I use my focuser in station mode. I have been trying out different external antennas with my ESPs that I tuned with my nanoVNA. one really well tuned dipole was dropping the connection while a my first untuned one worked well. This has really perplexed me as the VNA is well calibrated and gives expected results for a good quality commercial 2.4ghz antenna.
I am now using a well tuned ground plane antenna on the ESP and was thinking it would be nice to see if the esp rssi would correlate. I was also hoping that the RSSI might be a proxy for when I am pushing the range of my rig away from the house- which might predict that I could loose the connection during an imaging session.
what I was doing before was putting focuser in Access point mode and reading the RSSI off my computer or cell phone as a proxy, but I was hoping the device could report that back if one is using station mode.
thanks for considering.
Al
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there will another update later today to fix the readings.
the current code only takes 1 reading - the update will take readings whenever the value is requested.
The new PDF when I upload it tommorrow (143) explains how to use it
eg
192.168.2.121:6060/rssi
will return the rssi value
Also using the new get/set interface
192.168.2.121:6060/get?rssi=
will return the rssi value
The value for RSSI is only really valid in STATIONMODE.
I have for you a TCPIP logger application that can run and send periodic requests for RSSI values and log them to a file. I need to probably write some deocument explaining how to use it.
reqards
Robert
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Hi Al
Thanks, I included that in release 146 on Github.
Odd thing is it was never flagged on my system as an error - I ended up having to cut the code out, recompile, and then paste the exact code back in in order to get an error flag,
Hi Robert
Does MyFP2ESP log the the boards RSSI anywhere for trouble shooting connection drops ?
thanks
Al
The RSSI is not logged. What issues are you experiencing?
Give me a reason to include RSSI in logging?
Hi Robert
I use my focuser in station mode. I have been trying out different external antennas with my ESPs that I tuned with my nanoVNA. one really well tuned dipole was dropping the connection while a my first untuned one worked well. This has really perplexed me as the VNA is well calibrated and gives expected results for a good quality commercial 2.4ghz antenna.
I am now using a well tuned ground plane antenna on the ESP and was thinking it would be nice to see if the esp rssi would correlate. I was also hoping that the RSSI might be a proxy for when I am pushing the range of my rig away from the house- which might predict that I could loose the connection during an imaging session.
what I was doing before was putting focuser in Access point mode and reading the RSSI off my computer or cell phone as a proxy, but I was hoping the device could report that back if one is using station mode.
thanks for considering.
Al
Hi Al
it has been added to latest release
https://github.com/brownrb/myFP2EFirmware/releases
there will another update later today to fix the readings.
the current code only takes 1 reading - the update will take readings whenever the value is requested.
The new PDF when I upload it tommorrow (143) explains how to use it
eg
192.168.2.121:6060/rssi
will return the rssi value
Also using the new get/set interface
192.168.2.121:6060/get?rssi=
will return the rssi value
The value for RSSI is only really valid in STATIONMODE.
I have for you a TCPIP logger application that can run and send periodic requests for RSSI values and log them to a file. I need to probably write some deocument explaining how to use it.
reqards
Robert
https://github.com/brownrb/myFP2EFirmware/releases/tag/144
Thats awesome!. Thanks so much!!
Al
Last edit: Al ros 2021-02-16
Just tried it - Works great
Thanks again
PS.
there were two missing brackets in v144
memcpy( myPASSWORD, myPASSWORD_1, (sizeof(myPASSWORD_1) / sizeof(myPASSWORD_1[0]) ));
Hi Al
Thanks, I included that in release 146 on Github.
Odd thing is it was never flagged on my system as an error - I ended up having to cut the code out, recompile, and then paste the exact code back in in order to get an error flag,
regards
Robert
here is a link to the TCPIPLogger I mentioned
https://www.dropbox.com/s/lzo7t3t3iu8o124/myTCPIPLogger.zip?dl=1
Thanks Robert !
Al