What is BOOST

BOOST is short for Battery Optimized Overclocking Strategy Tuning, a condition-triggered feature that can increase the frequency of data collecting (GNSS and ENV) and transmission, of which the minimal collecting interval can reach 20 seconds, and can automatically return to your normal setting as programmed, relieving any worries of battery overconsumption. When BOOST is on, you don't have to adjust settings manually from time to time and and can avoid possible improper settings that may cause battery drain or power waste. Besides, NO extra cost of data service fee is incurred during BOOST.

There are two modes of BOOST: the dynamic mode triggered by certain voltage thresholds, and the in-flight mode triggered by flight detection with medium to high voltage level.

• Dynamic mode
  For dynamic mode, there can be multiple collecting frequencies triggered by multiple voltage thresholds. A higher voltage threshold triggers a higher collecting frequency. When the voltage is higher than a voltage threshold, the related collecting frequency is triggered. When the voltage falls below the voltage threshold, the related collecting frequency stops.

• In-flight mode
  For in-flight mode, the collecting frequency is controlled by a voltage threshold, a high speed threshold and a low speed threshold.
  In-flight BOOST is triggered when the following conditions are met at the same time:

  • the voltage is higher than the threshold
  • the speed is faster than the high speed threshold

  In-flight BOOST stops when one of the following conditions is met:

  • the voltage falls below the voltage threshold
  • the speed is slower than the low speed threshold in the last 3 consecutive collectings

BOOST is designed to portray detailed movement track in a more "intelligent" way instead of manual intervention. Traditionally, the user has to monitor the device power status constantly so as to modify settings if they want more data without battery drain, while BOOST just automatically regulates the intervals if the charging condition is good and the animal deployed with the device is active.

When BOOST is triggered, you can get much more GNSS fixes than usual. More GNSS fixes can bring more detailed reflection on the animal behaviour. With other collected data, you can get a more accurate profile for your study object. The illustration below shows the movement track of a bird in 30 minutes. This bird was deployed with DEBUT LEGO. When BOOST is on, LEGO collects more than 100 GNSS fixes in 30 minutes.

Please click here to watch an instruction video on how to set BOOST.