logans-stuff/meshtastic-stuff

Meshtastic Information (VERY OUTDATED)

Repository of Meshtastic information I have gathered.

Products that have been confirmed to work

• Some beefy antennas (source) (NEED RP-SMA MALE) AliExpress Link
• Anything from RCMall seems good AliExpress Link
• Batteries (MakerFocus seems to be the choice) Amazon Link
• Verified Pi hat Waveshare SX1262 Amazon Link
• Decent omni-directional urban setup:
  • Antenna
  • Lightning Protector
  • Antenna Extension Coaxial Cable
• Printable case: Printables.com | Etsy

Linux Information

• Documentation (Mirror PDF is in the repo.)
• Working on a PI3 + Waveshare SX1262 Amazon Link

Two working distros I've tested:

• Ubuntu Server LTS 22.04
• Raspbian 64 bit Bookworm (Note if you select PI3, bookworm will not show on the RPI imager, select no model instead and you can see it and flash like normal. Bookworm works without issue.)

Bookworm Notes

sudo raspi-config

Enable I2C + SPI + Serial Port.

We like to cause problems and run bleeding edge, mainly because I'm looking for web UI support on the PI.

wget https://nightly.link/meshtastic/firmware/workflows/main_matrix/master/artifact-deb.zip

unzip artifact-deb.zip
sudo apt install ./meshtasticd_2.*

The package does not seem to specify the need for libulfius.so but is also required,

meshtasticd: error while loading shared libraries: libulfius.so.2.7: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

sudo apt-get install libulfius-dev

Standalone start command:

sudo meshtasticd -d /home/pi/

Master meshtasticd configuration directory:

/etc/meshtasticd/config.yaml

Managing via CLI:

pip3 install --upgrade pytap2 --break-system-packages
pip3 install --upgrade meshtastic --break-system-packages

Ensure to use --host localhost on all commands. For example:

meshtastic --host localhost --nodes