New recon toggle payload

[dtmcnamara1030]

Payload that toggles on and off recon mode to help save battery when not using.

[dtmcnamara1030]

Recon (pineapd) runs continuously the whole time the device is on which is the main battery drain, and there's no built-in switch to pause it while you're setting up. This payload is a one-tap toggle: run it once to pause (stops the recon engine and drops the monitor interfaces so the radios go quiet), run it again to resume (brings the interfaces back and restarts a scan). State is tracked with a /tmp marker, so after a reboot it correctly knows recon is running again. The button LED reflects state: red = paused, green = resumed.

[InfiniteDevelopment]

I tested this and it works well, gonna see how much battery life I gain by running it.

[dtmcnamara1030]

I tested this and it works well, gonna see how much battery life I gain by running it.

In my testing I was dropping just under 10% per hour.

[snowyfreak33]

What other settings do you have off along with this? I ran this and yes, it's slightly better, but drain is still around 15% every 30 minutes. Would love to get the drain down to 10% per hour.

[dtmcnamara1030]

What other settings do you have off along with this? I ran this and yes, it's slightly better, but drain is still around 15% every 30 minutes. Would love to get the drain down to 10% per hour.

50% screen brightness is really the only thing I have. The 10% per hour was with the device just sitting there. I have not tested power drain while actually using it for an hour going through settings and messing around.

[lilbutterbiscuit]

I tried running a payload that kills usb power to the 5g radio, kills the 2.4g radio and kills the screen plus all LEDs minus the status led. It was drawing about 8%/hr like that running at 42C... however the health check turns everything back on at the 1hr mark... food for thought.

Would love a suspend all mode built into the power menu....