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It's pre-alpha but getting better every day.

I highly recommend building it yourself. It's only three commands and you can always get the latest version that way.

Update: The firmware does not upload well via the wifi connection (web interface). I manually dropped the firmware file from a computer to the SDCard and the Fancy UI loads fine now.

Might just be bad wifi connection?

@@TechAirSpace My home Wifi is pretty good. Its weird because each time I upload the firmware , it ends up being different file size on the device. I also never got a message that connection dropped or something. Definitely some bug. I tried different browsers same problem. Its uploads completely according to the upload progress bar but shows random file sizes. 117KB, 270KB, 700KB but never close to the firmware file size which is about 2.5MB

Have you tried another SD card?

And thank you by the way!!

When you are in tft-gui-work branch you can use command: 'git ls-remote --tags origin' to see a list of older tagged versions. Then just switch to older version with command (2.4.3 as an example): git checkout refs/tags/v2.4.3.efc27f2

@@TechAirSpaceyou are awesome! Thank you!

Card should be formatted as FAT32. Hmm odd. I have 16 and 32GB cards formatted in FAT32 and no issues.

@@TechAirSpace I used the "SD Card Formater" app and formated the card and now it works fine! Thx

@@jolebole-yt Nice! I also use SD Card Formatter and it has helped me earlier with few issues.

Did you install the Launcher to your T-Deck (see my other video), select WUI -> my Network -> *yourwifi* -> This is where you see the IP you need to connect to.

You need to right click on the firmware.bin and select: Download

Weird...do you get the error after the second command? I just tried to reproduce your issue. I used two different Github accounts. Building the firmware works every time after I enter the three commands from the video description. I used this address: gitpod.io#github.com/meshtastic/firmware (in my video there is . in the end of the address...do not add that to the end).

Max is 32GB. I'm using 16 and 32GB on my devices.

Yes the cardputer connects to a MQTT server via WiFi. You can easily set one up for yourself or use the official Meshtastic MQTT server. You'll have two IP addresses in config file (private and public). There is a button that you can use to switch from your own MQTT server to public server. M5Stack LoRa module looked a bit bulky to be used with Cardputer so I didn't explore that yet.

Hmm weird. I only had that issue on my first boot but not after I set the display rotation in the settings. Settings are saved to SD card. The settings file name is config.conf. Check that the config.conf on you SD card has a line: "rot": 1.

@@TechAirSpace seems to only fuck up when trying to do OTA firmwares which fail

Ok, good to know. I haven't really used the OTA feature yet.

@@TechAirSpace another issue I've since found is GPS isn't detected now using the launcher on any firmware that previously did work

Did you connect the T-Deck with USB-cable -> client.meshastic.org -> Checked that your GPS is enabled?

No. You can charge the 18650 battery through the USB-port in T-Deck.

I highly recommend using the Launcher firmware. Check out my video about it: th-cam.com/video/RazJejeO-EI/w-d-xo.html

@@TechAirSpace why use the launcher firmware? p.s. it makes the display upside down on my tdeck when i installed it, so i'm not sure why i would want that

You need a SD card (FAT32 <=32GB) and you can find the display rotation in the settings (see my Launcher video). It's just a bug right now. Launcher makes it so easy to transfer files to T-Deck over wifi and you can change the firmware on the go. No need for a computer and internet connection.

Bluetooth in Meshtastic stopped working? Bluetooth is not available in the "fancy ui" version. Battery life is much better without it.

@ no. I loaded the old stinky ui, and Bluetooth was disabled. Fancy UI kept crashing on me.

Interesting. I'll check out if my bluetooth works. Just a sec.

Same here no bluetooth. I plugged in USB cable and went to client.meshtastic.org and enabled the bluetooth in the device settings. Now it works normally.

@@JKxZ Also had this issue with the crashing. I finally just went back to oldui. Fancy UI looked nice but I kept encountering crashes so I just went back

If I remember correctly I did not have to configure anything related to the GPS but I have noticed that the GPS does not work in every version of the new UI (this is pre-alpha development code and they are still working on it). Long press on the settings menu must have been a bug(?). I don't see it in the latest version. Check out my video how to get the latest version of the "Fancy UI" Firmware: th-cam.com/video/LBJVCYypIG0/w-d-xo.html

Thanks for sharing your thoughts! I’ll try out different style of music in the future videos. I now have access to better quality songs.

Same here I’ve been trying to figure it out myself

If you use the Launcher firmware (see my other video) and select WUI -> My Network -> *insertyourwifihere* it will show on the screen what the IP is that you need to connect to. The device/browser you use to connect with must be in the same wifi network.

1) The Device UI/Fancy UI is still in development so you might run into the occasional crash. Just a heads up: since it's unreleased do not send any support requests to Meshtastic devs. 2) Without BLE or WiFi, it’s optimized for longer battery life. 3) I highly recommend using an SD card along with the Launcher. This way you can easily switch between multiple firmware versions. Check out my other video for more on that!

@ thank you so much for the information. I’ll be downloading it again this evening:) 73’s and I will update you all this evening or tomorrow morning

It seems to do a lot of rebooting while building out the initial node list after that it’s pretty stable.

The earlier 200MB full firmware .zip from CI server included firmware for all devices. Inside the zip there was a T-Deck specific firmware file and that was also 2.5MB

@@TechAirSpace did it say "2021" and "2022" all over the place cuz i generate a firmware image that is 2.5MB and doesn't illuminate the display on boot and i can't tell what i'm doing wrong ><

It worked out of the box. I think ESP32 can read SDHC SD Cards which are formatted in FAT32. Size has to be less than 32GB.

@@TechAirSpace TY. I used a new SD card and it worked fine.

Good to hear! :)

I think it works just as you described.

Settings are saved to SD card. The settings file name is config.conf. Check that the config.conf on you SD card has a line: "rot": 1

No problem! Happy to help!

Do you have the correct Region and Modem Preset set up in the Settings menu?

@ yes. i selected US. problem also is when i direct connect to pc and bring up meshtastic, i look up under radio and frequency is not there and wont allow me to enter proper frequency. all other settings are correct.

I have only modified the settings in the Fancy UI Settings menu. I have not even tried to adjust settings over USB serial.

@@TechAirSpace i will reflash tonight with your software

This is my experience too. I can communicate with channels just fine, but direct messages to nodes doesn't work at all running 2.5.14. No problems with 2.5.3. Have you found a solution?

Yup: th-cam.com/users/shorts30ePLOULm5k

Check out my latest video! I have a solution for you :)

Thank you so much. Much appreciated!

Is Nemo better than Bruce or Marauder?

On the M5 Stick, Nemo is superb : easy to use but quite basic. The Cardputer is a far better device to make use of Bruce's versatile range of hacking functions!

Check out my latest video! No more hunting for Fancy UI builds :)

Bruce firmware is really nice.

Marauder for M5StickC Plus 2. You can get it from M5Burner.

Sometimes the caseback o-ring is pretty dry from the factory so it's a good idea to lubricate it.

@@TechAirSpace Ohhh, I'm just starting to looking on building a Seiko mod, so that's why I'm asking lol

No problem. Let me know if you have any questions. I have links to trusted sellers in the video description if you need to buy parts. I have had no issues ordering from those sellers.

@@TechAirSpaceis it easy to tell the time on this watch? Looks nice but thinking not enough contrata between the hour and minute hands with the dial. Nice work

@@luishcoreia Yes! I was a bit worried about it but the gunmetal edges on the hands are shiny. During the day it's all good. In low light the lume is not great but it has just enough power to see what time it is.

You have ten of these?? Impressive! :D Are you using stock or custom firmware?

@@TechAirSpace Stock

I have been using my T-Deck much more lately. Thanks to the Launcher.

@@TechAirSpace OK since you have one I want to know what other firmwares exist beyond the stock/show case firmware and the tmesh ones. Like... I know there's dedicated esp32 software. So, for example... Can it run Doom?

There are at least Meshtastic, IRC firmware, Windows 3.0, Ripple Radio, Chatterbox and Lora Messenger. I have tried Doom on LILYGO T-Watch S3 but not on T-Deck. I might need to see if that can be done :D

@@TechAirSpace Videos would be helpful as i've tried seeing what others have done and it'd be good to know what is possible before plopping seventy bucks down for the assembled version (as I do not trust my ability to do assembly on this thing.) Also, what's the port on the side able to be used for?

I might do a video about it later. The side port is a serial port (grove). Mainly used for adding GPS to the device but it can also be used for other stuff. I'm not sure if T-Deck Plus is worth it currently if you don't actively use Meshtastic. For that it's pretty nice. But I do see new T-Deck projects popping up now that the T-Deck Plus is out.

Where?

@@mebradhen every time i post a link its is removed

@@mebradhen see if it stayed on a comment in your video

@@Buddasticks Ace got it, thanks mate

You're welcome!

Well it's 3d-printed so it has some print lines. I do like it. Compact little radio to throw in your backpack or to keep in your pocket.

It's a compact Meshtastic node. You connect to it with your phone's Bluetooth and use it as a radio. You can send messages without needing cell networks. More info: meshtastic.org/docs/introduction/

I'm still thinking if I should keep using UIFlow 2.0 and release it through that or make a dedicated firmware (M5Burner). But first I need to figure out issues I'm having with sending messages from Cardputer.

Still under development. Not out yet. I'll make a video when it's ready for release.

I'm waiting good job. I want to communicate with my cardputer 🎉

Can I do for region Australia/ New Zealand too? 🙏