# Disable Motion Waking a Notecard at Idle

**URL:** <https://discuss.blues.com/t/disable-motion-waking-a-notecard-at-idle/1923>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [January 30, 2024, 4:06pm UTC](https://discuss.blues.com/t/disable-motion-waking-a-notecard-at-idle/1923 "2024-01-30T16:06:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![SSPW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/90db22/32.png) [@SSPW](https://discuss.blues.com/u/SSPW)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2024, 4:06pm UTC](https://discuss.blues.com/t/disable-motion-waking-a-notecard-at-idle/1923/1 "2024-01-30T16:06:23Z")

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I have reset my Notecard back to factory defaults and i am running it in an low power app with a SWAN, with idle current of 12uA.

However, if i tilt or bump the setup, the Notecard wakes, and a simple bump, draws more than 2mins of idle current current. Tilting the sensor quickly 90deg and back (over 1s) draws equivalent of 10mins of idle current.

This is solely the notecard waking, not the Swan. I have no ATTN for motion. I have set no card.motion.\* settings after factory reset.

If my app were mounted where there is finite vibration or intermittant bumps, or for example is exposed to high winds, i am going to be burning up battery for nothing!

I cant see any setting that completely disable motion stuff completely. If you can’t disable it, then it seems like its something that should be added as a feature.

Bump Notecard

 ![NoteCard Bump](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/blues/original/2X/8/84585b723d42d32d470327d04bfb9e4182ee8411.png)

Tilt +90deg - Tilt back - Replace on Table

 ![Tilt-Back-Place](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/blues/original/2X/f/f5fc666ed5a405578f4dc9a74606575d768b40fa.png)

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**Author:** ![RobLauer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.blues.com/roblauer/32/1567_2.png) [@RobLauer](https://discuss.blues.com/u/RobLauer)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2024, 4:20pm UTC](https://discuss.blues.com/t/disable-motion-waking-a-notecard-at-idle/1923/2 "2024-01-30T16:20:22Z")

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Hi @SSPW,

Issuing the `"stop":true` argument to `card.motion.mode` should disable the accelerometer entirely:

```auto
{
  "req": "card.motion.mode",
  "stop": true
}

```

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**Author:** ![SSPW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/90db22/32.png) [@SSPW](https://discuss.blues.com/u/SSPW)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2024, 4:26pm UTC](https://discuss.blues.com/t/disable-motion-waking-a-notecard-at-idle/1923/3 "2024-01-30T16:26:57Z")

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> [@RobLauer](#):
>
> ```auto
> {
> "req": "card.motion.mode",
> "stop": true
> }
> 
> ```

Ok ill give that a try.

I looked at the card.motion.mode settings, and nothing at about “start”:true being a default setting is mentioned.

> **[card Requests - API Reference - Blues Developers](https://dev.blues.io/api-reference/notecard-api/card-requests/#card-motion-mode)**
>
> The Notecard provides a number of requests that can be used to configure the behavior of the Notecard, its pins, its use of GPS and accelerometer data, and to query the state of the Device, its network connection and peripherals.

It would be really nice if the Notecard API reference had a summary table of the all the “factory default” settings.