[smartBridges] airBridge Total - Default Antenna Setting

[Andrew Watkins]

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When I run simpleMonitor on airBridge Total, the EIRP reading flashes VERY quickly in the application's status bar.   Being in the UK, I presumed it would be 20dB but it reads 13.2dB - approx 7dB short of the 20dB ETSI maximum.  The Dial-A-Power tab is disabled so there is now way of checking antenna and power settings.   I changed the default region to FCC to enable the D-A-P tab, only to find the antenna selected was a 2.2dB - not the 9dB as per the specs so that explains where the 13.2dB came from.   Is this 2.2 antenna the default antenna setting for Total products?  If so, it explains why the RSSI and LQ are not as good as they should be at certain ranges.   My aPPT is the same.  Will changing it to a custom 9dB and setting power meter to 20dB affect the radio in anyway?   Andy