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I have written the code for the gpssetup App. But am finding that on exit of the settings menu (caling load()) the GPS power is turned back off. I installed firmware 2.08.160 so I can see if the GPS is on or not.
I will try the solution for the above.
However I am not yet convinced switching the GPS on / off all the time is a great idea. Imagine a collection of apps that work with the GPS, a waypoint setter, a route follower, a waypoint finder, a position display with lat/lon or grid ref, a route logger etc. With a handheld GPS you can switch between all of these screens without the GPS being turned off and on. If the GPS is powered off it then has to go through the satellite aquisition process again and that can take 30 seconds to 5 minutes depending on how long the GPS has been off.
Does Bangle.setGPSPower(1) do nothing if the power is already on ?