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Calibration only uses Rx RSSI adjustments

Open dxmnkd316 opened this issue 3 months ago • 0 comments

I'm not sure if this is a bug or not.

I recently added several more base stations to my house. I set them up and waited for the calibration to run. It ended up erasing all of the absorption numbers, setting them all to 3, and now it only adjusts Rx RSSI and only moderately successfully.

What would cause the calibration routine to do this? It's been running for a couple days now and the absorption hasn't been touched? I tried digging through the code a bit but I quickly get lost in the calibration sections.

Thanks

Edit: A few other comments/notes on calibration, not related to any bugs:

  1. It seems to me that absorption only affects the Rx signal. SHouldn't this also impact the transmission as well?
  2. Things like monitors and a fridge and incredibly efficient at blocking signals. I've had to rethink my entire strategy of placement taking into account large appliances, electronics, etc.
  3. Keeping base stations "pointed" in towards the center of the house at each of the corners provides the best signals if you can manage this. I had thought the ESP's antenna to be less susceptible to directionality than this. But the effect is fairly substantial. I can tell when one of the base stations has rotated even a dozen or so degrees.
  4. Directionality of the devices is even more dramatic. Simply rotating my wrist for my watch or changing the angle of the phone can move the device halfway across the room.

dxmnkd316 avatar Apr 30 '24 13:04 dxmnkd316