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Create a comms Channel named UCARS and add the following encryption key (replacing whatever else is there).
eR9+2szwqn0hR+FvWYPx5VdKmL1stkQzGIqX7eGhKF0=
Now you should get all messages sent in that channel with that key.
I flashed all 3 of my Heltec LoRa devices from Meshtastic to Meshcore. I was wondering if the club already had a private channel setup (Name + Encryption Key)?
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Meshcore is completely new to me so I am looking for some guidance on how to setup the client nodes. Does it make sense (is it possible) to configure an outdoor unit with reasonably good visibility to be a router or client base -- similar to what you can do in Meshtastic?
Got the Meshtastic Seeed Tracker T-1000 up to 350 feet. But I can only do it for ten minutes at time.
I tried that with my drone, and it could not handle the weight of the Heltec device. Guess I need a bigger drone.
I installed a new solar node this weekend. I roughly followed this guy's instructions. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZJVsXXTizY It's a RAK (19007 + 4632) with 6000mAK battery and 6W solar panel. I added the RAK1906 environmental module.
I get more coverage, but not quite enough to reliably reach the rest of the network.
Hey Greg. Yes that makes sense. On Meshcore (MC), you will have to set up a repeater, or have one within RF range, in order to communicate on MC. This is different from Meshtastic where every client node broadcasts what it hears. Meshcore exclusivley uses (hopefully well-placed outdoor) repeaters to send on packets from companion nodes. So if your 3 nodes are all flashed as companion (client) nodes, you will HAVE to be near a MC repeater or set up one of your 3 nodes as a MC repeater in order to get out onto the mesh. Currently I have two MC companion nodes and one outdoor MC repeater at my QTH. So the companion nodes Tx and Rx packets through the MC repeater that is up in a tree and that node communuicates with the wider MC mesh. Does that help at all?