Roofnode

Raspberry Pi 3 Model B with Power-Over-Ethernet hat, plugged in via ethernet cable directly to our router, which supplies 48v.

Then a meshcore device and a meshtastic device are plugged into the Pi using USB cables.

hostname: roofnode user: pi ip: 100.64.64.229 os: raspbian lite 64-bit (trixie) microsd card: 16gb

Setup Log

Info

• ssh pi@roofnode.local
• https://github.com/meshcore-dev/meshcore_py
• https://pypi.org/project/meshcore-cli/

Install things

sudo apt update
sudo apt install socat
sudo apt install python3 # got a message saying it was already installed
sudo apt install python3-pip
mkdir mcore # i was in the home directory
cd mcore
python3 -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate # this puts me into the virtual environment i just made
pip install meshcore
pip install meshcore-cli # this depends on meshcore i guess?
sudo apt install bluetooth bluez pi-bluetooth # haha install the stuff the pi needs for bluetooth
sudo systemctl enable bluetooth
sudo systemctl start bluetooth
pip3 install --upgrade pytap2 
pip3 install --upgrade "meshtastic[cli]" # this line and the above to install the meshtastic cli (in the same venv)

Connect to a meshcore device

• go into the virtual environment

cd mcore
source .venv/bin/activate