RSSi Testing

Former Member over 8 years ago

I am working on the ANT protocol for a product we've developed, called RunScribe [a shoe-worn running sensor], and am seeing some issues on Fenix 5 watches with our ANT [not +] Connect IQ datafield app. Performance is *solid* on the 935, 235, and 735XT.

I'm interested in quantifying the RSSi from the pods, and have searched the forum, finding mostly older threads on this topic.

I generally use my USB-m ANT Stick, along with Dynastream's ANTWare II program to see packets, but as I understand it, the USB-m stick doesn't support RSSi.
Wondering what the best option is? I've looked at the N5 mentioned in 2015 threads, but am wondering if there is anything more recent that would be a better fit for the job?

Thanks!
-Tim

MoxyRoger over 8 years ago

I don't know about the ANT-m stick support.

The North Pole Engineering Wasp and Wasp Utility show RSSI live. The RSSI value would range from about -2 (almost touching) to -50 at about 15 feet away.

MoxyRoger over 8 years ago

It seems like the RSSI provides something useful on a Fenix 3 watch but not on the simulator (with an ANT-m stick)

I put the following code inside my onMessage(msg) function of the Generic ANT Channel.

var rssi = msg.rssi;
Sys.println("RSSI: " + rssi);

The Sim produced the following output. It seemed to only get 1, 0, or null.

RSSI: null
RSSI: null
RSSI: null
RSSI: null
RSSI: null
RSSI: null
RSSI: null
RSSI: null
RSSI: null
RSSI: null
RSSI: null
RSSI: null
RSSI: null
RSSI: null
RSSI: null
RSSI: 0
RSSI: 0
RSSI: 1
RSSI: 1
RSSI: 0
RSSI: 0
RSSI: 0
RSSI: 0
RSSI: 0
RSSI: 0
RSSI: 1
RSSI: 1
RSSI: 0
RSSI: 0
RSSI: 0
RSSI: 0
RSSI: 0
RSSI: 0
RSSI: null
RSSI: null
RSSI: 0
RSSI: 0
RSSI: null
RSSI: null
RSSI: 1
RSSI: 1
RSSI: null
RSSI: null
RSSI: 1
RSSI: 1
RSSI: null
RSSI: null
RSSI: 1
RSSI: 1
RSSI: null
RSSI: null
RSSI: 1
RSSI: 1
RSSI: 1
RSSI: 1
RSSI: 1
RSSI: 1
RSSI: 1
RSSI: 1
RSSI: 1
RSSI: 1
RSSI: 1
RSSI: 1
RSSI: null
RSSI: null
RSSI: null
RSSI: null
RSSI: null
RSSI: null
RSSI: null
RSSI: null
RSSI: null
RSSI: null
RSSI: null
RSSI: null
RSSI: null
RSSI: null
RSSI: null

The same code on a Fenix 3 watch produced this output. 200 was close, 177 was far away.

RSSI: null
RSSI: null
RSSI: 186
RSSI: 210
RSSI: null
RSSI: 210
RSSI: null
RSSI: null
RSSI: null
RSSI: null
RSSI: null
RSSI: 210
RSSI: 211
RSSI: 212
RSSI: 212
RSSI: 190
RSSI: 191
RSSI: 189
RSSI: null
RSSI: 211
RSSI: 206
RSSI: 201
RSSI: 199
RSSI: 202
RSSI: 200
RSSI: null
RSSI: 201
RSSI: 185
RSSI: 191
RSSI: 199
RSSI: 197
RSSI: 196
RSSI: 192
RSSI: 185
RSSI: 188
RSSI: 191
RSSI: 192
RSSI: 199
RSSI: 200
RSSI: 183
RSSI: 183
RSSI: 183
RSSI: 184
RSSI: 184
RSSI: 184
RSSI: 185
RSSI: 188
RSSI: 183
RSSI: 188
RSSI: 186
RSSI: 189
RSSI: 178
RSSI: 183
RSSI: 188
RSSI: 188
RSSI: 187
RSSI: 187
RSSI: 186
RSSI: 186
RSSI: 184
RSSI: 184
RSSI: 179
RSSI: 164
RSSI: 177
RSSI: null
RSSI: 166
RSSI: 171
RSSI: 169
RSSI: null
RSSI: 169
RSSI: 159
RSSI: 161
RSSI: 175
RSSI: 172
RSSI: 164
RSSI: 178
RSSI: 175
RSSI: 176
RSSI: 177
RSSI: 177
RSSI: 177
RSSI: 177
RSSI: 177
RSSI: 177
RSSI: 178
RSSI: 175
RSSI: 180
RSSI: 179
RSSI: 181
RSSI: 180
RSSI: 178
RSSI: 181
RSSI: 180
RSSI: 182
RSSI: null
RSSI: 181
RSSI: 185
RSSI: 188
RSSI: null
RSSI: 200
RSSI: 202
RSSI: 204
RSSI: 204
RSSI: 202
RSSI: 202
RSSI: 206
RSSI: 201
RSSI: 202
RSSI: 201
RSSI: 199
RSSI: 198
RSSI: 198
RSSI: null
RSSI: 192
RSSI: 196
RSSI: 192
RSSI: 204
RSSI: 202
RSSI: 195
RSSI: 200
RSSI: 203
RSSI: 194
RSSI: 203
RSSI: 203
RSSI: 203
RSSI: null
RSSI: null
RSSI: null
RSSI: null
RSSI: null
RSSI: null
RSSI: null

Chimcen over 8 years ago

I am working on the ANT protocol for a product we've developed, called RunScribe [a shoe-worn running sensor], and am seeing some issues on Fenix 5 watches with our ANT [not +] Connect IQ datafield app. Performance is *solid* on the 935, 235, and 735XT.

I'm interested in quantifying the RSSi from the pods, and have searched the forum, finding mostly older threads on this topic.

I generally use my USB-m ANT Stick, along with Dynastream's ANTWare II program to see packets, but as I understand it, the USB-m stick doesn't support RSSi.
Wondering what the best option is? I've looked at the N5 mentioned in 2015 threads, but am wondering if there is anything more recent that would be a better fit for the job?

Thanks!
-Tim

Hi Tim,

bought the footpods last night - and i've a fenix5... there are still issues with that combination?