Hello,
question to the developers:
Would it be technically possible to create a second always on (backup) communication channel utilizing bluetooth between remote and dock to make the remote more responsive in case 802.11 is not yet connected? If so, dock could act as an relay between BT and wifi (802.11) to control IP based equipment.
What do you guys think?
Michael
This won’t be possible as the Remote and the Dock have completely different SoCs and architectures. Installing integrations on the Dock is not possible and even if it would not work out of the box or not at all because of these differences.
Sure, but I’m not talking about integrations.
This - if possible- could only to be done at a much lower (kernel) & fw level.
So the remote should get network over the Bluetooth connection from the Dock that’s connected via Ethernet? It don’t think that possible. It just makes more sense to use keep WiFi connected as this won’t disconnect the remote from the network while in standby.
Marton stated: “With the recent 2.7.0 beta release we’ve added support for keeping WiFi connected during standby.”
I understood this as a permanently enabled solution for these issues. Is it still necessary to enable this option manually?
Yes, you need to activate it first in power saving settings
BT tethering has been around for a long time. It should be an easy package add to both the remote and the dock. It might make sense to take a look at it and see about adding support.
Jeff
But what would be the benefit of this in comparison to keeping the WiFi connection alive? Bluetooth has a much lower range than WiFi and I’m also not sure if this would not even consume more power. The remote has to go into sleep mode and I doubt that tethering still works then.