Re: X-10 RF meter (was Re: XTB II Review)

[nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Dave Houston)]

"Jeff Volp" <JeffVolp@xxxxxxx> wrote:

>"Dave Houston" <nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> "Jeff Volp" <JeffVolp@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> >> There are a few hundred BX24-AHT users who will tell you otherwise.
>> >
>> >I know the BX24-AHT gave a relative signal level indication, but I don't
>> >recall anything saying what that readout meant in dBm.
>> >
>> >Here is a cheap receiver with a true RSSI output:
>> >
>> >http://www.okwelectronics.com/datasheets/DS.0015-1.pdf
>> >
>> >Is it possible to get that kind of RSSI data from the received signal
>analog
>> >output?
>>
>> Since Bobby G. thought the prices for RF field strength meters were too
>> high, I thought the goal was an inexpensive device that could be used to
>> track down mystery X-10 RF signals. That's what I proposed.
>>
>> The module you suggest costs quite a bit more than the one I suggested  -
>> more than the $15 I suggested as the total cost (and my guesstimate was a
>> bit high). I couldn't get the OKW price quote to work but, from past
>> experience, they mark these up over the RF Solutions price.
>
>Perhaps I missundrstood your earlier response, but I thought you had
>questioned my comment on using a module with a RSSI output.  I just gave
>this as an example that there are inexpensive modules with a true RSSI
>output.  I did not propose using this particular receiver for the X10
>sniffer application.  Even if it was tunable, its narrow bandwidth would
>still make it unsuitable for a sniffer.
>
>Since I had an application that did need a good RSSI to maintain a table of
>access point signal strengths, I wondered if it is possible to get similar
>information from the received analog output.  Wouldn't that be dependent on
>the data pattern itself?
>
>I'm sure your method will work fine to locate a stuck transmit button.
>
>Jeff
>


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