Even further away from the gateways, RSSI -73, SNR 14. There will be no problem with measuring the level of water in a ditch nearby. Those #Dragino sensors work pretty well at first glance, but they were not made for wild areas – still haven't found a way to switch off the very bright LEDs that light up during transmission. We want to kep this place dark at night. And the LEDs use up the battery.
Oops – not sensors – gateways. My instance still doesn't support editing. I might have to move.
@szescstopni do you have anyone around who is brave enough to try and desolder the leds from the boards? No guarantee that is a solution as it may be part of another circuit but I have had success doing such things on various boards for power conservation reasons in the past. Sometimes all you need to do is cut a trace, no soldering iron involved.
@PlumpCat Apparently the producer knows about the issue and there's a command on their website that should switch the LEDs off, but it didn't work. I was thinking of cutting the wires too :)
The barrel was easy – just a few metres away from both the sensors. The question was how would the sensors transmit through thick, wet vegetation. I'm not measuring anything but radio parameters from this spot on the edge of a #wetland meadow in #Polesia.