Matthew GreenI’ve been working on a little simulator for MeshCore, written entirely using Claude Code. I was hoping some MeshCore devs might take a look and let me know if there are features they could use. https://github.com/matthewdgreen/meshcore_sim #meshcore
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tugaBroadcast abuse isn't well received in software networks.
You can breach the domain with STUN and similar but it would no longer be mesh.
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@tuga @matthew_d_green I think you misunderstood the idea.
I would put a KISS protocol TNC radio module (just a modulator and PA really) out and run the whole #MeshCore logic as a software on a remote computer. Similar to how telcos use eCPRI.
This would still act as a regular MeshCore device.
What you are talking about is a bit unclear to me, but it sounds like the tncattach or 802.15.4 / 6LowPAN use case. Which is also totally valid, but different from what I want here.
fdlamotte 🇩🇴@marsik @tuga @matthew_d_green maybe have a look at pymc core
@fdlamotte @marsik @tuga All of these projects seem to operate on a 1:1 PC/radio model. I think a better design would move the client logic to a PC/smartphone, but each radio device could support many clients — each with their own public key/identity. You’d have to use BLE advertisements to support many clients per radio.
@fdlamotte @marsik @tuga I’m planning to prototype this next week just for fun, to see if it works. But curious if there have been any experiments in this model or if it’s a bad idea for known reasons. (I know iOS background BLE receiving is very very bad.)
This was talked already and totally valid. You don't even need different advert types, as you only have to tell the radio to send/receive packets and let the PC deal with everything related to identities
All the receiving part is already possible using rx_log from companion radio. So I think the only missing piece would be a send_raw_packet
Big advantage is that it breaks the contact number limit. The drawback is you loose mailbox operation.
@fdlamotte @marsik @tuga My big concern is that in public spaces you have to throttle or gate people accessing the thing. For broadcast (read) only that doesn’t matter but for writes I guess you’d need permissioning or throttling.