Random Mesh Scripts for BBS activities for use with Meshtastic nodes
Little bot which will trap keywords like ping and respond on a DM with pong. The script will also monitor the group channels for keywords to trap on. you can also Ping @Data to Echo
as a example for further processing.
other features
motd
or to set the messagemotd $New Message Of the day
lheard
returns the last 5 heard nodes with SNR, can also usesitrep
cmd
returns the list of commands (the help message)
alternate bot, adds internet and other telemetry data which goes beyond just ping
- Various solar details for radio propagation
sun
andmoon
return info on rise and set local timesolar
gives an idea of the x-ray fluxhfcond
returns a table of HF solar conditions
- Bulletin Board (BBS) functions
bbshelp
returns the followingbbslist
list the messages by ID and subjectbbsread
read a message example use:bbsread #1
bbspost
post a message example use:bbspost $Message Subject #Message Body
bbsdelete
delete a message example use:bbsdelete #4
- Other functions
whereami
returns the address of location of sender if knowntide
returns the local tides, NOAA data sourcewx
andwxc
returns local weather forecast, NOAA data source (wxc is metric value)wxa
andwxalert
returns NOAA alerts. short title or expanded detailsjoke
tells a joke
- Clone the project with
git clone https://github.com/spudgunman/meshing-around
install.sh
will automate optional venv and requirements installlaunch.sh
will activate and launch the app in the venv if built
Some config is via code, converting to config.ini
set the appropriate interface for your method (serial/ble/tcp).
Only one at a time is supported to a single node at a time.
#config.ini
# type can be serial, tcp, or ble
# port is the serial port to use, commented out will try to auto-detect
# hostname is the IP address of the device to connect to for tcp type
# mac is the MAC address of the device to connect to for ble type
[interface]
type = serial
# port = '/dev/ttyUSB0'
# hostname = 192.168.0.1
# mac = 00:11:22:33:44:55
The following pair of settings determine how to respond, default action is to not spam the default channel. Setting DM_ONLY will force all DM which may not be wanted. Setting the Default channel is the channel which wont be spammed by the bot.
[general]
respond_by_dm_only = True
defaultChannel = 0
Modules can be disabled
[bbs]
enabled = False
can also be installed with pip install -r requirements.txt
pip install meshtastic
pip install pubsub
mesh-bot enhancments
pip install pyephem
pip install requests
pip install geopy
pip install maidenhead
pip install beautifulsoup4
pip install dadjokes
Used ideas and snippets from other responder bots want to call them out!
GitHub user https://github.com/PiDiBi
- providing looking at test functions and other suggestions like wxc, cpu use and alerting code
Discord and Mesh user Cisien for testing and ideas!