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Field-Ops
4 entries
Command and Control From Out of Range
Reaching a home station from the field when there's no RF path. Direct LoRa failed because the local mesh is sparse, so the command gateway was bridged to MQTT …
Into the Field
Everything worked on the bench. The real test was driving out of range and finding out what actually reaches home. The answer was humbling, and it changed the …
Where Am I, and How Far From the Station
A field command that answers location from the node's own GPS: grid square, nearest town, and the distance and bearing back to the station. Plus the wrong-grid …
A Pocket Elmer on the Mesh
An intelligent assistant you can reach from a LoRa handheld with no internet at the radio. Send a short question on a private mesh channel and a one-line answer …