./RFSniffer failes on Raspberry Pi 3

Question

I`m trying to send a message over 433MHz with my raspberry pi

Link to hardware

Sender and Receiver are connected. Here is a Link to the tutorial I used to connect sender and receiver (Link)

wiring pi is installed and I installed 433Utils (Ninjablock) with this tutorial.

In short:

cd ~/
git clone git://github.com/ninjablocks/433Utils.git
cd 433Utils/RPi_utils
make

Simple problem .... it doesn't work. when using sudo ./RFSniffer CPU usage goes up to 99/100% but nothing happens. I am using different 433 MHz remotes (brennenstuhl and cheap china products) but I can't catch a signal.(Just to be clear: Startsudo ./RFSniffer and press different buttons on my different remotes next to the 433 Mhz receiver)

I don't think it's a hardware problem because I tried pilight and everything works fine. (Link

So my Problem is that the 433Utils software from ninjablocks does not work. Could this be because of the Pi version (3)?

Answer 1

Perhaps there is just too much radio noise.

Try my implementation at http://abyz.me.uk/rpi/pigpio/examples.html#pdif2__433D

It should use a lot less CPU.

It requires pigpio which may already be installed if you are using a recent Raspbian.

Answer 2

There are some issues with the 433Utils if it doesn't recognize the protocol. You could try my toolkit which might help. Home Automation with 433MHz rf Nexa Sockets and the Blyss Wireless Doorbell