Power consumption? #132

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2026-10-27T15:40:18+01:00

adam commented

2026-10-27 15:40:18 +01:00

It seems to me that power consumption with "MC-Term" is higher than needed:

I use: T-Deck Plus with MC-Term firmware version 0.9.10.

With the "Ripple GUI" formware I could leave the device running for a whole day on battery (i.e. 24 hours at least). With "MC Term", after I came back home after 19 hours, it was off due to empty battery. (I do not know at which time it went off).

It is still only a "feeling", not a whole measurement process, but does the software put the hardware into sleep and not doing activity when not in use?

(What I see is that in the "Neighbor RPTs" screen, the seconds continue to tick, so I am wondering if software stays active even if no LoRa data is received and screen is off.)

It seems to me that power consumption with "MC-Term" is higher than needed: I use: T-Deck Plus with MC-Term firmware version 0.9.10. With the "Ripple GUI" formware I could leave the device running for a whole day on battery (i.e. 24 hours at least). With "MC Term", after I came back home after 19 hours, it was off due to empty battery. (I do not know at which time it went off). It is still only a "feeling", not a whole measurement process, but does the software put the hardware into sleep and not doing activity when not in use? (What I see is that in the "Neighbor RPTs" screen, the seconds continue to tick, so I am wondering if software stays active even if no LoRa data is received and screen is off.)

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Reference: adam/meshcore#132