The intensity of the signal - dBm calculation?

Values returned signal strength by WSN nodes seem to range from 0 to 100.  How are these calculated values signal strength?  Along with power and sensitivity of output are listed as + 17dBm and - 102dBm respectively, this is a theoretical difference of 119dBm.  The values of the signal strength can be correlated to dBm?

Thank you!

Garrett

Hi Garrett.

The radio returns to the quality of the relationship between 0 and 255.  Currently, we have 39 dB representing 100% and-97 dB link quality, representing 10% quality of the connection.  Note that these values may change in the future.

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