Step 3 will be expanding my pocket universe to my #Community. I've got some #LoRa communication nodes and will be setting up some repeaters, hopefully sometime soon. Hopefully, I'll also be able to host a #Bonfire instance to serve the area.

( @bonfire Social 1.0 arrived literally as I was putting my Pi 5 together. Thanks for your hard work!)

#MeshTNC #devlog

Working on BLE packet sniffing and transmission for MeshTNC, bc who doesn't want to do APRS or meshcore over BLE advertisements 😉

My quick hack feels promising so I think I'll clean this up and PR it.

https://github.com/datapartyjs/MeshTNC

#lora #meshcore #meshtastic #amateurradio #embedded #esp32

Woot, done with BLE receiving. Added some new commands to control it all.

Still need to actually test the KISS output and support transmit.

But its been running all day and seems pretty stable.

https://github.com/datapartyjs/MeshTNC/pull/41

#MeshTNC #devlog #radio #ble #lora

First things first, I want to make it so that the ASCII CSV output format for BLE packets roughly matches LoRa packets.

Every packet gets an arrival timestamp, type, RSSI and SNR values. Followed by whatever payload.

In the case of BLE packets there's also a 6 byte MAC so I slap that infront of the payload.

There's no SNR data for BLE so that's always 0.0. But the RSSI is good.

#MeshTNC #BLE #LoRa #devlog

#MeshTNC #devlog

Working on BLE packet sniffing and transmission for MeshTNC, bc who doesn't want to do APRS or meshcore over BLE advertisements 😉

My quick hack feels promising so I think I'll clean this up and PR it.

https://github.com/datapartyjs/MeshTNC

#lora #meshcore #meshtastic #amateurradio #embedded #esp32

Most wireless tutorials teach theory. The Wireless Cookbook teaches function.

Learn how Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and LoRa actually behave in real environments by building working systems with Raspberry Pi and Linux.

From mesh networks to long-range LoRa nodes, every project is designed to perform reliably in the field.

https://nostarch.com/wireless-cookbook

#wireless #lora #raspberrypi #linux #books #bookstodon

Most wireless tutorials teach theory. The Wireless Cookbook teaches function.

Learn how Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and LoRa actually behave in real environments by building working systems with Raspberry Pi and Linux.

From mesh networks to long-range LoRa nodes, every project is designed to perform reliably in the field.

https://nostarch.com/wireless-cookbook

#wireless #lora #raspberrypi #linux #books #bookstodon

3 Handys, 3 LoRa Devices, 2 Raspberrys, 1 PC, 1 Notebook und natürlich der Rootserver in Nürnberg - diese Hardware habe ich gestern genutzt, um ein neues Reticulum Backbone, einen zuverlässigen Propagation Node und einen Collector zu erstellen und zu testen.

Bereits vorhandene (Test) Netze werden gebrückt, sodass kreuz und quer alles und jeder erreichbar ist.

Der Propagation Node ist, wenn er fest eingetragen ist, zuverlässig und Nachrichten, die in Abwesenheit gesendet wurden, können so auch schnell abgefragt werden.

Auf dem Collector Node können, für diejenigen, die es möchten, die eigenen Telemetriedaten gespeichert, und (automatisch) aktualisiert werden und können so auch von anderen Nutzen dort auch abgefragt werden.

Das Backbone kann mit folgenden Daten eingebunden werden:

[[MV2K Reticulum Network]]
type = TCPClientInterface
interface_enabled = true
target_host = reticulum.mv2k.com
target_port = 4847
name = MV2K Reticulum Network
selected_interface_mode = 1
configured_bitrate = None

Der Propagation Node hat folgende Adresse: <2fe1e526b9d91e6a0a5cb48e7dd0f96f>

und der Collector Node ist unter <e3b8303e7e2e8c03694f5546264bc3f9> zu erreichen.

Ich freue mich, dass ich so auch einen kleinen Beitrag für Reticulum leisten kann. :)

#Reticulum #Sideband #Mesh #LoRa #Notfallkommunikation #Backbone

3 Handys, 3 LoRa Devices, 2 Raspberrys, 1 PC, 1 Notebook und natürlich der Rootserver in Nürnberg - diese Hardware habe ich gestern genutzt, um ein neues Reticulum Backbone, einen zuverlässigen Propagation Node und einen Collector zu erstellen und zu testen.

Bereits vorhandene (Test) Netze werden gebrückt, sodass kreuz und quer alles und jeder erreichbar ist.

Der Propagation Node ist, wenn er fest eingetragen ist, zuverlässig und Nachrichten, die in Abwesenheit gesendet wurden, können so auch schnell abgefragt werden.

Auf dem Collector Node können, für diejenigen, die es möchten, die eigenen Telemetriedaten gespeichert, und (automatisch) aktualisiert werden und können so auch von anderen Nutzen dort auch abgefragt werden.

Das Backbone kann mit folgenden Daten eingebunden werden:

[[MV2K Reticulum Network]]
type = TCPClientInterface
interface_enabled = true
target_host = reticulum.mv2k.com
target_port = 4847
name = MV2K Reticulum Network
selected_interface_mode = 1
configured_bitrate = None

Der Propagation Node hat folgende Adresse: <2fe1e526b9d91e6a0a5cb48e7dd0f96f>

und der Collector Node ist unter <e3b8303e7e2e8c03694f5546264bc3f9> zu erreichen.

Ich freue mich, dass ich so auch einen kleinen Beitrag für Reticulum leisten kann. :)

#Reticulum #Sideband #Mesh #LoRa #Notfallkommunikation #Backbone

Screenshot from SDRAngel of a #Meshtastic #LoRa packet on LongFast.

so... when do we get a cheap #LoRa smartwatch which 99.9% reliably gets notifications within a couple city blocks of your phone?

Over the weekend @meph added some mind blowing new features to lorapipe.

- APRS over LoRa
- Ethernet over LoRa

https://social.treehouse.systems/@meph/115365077448221139

#hamraadio #radio #lora #meshcore #meshtastic #lorapipe #aprs #ax25 #kiss #tnc #packetradio #networking #cybersecurity #offgrid

Finally setup the github builder and now there's pre-release lorapipe firmware available for download!

We're building 79 different variants so testing on your favorite LoRa devices is highly encouraged!

@meph

https://github.com/datapartyjs/lorapipe/releases

#lora #lorapipe #meshtastic #meshcore #radio #aprs

Because this KISS-TNC stuff is pretty old, it has really good support on modern Linux.

So we're actually able to setup lorapipe on two different linux boxes and form an ethernet network over LoRa!

The current rev has some MTU limits we can fix, we can also eak out probably another 2x more bandwidth too.

But as is I was able to ping, mosh and ssh over my ethernet-LoRa network between Linux computers!

https://github.com/datapartyjs/lorapipe?tab=readme-ov-file#ethernet-over-lora

@meph

#LoRa #Linux #networking #radio #privacy #cybersecurity

Now that lorapipe has KISS-TNC protocol support for sending and recieving LoRa packets, it means that basically all sorts of ham radio and Linux tooling designed to talk to KISS modems suddenly work over LoRa.

For HAM radio nerds, this means things like APRS -just- work. Follow the instructions in the documentation to get started.

I suspect HAMs can bridge APRS across spectrums to ISM 433/868/915Mhz LoRa now using lorapipe. 😎

https://github.com/datapartyjs/lorapipe?tab=readme-ov-file#aprs-over-lora

@meph

#APRS #hamradio #radio #lora

Over the weekend @meph added some mind blowing new features to lorapipe.

- APRS over LoRa
- Ethernet over LoRa

https://social.treehouse.systems/@meph/115365077448221139

#hamraadio #radio #lora #meshcore #meshtastic #lorapipe #aprs #ax25 #kiss #tnc #packetradio #networking #cybersecurity #offgrid

PSA/rant for fellow makers: my recent order from Heltec (ordered directly) arrived with some #LoRa boards missing. I've provided shipping evidence, but so far they refuse to resolve the issue 🙄

Lesson learned: always record your unboxing! It really helps if something goes wrong.

#meshtastic / #meshcore / #LoRa people near #boston: assemble. Get me connected to your non-corporate non-ham networking. I have nothing. What is the simple beginner portable setup I could buy in the US today, either pre-made or as a kit, that ships from the US? https://youtu.be/oAo2sb8LpFc?t=12 https://cambridgemesh.net
cc @occvlt @aredridel

Friend gave me a #Meshtastic node (off grid mesh network over #LoRa radio).

Feeling #solarpunk af

It's quite active in my region, I've connected with approx 86 nodes!

The chatter on main is pretty standard. A bit of a prepper vibe and some gentle trolling of said prepper.

Would be cool to link up some of the radical houses here with Meshtastic nodes. The nodes are ridiculously cheap and portable (e.g. ESP32 and an antenna) afaik.

Meshtastic also requires encryption by default for non-default channels (aka main) which isn't allowed on amateur radio in the UK.

Would easily run off a power bank solar setup. I was running it off my phone for a while whilst connecting via serial over USB-C. Super low power requirements.

Friend gave me a #Meshtastic node (off grid mesh network over #LoRa radio).

Feeling #solarpunk af

It's quite active in my region, I've connected with approx 86 nodes!

The chatter on main is pretty standard. A bit of a prepper vibe and some gentle trolling of said prepper.

Would be cool to link up some of the radical houses here with Meshtastic nodes. The nodes are ridiculously cheap and portable (e.g. ESP32 and an antenna) afaik.

Meshtastic also requires encryption by default for non-default channels (aka main) which isn't allowed on amateur radio in the UK.

Would easily run off a power bank solar setup. I was running it off my phone for a while whilst connecting via serial over USB-C. Super low power requirements.