Arbitron PPM overview tonight

[davideduardo]

The only information I can find on Arbitron's website regarding PPM, pertaining to wireless transmissions, is the ability to wirelessly monitor internet streams. David, the way you wrote you statement could have been worded better.

Yeah, Robert, blame the messenger.

I stated the PPM and the dock communicate, wirelessly, so that the meter can tell if it is at home or away when docked. At no point did I state that data was sent wirelessly from the PPM, which was your retort.

The PPM uses the same technology to detect internet streams, satellite radio, storecasting and terrestrial radio: it detects a code in the service's audio and registers it in internal memory. The meter "hears" whatever is in its proximity, and if what it hears includes the code, it registers it.

I have been involved with Arbitron on the PPM going back to the Wilmington test and the two years of Philly testing... I should certainly know how the meter can tell if it is at home or not, since that data is in every PPM report going back nearly 5 years.

 

[Robert Bass]

The only information I can find on Arbitron's website regarding PPM, pertaining to wireless transmissions, is the ability to wirelessly monitor internet streams. David, the way you wrote you statement could have been worded better.

Yeah, Robert, blame the messenger.

OK! ;D

R

 

[Paul Boomer]

radi0chik wrote:

I didn't look that closely at the docking station to see if it had an FCC ID on it, besides I think it was a prototype.. the hole cut out for the 9 pin serial connector looked like a 9 year old had made it. That particular unit may have been pre-type-acceptance or something.

Yep! That bit of information tells me that that particular People Meter came right from the engineering department. (I've hacked lots of holes in products that I've developed, to add a serial port or something.)

I'd love to get a look at the circuit board itself.