USER MANUAL
ESRPB / EDRPB - EASYFIT BLUETOOTH® SINGLE / DOUBLE ROCKER PAD
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8.3
Receiver configuration
ExRPB communicates user actions (rocker push / release) using a sequence of advertising
telegrams as described in chapter 3.
In order to maximize the likelihood of reception of these telegrams, it is necessary that the
receiver is either permanently in receive mode on the selected radio channels or – if this is
not possible – is in receive mode periodically on one of the chosen radio channels for a cer-
tain minimum period of time.
The two key timing parameters for the periodical reception case are the scan interval (time
between the start of two consecutive scanning cycles) and the scan duration (for how long
will the receiver scan within each scanning cycle).
ExRPB transmits the advertising events with a pause interval of 20 ms between two trans-
missions. The transmission of the advertising event itself requires approximately 1 ms per
radio channel (meaning approximately 3 ms in total when using 3 radio channels) which
means that the total time between the start of two advertising events is approximately 23
ms.
Considering that the receiver might start scanning directly after the start of one transmis-
sion, we can therefore determine that it should remain active (scan duration) for at least 23
ms to check for the start of the next transmission.
Likewise, we need to ensure that the receiver will become active (scan period) no later than
right before the beginning of the third advertising event. So the longest period for which
the receiver can be inactive is given by the time from the beginning of the first advertising
events until the beginning of the third advertising event, meaning approximately 46 ms in
total.
The likelihood of correct reception obviously increases if more than one of the redundant
advertising events is received. It should also be considered that the receiver is typically
scanning on different radio channels. Therefore the theoretical maximum of 46 ms should
be significantly reduced to increase the likelihood of correct reception.
It is therefore recommended to use a setting of 30 ms scan period and 23 ms scan interval
for cases where continuous reception is not possible.