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@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=0.8937489.0.0.10992e0eaAUWs6 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@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@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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