# MESH RSSI Measure

**URL:** <https://community.particle.io/t/mesh-rssi-measure/57233>\
**Category:** WiFi\
**Created:** [August 1, 2020, 6:43pm UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/mesh-rssi-measure/57233 "2020-08-01T18:43:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![HillBilly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c37758/32.png) [@HillBilly](https://community.particle.io/u/HillBilly)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2020, 6:43pm UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/mesh-rssi-measure/57233/1 "2020-08-01T18:43:23Z")

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Hi,  
I was wondering if anyone knew of a way to measure RSSI on the XENON. I am building a network for my farm project. It includes property perimeter motion sensors, green house monitoring, chicken coop monitoring, and of course the Moonshine shed. I would like to be able to measure signal strength and output it to led’s on a custom board I am working on so as I adjust the sensors I can see visually how to place them. If anyone has worked on something similar, and would be willing to share it would be greatly appreciated.

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**Author:** ![peekay123](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/community.particle.io/peekay123/32/810_2.png) [@peekay123](https://community.particle.io/u/peekay123)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2020, 8:02pm UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/mesh-rssi-measure/57233/2 "2020-08-01T20:02:53Z")

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@HillBilly, I assume you know that Mesh has now been deprecated (removed) and Xenon's are no longer sold. A Mesh RSSI API was discussed in the early days of Mesh development but never implemented that I know of. However, @rickkas7 did some work that might be helpful:

> [@Mesh range testing](https://community.particle.io/t/mesh-range-testing/46580):
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> These are unofficial numbers, only tested once by me. Your results may vary. The Boron gateway sends out a mesh publish once per second. The Xenon display shows when it receives a packet and the RSSI. The display also changes to indicate the number of packets missed. When testing the range I listed the maximum range at an RSSI of -89, which is about as low as you can go before you start losing packets. Tests Built-In antenna (both sides) I tested with the Boron mounted about 33" fr…

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**Author:** ![HillBilly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c37758/32.png) [@HillBilly](https://community.particle.io/u/HillBilly)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2020, 1:06pm UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/mesh-rssi-measure/57233/3 "2020-08-02T13:06:03Z")

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Thanks for sharing the information. I did not know the Xenon’s were not being sold any more. Was there a issue with them or just not enough being used? I assume the Argon is not the lowest cost solution now ? I will look at the Mesh info as well.  
Thanks