radio frequency, sdr software, and solus

brent

Reason for asking questions:
bought a digital bbq thermometer that monitors, with probes, grill temperature and meat temperature. I am not a grill master. (company: thermoworks, product: smoke)
This information is sent to a synced, plastic receiver that one is supposed to wear on a lanyard. I don't want to.
I want to send the info to Solus, my OS.

Questions:
Can any existing dongle (like my logi mouse/keyboard dongle, for example) be an antenna for RF?
If so, can information (the data would be high and low temps) from thermometer be directed, via RF, at that antenna?
If so, then what SDR repo software will help me interpret that data in CLI or a GUI? Or even if we rigged the thermometer to sync to the dongle, is the info being sent even translatable?
And no, the manufacturer furnishes no software at all for flying solo like this.

Is this even do-able?
Thanks as always.

SOLUSfiddler

Turn veggie.
Simple.

(No, just kidding; actually I don't get at all what you're talking about... 😅 )

brent

SOLUSfiddler
My other half is veggie so no thanks🙂 Thanks for reply.
Will admit these are specialized questions for RF/antenna users.
Trying to get digital grill readings sent to my computer instead of small plastic box.
I think I use too many words sometimes but I like to be thorough--completely understand ya.

brent

To receive temp signals in SolusI would need a special usb dongle--one that is configured to act as an antenna. Not an rtl-dsr but similar--a 20 dollar investment. Still trying to make this happen. I learn a little more every day I have time to look. I see someone in Germany tried to DIY this too. Then I have to figure out how Solus can receive the info (temp settings) on the UI side, To come.

brent

GUI on the solus end starts at 3:00. One of many valuable sources. The software is luci. The antenna idea is null. WLAN is the way. Learned so much more today. Open source hardware and software.
Long story short: meat and grill probes (that I purchased in original post) will---instead of going to the receiver that is off---go straight the the desktop computer.
The GUI to interpret that data is luci (open source and not in repo).

Temp probe unit is the sender. Computer is the receiver (wireless outfitted).
This was some birth child of the raspberry pi crowd (for minis) then blossomed into the community of open source grillers....I knew none of these communities existed before the last 72 hours....

SOLVED. I got this. Meatfully yours--