
Getting The Most From Your Mio Modero R-4
commands at one time over a low bandwidth interface will cause the commands to back up and updates will occur more slowly.
Care should be taken when sending device updates to a remote. For instance, many MP3 players constantly send status updates: when a song is being played, the time remaining may be updated once per second along with the song title and artist. The title and artist do not change during the course of the song, so those fields on the remote do not need to be updated. Likewise, instead of sending updates for time remaining on a song once per second, the updates could be sent to the remote once every five seconds.
As with any wireless device, the farther away from the receiving point (either gateway or repeater access point), the lower the available bandwidth. Try to limit the number of hops between the remote and the master, as each hop will increase the response time (for example, 2 hops = 2x response time, 3 hops = 3x response time, etc.). "Hops" are defined as the number of gateways or repeaters the data must travel through to get to the master. As an example, consider a simple system with one gateway. Events on the remote are communicated to the gateway and then to the master, which constitutes one hop. Two hops would occur if an event must go through a repeater to a gateway, and then to a master. Limiting the number of hops made greatly improves the user experience.
Levels designed on the Mio
When loading custom images, use graphic files the same size as the original image button into which it was designed to fit. Images too large must be scaled to fit and will use more processing power, slowing the loading of pages.
To optimize page loading speed, use JPEG files for images instead of PNG files when possible.
Minimize the number of borders displayed on a single page. One border will always load faster than two or three. Consistent use of borders will also make for a better look and feel.
Keep the number of fonts used on the Mio
Try to use no more than one or two animated images per page. Animations use considerable amounts of processing power and slow the response time for the user.
Do not set timeouts for popups containing level/bar graph controls tied to external buttons to a short time limit. If the popup times out before the button is released, the button release is missed by the control on the popup and the level will continue to be adjusted in the last active direction. This can be a problem when the popup control is for volume, among other possibilities.
Sending consecutive listbox update send_commands too closely together can adversely affect the performance of the data transfer when sending a large number of update commands. Up to
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