RSSI stands for Received signal strength indication
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read rssi of bluetooth low-energy beacon using bluez5
I want to read the RSSI simultaneously of an bluetooth lowenergy beacon, on 2 bluetooth le usb adapters. I'm using a fedora 20 system with bluez 5 and the LogiLink BT0015 adapters (CSR chip).
My code works like a charm when only one adapter is…

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quicker WiFi scan rate to obtain rssi changes android
I am trying to increase the wifi scan rate but with the method wifi.startscan and getting the info of the list result returned, i dont see that the rssi change each 2 seconds. My question is if it is possible to get a low rate scan of the rssi and…

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Application never receives RSSI_CHANGED_ACTION
I am new to Android programming and am trying to understand the concept of BroadcastReceivers. In order to help myself, I am just trying to write a small application that monitors Wifi signal strength.
Now, from my understanding I can simply wait…

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difference between getConnectionInfo() and getScanResults() to detect signal strength changes
I'm trying to detect signal strength changes in a wifi connection. I'm confused of which method I should use in my BroadcastReceiver. What is the difference between using getConnectionInfo() and getScanResults() - from which then I can use relevant…

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Reading RSSI value of connected Bluetooth Low Energy device in Android Studio
I am working on a BLE project in Android Studio and would like to read the RSSI value of a device which I have already connected to. So far I was able to discover new devices via LE Scan and get their RSSI from there. However, once I connect to a…

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HC-05 bluetooth RSSI not working with Arduino
I cannot get my HC-05 bluetooth modules to output RSSI values. I issue it the following commands in series:
AT+INIT
-> *OK*
AT+INQM=1,9,48
-> *OK*
AT+INQ
-> *No response, it starts flashing rapidly, indicating AT mode is no longer…

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Android IRC Office Hours Question About Android Bluetooth RSSI
I have a question about bluetooth RSSI functionality on the Android (either 2.0 or 2.1):
It's easy enough to get the RSSI value when a bluetooth connection is created, but how can you repeatedly get the RSSI value of a connection that is already…

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A Kalman Filter for RSSI Distance approximations
I'm currently working on a project that makes use of RSSI signals to determine a users distance from between three beacons. Whilst I have the rough triangulation formulas working, I'm trying to make something a lot more accurate.
Through all my…

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How can I get RSSI value from wifi network in swift?
How can I get the RSSI (received signal strength indication) value of the WiFi network the mobile device is connected to, in Swift Code

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Meaning of Android Bluetooth RSSI Value
I'm wodering what the RSSI Value, delivered from the Android BluetoothDevice object, exactly means. Is it a value in dBm unit or only a measured signal stregth?
Thank you in advance.

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Scapy - retrieving RSSI from WiFi packets
I'm trying to get RSSI or signal strength from WiFi packets.
I want also RSSI from 'WiFi probe requests' (when somebody is searching for a WiFi hotspots).
I managed to see it from kismet logs but that was only to make sure it is possible - I don't…

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Linux Bluetooth l2ping with signal strength (without connecting?)
For any Linux BlueZ/BT experts here:
I'm looking for a way to "ping" known BT devices (known BDADDR) and if they are in range I'd like to know the approximate signal strength.
I know that I could first run l2ping, then establish a connection to the…

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Android: Why are methods for getting neighboring cell signal strengths better than those for current cell signal strength?
I'm writing an android application that collects cell signal strengths. I am having trouble getting the "current" cell signal strength, but I don't have any problem getting the "neighboring" cell signal strengths.
To get the current cell signal…

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Android, listing rssi values for 5 strongest wifi networks
I am trying to make a simple app that tells me the rssi values of the 5 strongest wifi networks. I don't need to connect to any of the networks, just want to know the rssi's. At the moment I'm using the following bit of code:
wifi = (WifiManager)…

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Get Rssi Value From Windows
I would like to measure rssi value of modem.Is there any api to get rssi value for Windows?I used to do that with Wifi.Manager in android.But i couldn't find any api for Windows

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