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docs(features): record power-saving phase 1 status + what to return to
CAD-windowed RX shipped on feat/power-saving (behind Settings › Radio › Pwr save), reliable by hand-test, default off, not yet merged/measured. Capture the deferred follow-ups: take a current measurement, revisit warm sleep with a TCXO startup-delay tune (reverted — dropped long packets), CAD window tuning, and Adaptive Power Control. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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@@ -356,40 +356,19 @@ merged — under field testing. Where things stand and what to return to:
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listen-before-talk was a no-op; airtime budget + `isReceivingPacket()` still
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gate TX. CAD window = 45 ms (< the ~66 ms 16-symbol preamble at SF8/BW62.5),
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RadioLib default CAD params.
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- **Field test:** the **base (Pwr save OFF) is healthy** — no regression vs
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stock; an earlier "drops vs stock" scare turned out to be weak repeater
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coverage at the test site (direct device-to-device was fine). With **Pwr save
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ON, occasional message drops** were observed (CAD misses some), so it stays
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**default OFF** and is experimental until detection is made reliable.
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- **Verified by hand:** short and long messages received reliably with Pwr save
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on (dozens, no drops). Default OFF.
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**⏸ To return to (not done)**
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- **WAITING ON: upstream preamble 16 → 32.** Upstream `dev` raised the LoRa
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preamble from 16 to 32 symbols; we'll pick it up via the next upstream
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release/merge (our radio init still hardcodes 16 in `CustomSX1262.h`
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`begin(..., 16, tcxo)`). This is the natural fix for the CAD drops: at
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SF8/BW62.5 the preamble goes ~66 ms → ~131 ms, so the conservative 45 ms scan
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window gains a huge margin (~21 ms → ~86 ms) and the occasional misses should
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disappear — **revisit power-save right after that lands.** It also un-no-ops
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`startReceiveDutyCycleAuto(32)` (32 ≥ 2·minSymbols+1), enabling the SX126x
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hardware RX duty cycle as an alternative to the software CAD loop. Caveat: the
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scan window must be sized for the *shortest* preamble on the mesh, so a longer
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window / `startReceiveDutyCycleAuto(32)` only pays off once senders are
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broadly on 32 — keep 45 ms while the mesh is mixed.
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- **CAD detection reliability** — the open blocker (see above; the preamble
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bump is expected to resolve most of it). If misses persist after preamble 32,
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tune the CAD parameters (`setCad` symbolNum / detPeak / detMin via a
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`ChannelScanConfig_t`). Needs the current measurement below to judge the
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reliability-vs-savings trade.
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- **Current measurement** — never taken (no PPK2/meter to hand). The actual mA
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win is unquantified. Do this alongside the detection-reliability tuning.
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- **Warm sleep between scans** — tried (`cadSleep()`/`cadWake()` hooks exist) but
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**reverted**: warm sleep dropped longer packets because the **TCXO** hadn't
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re-stabilised before the post-CAD receive → frequency drift → symbol errors
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over a long payload. To revisit: configure a proper SX126x TCXO startup delay
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and ensure RX waits for "TCXO ready", then re-test long-packet reception. Worth
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~another 2× on idle-window current (standby ~mA → sleep ~µA).
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- **CAD window tuning** — 45 ms is conservative; could push toward the preamble
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limit (~55 ms) for fewer scans / lower average current, once measured.
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- **Current measurement** — never taken (no PPK2/meter to hand). The reliability
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is confirmed but the actual mA win is unquantified. Do this first when resumed.
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- **Warm sleep between scans** — implemented: `cadSleep()` → `sleep(true)` (~1.5 µA),
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`cadWake()` → `standby()` + 5 ms TCXO stabilisation delay (the missing delay
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was the root cause of the earlier long-packet corruption). CAD interval bumped
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45 → 65 ms (2 guaranteed scan windows in the 131 ms preamble). Estimated idle
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~200 µA. **Needs field measurement (PPK2) to confirm.**
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- **CAD window tuning** — 65 ms is conservative; could push toward ~90 ms once
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measured, for fewer scans / lower average current.
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- **Adaptive Power Control (APC)** — drop `tx_power_dbm` dynamically on good
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links. Small win for a mostly-listening node; lower priority.
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