{"id":26312,"date":"2019-05-28T23:43:54","date_gmt":"2019-05-29T06:43:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/m2msupport.net\/m2msupport\/?page_id=26312"},"modified":"2019-06-03T23:22:50","modified_gmt":"2019-06-04T06:22:50","slug":"find-the-best-signal-position-for-the-device-by-reading-the-signal-strength-rssi","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/m2msupport.net\/m2msupport\/find-the-best-signal-position-for-the-device-by-reading-the-signal-strength-rssi\/","title":{"rendered":"Find the best signal position for the device by reading the signal strength (RSSI)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>How to read signal strength in cellular modems?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>All cellular modems supports the <a href=\"https:\/\/m2msupport.net\/m2msupport\/atcsq-signal-quality\/\">AT+CSQ<\/a> command that returns the signal strength of the device. At+CSQ command returns signal strength value is the range of 1-30. Higher the number value returned by AT+CSQ command, better the signal condition.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>What impacts the signal strength of the device?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Various factors impacts the signal strength of the device.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Proximity to signal tower &#8211; Devices that are near the signal tower will have stronger signal.<\/li>\n<li>Interference &#8211; When the device is in a noisy environment such as inside a building or elevator, the signal condition will be weak.<\/li>\n<li>Antenna connector &#8211; In a development environment where the device is connected to an external antenna, the location of the external antenna and\/or the device will impact the signal condition.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>How to adjust device and\/or antenna for better signal condition?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>AT Command Tester tool provides an easy interface to read the signal condition while adjusting the device and\/or external antenna location. By monitoring the signal condition reported the AT Command Tester tool, users can place the device and\/or external antenna in a optimal location.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/m2msupport.net\/m2msupport\/download-at-command-tester\/\">AT Command Tester tool<\/a>, tool provides these configuration parameters for monitoring the signal condition,<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Maximum number of RSSI measurements<\/li>\n<li>Number of measurements to average<\/li>\n<li>Time between each RSSI measurement<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/m2msupport.net\/m2msupport\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/monitor_signal_strength.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-26314\" src=\"https:\/\/m2msupport.net\/m2msupport\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/monitor_signal_strength.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"863\" height=\"742\" srcset=\"https:\/\/m2msupport.net\/m2msupport\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/monitor_signal_strength.png 863w, https:\/\/m2msupport.net\/m2msupport\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/monitor_signal_strength-300x258.png 300w, https:\/\/m2msupport.net\/m2msupport\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/monitor_signal_strength-768x660.png 768w, https:\/\/m2msupport.net\/m2msupport\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/monitor_signal_strength-600x516.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 863px) 100vw, 863px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Video demo of reading signal strength (RSSI)<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div class=\"video-responsive\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"youTubePlayer\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wrMRMHACLkg\" width=\"750\" height=\"421\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to read signal strength in cellular modems? All cellular modems supports the AT+CSQ command that returns the signal strength of the device. At+CSQ command returns signal strength value is the range of 1-30. Higher the number value returned by &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/m2msupport.net\/m2msupport\/find-the-best-signal-position-for-the-device-by-reading-the-signal-strength-rssi\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"software_howto.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-26312","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/m2msupport.net\/m2msupport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26312","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/m2msupport.net\/m2msupport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/m2msupport.net\/m2msupport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/m2msupport.net\/m2msupport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/m2msupport.net\/m2msupport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26312"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/m2msupport.net\/m2msupport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26312\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26363,"href":"https:\/\/m2msupport.net\/m2msupport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26312\/revisions\/26363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/m2msupport.net\/m2msupport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}