04-04-2016, 04:30
(03-04-2016, 23:37)grunge Wrote: Werk, this is no reflection on the project as I have come to "learn" and appreciate the simplicity and value of all your hard effort. Even the upgrade to the latest software version was a pleasant experience.
But I think when adding in "radio" signals into a project, that there needs to be some quick simple test tools that can help guide the "novice" user out there that they are not going raving mad.
Hi grunge
You can be sure that I greatly appreciate all user comments and suggestions, including this one by you. This helps to improve the project.
Regarding a tool to test if the TX modules are transmitting, I think that one of the best solutions is use the SDR# software and one of those cheap radio/tv USB dongles. However, I agree that at least a simple Arduino sketch to make the TX module send some kind of data at a regular interval, could be very useful for the task. It's easy to do, I'm just not including such utility, because most of the times there is no need to use such tool, and possibly most of the users don't have a radio/tv USB dongle (SDR# software is free).
Using just a software tool on the TX and RX, without the help of any other device, can leads you to not knowing if the problem is with the transmitter or with the receiver (hope this not sounds confusing).
Anyway, include such utility is a thing to think about.
Thank you.
Rgds

