RAK11720 - LPM and ble?

Can the RAK11720 still be in LPW, while adveritsing BLE every 10 seconds?

We are making an application where we want to have it easy serviceable, however, the device is not accessable, so having a button to enable BLE is not an option. Which leads us to advertise BLE every 10 seconds

What power consumption would this use? More than 200ua?

Yes, it still can be in LPM.

Some measurement with a WisBlock RAK11722 Core module, not best for low power, so just look at the differences between advertising active and deep sleep:

5 seconds BLE advertising every 10 seconds.

44.55uA during 5 seconds advertising
26.17uA during 5 seconds sleep
35.10uA average with 5 seconds advertising, 5 seconds sleeping

Test with LoRaWAN Class A, joined network, BLE TX power set to max.

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