ConnectionParams vs ConnectTimeout

[thekurtovic]

Hi,
I was reading through a recent thread which suggested that connection parameters could be increased in order to achieve 100 meter distances before attempting a connection.
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The NimBLE_Client example has the following setup before calling the connection function.
pClient->setConnectionParams(12,12,0,51); pClient->setConnectTimeout(5);
What is the difference between the connection timeout compared to the connection parameter's timeout?
The example appears to have a 510 ms timeout from setConnectionParams(), but then has a 5 second timeout from setConnectionTimeout(). Since the former is also known as the "supervision timeout", my current understanding is:

• setConnectionTimeout() defines how long to wait after calling pClient->connect() before bailing out
• setConnectionParams() timeout defines how long to wait after a connection is established before disconnecting due to inactivity

Is this correct? If so, would you recommend also increasing setConnectionTimeout() in order to achieve longer connection distances?
Thank you

[h2zero]

Sorry for the late reply, your understanding of those functions is correct. I would personally set them both higher, setConnectionTimeout(30) and setConnectionParams(12,12,0,250)