I have two Lilygo SX1262 LoRa modules I accidentally bought back in the day to test the Helium Network. Later on, I found out that Helium did not support SX1262, and I also gave up on Helium. Just got curious about Meshtastic, and thanks to your video, I turned them both into Meshtastic smartphone modules, in half an hour (finding the right firmware, researching other modules, realizing mine were ok for the job, flashing, etc.), for my Android phone. Thank you very much!

Great video. I have got over 10 days with my Wisblock on a 3500mAh 18650 battery.

Client mode also works as a router, router should be used for nodes with the best antenna and height above terrain.

@adavies6696

2 ай бұрын

We need to emphasise router/repeater/router_client should be extremely limited in the network to edge nodes in advantageous positions. Too many are choosing router_client, and its limiting the distance and the communication in the mesh

Really enjoyed video and this simple approach. Love the idea of meshtastic but I'm waiting for the hardware to continue to mature but I love the way it's going

Great. Today I started with the same device. Very easy config. The board has battery and solar connectors and it is my next step :)

@mattreviewsit

2 ай бұрын

Yeah, I'm going to do another video that goes into a more in-depth build. I want to build a solar repeater too.

I wish we could get the kits out here in Australia, theyre always had to get and even at $80 for the kit Id love to get one if the freq was available

Love how you edited out the 30 min it took to connect the LoRa pigtail to the board 😂

Great video. Love the Wisblock. Crazy how long they last on battery.

All 4 of my mesh boards are transceiving at 908 MHz.

Default pin for screenless devices is 123456. Recently some wisblocks have been shipped with it set to random pin. RAK is working on fixing this - they're copying a preconfigured firmware instead of unconfigured.

@mattreviewsit

2 ай бұрын

Yeah I guess I got some of the ones with random pin set as default. Definitely would be more convenient if it was just set to fixed. Thanks for the heads up

@kaoticrecoil2

2 ай бұрын

Same. Luckily I ordered an oled. You can put the oled in the pin holes and shove your finger in between to hold tension and it'll display the pairing code...lol. I only had one oled and multiple boards, this worked with each.

@naomi-g

2 ай бұрын

Remember folks, you can always connect it via USB to your pc and reflash. I always do with new boards, as the firmware is always out of date

Works fine in Firefox

@mattreviewsit

2 ай бұрын

Nice!

Sorry to be a dummy, but what battery fits the battery terminals on the board and fits comfortably inside the 3D printed case, which is pretty cool!

Great videos. As a complete beginner which device would you recommend to get? Thinking either the Lilygo T-Beam (I would need a case though which are hard to come by here in Germany), the Wisblock (same problem with the case) or the Heltec V3 which you can order with a case. Can’t really decide…

Good luck finding anyone out there close enough to talk to 😂 we need another 10k people setting up nodes. They need to fix the software to make messaging actually work too.

@mattreviewsit

2 ай бұрын

I'm more interested in getting a network set up among my existing friends and family, instead of texting random people who happen to have radios. Although I lucked out and found someone right down the street from me who I picked up and made a new friend.

@heart4Pahoa

2 ай бұрын

My focus too is to get trusted neighbors into this and establish communications in power down scenarios. We are in Hawaii (Big Island rural) and power outages happen several times each year. Big storms can bring in bigger down times. So this can be a potential solution for us here. Most of us have small solar generators and/or gas/diesel generators for critical home power. But internet phones typically die within the first hour of a long outage. And we have older family (Kupuna) we need to keep an eye on or help when these things happen.

With no screen attached the pin defaults to 123456.

What mesh app are you using? Yours looks way different than mine and cleaner.

@mattreviewsit

2 ай бұрын

It's Meshtastic for iPhone. Android looks a lot different, is that what you're using?

@Stealthy_Martian

2 ай бұрын

@@mattreviewsit Ahh makes sense. Yeah I am using Android.

kzread.info/dash/bejne/Y6mI26qKc7Pco5s.html, Hey, how do you get those environmental outputs on the supreme? Not in your supreme build video.

@corneuys

2 ай бұрын

Found it - Module Config - Enable the Environment Telemetry

@mattreviewsit

2 ай бұрын

Yeah I just discovered that when I was recording this video. I was like wait a minute, I thought the supreme has all this stuff built in, lol. But I wasn’t seeing it show up.

If we have to use the internet and chrome to setup the device isn’t that defeating the purpose of having off grid gear for comms?

@mattreviewsit

Ай бұрын

Just do that stuff before you go off grid.

Hopefully some other sellers come out. These guys are pretty sketch. Ck the amazon reviews. I do need to get a batch of mesh devices tho.

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Hey Matt, Krizzel here from RAKwireless marketing. We love your video! What email address should we use to contact you?

@mattreviewsit

Ай бұрын

Hi Krizzel. Thanks, I received your email.