Meshcore in SA discussion

[dadecoza]

See also Meshtastic in SA Discussion.

MeshCore is a simple, secure, off-grid mesh communications system. Build your own low-cost, long-range, encrypted messaging network. You can still send messages even when WiFi, Cellular, and Starlink are down.

In the last couple of months many Meshtastic users in Cape Town moved over to Meshcore.

@Danie_V again did an excellent write-up on his blog .at https://gadgeteer.co.za/meshcore-in-south-africa/

Some resources:

• https://meshcore.io/ (not https://meshcore.co.uk/)
• https://gadgeteer.co.za/meshcore-in-south-africa/
• https://cpt.meshmapper.net/
• https://analyzer.letsmesh.net/channels?region=CPT
• https://meshrank.net/?region=za

There are currently +- 70 active nodes (in the last 7days).

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[rustypup]

WUG 2.0?

 

[Anthro]

WUG 2.0?

Apocalypse101 / Prepper 1.0

 

[dadecoza]

@Danie_V presented a great tech talk on behalf of HAMNET comparing Meshcore and Meshtastic.

 

[calypso]

Meshtastic was a solution looking for a problem.
Much the same or different?

 

[dadecoza]

Over the weekend we deployed a new repeater on Perdeberg outside Malmesbury ...

 

[Anthro]

GitHub - l5yth/potato-mesh: A federated, Meshtastic AND Meshcore node dashboard for your local community. No MQTT clutter, just local LoRa aether.

A federated, Meshtastic AND Meshcore node dashboard for your local community. No MQTT clutter, just local LoRa aether. - l5yth/potato-mesh

github.com

A federated, Meshtastic & Meshcore node dashboard for your local community. No MQTT clutter, just local LoRa aether.

• Web dashboard with chat window and map view showing nodes, positions, neighbors, trace routes, telemetry, and messages.
  • API to POST (authenticated) and to GET nodes, messages, and telemetry.
  • Shows new node notifications (first seen) and telemetry logs in chat.
  • Allows searching and filtering for nodes in map and table view.
  • Federated: automatically froms a federation with other communities running Potato Mesh!
  • Supports Meshtastic and Meshcore
• Supplemental Python ingestor to feed the POST APIs of the Web app with data remotely.
  • Supports multiple ingestors per instance.
  • Supports Meshtastic and Meshcore
• Matrix bridge that posts Meshtastic messages to a defined matrix channel (no radio required).
• Mobile app to read messages on your local aether (no radio required).