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Control AM43 blinds with an ESP32
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AM43 device battery #24

Closed Male20 closed 3 years ago

Male20 commented 3 years ago

Hi,

I am experiencing some serious battery consumption on AM43 (last a week compared to months). This more likely caused by constant Bluetooth connection and I notice that this is still something on to do list. Is there any progress with this issue.

Thank you.

buxtronix commented 3 years ago

The best way to do this is have your automation system disable and enable the bluetooth radio to conserve battery.

The topic is /enable which can be "on" or "off". If you write 'off' to it, it will disconnect from all devices. When you write 'on' to it, it will re-enable device connections.

A common way of using this is with automations (such as opening/closing blinds at sunrise/sunset). Have the automation enable the connection, wait a minute or so for the connection to establish, issue the command, then disconnect.