meshtastic/docs/software/settings/power.md

id	title	sidebar_label
power	Power Settings	Power

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Overview

Power settings on a Meshtastic device can be set like other user-define settings with the --set command see (see Meshtastic-python). Some of these options are implicit in other commands. For example, when you set the device to router mode using is_router true, it is implied that deep sleep is disabled and we want to constantly listen for messages. Below is a list of all user-definable settings and the acceptable values that these settings can use.

For a description and more information on what exactly all of these mean, please refer to Power Management State Machine

Settings

Setting	Acceptable Values	Default
charge_current	MAUnset, MA100, MA190, MA280, MA360, MA450, MA550, MA630, MA700, MA780, MA880, MA960, MA1000, MA1080, MA1160, MA1240, MA1320:	MAUnset
is_always_powered	true, false	false
is_low_power	true, false	false
is_router	true, false	false
ls_secs	integer (seconds)	0
mesh_sds_timeout_secs	integer (seconds)	0
min_wake_secs	integer (seconds)	0
on_battery_shutdown_after_secs	integer (seconds)	0
phone_sds_timeout_sec	integer (seconds)	0
phone_timeout_secs	integer (seconds)	0
screen_on_secs	integer (seconds)	0
sds_secs	integer (seconds)	0
send_owner_interval	integer (sent every x network pings)	4
wait_bluetooth_secs	integer (seconds)	0

:::note When you change the following settings to 0 they assume the following defaults:

• ls_secs: 1 hour
• mesh_sds_timeout_secs: 2 hours
• min_wake_secs: 10 seconds
• phone_sds_timeout_sec: 2 hours
• phone_timeout_secs: 15 minutes
• screen_on_secs: 1 minute
• sds_secs: 1 year
• wait_bluetooth_secs: 1 minute :::

charge_current

Sets the current of the battery charger.

Specify charge_current

<Tabs groupId="settings" defaultValue="cli" values={[ {label: 'CLI', value: 'cli'}, {label: 'Android', value: 'android'}, {label: 'iOS', value: 'iOS'}, {label: 'Web', value: 'web'}, ]}>

meshtastic --set  charge_current MAUnset

meshtastic --set  charge_current MA100

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is_always_powered

Circumvents the logic block for determining whether the device is powered or not. Useful for devices with finicky ADC issues on the battery sense pins.

Enable/Disable is_always_powered

<Tabs groupId="settings" defaultValue="cli" values={[ {label: 'CLI', value: 'cli'}, {label: 'Android', value: 'android'}, {label: 'iOS', value: 'iOS'}, {label: 'Web', value: 'web'}, ]}>

meshtastic --set is_always_powered true

meshtastic --set is_always_powered false

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is_low_power

If set, we are powered from a low-current source (i.e. solar), so even if it looks like we have power flowing in we should try to minimize power consumption as much as possible.

:::note You do not need to set this if you've set is_router (it is implied in that case). :::

Enable/Disable is_low_power

<Tabs groupId="settings" defaultValue="cli" values={[ {label: 'CLI', value: 'cli'}, {label: 'Android', value: 'android'}, {label: 'iOS', value: 'iOS'}, {label: 'Web', value: 'web'}, ]}>

meshtastic --set is_low_power true

meshtastic --set is_low_power false

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is_router

Are we operating as a router. Changes behavior in the following ways: The device will only sleep for critically low battery level (i.e. always tries to stay alive for the mesh) In the future routing decisions will preferentially route packets through nodes with this attribute (because assumed good line of sight).

Enable/Disable is_router

<Tabs groupId="settings" defaultValue="cli" values={[ {label: 'CLI', value: 'cli'}, {label: 'Android', value: 'android'}, {label: 'iOS', value: 'iOS'}, {label: 'Web', value: 'web'}, ]}>

meshtastic --set is_router true

meshtastic --set is_router false

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ls_secs

Power management state machine option. See the power page for details. 0 for default of 3600.

Configure ls_secs

<Tabs groupId="settings" defaultValue="cli" values={[ {label: 'CLI', value: 'cli'}, {label: 'Android', value: 'android'}, {label: 'iOS', value: 'iOS'}, {label: 'Web', value: 'web'}, ]}>

meshtastic --set ls_secs 0

meshtastic --set ls_secs 120

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mesh_sds_timeout_secs

Power management state machine option. See the power page for details. 0 for default of two hours, use the MAXUINT or 4294967295 to disable.

Configure mesh_sds_timeout_secs

<Tabs groupId="settings" defaultValue="cli" values={[ {label: 'CLI', value: 'cli'}, {label: 'Android', value: 'android'}, {label: 'iOS', value: 'iOS'}, {label: 'Web', value: 'web'}, ]}>

meshtastic --set mesh_sds_timeout_secs 0

meshtastic --set mesh_sds_timeout_secs 120

meshtastic --set mesh_sds_timeout_secs 4294967295

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min_wake_secs

Power management state machine option. See the power pagefor details. 0 for default of 10 seconds.

Configure min_wake_secs

<Tabs groupId="settings" defaultValue="cli" values={[ {label: 'CLI', value: 'cli'}, {label: 'Android', value: 'android'}, {label: 'iOS', value: 'iOS'}, {label: 'Web', value: 'web'}, ]}>

meshtastic --set min_wake_secs 0

meshtastic --set min_wake_secs 120

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on_battery_shutdown_after_secs

If non-zero, the device will fully power off this many seconds after external power is removed.

Enable/Disable on_battery_shutdown_after_secs

<Tabs groupId="settings" defaultValue="cli" values={[ {label: 'CLI', value: 'cli'}, {label: 'Android', value: 'android'}, {label: 'iOS', value: 'iOS'}, {label: 'Web', value: 'web'}, ]}>

meshtastic --set on_battery_shutdown_after_secs 0

meshtastic --set on_battery_shutdown_after_secs 120

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phone_sds_timeout_sec

Power management state machine option. See the power page for details. 0 for default of two hours, use the MAXUINT or 4294967295 to disable.

Enable/Disable phone_sds_timeout_sec

<Tabs groupId="settings" defaultValue="cli" values={[ {label: 'CLI', value: 'cli'}, {label: 'Android', value: 'android'}, {label: 'iOS', value: 'iOS'}, {label: 'Web', value: 'web'}, ]}>

meshtastic --set phone_sds_timeout_sec 0

meshtastic --set phone_sds_timeout_sec 4294967295

meshtastic --set phone_sds_timeout_sec 120

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phone_timeout_secs

Power management state machine option. See the power page for details. 0 for default of 15 minutes.

Configure phone_timeout_secs

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meshtastic --set phone_timeout_secs 0

meshtastic --set phone_timeout_secs 120

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screen_on_secs

Power management state machine option. See the power page for details. 0 for default of one minute.

Configure screen_on_secs

<Tabs groupId="settings" defaultValue="cli" values={[ {label: 'CLI', value: 'cli'}, {label: 'Android', value: 'android'}, {label: 'iOS', value: 'iOS'}, {label: 'Web', value: 'web'}, ]}>

meshtastic --set screen_on_secs 0

meshtastic --set screen_on_secs 120

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sds_secs

Power management state machine option. See the power page for details. 0 for default of one year.

Configure sds_secs

<Tabs groupId="settings" defaultValue="cli" values={[ {label: 'CLI', value: 'cli'}, {label: 'Android', value: 'android'}, {label: 'iOS', value: 'iOS'}, {label: 'Web', value: 'web'}, ]}>

meshtastic --set sds_secs 0

meshtastic --set sds_secs 120

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send_owner_interval

This sets how often to send the database of node owner information with other nodes in the mesh (per mesh network ping).

Configure send_owner_interval

<Tabs groupId="settings" defaultValue="cli" values={[ {label: 'CLI', value: 'cli'}, {label: 'Android', value: 'android'}, {label: 'iOS', value: 'iOS'}, {label: 'Web', value: 'web'}, ]}>

meshtastic --set send_owner_interval 0

meshtastic --set send_owner_interval 10

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For instance the default interval of 4 will send the node owner information for every 4 mesh network pings. This information is also transmitted after the node first boots up.

wait_bluetooth_secs

Wait number of seconds for Bluetooth - Power management state machine option. See the power page for details. 0 for default of 1 minute.

Configure wait_bluetooth_secs

<Tabs groupId="settings" defaultValue="cli" values={[ {label: 'CLI', value: 'cli'}, {label: 'Android', value: 'android'}, {label: 'iOS', value: 'iOS'}, {label: 'Web', value: 'web'}, ]}>

meshtastic --set wait_bluetooth_secs 0

meshtastic --set wait_bluetooth_secs 120

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