sooo this weekend I finally flashed #Meshtastic onto the #pager 🙌
HOT TIP, when they say "check that your cable isn't power-only", THERE'S A REASON THEY SAY THAT. if it doesn't work, check your cable.. swap it out.. try a different one... Ask me how I know 🙃
Anyway, once that was done, I was shocked to find that I was able to see 4-8 nodes online at any given point!
There's still SO much I don't know, but this is a fun little starter device IMHO.
@mattgriffin Right!? It's the perfect size too. Small, but the keyboard doesn't feel cramped.
Somewhat related, I bought a new calculator this weekend (my 20yr old Casio kicked the bucket 🥺), and as it turns out, I appear to be a big fan of actual, haptic keys!?
Bring back the Blackberries!!
@SarraceniaWilds It's a super fun little device!!
Also, I've heard from others that "hmm, I can't see any nodes..." is an entry point to the dangerous "just one more node.. " path... 😅
@SarraceniaWilds Oh so you're way ahead of me then and know the struggle first-hand 😁
I've been eyeing a v3, t114, or a t-echo for my next one....
I should never have gone down this rabbit hole
@zakatak I really like it so far! It is very pocketable, but the keyboard doesn't feel cramped.
I was looking for a portable all-in-one device and didn't just want to buy another T-Deck, y'know, because why not explore something new when given the chance 😅, so I got this little guy.
@robyn the T-Deck is also a little cramped for me, so I thought the space between keys was appealing there. I’ll keep it on my list.
Also, does it support 2.4ghz as well?
@zakatak Apparently it supports both 2.4 GHz wifi & bluetooth - I've never used the wifi on it, but the Bluetooth connection to my phone works great.
Reason I've never bothered with the wifi is that, to my understanding, which may be incorrect, is that you can't have wifi & BT on at the same time with these esp32 devices, and bt has been working great for me.
I also love how detailed LilyGo makes these wiki pages, so you'll probably find what you need & more at: https://wiki.lilygo.cc/get_started/en/LoRa_GPS/T-LoraPager/T-LoraPager.html#quick-start
@robyn
"HOT TIP, when they say "check that your cable isn't power-only", THERE'S A REASON THEY SAY THAT"
Also, when you find a cable that's power only, CUT THAT ABOMINATION IN HALF, so that you never have to go through that again.
@robyn oh no I'm gonna have to get one
Is there a reason to get the non-meshtastic one if I'm gonna flash that anyway or go straight for that version?
@robyn this looks cool!
their android app is infected with slop unfortunately
@hi I don't have any detailed insights yet as I just flashed it this weekend, but it seems that the battery life on the pager may not be quite as good as on the deck?
Range-wise, I plan to test more this week 🤓 but I got a direct ping yesterday over a km away. (Edit to add, I think that was on the Deck)
@alanxoc3 It really is! For me, #meshtastic / #lora was sort of the next step after tinkering with retro handhelds...
and with these all-in-one devices, you can get started very easily. They can just operate as standalone, mobile nodes. You technically don't even need to hook them up to your phone, minus maybe for setup.
They are great gateways, and then you go down the rabbit hole of "but what if I added just *one* permanent node..." 😂
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