22 Sep
2021
22 Sep
'21
10:17 p.m.
Yes ESP32 is very much like the 8266
If I were you, I would get a couple of the TTGO boards listed as supported and do some
experiments with those.
https://github.com/sudomesh/disaster-radio/wiki/Devices--&-Hardware
Once flashed, they should be able to enable comms over the android apps / web interface.
Meshtastic might be good too, and you aren't locked in. I believe these can be
reflashed with Meshtastic's firmware.
Looks like the enclosure that was recommended from Aliexpress is gone, but there are
designs in the hardware subfolder which are 3d printable. Other than that, I imagine any
old thing you bolt these devices into will work. Even an Altoids mint container.
Sep 23, 2021, 01:27 by mitra(a)mitra.biz:
Hi (sorry dont have a name for you)
Understood - and challenge of course is that its hard to get involved if there is
noone there to help onboard.
There is interest in disaster resilient comms here in Australia and I'm involved
with some of the resilience work (in a non-technical capacity), I've also worked
with ESP8266's before and I believe the ESP32 is similar.
Disaster.radio looks like a more appropriate solution for disaster setups than
meshtastic, the typical use case I'm interested in, is as an alternative to the
net when the net goes down, so connecting an existing device via to a wifi access
point makes more sense than assuming everyone has a mesh device and connects to
it on Bluetooth (which I think is the meshtastic architecture). I also like the idea
of a web-app because the maintenance becomes something many people can contribute to,
and it should work with any device.
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. If I can
get to that step I can probably demonstrate it to some other technical people and get
people enthused to collaborate, if I can't get it to that step its going to
be much harder and rely on me having a decent chunk of time to contribute before
getting anyone involved.
By the way ... I notice there is a bad link to the enclosure on >
https://disaster.radio/build/> which goes to >
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000429348282.html?spm=0.8937489.0.0.10992e…
which doesnt exist. Do you know of another source for enclosures.
- 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>> :
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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:
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writes:
> Hi,active list?Grzegorz
>
Sort of. When people ask, someone answers. But not much seems to behappening. I do
have the impression that those on the list wish there'dbe more activity, and that most
of them sort of hope to contribute. Iof course do not speak for the coalition.Perhaps you
can tell us why you're interested and what you'd like to seeas highest priority.
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