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Is reTerminal Sticky meant to run cordless, or is it really a plugged-in device with a backup battery?
Trying to understand the intended power model before I optimize my config around the wrong assumption.
Running ESPHome (not stock Seeedash) with WiFi/API connected continuously, touch enabled, and a 5-minute display refresh. Measured battery drain is roughly 6%/hour — full discharge from 100% in under 18 hours under normal use.
That’s fine if Sticky is meant to live near a power point most of the time (wall mount close to a socket) with the battery just covering outages or moves. But if it’s meant to run cordless day-to-day, something in the power architecture — deep sleep between updates, lower refresh rate, WiFi on-demand rather than continuous — seems necessary to get anywhere near multi-day life on the stock 750mAh cell.
Does stock Seeedash firmware handle this differently (e.g. actual deep sleep between refreshes), or is ~1 day between charges the expected real-world number regardless of firmware? Trying to figure out whether this is a config problem on my end or just the nature of the device.
TIA’s for any tips or clues.