Does the RSSI indication under Site Info on SmartZone radios correspond to a "real" unit of RF signal strength? If how, roughly how?
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Trunking RSSI -> real units?
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I doubt it. RSSI is almost unit-less. Sometimes it's a voltage, sometimes a digitized value. For example, GTX mobiles come out with 1.5 to 4.5 volts, while Spectra mobiles display it as a value between 30 and 110, roughly. It varies with each radio.
You could inject signals of known signal strengths and record the RSSI values and come up with a graph of the relationship, but there's nothing saying it will be the same on all radios. About all you can assume is that a higher value means a stronger signal. When the radio leaves the factory, the various RSSI values used with SmartZone are set according to specific signal strengths.
Bob M.
You could inject signals of known signal strengths and record the RSSI values and come up with a graph of the relationship, but there's nothing saying it will be the same on all radios. About all you can assume is that a higher value means a stronger signal. When the radio leaves the factory, the various RSSI values used with SmartZone are set according to specific signal strengths.
Bob M.
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