Programming Zebralights

[@coltonmcgee52]

Hands down best explanation of Zebra UI programming on the internet. Well done and thank you. Your videos are great.. subscribed.

[@jasonholt124]

👍🏻👍🏻 I've got my first zebralight on the way, the sc53fc. I had intended to make a chart for programming it, lucky me I found this video and you've done a really nice job at laying out your chart, I took a screenshot to use as a template for mine 😁 Thank you for taking the time to make it and this video clarifying everything! 😎

[@cytherians]

Zebralight sure has an unusual UI, but it's fascinating the possibilities for programming. Definitely an advantage if you have two primary usage zones, with different lighting requirements. I don't really have much so I programmed G7 to be "Muggle Mode." For each brightness level (L, M, H), same brightness as the matching sublevel (e.g. L1 = L2), so to the user it just looks like there's only 3 brightness settings. If they manage to double click on any level, there's no change. One thing you didn't mention--factory reset. If your G6 or G7 programming is screwed up and you want to start over. The number of clicks you do to enter a group (G5, G6, or G7), you just do 3 times in a row. So to reset G7, from OFF do 7 clicks, pause a half-second, 7 clicks again, pause half-second, then another 7 clicks. Light goes off. Your G7 is back to factory settings.

[@nunyabusiness9056]

Thanks for this, brilliantly explained. Sending my sc52w l2 back for switch repair, ordered a sc64w hi and was looking at the programming assuming the UI was the same and I see there's a ton of other things you can do and i couldn't make heads or tails what this g5/g6/g7 stuff was. So you can have 3 preset programmed mods to cycle between. That is so f'ing cool. Love zebralight!

[@oldgoat8861]

I just bought the h600fc last night. Somehow I stumbled on your video. Thank you for posting it. In my saves now. I like the cheat sheet idea.

[@NWGR]

Thank you! This was a huge help, and now I have my H600Fd programmed exactly how I want, and have a cheat sheet for future reference.

[@lukebiernbaum]

Very well explained. Thank you!

[@LeaveMasonAlone]

Hey, I really appreciate the strobe warning :) a lot of people in this hobby forget we exist.

[@turbo5483]

You sir are a life saver ...Thank you 👍

[@nickpetersen6406]

Thank you sir. Very helpful. Think I've found 2 new edcs, sc64c le and a sc65c hi. And I've got a bunch of hanks olights skilhunts etc. I can say I can see why they don't have to advertise.

[@aarong5996]

This is a big help. The manual is technically correct, but their wording makes it sooo hard.

[@njgenova]

This video was so helpful, thank you.

[@pepstein]

Instead of pausing, you can also turn the flashlight off and then back on. But pausing is easier. Programming H2, M2, and L2 levels in G5 seems to be a bit different from G6 and G7 on my SC65c HI: You only get a limited selection of 2 or 3 lumen levels for each one, and you can simply double-click repeatedly to rotate through these options. There's no need to triple-click at all. I noticed you're using a reverse mapping, with the highest lumen levels on L1/L2 and the lowest lumen levels on H1/H2. I'm also using a reverse mapping. It eliminates the flash when you double-click from OFF, it's more nighttime friendly with a simple click turning it on low, and it means you can use the same 0.6 second press to reach high regardless of whether the flashlight is on or off. The flexibility to map arbitrary lumen values to each of the 6 levels makes for a surprisingly customizable user interface, and one of the reasons I chose this flashlight. Thanks for putting this information out there for people like me to discover. It really helped.

[@kenlied]

Thanks for the strobe warning

[@GrummanBearcatF8F]

THANK You, sir ! < salute >

[@thewindrises]

Wow Zerbralight should pay you to use this as part of their manual. How do you change the lumens for the strobes? My strobes are very dim (battery is good),I don't know how to increase the brightness.

[@BackPackHack]

@Edward Fenn: After pressing the switch three times to enter strobe mode, wait a few seconds, then double-click the switch. You can cycle through all 4 strobe modes that way.

[@thewindrises]

@@BackPackHack thank you!!!

[@714SNF]

very helpful thanks!

[@swampk9]

I just ordered a zl64 so I have about 4 weeks to let this video sink into my thick skull

[@MikesPOV]

Doesn't seem to work for the SC600W IV Plus.

[@raeslit]

I'm new to ZL. After brand hopping, i can say this has the better UI if not best. Programming on the other hand is daunting for me. I'm glad i found this video. Will this work with Hc600fd headlamp though?

[@BackPackHack]

AFAIK, they all program the same.

[@Rossski]

How did you manage to destroy your previous ZebraLight, if you don't mind my asking?

[@BackPackHack]

I hate to admit it, but I ran it through the laundry (wash only, not the dryer). I thought it would be fine as it worked. But a couple days later, I noticed water droplets on the inside of the lens. I pulled the battery out and a couple drops of water came out and the terminals of the battery were rusted. Inserting a fresh battery, the light would just cycle through the 3 settings until I pulled the battery. So I ordered a new one. But I have been slowly bringing it back to life. I've been leaving it in my work truck, no battery, cap off.... laying it on the dash so it gets nice and warm every sunny day. For the past 3 weeks, it's been functioning perfectly. But it will be a while before I can trust it. If nothing else, I know have a spare.

[@boxingfan2469]

How to factory reset the flash light? Im not sure if i accidentally changed the factory program

[@BackPackHack]

According to Zebralight: use15, 18, and 21 clicks from 'Off'.

[@dcentral]

I can’t understand difference between G7 and G6? G5 is clear that only the secondary levels can be programmed. But can’t understand what G7 does that G6 can’t?

[@BackPackHack]

They're essentially the same... all 6 levels of each can be programmed to any of the 12 available lumen output levels. Myself, I use G5 as 'tactical', giving me the lowest the highest and 4 other levels in between. G6 is my 'EDC' range, from the lowest to the middle, and G7 is my 'blind em' mode... the 6 brightest levels.

[@nunyabusiness9056]

Christ this is infuriating. Starting to wonder if my light is defective. No matter what i do if i triple click to go down a brightness level it just turns the light off.

[@BackPackHack]

You may be trying to go too fast.

[@nunyabusiness9056]

@@BackPackHack I found out what it is, something nobody talks about in these videos. Once you put it into programming mode you immediately have to start adjusting the brightness up and down, if you wait even like 1 or 2 seconds it exits programming mode.

[@jayscuffington]

@@nunyabusiness9056 Dude omg this is it!!!!… you are a life saver! Thank you so much. I just got my h53fc today and been trying to program it for like 2 hours. It kept shutting off or not adjusting the brightness because it exited programming mode after waiting too long I guess. And you are right, it’s literally like ~1 second or less.

[@nunyabusiness9056]

@@jayscuffington Ey glad i could help! Enjoy the new light!

[@nicodimus2222]

Thank you for making this video. The instructions aren't super clear.

[@BackPackHack]

Glad it was helpful!

[@lukasmarten6660]

Cool video👍 but sadly nothing works 😂

[@BackPackHack]

You might be going too fast or too slow.

[@nriyo3]

This UI sucks.

[@bashfullJ88]

Yeah, it's very confusing. It would be nice if Zebralight would put a simple turn dial to change modes.

[@bashfullJ88]

Gee I wonder why Zebralights doesn't sell very well. This horrible user interface perhaps.

[@BackPackHack]

So how does it compare to other flashlights that are programmable?

[@ohscarivera]

thank you for this. i was able to program my h600fw and h600d. cheers GROUP LEVEL LUMEN G6 H1 8.3 H2 124 M1 256 M2 256 L1 1358 L2 1358 G7 H1 0.07 H2 8.3 M1 8.3 M2 8.3 L1 55 L2 55