Can I have bcon request my vehicle’s position automatically (auto poll)?
No. Because of the potentially large number of Travellers using the bcon Network, the amount of time spent sending and receiving messages/positions is critical to network performance. If auto polling was available, the network would generate an unacceptably large number of position requests to vehicles which were unavailable for one reason or another. This additional traffic would have a significant impact on the Network’s performance. In commercial networks with a controlled number of users, auto polling can be used successfully. bcon Software Engineering is developing an enhanced version of bcon Messaging/Positioning which is suitable for the commercial (fleet) market. “bcon Fleet” will contain features which are impractical to implement or unsuitable for the recreational market.
