Is Signal Level reported by USB RFXtrx?

Plugins & Plugin Development USB RFXtrx Transceiver
1

My LWRF devices seem to report Signal Level (as per example below). Does the plug-in capture and expose this variable? I think it could be useful if it was available because:
1). You can troubleshoot devices that are performing unreliably due to weak signal.
2). May help identify whether a newly appeared device is likely to be from your neighbour (e.g. a low signal is a good clue).

I’m not sure if other protocols also report signal level, but if so, then it could be a useful feature for all.

[tt]0A14000300068E10030060
Packettype = Lighting5
subtype = LightwaveRF
Sequence nbr = 3
ID = 00068E
Unit = 16
Command = Group Mood 1
Signal level = 6[/tt]

2

No, it is not.
No standard variable to store this information and no way to be displayed in the dashboard for the standard devices (temperature, humidity, switch light, …).

3

Where is the code from? It would be helpful to know. Cheers
J

4

How can you see this signal level as reported in the original question?

I have recently bought the RFXtrx along with a Lightwave RF master switch. The LightwaveRF switch is operating the lights but very intermittently. I will work for 5 mins, then not work for 10 and so on. I am wondering if it is a signal issue.

Many thanks

5

What version of the the firmware do you have?
I found that v65 or v64 didn’t work that well. V66 was a big improvement but has a bug - wait until they release v67. It will work better then probably.
Edit: v67 came out 7th June. Try that first, big improvements on lightwaveRF stuff. PIR’s and remotes work well too.

6

Apologies for the horrendously late reply.

Im not sure about RFXtrx firmware - but certainly not updated since 7 June. How do you update the firmware?

7

You can find all the information you need about firmware updateing in the rfxtrx user guide from here → Downloads

From the same download page you can find the latest firmware and firmware update tool.

Br/Tomas

8

[quote=“jtmoore, post:1, topic:175402”]My LWRF devices seem to report Signal Level (as per example below). Does the plug-in capture and expose this variable? I think it could be useful if it was available because:
1). You can troubleshoot devices that are performing unreliably due to weak signal.
2). May help identify whether a newly appeared device is likely to be from your neighbour (e.g. a low signal is a good clue).

I’m not sure if other protocols also report signal level, but if so, then it could be a useful feature for all.

[tt]0A14000300068E10030060
Packettype = Lighting5
subtype = LightwaveRF
Sequence nbr = 3
ID = 00068E
Unit = 16
Command = Group Mood 1
Signal level = 6[/tt][/quote]

Has anybody worked out how to get this signal level report ? I would like to run that on a few lightwaveRF devices to see if that explains the unreliability

9

I think that’s from the rfxmngr-program. Connect the device to the PC and start the program. Can be downloaded from rfxcom.com.

10

Yes, RFXmngr application displays this information.

My plugin does not save this information.