Ranging from the 3rd floor to the cellar (concrete building, wire antennas)
Fig. 1: 434 / 868 MHz Hope-RFM69-Arduino Box (ca. 53x43x7 mm)
... for example because your remote -sensor/-controller is not supported by products from manufacturers like
RFXCOM, TELLDUS, RFLINK, SONOFF, JEELINK, DRAGINO ...
Fig. 2 : inside the SD card box
The tiny box of fig.1, ca. 53x43x7 mm, contains all you need:
1 Hope rfm69w 434 MHz (adjustable)
1 Hope rfm69w 868 MHz (adjustable)
1 Arduino compatible mini pro 3.3V (MEGA328P)
USB-Serial cable/dongle (FTDI, Prolific)
raw power supply (Vin max. 12VDC)
antenna equipment (can consist of simple wires)
No soldering required.
Ready for use
with pre-installed receiver program.
Fig. 3 : Standard Dupont connectors
The bad news: too much incompatible equipment is already on the market, each implementing its own proprietary protocol.
The good news: all of these devices use the same basic scheme of
Fig. 4 : USB cable with snap-on Ferrite cores
intertechno ITK-200 (protocol sequence 100011000110 "off")
Sequence
HIGH: 01000000010100000001010000100000001010000000101000
LOW : 10111111101011111110101121011111110101111111010112
Categories (polling-cycles)
ind : 0 1 2
HIGH: 264 816;
LOW : 308 858 9156;
doorbell button (unknown manufacturer)
Sequence
HIGH: 1111110010010111111001001011111100100101111110010010
LOW : 000001101102000000110110200000011011020000001101102*
Categories (polling-cycles)
ind : 0 1 2
HIGH: 330 662;
LOW : 334 670 11898;
weather station? (located in the neighborhood)
Sequence
HIGH: 111000010001001100101101000000100010000111001011110000110011000002 /
111 000010001001100101100100000100010000111001011110000110010001002 /
11100001000100110010110100000010001000011100101111000011001001 0002
LOW : 11001000010010100110110010000000100000111001011111000010101001000* /
11 001000010010100110110010000000100000111001011111000011000010100* /
1100100001001010011011010000000010000011100101111100001001100 0100*
Categories (polling-cycles)
ind : 0 1 2
HIGH: 362 750; 74
LOW : 408 786; 43578
Note the two blanks indicating drops that have been corrected by the receiver.
(*) laptops etc. are notorious RF polluters