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Smart Beacon settings need to be adjustable or minDeltaBeacon longer #351

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When using Smart Beacon, the tracker can beacon much more often than should be possible. I see 15 seconds, 18, seconds, 16 seconds in just the small snip of 'Raw' data below.
I believe a tracker should never beacon more often than 30 second, but that is my opinion. With LoRa taking time to transmit, and using battery power, more transmitting is taking battery. How far can a tracker move in 15 seconds, and is it necessary to 'pin' multiple spots on a corner???
I believe other Smart Beacon parameters are OK, except "minDeltaBeacon".
Can it (all three) be either adjustable or somehow set to 30 seconds?
I think I attached my configuration...

2026-04-07 10:32:18 PDT: KQ6DI-7>SXQWTV,WIDE1-1,qAO,KQ6DI-15:1.HnTcb/"4#} LoRa|($%N| 2026-04-07 **10:32:44** PDT: [KQ6DI-7](https://aprs.fi/?c=raw&limit=&call=KQ6DI-7)>SXQWTW,WIDE1-1,qAO,[KQ6DI-15](https://aprs.fi/?c=raw&limit=&call=KQ6DI-15):1.^m,sb/"4&} LoRa|(%%N|
2026-04-07 10:32:59 PDT: KQ6DI-7>SXQWTV,WIDE1-1,qAO,KQ6DI-15:1.hn"^b/"4'} LoRa|(&%N| 2026-04-07 10:33:24 PDT: [KQ6DI-7](https://aprs.fi/?c=raw&limit=&call=KQ6DI-7)>SXQWTP,WIDE1-1,qAO,[KQ6DI-15](https://aprs.fi/?c=raw&limit=&call=KQ6DI-15):1.hn5@b/"4'} LoRa|('%N|
2026-04-07 10:34:20 PDT: KQ6DI-7>SXQVXQ,WIDE1-1,qAO,KQ6DI-15:1.Aq5Zb/"3r} LoRa|()%O| 2026-04-07 **10:35:24** PDT: [KQ6DI-7](https://aprs.fi/?c=raw&limit=&call=KQ6DI-7)>SXQUYS,WIDE1-1,qAO,[KQ6DI-15](https://aprs.fi/?c=raw&limit=&call=KQ6DI-15):1."q!Zb/"3r} LoRa|(*%O|
2026-04-07 10:35:42 PDT: KQ6DI-7>SXQUWS,WIDE1-1,qAO,KQ6DI-15:1-}o+gb/"3r} LoRa|(+%O| 2026-04-07 **10:35:58** PDT: [KQ6DI-7](https://aprs.fi/?c=raw&limit=&call=KQ6DI-7)>SXQUWQ,WIDE1-1,qAO,[KQ6DI-15](https://aprs.fi/?c=raw&limit=&call=KQ6DI-15):1.<0x1f>m"Xb/"3t} LoRa|(,%O|

TrackerConfigurationBackup.json

Smart Beacon.txt

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