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From: Richard on 27 Feb 2006 10:11
Unfortunately, that method is basically useless. It reports only very coarse
increments, e.g. 100%, 88%, 66%, 28%, 0%.

Furthermore, without a conversion to dBm, not a lot of value is contained in
the percentage value.

Can anyone tell me if TAPI reports more useful data?

Richard

"Peter Foot [MVP]" wrote:

> If your device is Windows Mobile 5.0 you can use
> Microsoft.WindowsMobile.Status.SystemStatem.PhoneSignalStrength
> To retrieve the strength as a percentage.
>
> Peter
>
> --
> Peter Foot
> Windows Embedded MVP
> www.peterfoot.net | www.inthehand.com
>
> "leibnizster" <leibnizster(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1140807716.409279.40230(a)z34g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
> > The project uses c#. I tried using Alex Feinman's TAPI wrapper but it
> > wouldn't work. When I initialized the OpenNETCF.Tapi.Tapi class it
> > failed. Any ideas? I just added the TapiLib.dll file to the resources
> > and I tried using something similar to what Alex said on another
> > thread:
> >
> > Here is roughly what you want to do:
> >
> > Tapi tapi = new Tapi();
> >
> > int lineNo = tapi.Initialize();
> >
> > Line line = null;
> >
> > for( int i= 0; i < lineNo; i++)
> >
> > {
> >
> > LINEDEVCAPS dc;
> >
> > if ( tapi.GetDevCaps(i, out dc) == 0 )
> >
> > {
> >
> > if ( dc.ProviderName == CellTSP.CELLTSP_PROVIDERINFO_STRING )
> >
> > {
> >
> > line = tapi.CreateLine(i, LINEMEDIAMODE.INTERACTIVEVOICE,
> > LINECALLPRIVILEGE.NONE);
> >
> > }
> > }
> > }
> >
> > if ( line != null )
> >
> > {
> >
> > LINEDEVSTATUS status = new LINEDEVSTATUS(1024);
> >
> > status.Store();
> >
> > NativeTapi.lineGetLineDevStatus(line.hLine, status.Data);
> >
> > status.Load();
> >
> > label1.Text = "Signal strength is: " + status.dwSignalLevel.ToString();
> >
> > }
> >
> > line.Dispose();
> >
> > tapi.Shutdown();
> >
> > --
> > Alex Feinman
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> > Gottfried
> >
>
>
>
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