Test the RF Range

[drzwave]

Plan for RF testing:

• Location – TBD - Either Scammell bridge in Dover or Seacoast Rail Trail or Waltham neighborhood
• Geographic Location CC loaded into a SwOnOff ZRAD
  • Read out the exact GPS location while the DUT is moving
  • Controller will GET the GPS location and store it with Tx power and stats
    • S2 Security encrypted = zero bits corrupted
    • SDK Retries are OK – no application retries
• Quantitative threshold for communication vs. subjective (led blinking)
• Store .csv file which can then be plotted on a map in excel
• GPS sensor is the SparkFun XA1110 with a small antenna
  • Ensure the Blue LED is blinking indicating it has satellite lock
  • Should not be a problem since testing is outdoors in open space
• All trials are joined with S2 Authenticated requiring 100% perfect data or frame cannot be decrypted
• Devices without GeoLoc CC are done using ERTT sending Basic On/Off to blink LED
  • Location data is recorded manually and threshold is subjective
  • Seems to be a way to share via Google maps? Apple maps will not give GPS coords
  • Turn on location sharing and share with a google account then they can see it on google maps
• Trials:
  • ZRAD Controller ZWLR antenna 2 + ZRAD SwOnOff antenna 2
  • ZRAD Controller antenna 2 + ZRAD SwOnOff antenna 2 – classic ZW instead of ZWLR
  • ZRAD Controller EU +14dBm + ZRAD SwOnOff antenna 2 EU
  • Same as above but with antenna 1
  • Same as above but with poor antenna on ZRAD SwOnOff
  • TBZ Controller ZWLR + ZRAD SwOnOff antenna 2
  • ZG28 devkit ZWLR (chip antenna) + ZRAD SwOnOff antenna 2
  • UZB + ZRAD SwOnOff antenna 2
  • ZRAD Controller EU antenna 1 + off-the-shelf EU device
  • ZRAD Controller ZWLR antenna 1 + off-the-shelf ZWLR device (homeseer PS100) PCB antenna
  • ZRAD Controller ZWLR antenna 1 + other ZWLR device