If you have strong opinions about #Mesh networking, please let me know.
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@zipkid @Edent
I thought we'd reached a truce, and agreed not to randomly disparage other projects. What are the "issues" that Meshtastic has?
Meshtastic is uniquely suited to events, even assuming no-one has coordinated an event-specific firmware.
And, as a wise man once said "nonsense, they're both better". -
Well, thanks to WebUSB I was able to flash this tiny board with MeshCore. It connects fine to my phone, but I can't see any other nodes.
The hunt continues!
@Edent I have the same board, and I started seeing other nodes when I bought a uFL to SMA pigtail and used a much bigger antenna than the one provided with it
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Always a delight to be sent random circuit boards in the post
Not sure I'll have enough time before #FOSDEM to set up a full #Meshtastic node, but I'll give it a go!
@Edent I'm glad the box wasn't summarily destroyed in transit for being too suspicious, and I hope you enjoy playing with it as much as we enjoyed making it.
The Femtofox team was strongly influenced by the loss of mobile phone towers in the Northern California wildfires. I still have a dream of solar powered linux nodes as part of a healthy mesh.
The reality is that it's just really really cool to play with. -
@Edent I have the same board, and I started seeing other nodes when I bought a uFL to SMA pigtail and used a much bigger antenna than the one provided with it
@stfn I understood *some* of those words
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If you have strong opinions about #Mesh networking, please let me know.
I keep seeing things about #MeshCore and #Meshtastic and I am now thoroughly confused.
If I want to set up #LoRa messagingfor emergency / fun usage, which should I be looking at?
(Looking for people who use them - not just googled speculation, thanks!)
@Edent I've been exploring LoRa as well. Here's my writeup about experimenting with MeshCore for a few weeks: https://mtlynch.io/first-impressions-of-meshcore/
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@zipkid @Edent
I thought we'd reached a truce, and agreed not to randomly disparage other projects. What are the "issues" that Meshtastic has?
Meshtastic is uniquely suited to events, even assuming no-one has coordinated an event-specific firmware.
And, as a wise man once said "nonsense, they're both better". -
@Edent I've been exploring LoRa as well. Here's my writeup about experimenting with MeshCore for a few weeks: https://mtlynch.io/first-impressions-of-meshcore/
@michael thank you - that was useful and instructive.
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@Edent I'm glad the box wasn't summarily destroyed in transit for being too suspicious, and I hope you enjoy playing with it as much as we enjoyed making it.
The Femtofox team was strongly influenced by the loss of mobile phone towers in the Northern California wildfires. I still have a dream of solar powered linux nodes as part of a healthy mesh.
The reality is that it's just really really cool to play with. -
@Edent I'm glad the box wasn't summarily destroyed in transit for being too suspicious, and I hope you enjoy playing with it as much as we enjoyed making it.
The Femtofox team was strongly influenced by the loss of mobile phone towers in the Northern California wildfires. I still have a dream of solar powered linux nodes as part of a healthy mesh.
The reality is that it's just really really cool to play with. -
The bigger one is one of my Femtofoxen (https://github.com/femtofox/femtofox) and the other is a fun prototyping board for using All The Radios.
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@Pol nice to meet you
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@Pol nice to meet you
@Edent likewise, I always appreciate random things like that !
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Well, thanks to WebUSB I was able to flash this tiny board with MeshCore. It connects fine to my phone, but I can't see any other nodes.
The hunt continues!OK my #Meshcore friends, what am I doing wrong?
Board is on the 3rd floor (over 6m above ground height.
Powered on, connected via Bluetooth, by a window.
Set to UK long range.
Been up for about 30 minutes and hasn't discovered any neighbours.
I know there are a couple of repeaters near-ish.
Just a case of wait and hope? Stick it in the loft? Increase power?
Any help and speculation welcomed
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OK my #Meshcore friends, what am I doing wrong?
Board is on the 3rd floor (over 6m above ground height.
Powered on, connected via Bluetooth, by a window.
Set to UK long range.
Been up for about 30 minutes and hasn't discovered any neighbours.
I know there are a couple of repeaters near-ish.
Just a case of wait and hope? Stick it in the loft? Increase power?
Any help and speculation welcomed -
OK my #Meshcore friends, what am I doing wrong?
Board is on the 3rd floor (over 6m above ground height.
Powered on, connected via Bluetooth, by a window.
Set to UK long range.
Been up for about 30 minutes and hasn't discovered any neighbours.
I know there are a couple of repeaters near-ish.
Just a case of wait and hope? Stick it in the loft? Increase power?
Any help and speculation welcomed@Edent For Meshcore in the UK you need to change your radio settings:
Frequency: 869.618
Bandwidth: 62.5
Spreading Factor: 8
Coding Rate: 8
Transmit Power: 22 -
OK my #Meshcore friends, what am I doing wrong?
Board is on the 3rd floor (over 6m above ground height.
Powered on, connected via Bluetooth, by a window.
Set to UK long range.
Been up for about 30 minutes and hasn't discovered any neighbours.
I know there are a couple of repeaters near-ish.
Just a case of wait and hope? Stick it in the loft? Increase power?
Any help and speculation welcomed@Edent Before I dropped off, a large part of the UK moved to UK Narrow, so might be worth switching over
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@Edent For Meshcore in the UK you need to change your radio settings:
Frequency: 869.618
Bandwidth: 62.5
Spreading Factor: 8
Coding Rate: 8
Transmit Power: 22@Edent This is the EU/UK (Narrow) preset.
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@edronik @thechaoszone I'll give it a go. Ta!
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@Edent For Meshcore in the UK you need to change your radio settings:
Frequency: 869.618
Bandwidth: 62.5
Spreading Factor: 8
Coding Rate: 8
Transmit Power: 22 -
OK my #Meshcore friends, what am I doing wrong?
Board is on the 3rd floor (over 6m above ground height.
Powered on, connected via Bluetooth, by a window.
Set to UK long range.
Been up for about 30 minutes and hasn't discovered any neighbours.
I know there are a couple of repeaters near-ish.
Just a case of wait and hope? Stick it in the loft? Increase power?
Any help and speculation welcomed@Edent UK/EU Narrow. The default is wrong
