Low power remote control using Thread

[GPereira]

I am trying to design a remote control for my garage door and I need to develop a low power remote control that talks to my Thread garage receiver.

I have looked into OpenThread node roles/types and the one closest to what I need seems to be "Sleepy End Device". However this requires for the sleepy device to poll its parent every once in a while and that ruins my design. Altough I can set this to a very long time interval it is not enough if I am away from home during, for example 1 month.

Is there a better option using Thread?

[Edvin]

Hello,

Sleepy end device seems like a suitable role for your case, as it rarely (ever?) needs to receive messages, but only transmit when you want to open/close the door. 

What did you set the interval to? And why does it not work if you are away from home for 1 month? Is the battery flat? Have you tried to monitor the current consumption? Are you sure it isn't something else drawing current?

Please check out my colleague's reply in this ticket. 

Best regards,

Edvin

[GPereira]

I was asking from a conceptual point of view. This was not implemented. Thank you for your response!

From what I read, Thread is more suited for stationary nodes.