#1385 HIGH Trial-3: Wireless LED usage during use.

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#1385: Wireless LED usage during use.
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  Reporter:  jg           |       Owner:  rchokshi
      Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  new     
  Priority:  high         |   Milestone:  Trial-3 
 Component:  wireless     |     Version:          
Resolution:               |    Keywords:          
  Verified:  0            |  
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Changes (by danw):

 * cc: danw (added)

Comment:

 Replying to [ticket:1385 jg]:
 >    1) use one LED (maybe the !), to indicate association *and*
 connectivity via infrastructure mode.[[BR]]
 >    2) use the other to indicate similar association *and* existence of a
 mesh portal.[[BR]]
 >    3) if neither is lit, then you are trying to use a mesh that is not
 connected.[[BR]]
 >    4) if both are lit, then you know you are a mesh portal for a
 mesh.[[BR]]

 But why would real XO users (ie, not us) care about those states? The
 network states the kids will care about are (1) are there other XOs around
 that I can share activities with, (2) is the school server available for
 content storage/retrieval, (3) is the global internet available? The
 breakdown of LED functionality suggested above doesn't reliably indicate
 ''any'' of those things.

 And given the power consumption issues (#733), is it really necessary to
 indicate any of this stuff in hardware? Eg, if the user wants to know if
 there are other XOs around, he can just switch to the Neighborhood view,
 etc.

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