# meshbot text service

On certain channels, you can use short text commands to get automated text messages sent back to you by direct message (DM).

Try these commands:

- wx: weather forecast
- solar: solar flare data
- moon: moon data

<div id="bkmrk-full-list%3A">Full list:</div><div id="bkmrk-networking-command-d"><span>**Networking**

<div class="table" id="bkmrk-command-description-"><div id="bkmrk-command-description--1"><div id="bkmrk-command-description--2"><div><div class="container"><table class="__wikiTableVersion:Lion gridlines alternating" frame="box" rules="all" style="" width="1px"><tbody><tr><td class="cell" id="bkmrk-command"><div><div><div><div><div>Command

</div></div></div></div></div></td><td class="cell" id="bkmrk-description"><div><div><div><div><div>Description

</div></div></div></div></div></td><td class="cell" id="bkmrk-%E2%9C%85-works-off-grid"><div><div><div><div><div><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-width: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;.Apple Color Emoji UI&quot;; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;">✅</span> Works Off-Grid

</div></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="cell" id="bkmrk-ping%2C-ack"><div><div><div><div><div>ping, ack

</div></div></div></div></div></td><td class="cell" id="bkmrk-return-data-for-sign"><div><div><div><div><div>Return data for signal. Example: ping 15 #DrivingI5 (activates auto-ping every 20 seconds for count 15)

</div></div></div></div></div></td><td class="cell" id="bkmrk-%E2%9C%85"><div><div><div><div><div>✅

</div></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="cell" id="bkmrk-cmd"><div><div><div><div><div>cmd

</div></div></div></div></div></td><td class="cell" id="bkmrk-returns-the-list-of-"><div><div><div><div><div>Returns the list of commands (the help message)

</div></div></div></div></div></td><td class="cell" id="bkmrk-%E2%9C%85-1"><div><div><div><div><div>✅

</div></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="cell" id="bkmrk-history"><div><div><div><div><div>history

</div></div></div></div></div></td><td class="cell" id="bkmrk-returns-the-last-com"><div><div><div><div><div>Returns the last commands run by user(s)

</div></div></div></div></div></td><td class="cell" id="bkmrk-%E2%9C%85-2"><div><div><div><div><div>✅

</div></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="cell" id="bkmrk-lheard"><div><div><div><div><div>lheard

</div></div></div></div></div></td><td class="cell" id="bkmrk-returns-the-last-5-h"><div><div><div><div><div>Returns the last 5 heard nodes with SNR. Can also use sitrep

</div></div></div></div></div></td><td class="cell" id="bkmrk-%E2%9C%85-3"><div><div><div><div><div>✅

</div></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="cell" id="bkmrk-motd"><div><div><div><div><div>motd

</div></div></div></div></div></td><td class="cell" id="bkmrk-displays-the-message"><div><div><div><div><div>Displays the message of the day or sets it. Example: motd $New Message Of the day

</div></div></div></div></div></td><td class="cell" id="bkmrk-%E2%9C%85-4"><div><div><div><div><div>✅

</div></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="cell" id="bkmrk-sysinfo"><div><div><div><div><div>sysinfo

</div></div></div></div></div></td><td class="cell" id="bkmrk-returns-the-bot-node"><div><div><div><div><div>Returns the bot node telemetry info

</div></div></div></div></div></td><td class="cell" id="bkmrk-%E2%9C%85-5"><div><div><div><div><div>✅

</div></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="cell" id="bkmrk-test"><div><div><div><div><div>test

</div></div></div></div></div></td><td class="cell" id="bkmrk-used-to-test-the-lim"><div><div><div><div><div>used to test the limits of data transfer test 4 sends data to the maxBuffer limit (default 220)

</div></div></div></div></div></td><td class="cell" id="bkmrk-%E2%9C%85-6"><div><div><div><div><div>✅

</div></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="cell" id="bkmrk-whereami"><div><div><div><div><div>whereami

</div></div></div></div></div></td><td class="cell" id="bkmrk-returns-the-address-"><div><div><div><div><div>Returns the address of the sender's location if known

</div></div></div></div></div></td><td class="cell" id="bkmrk--1"><div><div><div><div><div></div></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="cell" id="bkmrk-whoami"><div><div><div><div><div>whoami

</div></div></div></div></div></td><td class="cell" id="bkmrk-returns-details-of-t"><div><div><div><div><div>Returns details of the node asking, also returned when position exchanged <span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-width: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;.Apple Color Emoji UI&quot;; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;">📍</span>

</div></div></div></div></div></td><td class="cell" id="bkmrk-%E2%9C%85-7"><div><div><div><div><div>✅

</div></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="cell" id="bkmrk-whois"><div><div><div><div><div>whois

</div></div></div></div></div></td><td class="cell" id="bkmrk-returns-details-know"><div><div><div><div><div>Returns details known about node, more data with bbsadmin node

</div></div></div></div></div></td><td class="cell" id="bkmrk-%E2%9C%85-8"><div><div><div><div><div>✅

</div></div></div></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table>

</div></div></div></div></div>**Radio Propagation &amp; Weather Forecasting**

<div class="table" id="bkmrk-command-description--3"><div id="bkmrk-command-description--4"><div id="bkmrk-command-description--5"><div><div class="container"><table class="__wikiTableVersion:Lion gridlines alternating" frame="box" rules="all" style="" width="1px"><tbody><tr><td class="cell" id="bkmrk-command-1"><div><div><div><div><div>Command

</div></div></div></div></div></td><td class="cell" id="bkmrk-description-1"><div><div><div><div><div>Description

</div></div></div></div></div></td><td class="cell" id="bkmrk--2"><div><div><div><div><div></div></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="cell" id="bkmrk-ea-and-ealert"><div><div><div><div><div>ea and ealert

</div></div></div></div></div></td><td class="cell" id="bkmrk-return-fema-ipaws%2Fea"><div><div><div><div><div>Return FEMA iPAWS/EAS alerts in USA or DE Headline or expanded details for USA

</div></div></div></div></div></td><td class="cell" id="bkmrk--3"><div><div><div><div><div></div></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="cell" id="bkmrk-hfcond"><div><div><div><div><div>hfcond

</div></div></div></div></div></td><td class="cell" id="bkmrk-returns-a-table-of-h"><div><div><div><div><div>Returns a table of HF solar conditions

</div></div></div></div></div></td><td class="cell" id="bkmrk--4"><div><div><div><div><div></div></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="cell" id="bkmrk-rlist"><div><div><div><div><div>rlist

</div></div></div></div></div></td><td class="cell" id="bkmrk-returns-a-table-of-n"><div><div><div><div><div>Returns a table of nearby repeaters from RepeaterBook

</div></div></div></div></div></td><td class="cell" id="bkmrk--5"><div><div><div><div><div></div></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="cell" id="bkmrk-riverflow"><div><div><div><div><div>riverflow

</div></div></div></div></div></td><td class="cell" id="bkmrk-return-information-f"><div><div><div><div><div>Return information from NOAA for river flow info. Example: riverflow modules/settings.py

</div></div></div></div></div></td><td class="cell" id="bkmrk--6"><div><div><div><div><div></div></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="cell" id="bkmrk-solar"><div><div><div><div><div>solar

</div></div></div></div></div></td><td class="cell" id="bkmrk-gives-an-idea-of-the"><div><div><div><div><div>Gives an idea of the x-ray flux

</div></div></div></div></div></td><td class="cell" id="bkmrk--7"><div><div><div><div><div></div></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="cell" id="bkmrk-sun-and-moon"><div><div><div><div><div>sun and moon

</div></div></div></div></div></td><td class="cell" id="bkmrk-return-info-on-rise-"><div><div><div><div><div>Return info on rise and set local time

</div></div></div></div></div></td><td class="cell" id="bkmrk-%E2%9C%85-9"><div><div><div><div><div>✅

</div></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="cell" id="bkmrk-tide"><div><div><div><div><div>tide

</div></div></div></div></div></td><td class="cell" id="bkmrk-returns-the-local-ti"><div><div><div><div><div>Returns the local tides (NOAA data source)

</div></div></div></div></div></td><td class="cell" id="bkmrk--8"><div><div><div><div><div></div></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="cell" id="bkmrk-valert"><div><div><div><div><div>valert

</div></div></div></div></div></td><td class="cell" id="bkmrk-returns-usgs-volcano"><div><div><div><div><div>Returns USGS Volcano Data

</div></div></div></div></div></td><td class="cell" id="bkmrk--9"><div><div><div><div><div></div></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="cell" id="bkmrk-wx"><div><div><div><div><div>wx

</div></div></div></div></div></td><td class="cell" id="bkmrk-return-local-weather"><div><div><div><div><div>Return local weather forecast, NOAA or Open Meteo (which also has wxc for metric and imperial)

</div></div></div></div></div></td><td class="cell" id="bkmrk--10"><div><div><div><div><div></div></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="cell" id="bkmrk-wxa-and-wxalert"><div><div><div><div><div>wxa and wxalert

</div></div></div></div></div></td><td class="cell" id="bkmrk-return-noaa-alerts.-"><div><div><div><div><div>Return NOAA alerts. Short title or expanded details

</div></div></div></div></div></td><td class="cell" id="bkmrk--11"><div><div><div><div><div></div></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="cell" id="bkmrk-mwx"><div><div><div><div><div>mwx

</div></div></div></div></div></td><td class="cell" id="bkmrk-return-the-noaa-coas"><div><div><div><div><div>Return the NOAA Coastal Marine Forcast data

</div></div></div></div></div></td><td class="cell" id="bkmrk--12"><div><div><div><div><div></div></div></div></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table>

</div></div></div></div></div>**Bulletin Board &amp; Mail**

<div class="table" id="bkmrk-command-description--6"><div id="bkmrk-command-description--7"><div id="bkmrk-command-description--8"><div><div class="container"><table class="__wikiTableVersion:Lion gridlines alternating" frame="box" rules="all" style="" width="1px"><tbody><tr><td class="cell" id="bkmrk-command-2"><div><div><div><div><div>Command

</div></div></div></div></div></td><td class="cell" id="bkmrk-description-2"><div><div><div><div><div>Description

</div></div></div></div></div></td><td class="cell" id="bkmrk--13"><div><div><div><div><div></div></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="cell" id="bkmrk-bbshelp"><div><div><div><div><div>bbshelp

</div></div></div></div></div></td><td class="cell" id="bkmrk-returns-the-followin"><div><div><div><div><div>Returns the following help message

</div></div></div></div></div></td><td class="cell" id="bkmrk-%E2%9C%85-10"><div><div><div><div><div>✅

</div></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="cell" id="bkmrk-bbslist"><div><div><div><div><div>bbslist

</div></div></div></div></div></td><td class="cell" id="bkmrk-lists-the-messages-b"><div><div><div><div><div>Lists the messages by ID and subject

</div></div></div></div></div></td><td class="cell" id="bkmrk-%E2%9C%85-11"><div><div><div><div><div>✅

</div></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="cell" id="bkmrk-bbsread"><div><div><div><div><div>bbsread

</div></div></div></div></div></td><td class="cell" id="bkmrk-reads-a-message.-exa"><div><div><div><div><div>Reads a message. Example: bbsread #1

</div></div></div></div></div></td><td class="cell" id="bkmrk-%E2%9C%85-12"><div><div><div><div><div>✅

</div></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="cell" id="bkmrk-bbspost"><div><div><div><div><div>bbspost

</div></div></div></div></div></td><td class="cell" id="bkmrk-posts-a-message-to-t"><div><div><div><div><div>Posts a message to the public board or sends a DM(Mail) Examples: bbspost $subject #message, bbspost @nodeNumber #message, bbspost @nodeShortName #message

</div></div></div></div></div></td><td class="cell" id="bkmrk-%E2%9C%85-13"><div><div><div><div><div>✅

</div></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="cell" id="bkmrk-bbsdelete"><div><div><div><div><div>bbsdelete

</div></div></div></div></div></td><td class="cell" id="bkmrk-deletes-a-message.-e"><div><div><div><div><div>Deletes a message. Example: bbsdelete #4

</div></div></div></div></div></td><td class="cell" id="bkmrk-%E2%9C%85-14"><div><div><div><div><div>✅

</div></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="cell" id="bkmrk-bbsinfo"><div><div><div><div><div>bbsinfo

</div></div></div></div></div></td><td class="cell" id="bkmrk-provides-stats-on-bb"><div><div><div><div><div>Provides stats on BBS delivery and messages (sysop)

</div></div></div></div></div></td><td class="cell" id="bkmrk-%E2%9C%85-15"><div><div><div><div><div>✅

</div></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="cell" id="bkmrk-bbslink"><div><div><div><div><div>bbslink

</div></div></div></div></div></td><td class="cell" id="bkmrk-links-bulletin-messa"><div><div><div><div><div>Links Bulletin Messages between BBS Systems

</div></div></div></div></div></td><td class="cell" id="bkmrk-%E2%9C%85-16"><div><div><div><div><div>✅

</div></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="cell" id="bkmrk-email%3A"><div><div><div><div><div>email:

</div></div></div></div></div></td><td class="cell" id="bkmrk-sends-email-to-addre"><div><div><div><div><div>Sends email to address on file for the node or email: bob@test.net # hello from mesh

</div></div></div></div></div></td><td class="cell" id="bkmrk--14"><div><div><div><div><div></div></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="cell" id="bkmrk-sms%3A"><div><div><div><div><div>sms:

</div></div></div></div></div></td><td class="cell" id="bkmrk-send-sms-email-to-mu"><div><div><div><div><div>Send sms-email to multiple address on file

</div></div></div></div></div></td><td class="cell" id="bkmrk--15"><div><div><div><div><div></div></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="cell" id="bkmrk-setemail"><div><div><div><div><div>setemail

</div></div></div></div></div></td><td class="cell" id="bkmrk-sets-the-email-for-e"><div><div><div><div><div>Sets the email for easy communciations

</div></div></div></div></div></td><td class="cell" id="bkmrk--16"><div><div><div><div><div></div></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="cell" id="bkmrk-setsms"><div><div><div><div><div>setsms

</div></div></div></div></div></td><td class="cell" id="bkmrk-adds-the-sms-email-f"><div><div><div><div><div>Adds the SMS-Email for quick communications

</div></div></div></div></div></td><td class="cell" id="bkmrk--17"><div><div><div><div><div></div></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="cell" id="bkmrk-clearsms"><div><div><div><div><div>clearsms

</div></div></div></div></div></td><td class="cell" id="bkmrk-clears-all-sms-email"><div><div><div><div><div>Clears all SMS-Emails on file for node

</div></div></div></div></div></td><td class="cell" id="bkmrk--18"><div><div><div><div><div></div></div></div></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table>

</div></div></div></div></div>**Data Lookup**

<div class="table" id="bkmrk-command-description--9"><div id="bkmrk-command-description--10"><div id="bkmrk-command-description--11"><div><div class="container"><table class="__wikiTableVersion:Lion gridlines alternating" frame="box" rules="all" style="" width="1px"><tbody><tr><td class="cell" id="bkmrk-command-3"><div><div><div><div><div>Command

</div></div></div></div></div></td><td class="cell" id="bkmrk-description-3"><div><div><div><div><div>Description

</div></div></div></div></div></td><td class="cell" id="bkmrk--19"><div><div><div><div><div></div></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="cell" id="bkmrk-askai-and-ask%3A"><div><div><div><div><div>askai and ask:

</div></div></div></div></div></td><td class="cell" id="bkmrk-ask-ollama-llm-ai-fo"><div><div><div><div><div>Ask Ollama LLM AI for a response. Example: askai what temp do I cook chicken

</div></div></div></div></div></td><td class="cell" id="bkmrk-%E2%9C%85-17"><div><div><div><div><div>✅

</div></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="cell" id="bkmrk-messages"><div><div><div><div><div>messages

</div></div></div></div></div></td><td class="cell" id="bkmrk-replays-the-last-mes"><div><div><div><div><div>Replays the last messages heard, like Store and Forward

</div></div></div></div></div></td><td class="cell" id="bkmrk-%E2%9C%85-18"><div><div><div><div><div>✅

</div></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="cell" id="bkmrk-readnews"><div><div><div><div><div>readnews

</div></div></div></div></div></td><td class="cell" id="bkmrk-returns-the-contents"><div><div><div><div><div>returns the contents of a file (news.txt, by default) via the chunker on air

</div></div></div></div></div></td><td class="cell" id="bkmrk-%E2%9C%85-19"><div><div><div><div><div>✅

</div></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="cell" id="bkmrk-satpass"><div><div><div><div><div>satpass

</div></div></div></div></div></td><td class="cell" id="bkmrk-returns-the-pass-inf"><div><div><div><div><div>returns the pass info from API for defined NORAD ID in config or Example: satpass 25544,33591

</div></div></div></div></div></td><td class="cell" id="bkmrk--20"><div><div><div><div><div></div></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="cell" id="bkmrk-wiki%3A"><div><div><div><div><div>wiki:

</div></div></div></div></div></td><td class="cell" id="bkmrk-searches-wikipedia-a"><div><div><div><div><div>Searches Wikipedia and returns the first few sentences of the first result if a match. Example: wiki: lora radio

</div></div></div></div></div></td><td class="cell" id="bkmrk--21"><div><div><div><div><div></div></div></div></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table>

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