13 docs tagged with "helium tools"

Helium is a complex system. If you don't understand it, that complexity can be REALLY frustrating.

Let's start with the basics: When it comes to Helium, most people radically underestimate the importance of Placement and get distracted by antennas and cables. If that's you, read the Rough Guide to set you straight.

Well, the race is officially on. With at least two unofficial halvings coming in the near future, it's pretty darn important right now to:

Getting the most out of a Helium hotspot deployment requires a strategy to maximize your placement, antenna elevation, and then physically deploying the thing.

Helium is a gateway into the world of RF, or radio frequency. While the easiest thing to do when you get your hotspot is just plug it in and set it in a window, most of the time you'll earn far more if you optimize a bit. Most of those optimizations are focused on improving the RF signal your hotspot can beacon (also called "transmitting") as well as improving the ability of your hotspot to witness (also called "receiving".)

Helium is a rapidly growing and wild ecosystem. Like any other new ecosystem, things are constantly changing, and the main sources of information most new users rely on (Explorer and the Helium app) can be up 48 hours behind.

Hotspotty started as a way for Daniel Andrade (@spillere on Discord) to manage the growing fleet of Helium Hotspots he was rolling out together with Maxime Goossens and Alexis Argent.

How do you use PoE? Do you need a splitter, an injector, or both? How does it all work?

How do you make sure a radio signal is within acceptable limits for Helium? Short version: Assert your antenna gain (including your cable loss) and location accurately and you don't need to do anything else.

While many of you are hammer and tongs at the game of deploying hotspots, the real opportunity is beginning to shift from \building\ the network to \using\ the network.

Do you have the best antenna for your location? What kind of coverage is your Helium Hotspot providing? Is the location you've identified as good on Helium.Vision actually that good?

There's almost no good reason to use the CLI (Command Line Interface) wallet for a normal person, but...not everyone who gets into Helium is normal. If, like me, you're faced with having to use it, this series of instructions might help.

40-60 Hotspots, all about 1,500m away from any other, with any one of 'em having clear line of sight to at least 30 others.