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Antennas: (see also notes on propagation) There are essentially 4 types of external antennas possible, beyond the internal ones on some devices: whip (stick) antenna: look for screw on with no internal wiring, needs ground plane whip dipole antenna: much bette...

High power units include the Station G2 and Portduino units (30dB) Station G2: esp32-s3 chip includes wifi, but disables BLE when active monitoring screen with FW 2.7 has many display options 30 dB power amplifier (need to reduce input power from the ESP32 chi...

This page is in progress, will include notes on command line admin of nodes Migrated from Apple Server Wiki. Original page ID: U3R7U8j6

Random tips you might find useful: 6.5.25 there are essentially two types of devices: esp32 and RAK devices ESP32 devices can use wifi, RAK cannot without additional modules upgrading firmware on RAK devices is done as a drive you drop firmware onto, using the...

Setup: updated 7.7.25Here are a set of screenshots from a typical mesh setup I have. Most devices fall into one of two categories: RAK 19007 boards and ESP32 boards. Both can be programmed initially using a chrome browser to flash and update the firmware.After...

Meshsense: Meshsense is the best tool for managing multiple units, as well as deep info into your own mesh unit. It is NOT a configuration utility, though it can read config files for confirmation. It IS an excellent dashboard for multiple mesh units with link...

Assumes 5 solar hours per day at 20° latitude Panel options: <1W RAK IP66 case 3W RAK case, flex panel 6W Flex usb and  soshine 6V panel 40W flex panel Case options: RAK prebuilt case (3W or 1W) IP66 plastic case screw on j-box (not recommended, except where t...

viewshed programs: caltopo, others long-fast: why, who is not using it, why mqtt: why, why not, history hardware:lorawan vs. meshtastic antennas: 915 vs. 906 (meshtastic) meshsense bluetooth access vs. microwave esp32 wifi access IP lockout: esp32, eth0 config...

You can search by using command-F or control-F To add your node, email bill@hpa.edu Bill's units: 6.24.25 4294: HPA T-beam: wifi  new battery, web be48: T-beam supreme: wifi new battery web 192.168.3.124 (bad bt?) b004: T-beam spec5: wifi, battery web 8780: T-...

Getting from here to there-how and why Two terms will show up if you are looking at nodes on your device, or more useful, one of the local meshsense stations: RSSI: received signal strength (how loud do I hear you) SNR: signal to noise radio (how noisy are the...

Two modes to do this using ethernet: MQTT servers or links: Ethernet module attached to RAK 19007 board Pi or other HAT: (can enable meshtastic CLI this way) pizero with POE hat (careful with the waveshare units, they have a CRC issue) pi 3A with usb ethernet ...

Station G2 is a high RF power (30 dBm vs. 22 dBm) unit with a strong pre-amp, making it excellent for a base unit, especially with a good omni antenna (5-9 dB) Setup: out of the box, connect by usb to a computer running chrome or similar webflash with latest v...

Meshtastic Australia excellent analysis of roles Caltopo mapping Hawaii and global mapping of our nodes (even Austria) NEMARC. NE Maryland Amateur radio club-excellent source for meshsense app Meteor burst article Meshmap. alternate mesh map Station G2 wiki Si...

Latest notes: 7.19.25: solar controller timer-activate wifi 1 hour per day at sunset, activate unifi backhaul for maintenance-upgrades via CLI enable wifi on unifi in maintenance mode to link to picoW unit wifi, so no ethernet needed 6W panel matches with 3000...

Normal use: copy public key from admin unit: should be static, e.g. not a mobile unit unless you are a roaming repair guy (see DeNiro in "Brazil") should have large antenna to join distant nodes directly, without hops can be in client mode, not client mute pub...

Using the python CLI (command line interface) allows you to directly interact with units via serial (usb) wifi (TCP) or bluetooth (BLE). Most reliable is of course serial, and this is the best way to configure one or many devices, as you can use the python scr...

meshtasticd installation: Pi lite 64 bit pi/raspberry-> pi/<your password here> raspi-config enable ssh, spi, i2c, wifi alt login: admin/<yourpassword> sudo echo 'deb http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/network:/Meshtastic:/beta/Raspbian_12/ /' | sudo te...

Meshsense linux Best success: Rpi 4 with docker, running meshtastic and hosting RP2040 on serial mode Created a Pi4 running meshsense beta 1.10 on raspian bullseye also meshtastic python, dual homed to see internal and remote networks, hosting an RP2040 22 dB ...