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On 12/12/2025 10:39, Andy Burns wrote:
> The Natural Philosopher wrote:
> 
>> the sensor I built on the tank has no power except batteries: So it 
>> only wakes up occasionally and draws nanoamps in between.
>> I have completed the warning software that looks for low oil levels, 
>> loss of communication, a failing battery and unexpected changes in oil 
>> level, BUT it cannot do that in real time as the unit is only powered 
>> up for a minute or so every couple of hours.
>>
>> Depending on how long the batteries last I may increase the frequency 
>> of operation.
> 
> 
> Worth trying to send the data as UDP rather than TCP? if it fits in a 
> single packet,the receiver doesn't have to track the position within a 
> stream ...
> 
> 
Well the daemon runs under xinetd...for sheer laziness. I guess I could 
make it UDP.

But I don't know what problem that would solve.

-- 
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