Appendix L. RF400/RF410 Average Current Drain Calculations

EXAMPLE #4 (Remote RF400/RF410 in “<0.4 mA, 8 sec Delay” standby mode)

The RF400/RF410s in this example are configured for the lowest possible average standby mode current (Advanced Setup Menu selection 7). The same amount and frequency of data are collected as in Example 1.

It = Is + Id + Ir + Ii

Calculating each term:

Is = table mA value = 0.4 mA

Id =

 

[45 (ms) + 2 N (ms)]

⋅ 73 mA =

65 ms

⋅ 73 mA = 0.08 mA

 

 

60,000 ms

 

 

 

T (ms)

 

Ir =

 

20 (ms)

⋅ 24 mA = 0.008 mA

 

60,000 (ms)

 

Ii =

 

 

5000 ms

⋅ 24 mA = 2 mA

 

 

 

60,000 (ms)

 

 

It 2.4 mA

In this example the dominant average current drain contributor becomes the “time of inactivity to sleep” current.

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