Power Consumption and Sleep Modes of the DIMO MacaronUpdated a month ago
The DIMO Macaron is optimized to collect as much data as possible and use as little power as possible. It has four operational modes:
Mode | Trigger | Power Consumption | Light Indicators | Operations |
Active | Vehicle Movement | ~ 25mA | During normal driving you should see a flashing blue light and a solid green light. The Blue LED will only be solid when your phone is connected via bluetooth to the device, which is not required during driving. Green indicates you have a GPS connection. Red instead of green means no GPS. | Queries PIDs (vehicle data) and non CAN bus data (GPS, Battery Voltage etc.) and sends every 30s if in range of a Helium Hotspot. |
Light Sleep | ~20s without movement | ~25mA | You will see the same light indicators as Active. | Similar to the Active State, but PID queries stop. Will send GPS, Battery Voltage, and other data not from the CAN Bus every 30s if in range of a Helium Hotspot. |
Deep Sleep | ~2 minutes without movement | ~4mA | No lights will be visible and the device. | The device will send an update of non-CAN Bus data every hour. |
Shut Down | Low Voltage threshold (11.97V) for at least 5 minutes. | micro amps | No lights will be visible and the device needs to be unplugged and plugged back in to activate a restart. | The device completely shuts down and sends no data. |
NOTE: During pairing, the BLE (Bluetooth) connection extends Deep Sleep to 15 minutes to prevent the device going to sleep during onboarding.