I have one on the way soon and now I will be able to use w/ no probs.

thanks!

 

[xcnick]

Does anyone have a good write up on the AKOray lights with the programmable modes?

I don't know if this is nicer, but I compiled this from the information I found about.

Akoray programming:

6 half-press or tap for programming the 3 modes (5 taps seems to do the same thing):
3 Programmable modes, choice of 6. Any Brightness, 100% brightness, Slow Flash, Fast Flash, Strobe (variable), SOSOS.

You can program 3 modes from the 6 that are available.
1) Turn light on.
2) Quickly tap the switch 6 times. A tap is a half press something short of clicking it on and off.
3) The light will flash ONE time and then cycle through the following 6 modes:

0->100% gradual ramp
100%
slow blink
fast blink
slow->fast strobe gradual ramp
SOS
4) When it gets to the mode you want, tap the switch once. This locks in your selection for mode ONE.
5) The light will flash TWO times indicating that you are about to choose mode two.
6) Wait for the light to reach the mode you want for mode TWO and tap the switch once.
7) The light will flash THREE times indicating that you are about to choose mode three.
8) Wait for the light to reach the mode you want for mode THREE and tap the switch once.
9) Turn off the light. Then wait a few seconds for it to get out of mode selection.

You can program any combination you want, e.g., if all you want is an on/off light that is always at 100% brightness simply program all 3 modes to 100% brightness. If you want a light that is always in strobe mode simply program all 3 modes to strobe.


It will remember the last mode you used if you wait a few seconds before turning it back on. If you turn it back on too quickly it goes to the next mode. I like to leave it on Medium with Medium set to the level I use most often.

Setting Low is difficult because it ramps up very quickly. To catch the lowest possible level you have to be very fast with your tap. Try the tap before it even begins to ramp and you will be at the lowest setting.

3 half-press or tap for battery protection (4 taps seems to the same thing)
[FONT=&quot]Turn on, tap 3 times. Goes dark for a second then flashes once or twice. One flash means no protection and two means protection on. If you are using protected batteries you can just leave this off and it is a no brainer when changing to primaries. Comes with Protection off so if you are using unprotected 14500 battery you need to turn this on. With Protection on AA batteries will not work. It will turn on for a second then go off. Light is not broken, just tap three times as soon as it goes on, get one flash and protection will be off. Now 1.2, 1.5V primaries will work fine.

[/FONT]Akoray K-106 and Akoray P.D.C. AK-16 reset to factory settings (Hi-Med-Strobe):

Go into programming mode (5 or more half press), as soon as the light blinks once (mode 1 programming) half press 3 times. The light goes immediatly to the max intensity indicating it has been reset to the default factory settings.

The 3 taps can be done in any of the 3 programming modes just after the blinking sequence indicating the mode (1 blink for mode 1 as described above, 2 blinks for mode 2, 3 blinks for mode 3) and before the light starts increasing its brighteness.

The reset was first discovered by Wonwuster of CPFItalia in a raw form, 4 or 4+4 taps, which sometimes worked but often did not. I perfectioned it in the 5+3 form which works always 100%.

 

[Illumination]

updated; thanks everyone.

 

[jcw122]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qtrg1ivqJtg

Official Quark Tactical UI programming video.

 

[Illumination]

Updated; thanks guys.

 

[rutherdbrown]

Thanks bro.. Nice share. Thanks for posting these links. They were really helpful. Can you provide some more links related to programmable lights. Thanks again

 

[Illumination]

Thanks bro.. Nice share. Thanks for posting these links. They were really helpful. Can you provide some more links related to programmable lights. Thanks again

Thanks. I'll post more as I become aware of others...

 

[berry580]

why isn't this thread pinned to the top?

 

[TooManyGizmos]

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But it IS .............. the very first STicky @ the top .


where did YOU find it ?

.

 

[Illumination]

Just added This is Nascar's Photon and Proton UI Tips & Tricks.

Neat hidden modes!

 

[Fallingwater]

Setting Low is difficult because it ramps up very quickly. To catch the lowest possible level you have to be very fast with your tap.

I found it very easy. All you have to do is softpress six times, wait for the light to flash, and then softpress once before it starts ramping. On my K-106, this selects its lowest possible low.

 

[fa__]

Rewriting explanations for Ray D1 would be helpful, the english used in the manual is quite ... special
I do not write well enough to make a better translation, and anyway I finally succeeded in understanding the way it works.
The interesting thing is that you first program the total number of modes you want to have, and then each mode one after another.

 

[marven]

Akoray K-106 and Akoray P.D.C. AK-16 reset to factory settings (Hi-Med-Strobe):

Go into programming mode (5 or more half press), as soon as the light blinks once (mode 1 programming) half press 3 times. The light goes immediatly to the max intensity indicating it has been reset to the default factory settings.

The 3 taps can be done in any of the 3 programming modes just after the blinking sequence indicating the mode (1 blink for mode 1 as described above, 2 blinks for mode 2, 3 blinks for mode 3) and before the light starts increasing its brighteness.

The reset was first discovered by Wonwuster of CPFItalia in a raw form, 4 or 4+4 taps, which sometimes worked but often did not. I perfectioned it in the 5+3 form which works always 100%.

 

[xcnick]

Akoray K-106 and Akoray P.D.C. AK-16 reset to factory settings (Hi-Med-Strobe):

I added this to my post. I hope that is OK.

 

[marven]

I added this to my post. I hope that is OK.

It's OK xcnick. Thanks!

 

[LedTed]

Thanks for putting this list together.

And thanks to those who provided instructions.

 

[HDS_Systems]

Illumination,

All of our manuals have been updated to reflect the latest improvements in the UI. The major update in the UI was made in July 2009. As we are in the process of revising the product names, you should probably add the new manuals under HDS Systems (EDC Executive, EDC Tactical and EDC Twisty):

HDS Systems EDC Executive and EDC Tactical User's Guide and Pocket Card - from HDS Systems
http://www.hdssystems.com/Products/Clicky/EdcUsersGuide.pdf
http://www.hdssystems.com/Products/Clicky/EdcPocketCard.pdf

HDS Systems EDC Twisty User's Guide and Pocket Card - from HDS Systems
http://www.hdssystems.com/Products/Twisty/TwistyUsersGuide.pdf

You may want to keep the old items (Ra Clicky and Ra Twisty) as they are still valid for all of the older models. Also, we broke all of your links the last time we rearranged our web site. Here are the updated Ra Lights links:

Ra Clicky Executive Users Guide and Pocket Card - from Ra Lights
http://hdssystems.com/Products/Legacy/Clicky1/ClickyExecutiveUsersGuide.pdf
http://hdssystems.com/Products/Legacy/Clicky1/ClickyExecutivePocketCard.pdf


Ra Clicky Tactical Users Guide and Pocket Card - from Ra Lights
http://hdssystems.com/Products/Legacy/Clicky1/ClickyTacticalUsersGuide.pdf
http://hdssystems.com/Products/Legacy/Clicky1/ClickyTacticalPocketCard.pdf


Ra Twisty Users Guide and Customization- from Ra Lights:
http://hdssystems.com/Products/Legacy/Twisty1/TwistyUsersGuide.pdf
http://hdssystems.com/Products/Legacy/Twisty1/TwistyCustomization.pdf

User manuals for other old products can be found here:

HDS Systems legacy product User Guides- from HDS Systems:
http://www.hdssystems.com/?id=LegacyProducts

Henry.

 

[Illumination]

Thanks Henry; updated.

 

[brted]

Playing around with my AKOray K-106 (from KD in the last couple of months), I noticed that when you are programming modes, if you half-press right after the Mode flash (one for Mode 1, two for Mode 2, before the ramping starts), the light will retain the old setting for that Mode then it goes to the next mode. This way if you have a really low Low (hard to get), you can save it while messing around with the other modes. But one warning is if you skip over all three modes or set your modes too quickly, it will interpret that as 3 fast clicks and do a factory reset.

 

[JonSidneyB]

Go look at the way the programing would have been for the Indium Smart.