Is there a way to make the Notecard continuously transmit for regulatory testing purposes?

I’m looking for a way that I could cause the Notecard to continuously transmit, even if not connected to a cell network. This is for regulatory testing purposes in an anechoic chamber. Are there any commands or modes that could facilitate this, or special firmware?

Thanks!
Scott

Hi @scase,

Sorry for the delay here. There aren’t any API commands that will ensure a continuous transmission like what you are asking. If it weren’t for regulatory testing, I would tell you to “hack” a solution by using a connected host to send a simple note.add request every 30 secs (templated to make sure you don’t fill up flash storage) with a follow up hub.sync request using the allow:true argument to ignore the inevitable penalty box. Again, probably not reliable enough for regulatory testing.

Some folks internally have been through this before, so I’m going to follow up with them for any advice.

Thanks,
Rob

Thanks Rob. I was looking into the possibility of at least trying this improvised approach, but I understand correctly what this page is saying, note.add is among several types of requests that cannot be used unless you’ve already connected to a network and been able to set time. So if I were to script up a way to spam note.add, that probably wouldn’t work in an anechoic chamber where the Notecard can’t see a network, would it?

That’s a good point. The Notecard would have to be able to connect to a network at least once before testing commenced.