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Qi Sniffer V1.2

Manufactured By:AVID Technologies
Qi Sniffer V1.2
Part Number:101-01
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The Sniffer is a USB device that can be placed near a Qi compliant wireless charging system (TX and RX pair) and used to capture the wireless communication packets and other system operating information. The Sniffer detects, demodulates, and decodes digital bi-phase communication data of either polarity and at different baud rates. A Windows graphical user interface application displays and logs the packets and other data captured by the Sniffer.  

The Qi Sniffer consists of a USB stick device and the Qi Development System application program. When the Sniffer is placed near a Qi transmitter (within 50 mm or about 2 inches), it will detect and capture wireless power interface information. The Qi Development System provides the user interface for the system and allows the captured data to be displayed and saved to a file.

Note:  Existing Qi Sniffer devices can be updated to add v1.1 compatability via the latest Application Program (requires upgrade key)

Key Applications: Product Developers of Qi compliant products looking to quickly analyze and debug system operation, firmware operation, and validate timing parameters related to TX/RX detection and communication driven by the Wireless Power Consortium (WPC) specifications.

Update: The Qi Sniffer 1.2 is no longer available, support links below are archives from the Internet Archive website. If you're in the America region you may still buy the Qi Sniffer v1.3 from the Avnet America store.

Features

  • Non-interfering, contactless signal acquisition
  • USB-powered ( 5VDC)
  • Compatible with WPC v1.0, WPC v1.1 and v1.2 devices
  • Compact USB device, easy to set up and use
  • Multiple pickup coils allow flexibility with positioning
  • LEDs for device status and positioning assistance
  • Intuitive Windows Application for real-time data display (XP, Vista, Win7)
  • User defined trigger events to assist in debugging
  • Packet content and timing analysis
  • Data logging
  • Provides decode/display of proprietary received power packet from AVID's Qi Receiver Simulator v1.1
  • SYSTEM MONITORING
    • TX ping frequency
    • TX ping timing
    • TX operating frequency
    • TX field strength (relative)
    • RX comm. signal strength (relative)
    • RX comm. packet data
    • RX comm. packet signal polarity
    • RX comm. packet timing

Ships With

  • USB stick device
  • USB Cable
  • Qi Development System CD

Required Tools

Accessory Tools

Documents

Product Brief/Fact sheet

Product Specification Sheet for Qi Sniffer (pdf)

Quick Start Guide

Quick Start Guide for Qi SNIFFER (pdf)

Downloads

Design Package

Qi Development System CD Image 1.1 (iso)
Qi Development System Installer v1.3.3029 (32-bit) (zip)
Qi Development System Installer v1.3.3029 (64-bit) (zip)
  • in reply to cstanton

    Thanks for the suggestion.  I just did.

  • Hi

    I have the following Qi Sniffer, and I am trying to open a QID file from another colleague, but I get the following error:

    /products/devtools/product-pages/w/documents/21512/qi-sniffer-v1-2

    Qi Development System

    X An application error occurred. Please contact the administrator with the following information:

    Object of type 'System.Runtime.Serialization.TypeLoadExceptionHolder' cannot be converted to type 'QiDevSystem.API.Events.BaseEventProperties'.

    Software Version 1.3.3029.0 Stack Trace:

    at System.RuntimeType.CheckValue(Object value, Binder binder, CultureInfo culture, BindingFlags invokeAttr) at System.Reflection.RtFieldInfo.InternalSetValue(Object obj, Object value, BindingFlags invokeAttr, Binder binder, CultureInfo culture, Boolean doVisibilityCheck, Boolean doCheckConsistency) at System.Runtime.Serialization.FormatterServices.SerializationSetValue(MemberInfo fi, Object target, Object value) at System.Runtime.Serialization.ObjectManager.CompleteObject(ObjectHolder holder, Boolean bObjectFullyComplete) at System.Runtime.Serialization.ObjectManager.DoNewlyRegisteredObjectFixups(ObjectHolder holder) at System.Runtime.Serialization.ObjectManager.RegisterObject(Object obj, Int64 objectID, SerializationInfo info, Int64 idOfContainingObj, MemberInfo member, Int32[] arrayIndex) at System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary.ObjectReader.RegisterObject(Object obj, ParseRecord pr, ParseRecord objectPr, Boolean bIsString) at System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary.ObjectReader.ParseObjectEnd(ParseRecord pr) at System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary.BinaryParser.Run() at System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary.ObjectReader.Deserialize(HeaderHandler handler, BinaryParser serParser, Boolean fCheck, Boolean isCrossAppDomain, IMethodCallMessage methodCallMessage) at System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary.BinaryFormatter.Deserialize(Stream serializationStream, HeaderHandler handler, Boolean fCheck, Boolean isCrossAppDomain, IMethodCallMessage methodCallMessage) at System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary.BinaryFormatter.Deserialize(Stream serializationStream, HeaderHandler handler, Boolean fCheck, IMethodCallMessage methodCallMessage) at QiDevSystem.API.Tools.BinarySerializable.Load(String path) at QiDevSystem.UI.formMain.OpenStoredEvents(String path) at QiDevSystem.UI.formMain.Open( at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem.RaiseEvent(Object key, EventArgs e) at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripMenuItem.OnClick(EventArgs e) at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem.HandleClick(EventArgs e) at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem.HandleMouseUp(MouseEventArgs e) at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStrip.OnMouseUp(MouseEventArgs mea) at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripDropDown.OnMouseUp(MouseEventArgs mea) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmMouseUp(Message& m, MouseButtons button, Int32 clicks) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStrip.WndProc(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripDropDown.WndProc(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)  

    Abort Retry Ignore  
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    Any help would be greatly appreciated
    Thanks,

  • We bought a Qi sniffer firmware upgrade for version 1.3 in 2022 but never used it. Now we are trying to upgrade our firmware and it looks like the steps don't apply anymore. We were given a license key and told to visit avnet.com but when we reached out to their support we were told to visit here and inquire if there is a way we can still get the latest firmware.

    Let me know what you need me to provide in order to get the latest 1.3V of the firmware to upgrade our Qi sniffer.

    Thanks,

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  • in reply to HunterM982

    Hi  , I'm sorry you've been told confusing information.

    The element14 Community doesn't have a technical support team for products, we cannot provide support for this. However, it appears Avnet do stock this product and so should provide the support for it.

    You can try asking the Farnelll/Newark/element14 APAC support team, they have a contact-us page.

  • Hi I am confused about where to ask for support on this product. I asked Avnet support, who have consistently told me that element14 provides support at this page, however this page then states that Avnet provides support?
    Frustrating that given the cost of this tool the documentation and support are so confusing.

  • in reply to DEKWON

    Qi Sniffer is now handled by Avnet where the v1.3 is available, please check out their store here.

  • Hello,

     

    We have a problem to open Qi Sniffer Logs that have the size is greater than 31MB

    Is there a known problem with logging only files of a certain size?

  • I bought qi sniffer recently. How to check support qi version? I want to get the qi 1.3 version. And What is the License Key that PC tool's menu(sniffer > Enter License Key) ?