Getting Started With Meshtastic - FAQ
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 มิ.ย. 2024
- This is the final video in the Getting Started with Meshtastic Series and will cover some frequently asked questions I've seen on my videos and online that didn't get covered in the series. There's also a FAQ page on the Meshtastic Docs site which is worth taking a look at as well at the following link: meshtastic.org/docs/faq
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Thanks for this series! I'm deploying my own mesh in my county and am trying to spread the word about this system. This is a great source of information to refer people to. Can't wait for the Advanced series!
Hey. Did you you have any planning docs you can share.
Sure thing! I'm glad you're finding the videos helpful! Good luck with your setup!
Great content. You have a new sub. Just one small bit of feedback... your intro sound is quite loud relative to the content and I often have to quickly turn my speakers down to avoid annoying the other half, then turn back up so I can hear again :) Keep up the great work!
Sure thing! Thanks for the sub and feedback!
Great video, thanks. And thank you for all your help today in the Discord channel
Appreciate it! Happy to help!
Great series. I subscribed for more of this excellent content. I may be interested in setting up a Meshtastic network with some local friends and family. Stuff like this is why I became a ham, but this is actually more to my liking.
Love these videos! Thanks.
Sure thing!
Great video, thank you.
Glad you liked it!
Loved your series. This really makes me want to set up a Meshtastic network.
Totally go for it! It's been a lot of fun
Great series! Cant wait to upgrade my set up!
Appreciate it! The next series will be another fun one!
@@The_Comms_Channel I'm looking to use LoRa Meshtastic for vehicle Convoys. The audio over LoRa seems interesting to me as well. Can't wait to see how that turns out.
Ordered 4 nodes for the Augusta GA area - hope to meet some of you soon
Thanks!
Sure thing! Thank you so much for the support!
Thanks
Sure thing! Thank you for the support!
Any chance of you covering charging options for various Meshtastic devices, using different battery options.
Great video. Now when I brought some boards I wonder if someone could point me to a good source for how to get things working. And things to avoid like not powering the board on unless you have the antenna connected.
Thanks! Check out our Getting Started with Meshtastic Series if you haven't seen it yet
th-cam.com/play/PLshzThxhw4O5JTOACGHzYSSd3soDhoXKK.html
You're the best. Meshtastic is awesome
Appreciate the comment! It's been a lot of fun to use!
I have a new question that may be answered already in another video in the series. Well two questions, actually. First one, what is the minimum amount of equipment needed (which parts-preassembled) just to get it fired up and the firmware, etc to use? I'm talking about minus any case, etc...? Next question; will this work in conjunction with an app like ATAK?
Thanks for the well made presentation.
I'd appreciate your input,
We will be installing a VHF repeater on a tower in my town. What equipment for meshtastic would be best to install, I'd expect mesh repeater and node.
I'm barely just now hearing of meshtastic and would like to exploit my chance to get one on the tower, mainly so others can use it even if I don't.
Thank you for the time to reply.
Take care
Sure thing!
For your setup, I assume you'll have power. I'm working on a new Power over Ethernet setup which will be similar to my solar build I did a series of videos on which can be found at this link th-cam.com/play/PLshzThxhw4O5HLlxgbZoaEL_LZCBjgv-C.html
I'm not sure what timeframe you'll be doing this in, but I'll be doing the video on this setup soon. If you're doing the setup before the video comes out though, here's the different items.
Instead of the Solar Panel, you could get these items instead:
This PoE Splitter
www.amazon.com/dp/B0831M4ST9?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details
This PoE Injector:
www.amazon.com/dp/B07YZNMBV3?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details&th=1
This Ethernet cable gland:
store.rokland.com/collections/rakwireless-products/products/rakwireless-ethernet-cable-gland-pigtail-sku-920069
Hope this helps and good luck with your setup! Feel free to reach out with any questions!
@@The_Comms_Channel you'll also want a transtector (e.g. Ubiquiti ETH-SP-G2) and shielded cable (e.g. Ubiquiti UACC-Cable-Patch-Outdoor-1M-BK )/RJ45 connectors (e.g. Ubiquiti UISP-Connector-GND) if doing PoE permanently outdoors. Won't handle a direct lightning strike but you'll save a bunch of headache from ESD frying your equipment.
Edit: learned that lesson the hard way on a large AREDN installation a few years back
@@garrisonsan I'll look into those. Thanks for the heads up! AREDN is on my long list of things to check out 🙂
@@The_Comms_Channel No problem! AREDN is a cool system (since it's intended to run under part 90, put it on channel -2 to get out of the part 15 high noise floor) but requires more advanced IT skills to do anything particularly useful, such as setting up an IRC/FTP/asterisk server on a Linux box.
@@garrisonsan I work in InfoSec so that's right up my alley!
What type of battery life do you get with the lily t-echo? Or the heltech?
Heltec uses the ESP32 microcontroller, so the battery life isn't going to be great. I've not tested it, but since the T-Beam gets about a day to day and a half, the Heltec will be about the same. Maybe a little more for the models without GPS. (2600mAh 18650 battery)
The T-Echo uses the NRF52 microcontroller which is much better on bettery life, but has an 850mAh battery in it. Even still, it will give you better battery life than a device with an ESP32 with a 2600mAh battery.
What stops someone from walking up to a device you have set up and connecting to it via bluetooth?
You can set your own PIN code
i can verify the battery life on the esp32 😂 so far im getting about 1.5days on my tbeam supreme with minimal use
1.5 ain't bad for that, haha! 😂 Nice devices, just wish they would switch to NRF52 like the T-Echo.
I've been trying to find more info about voice communications via 2.4ghz but haven't had much luck, any pointers for what I should be looking for?
Is there a trick to getting the RAK boards to play nice with solar panels? I have one hooked up to a 6W 5V (Soshine brand off amazon - I think it's the same one you used) solar panel but the RAK board doesn't seem to want to charge the 2x 18650 batteries unless I unplug and replug the panel (red LED lights fully). Also tried with the panel connected to the USB port and had the same issue.
Hmmm.. No trick or anything. Just make sure the polarity is correct. If you have a volt meter, you could check to make sure the panel is outputting voltage by placing it in the sunlight and checking it. Could be a bad panel.
@@The_Comms_Channel Good idea. It was registering as charging when I plugged it in outside, so the polarity should be correct, but I'll take out the jolt meter and have a look at it in the sun
Did you not say if you add anything and have the battery plugged in you risk frying parts of the board, would this not be the same?
I am located in East Bay San Francisco. I have two Mestastic nodes: Heltec V3 & a T-Echo. Both are on the air. I can send and receive between my two nodes. The node lists is showing at least 12 nodes with strong signals. I try direct messaging; it always says retransmission retry timeout. Should I be able to see traffic on my primary channel.? I see no traffic at all. New to this Mesh thing. Thanks. de. Bob
What happens if you receive more than one incoming message? Does the mesh receiver hold messages in a queue, or does it push them to the handset? OR what?
If you're currently connected, it pushes the messages to your phone. Kind of like text messaging. If you're not currently connected, it will store about 32 messages and send push to your phone when you connect back
So the question I have is can meshtastic be used with a client on a Linux PC? Essentially Raspberry Pi4 running Kali connected to a TBeam via Bluetooth. Is there a client for Linux similar to the android client that can be used for messaging?
A native Linux version is in the works
Hi I have been having issues with the web client. I cant recieve any messages on the client until i send a message via it but i can see the message come through on screen on the heltec v3. ( have no issues either on the mobile app) any ideas ?
Are you using the on board webclient by connecting to the device via WiFi or are you using client.meshtastic.org ?
When i clicked the link, contrary to what's shown in your video, there are no pins in the continental US
Not sure why. Seems to be still working for me.
You might consider trying a different browser or using "incognito mode". I just saw pins on both maps in the US using firefox.
@@tophattommy2 I think I had done that on a tablet, but it works fine on my laptop.
Thanks! Appreciate the great information. Been trying to setup MQTT on my private network but it's pretty hard to find a broker that is easy to setup in windows. Mosquito seems just outside my grasp as I have been able to install and start the service but nothing else. Anyone have an easy to use solution? The android app broker doesn't seem to do much of anything. Spent wY to much time with it.
Sure thing! Thank you for the support!!
My setup will probably be Linux/Raspberry Pi based, but I'll see what I can figure out for Windows!
I can probably manage a raspberry pi setup.. look forward to it.
Setting up mosquitto on a pi should be pretty easy if you're at all familiar with editing conf files. Enabling TLS was really the only tricky part.
I have had older version of meshtastic on Lilygo T3_V1.6.1 . I have tried to upgrade to newer version, but the web installer seems to get 100 % of the file on, but the hardware will not reboot, just goes into endless text scrolling. The OS won't come up like the older version. I am doing something wrong, I just cannot find what it is. A little advice would be great.
do you know how to use a meshtastic device with a Windows computer without internet?
You could use one of the ESP32 type devices and use the built-in web client from a Windows computer
After configuring two devices (A1 & A2) and connecting to Bluetooth android. on my device (A1) --- A2 appears on the device, but A1 correctly appears configured on my phone. The same is happening with the A2 device. A2 correctly appears configured on Bluetooth, but A1 appears on the device itself. Why? Can anyone explain that?
3:16 but airplanes use about 120mHz for voice communication so why do you say 900mHz doesn't have enough bandwidth?
In order to achieve long range, the creators of the LoRa protocol sacrificed speed to do so. Die to this stuff like voice, pictures, video are not possible.
Someone needs to dig into how 3G worked cause it was operating as low as 700mhz and we could talk and send images over it. 915mhz should be fine
LoRa sacrifices speed for distance. It could be faster and be able to send images, but you wouldn't be able to achieve the long distances. Can't have both so one of those has to be sacrificed.
so you cant do long messages .... but why not split messages up into many messages with a headder to keep the parts in order ? you know ... like the internet used to do and like sms used to do ?
That could probably be done, but may not be worth the effort. Most people won't notice the 230 or so character limit.
@@The_Comms_Channel??? If you can send longer messages you can send code. Aka internet over Lora. How is that not worth it?
Everything is sold out.