DW1000_DEVICE_TX_PWR does not match dw1000_dev_cfg power settings

[fjmolinas]

The syscfg for the uwb-dw1000 sets the default TX_POWER for the device to -14.3:

uwb-dw1000/hw/drivers/uwb/uwb_dw1000/syscfg.yml

Lines 28 to 33 in 9503f2a

	DW1000_DEVICE_TX_PWR:
	description: 'Tx Power dBm'
	value: ((float)-14.3f)
	DW1000_DEVICE_ANT_GAIN:
	description: 'Antenna Gain dB'
	value: ((float)1.0f)

On the other side the default dw1000_dev_cfg power settings sets a gain of 9dB as the default, but if DW1000_BIAS_CORRECTION_ENABLED is enabled the correction is not based on the configuration settings
in the default config but on the macros DW1000_DEVICE_TX_PWR and DW1000_DEVICE_ANT_GAIN.

uwb-dw1000/hw/drivers/uwb/uwb_dw1000/src/dw1000_hal.c

Lines 77 to 84 in 9503f2a

	.txrf={
	.PGdly = TC_PGDELAY_CH5,
	//.power = 0x2A4A6A8A,
	.BOOSTNORM = dw1000_power_value(DW1000_txrf_config_9db, 2.5),
	.BOOSTP500 = dw1000_power_value(DW1000_txrf_config_9db, 2.5),
	.BOOSTP250 = dw1000_power_value(DW1000_txrf_config_9db, 2.5),
	.BOOSTP125 = dw1000_power_value(DW1000_txrf_config_9db, 2.5)
	},

https://github.com/Decawave/uwb-core/blob/c6cf518e39a49f7084b229ee4ed7ab7ee80b2e5d/lib/uwb_rng/src/uwb_rng.c#L1027-L1039

I'm therefore quite unclear on what each of these values mean and what values should be considered for BIAS_CORRECTION

[ncasaril]

The DW1000_DEVICE_TX_PWR isn't used. It should be removed. Thanks for pointing this out.

edit: The bias correction does reference this value still as per your comments. However this hasn't been used in a while.
I'd say do not use the bias correction. The receiver do oversteer if you have too much power coming into the antenna creating this bias, but this should only be a problem if you're having the antennas less than say 2m apart and high tx power. You can see if you're oversteering the receiver by checking the rssi.

[fjmolinas]

The DW1000_DEVICE_TX_PWR isn't used. It should be removed. Thanks for pointing this out.

edit: The bias correction does reference this value still as per your comments. However this hasn't been used in a while.
I'd say do not use the bias correction. The receiver do oversteer if you have too much power coming into the antenna creating this bias, but this should only be a problem if you're having the antennas less than say 2m apart and high tx power. You can see if you're oversteering the receiver by checking the rssi.

Hi @ncasaril thanks for the explanation, that clarifies things for me. Cheers!