I've got my TC setup working. I didn't have the coil resistance locked but I got that figured out tonight. One outstanding problem / question if there are any experts out there. Pico 75 mod. Using 0.6 ohm SS coil, 400 degrees F. You can set the wattage in TC. That was set to 75W by default which blew my first coil. Couple of folks here mentioned that and I set it down to 20W. I know some mods have an initial power setting that heats the coil up quickly (that has a name which I can't remember), then the TC kicks in and handles it from there. I did that on a Colossal years ago. But from playing around tonight it seems like the wattage setting controls the whole thing. Like at 15W I get a quite weak cool vape. At 18W it's a nice vape, around 24W it starts to overheat and turn off sometimes.
Like you, I have a bunch of Pico 75's. I installed Arctic Fox on all of mine.
I'm pretty sure you've used Arctic Fox before. If you go into AF under TC you will see a feature called Preheat. That is where you setup a wattage boost and the total time for the boost.
I use Preheat only for 26g and thicker wire and also for claptons (and other exotic coils). If you are using 28g or thinner wire you don't want to set the Preheat too high.
Using your examples and 28g ss316L, I would start with Preheat setting as follows and then adjust to what feels good for you. 15w, Preheat 20w. 18w, Preheat 23w. 24w, Preheat 29w. If using 26g wire then set Preheat wattage higher to whatever feels best for you. I have the boost set between 1sec - 2sec (depending on coil).
In AF you have 8 profiles. You could always setup each for different wattages and Preheat settings. Or have 3-4 for TC only settings and another for simple wattage mode.
Using Arctic Fox will bring any compatible mod to nearly the same performance one would get from any DNA or Yihi mod.
Also, you Do Not need to lock the coil resistance for TC to work properly under AF or if using the default Eleaf Pico 75 firmware.
That is also true with any DNA or Yihi mod. In fact Evolv recommends not locking resistance under TC. I have each of the 8 profiles setup differently on all my DNA and Arctic Fox mods.
Good luck
