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On 12/12/2025 10:39, Andy Burns wrote:
> The Natural Philosopher wrote:
>
>> the sensor I built on the tank has no power except batteries: So it
>> only wakes up occasionally and draws nanoamps in between.
>> I have completed the warning software that looks for low oil levels,
>> loss of communication, a failing battery and unexpected changes in oil
>> level, BUT it cannot do that in real time as the unit is only powered
>> up for a minute or so every couple of hours.
>>
>> Depending on how long the batteries last I may increase the frequency
>> of operation.
>
>
> Worth trying to send the data as UDP rather than TCP? if it fits in a
> single packet,the receiver doesn`t have to track the position within a
> stream ...
>
>
Well the daemon runs under xinetd...for sheer laziness. I guess I could
make it UDP.
But I don`t know what problem that would solve.
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