I recently bought a T1000-E because I like its design. If it works well in the mesh network, I believe I will be very satisfied. I look forward to receiving my shipment.
I want to know more about how to set a raspberry pi up to a WisBlock. Do you set it up via usb and ssh in to the wisblock ro remote updat? Do you use Meshtasticd? I’m excited for RAK6421 to come out. I hope they send you one on advance to review!
Currently, using USB and SSH to it. The RAK6421 looks cool, but not sure how it will work yet, but the process will probably be a bit different. I'll try to get my hands on one!
@@The_Comms_Channel I think a tutorial would be useful. And I didn’t see any online. I’ve been able to ssh in to the wisblock, but not sure how I can update firmware. I want to figure that out before taking my node off of my roof again.
The rangetest csv I get from meshtastic app with my regional settings uses comma notation inside the rx_snr field, so "4,750000" instead of "4.750000". This breaks the script. If I manually go in and replace all commas in the rx_snr field with a period, the csv import works. The script probably needs to look for the quotation marks around each data field instead of going by the comma separation. Once the import works the map is very nice!
Out of curiosity, what was the fixed node TX/RX height? And what's the LOS like surrounding the fixed node? And the DBI of the antenna? 250mw (max TX) I'm assuming? Do you know what the noise floor looks like there? Your results are drastically shorter than our own testing........ However, I don't know that's an apple to apples comparison. We use/ed a couple of different node/s to build out our network. Generally speaking, "saturation" nodes, and "distance" nodes. Saturation nodes are used Intra-city to get coverage of that specific town/city. And distance nodes to cover inter-city links and cover rural aeras. (Except the southern part of the state which becomes mountainess) Saturation node = 0-2dbi @ 250mw and a min of 100-150ft AGL. Distance node = 10+dbi (there is some variability left over from the beginning stages) @ 250mw and a height 250-300ft AGL. The LOS for All of our nodes is unobstructed as they are on top of towers.......... In the moutainess parts of the state we co-locate a distance node and a saturation node (maybe not co-located, but close prox). The distance node covers the ridge top-ridge top link, and the saturation node covers the valley/floor. (with good placement)..... With all of that being said; we've never tested a saturation node for distance. Our Saturation nodes are focused on data thruput and coverage. However, we have tested our distance nodes extensively. At the 250mw and a +- 10dbi antenna @ the typical 250-300ft AGL we routinely see 50-70 miles while maintaining a high data thruput............ (single node to single node link). So, it strikes me as "something's off...." when you only got +- 5 miles out of a node............(even a saturation type node). But there is a TON of things that can affect propagation........
I mentioned in the video this is just my node at home and the tests were done off the main mesh. We have nodes on top of mountains and achieve the same distances
@@The_Comms_Channel I just watched your vid on the Bluetooth bug. I think we work in the same or very similar industries which gives us tower access. Though I don't climb (too old and fat) I do the tech work on the ground.......
I find that all measurements with an SNR multiple of 25 are dodgy, I get some that say -25, -50 or -75. I still want to keep the markers on the map but the SNR reading is clearly bugged out. I changed the line in the code that flags nodes with a very high SNR so that it also grays out nodes with a low snr and that's good enough for me: if row['rx snr'] > 15 or row['rx snr']
I recently bought a T1000-E because I like its design. If it works well in the mesh network, I believe I will be very satisfied. I look forward to receiving my shipment.
Been working well for me so far! Let me know how it does when yours comes in!
That form factor is neat. IP65 rating is pretty cool, too. -S117
For sure! Good to have some portable options that can handle a bit of weather. Good talking to you on the mesh!
Thanks for doing this, 👍👍
Sure thing!
Nice overview video, God bless.
Would really like to see the base node, and how it’s situated.
It's a PoE node build and mounted on the roof of my house.
I want to know more about how to set a raspberry pi up to a WisBlock. Do you set it up via usb and ssh in to the wisblock ro remote updat? Do you use Meshtasticd? I’m excited for RAK6421 to come out. I hope they send you one on advance to review!
Currently, using USB and SSH to it. The RAK6421 looks cool, but not sure how it will work yet, but the process will probably be a bit different. I'll try to get my hands on one!
@@The_Comms_Channel I think a tutorial would be useful. And I didn’t see any online. I’ve been able to ssh in to the wisblock, but not sure how I can update firmware. I want to figure that out before taking my node off of my roof again.
Good idea. I'll look into that!
Debian the dog 😊
He had a swirl on his coat when he was a puppy and knew that had to be his name lol
The rangetest csv I get from meshtastic app with my regional settings uses comma notation inside the rx_snr field, so "4,750000" instead of "4.750000". This breaks the script. If I manually go in and replace all commas in the rx_snr field with a period, the csv import works. The script probably needs to look for the quotation marks around each data field instead of going by the comma separation. Once the import works the map is very nice!
Ah, didn't realize there's a regional difference! Thank you for the heads up! I'll work on a fix for it.
@@The_Comms_Channel FYI, turned out this was a bug, I made a report on Gituhub and it's been patched now by the dev team.
Out of curiosity, what was the fixed node TX/RX height? And what's the LOS like surrounding the fixed node? And the DBI of the antenna? 250mw (max TX) I'm assuming? Do you know what the noise floor looks like there? Your results are drastically shorter than our own testing........ However, I don't know that's an apple to apples comparison. We use/ed a couple of different node/s to build out our network. Generally speaking, "saturation" nodes, and "distance" nodes. Saturation nodes are used Intra-city to get coverage of that specific town/city. And distance nodes to cover inter-city links and cover rural aeras. (Except the southern part of the state which becomes mountainess) Saturation node = 0-2dbi @ 250mw and a min of 100-150ft AGL. Distance node = 10+dbi (there is some variability left over from the beginning stages) @ 250mw and a height 250-300ft AGL. The LOS for All of our nodes is unobstructed as they are on top of towers.......... In the moutainess parts of the state we co-locate a distance node and a saturation node (maybe not co-located, but close prox). The distance node covers the ridge top-ridge top link, and the saturation node covers the valley/floor. (with good placement).....
With all of that being said; we've never tested a saturation node for distance. Our Saturation nodes are focused on data thruput and coverage. However, we have tested our distance nodes extensively. At the 250mw and a +- 10dbi antenna @ the typical 250-300ft AGL we routinely see 50-70 miles while maintaining a high data thruput............ (single node to single node link).
So, it strikes me as "something's off...." when you only got +- 5 miles out of a node............(even a saturation type node). But there is a TON of things that can affect propagation........
I mentioned in the video this is just my node at home and the tests were done off the main mesh. We have nodes on top of mountains and achieve the same distances
@@The_Comms_Channel I just watched your vid on the Bluetooth bug. I think we work in the same or very similar industries which gives us tower access. Though I don't climb (too old and fat) I do the tech work on the ground.......
Just have friends in the same industry 🙂
I find that all measurements with an SNR multiple of 25 are dodgy, I get some that say -25, -50 or -75. I still want to keep the markers on the map but the SNR reading is clearly bugged out. I changed the line in the code that flags nodes with a very high SNR so that it also grays out nodes with a low snr and that's good enough for me: if row['rx snr'] > 15 or row['rx snr']
Nice use of Folium for the map app - have you looked at being able to render node locations in real time?
Been thinking of doing something like that actually. Still need to play around with it a bit
A meshtastic QGIS plugin would be useful as well
I cannot change frequency slot on 868mhz. Theres only slot 1
Yes same here. That’s because we’re in the EU
What do the colors of the dots on the map mean??? Green, grey, etc
Signal level
Wow. I have a 12 dbi antenna up 45 feet and can't get more than a mile range.
How is the range test vs radio (ie baofeng handheld)
ok
t1000e have a serious bug not receving messages 1 hop away - also when its turned on there is packet loss from nodes arounds .. too bad ..