[Logo] Anarduino and HopeRF Community Forum
  [Search] Search   [Recent Topics] Recent Topics   [Hottest Topics] Hottest Topics     [Groups] Back to home page 
[Register] Register / 
[Login] Login 
Messages posted by: john
Forum Index » Profile for john » Messages posted by john
Author Message
Found the fix. I had set the power incorrectly based on the module I had.

Here's what was needed:
driver.setTxPower(20);
I have several RFM95W miniwireless units and all are having the same issue with poor RF distance at 900Mhz. I have soldered on a copper 82mm "whip" antenna but cannot pass packets further than 1 meter away. I am testing with the example RadioHead sketches for rf_reliable_datagram_(client|server) with the following exceptions:

driver.setFrequency(925.00);
driver.setTxPower(20, true);
driver.setModemConfig(RH_RF95::Bw125Cr45Sf128);

I've tried setting the setTxPower as low as 10 and as high as 20. On the server side I display the RSSI like so:
Serial.print(driver.lastRssi(), DEC);

However, I'm only seeing between -80 and -85 when I should expect to see something around -50 at 1 meter range. I've also tried soldering on RP-SMA connectors with an actual 900Mhz antenna but see a decrease in performance there (same range, worse RSSI).

I'd really like to do some range tests but I can't even get past 1 meter. Any ideas?

Thanks,
John
 
Forum Index » Profile for john » Messages posted by john
Go to:   
Powered by JForum 2.1.9 © JForum Team