On 24 Sep 2021, at 11:20 am, Mitra Ardron
<mitra(a)mitra.biz> wrote:
Code
Yes, I meant the one on the video.
3D printing is a totally fine way of doing an enclosure in
low volumes, but is a massive difference in both reality and
"cost" between buying something on Alibaba or just via paypal
from someone who has built them before, and something only
available as a CAD/3D printer file. I've gone through the
process of finding a 3D printing shop, and getting something
made, with a less than 50% success rate, and a one-off is
always more expensive as even a good shop has to allow for
the likely cost of getting it wrong the first time.
One of the advantages disaster.radio potentially has over
some of the other solutions its the potential for geek-free
setup and install. I can figure it out, but most of the
villages around here - who could use a setup like disaster
radio - don't have a resident geek, and trying to find a 3D
printer to print a one-off certainly puts it in the
needs-a-geek bucket.
The enclosure Sam suggests sounds a better candidate, though
it needs the panel mounted separately.
Sam
I'll try that enclosure you suggest - its a good price. But
I'm wondering, have you tried using one of them with the
other parts in that part list? How did you handle mounting to
and getting the aerial out, Are those connectors the right
size for that, without looking in detail at the components
I'm guessing it would want the small connectors for the solar
panel cable but its unclear if the 4-8 or 9-12 connector
would be best for the antenna proposed - I think the smaller
(the antenna says 8mm)
On 24/9/21 7:10 am, Code Bus wrote:
What enclosure are you referring to?
If you mean the one featured in the video, you're free to make
them yourself. The design exists as CAD and in 3d printable
formats in the github repository. It is not less "real" simply
because it hasn't been mass produced.
Otherwise, like we've suggested, you can follow the Aliexpress
parts list and make a working device, or use any enclosure
designed to prevent water ingress.
Sep 23, 2021, 20:46 by mitra(a)mitra.biz:
Thanks Sam
I was looking at the enclosure shown on the image on
https://disaster.radio/ and thought that might have been
real :-(
- Mitra
On 23/9/21 10:30 pm, sam(a)bristolwireless.net wrote:
Can you clarify what the current state is - i.e. if
I got the boards, built a pair of units, and flashed
it - then would the chat and map apps talk over it.
Yes that should be possible. You can buy them
pre-flashed if you want to miss that step:
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000396836096.html
If using the webapp you only get a chat.
If you use the Android app then you get a chat and a map
AFAIK.
By the way ... I notice there is a bad link to the
enclosure on
https://disaster.radio/build/
Thx started fixing that link here:
https://github.com/sudomesh/disaster-radio-website/pull/12
awaiting someone to approve.
This was the enclosure used:
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000452268197.html
It's fairly obvious how to put it together, but there
are some instructions here too:
https://hackaday.io/project/170069-disaster-radio-lora-mesh
Thanks
Sam
- Mitra
On 23/9/21 10:49 am, Code Bus wrote:
The project lacks a maintainer with enough time
to really give it the care it needs.
I've been spending my free time trying to modify
the firmware for the v3 dual-module prototype,
it is slow-going.
Other LoRa boards seem to work pretty well with
the firmware in its current state
Sep 22, 2021, 20:37 by mitra(a)mitra.biz:
I tried to find out what was happening with
Disaster Radio, by
asking here - got zero responses :-( its
really hard to figure out
if there is anything going on that is useful
to connect with :-(
On 23/9/21 9:48 am, Greg Troxel wrote:
eM Grzegorz<emgrzegorz(a)interia.pl>
<mailto:emgrzegorz@interia.pl>
<mailto:emgrzegorz@interia.pl>
<mailto:emgrzegorz@interia.pl> writes:
Hi,active list?Grzegorz
Sort of. When people ask, someone
answers. But not much seems to be
happening. I do have the impression that
those on the list wish there'd
be more activity, and that most of them
sort of hope to contribute. I
of course do not speak for the coalition.
Perhaps you can tell us why you're
interested and what you'd like to see
as highest priority.
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