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About
The RangeTest Plugin will help you perform range and coverage tests.
Configuration
These are the settings that can be configured.
range_test_plugin_enabled
Is the plugin enabled?
0 = Disabled (Default)
1 = Enabled
range_test_plugin_save
If enabled, we will save a log of all received messages to /static/rangetest.csv which you can access from the webserver. We will abort
writing if there is less than 50k of space on the filesystem to prevent filling up the storage.
0 = Disabled (Default)
1 = Enabled
range_test_plugin_sender
Number of seconds to wait between sending packets. Using the long_slow channel configuration, it's best not to go more frequent than once every 60 seconds. You can be more agressive with faster settings. 0 is default which disables sending messages.
Usage Notes
For basic usage, you will need two devices both with a GPS. A device with a paired phone with GPS may work, I have not tried it.
The first thing to do is to turn on the plugin. With the plugin turned on, the other settings will be available:
range_test_plugin_enabled = 1
If you want to send a message every 60 seconds:
range_test_plugin_sender = 60
To save a log of the messages:
range_test_plugin_save = 1
Known Problems
- If turned on, using mesh network will become unwieldly because messages are sent over the same channel as the other messages. See TODO below.
TODO
- Right now range test messages go over the TEXT_MESSAGE_APP port. We need a toggle to switch to RANGE_TEST_APP.
Need more help?
Go to the Meshtastic Discourse Group if you have any questions or to share how you have used this.