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Old 06-10-2008, 10:26 AM   #190
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
There does seem to be a genuine increase in the "idle" power consumption, Bob. Previously, if you left the Gen3 switched on, but idle, the battery charge would last for 4-5 days. With firmware 685, that's down to about 2 days.
I see. thanks

I can only speculate that "improved event handling" is now consuming more power while waiting for new events. Odds are they are polling for new events more often.

Seems they have a lot more software tweaking ahead. Their polling period should start at a very low value after an event (so that the next one is detected rapidly) then gradually increase during inactivity (to reduce power consumption while reading). That would strike a balance between prompt response time and low power use.
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