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taburineagle / NeewerLite-Python

NeewerLite-Python is an un-official cross-platform Neewer LED light control app - written in Python, originally based off of the NeewerLite macOS Swift project by @keefo (Xu Lian)
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Difficulty Discovering and Linking to lights #62

Closed markvrepo closed 1 year ago

markvrepo commented 1 year ago

I'm using one of the approved bluetooth dongles with 3 neewers RGB/CCT lights. I find the http service has a hard time finding one and occasionally two of the lights and, once found, linking can take quite a few retries.

There is some signal level information in the web page. What are reasonable numbers ? I am seeing in the low to high -80s.

fribse commented 1 year ago

I would say -60 is a good signal, I can connect often with -70, but I don't think I will get a connection with -80.

markvrepo commented 1 year ago

Thanks. Looks like I need to distance my bluetooth dongle from my pc.

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I would say -60 is a good signal, I can connect often with -70, but I don't think I will get a connection with -80.

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markvrepo commented 1 year ago

Would you mind letting me know which bluetooth dongle you are using ? I'm using the tplink that has been recommended. I ran a usb extender as a result of your prior email and I still have a light a mere 8 feet away that is running -80. The rest of the lights dropped into the low 70s, so that is appreciated.

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taburineagle commented 1 year ago

Hi @markvrepo - sorry for the delay, ha, been working on tweaking a PC I just built :) Yeah, usually I'd say the sweet spot would be somewhere in the -60 to -40 range for mid-range signal level. -80 is a really low signal level for these lights, you may get a connection to them, but they aren't guaranteed to stay connected for any period of time with a level that low, and if you do, the communication will be slower from NeewerLite-Python to multiple lights. I personally use one of these Bluetooth dongles with my setup - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07V1SZCY6/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1, which I think you did say was the one you're using.

taburineagle commented 1 year ago

Hi @markvrepo - I'm going to close this one as I haven't heard back in a while. If you still have issues, feel free to re-open it!