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insufficient signals are available during navigation. The tracking engine continuously tracks and
downloads all the almanac data and acquires new signals as they become available during
navigation. The tracking engine consumes less power than the acquisition engine.
The current consumption is lower when a valid position is obtained quickly after the start of the
receiver navigation, the entire almanac has been downloaded, and the ephemeris for each satellite
in view is valid. If these conditions are not met, the search for the available satellites takes more time
and consumes more power.
2.7.2 Power save mode
Power save mode (PSM) allows a reduction in system power consumption by selectively switching
parts of the receiver on and off. It is enabled with CFG-PM-OPERATEMODE and configured with
items in the CFG-PM group.
Power save mode (PSM) has two modes of operation:
•
Power save mode cyclic tracking (PSMCT)
operation is used when position fixes are required in
short periods of 0.5 s to 10 s.
•
Power save mode on/off (PSMOO)
operation is used for periods longer than 10 s, and can be in
the order of minutes, hours, or days.
The mode of operation can be configured, and depending on the setting, the receiver demonstrates
different behavior: In on/off operation the receiver switches between phases of startup/navigation
and phases with low or almost no system activity (backup/sleep). In cyclic tracking the receiver does
not shut down completely between fixes, but uses low-power tracking instead.
BeiDou B1C is not supported in power save mode.
GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou B1I, Galileo and QZSS signals are supported in PSM. BeiDou B1C signal is not
supported. The receiver is unable to download or process any SBAS data in PSM and it is therefore
recommended to disable SBAS.
2.7.2.1 Operation
PSM is based on a state machine with five different states: "Inactive for update", "Inactive for
search", "Acquisition", "Tracking", and "Power optimized tracking (POT)" state.
• "Inactive" states: Most parts of the receiver are switched off.
• "Acquisition" state: The receiver actively searches for and acquires signals. Maximum power
consumption.
• "Tracking" state: The receiver continuously tracks and downloads data. Less power
consumption than in the "Acquisition" state.
• "POT" state: The receiver repeatedly loops through a sequence of tracking (Track), calculating
the position fix (Fix), and entering an idle period (Idle). No new signals are acquired and no data
is downloaded. Much less power consumption than in the "Tracking" state.
The PSM state machine is described in
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