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Releases: kybl/meshcore-signal-tester

v1.2.1

22 Jun 15:32
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Added

  • Auto-reconnect — an optional toggle that automatically retries the last
    device after an unexpected drop, before the disconnect alarm. Shown only
    where it can actually work (not for Bluetooth in a mobile browser).
  • Nicer packet sound — a pleasant bell whose pitch still tracks signal
    strength, plus a new "disconnect only" sound mode. The disconnect alarm now
    sounds on every unexpected drop.

Changed

  • Location now starts automatically when you connect (Android) — no need to
    tap the 3D map's "Enable location" button anymore.
  • Steadier location on the 3D map — occasional GPS jumps (sudden ~200 m
    hops) are filtered out.
  • 3D map zooms in to street level even on large maps, and deep zoom is
    smoother.
  • 3D camera framing — "Center on me" no longer jerks at the end of its move,
    and repeaters are framed with a little headroom above them.

Fixed

  • 2D charts could stop updating with Display set to All, until you switched
    the Display window and back.
  • Help (?) tooltips could appear away from their icon.
  • Seen Repeaters now shows the true last RSSI/SNR, not a rounded/averaged value.
  • Received Packets always lists every repeater as a column, not only the ones on
    the current page.
  • 3D map selection no longer clears itself on its own.
  • 3D map tiles no longer flicker while panning or zooming.
  • Footer text now has proper contrast in light mode.

v1.2.0

14 Jun 12:24
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Added

  • Zoomable 2D signal charts — wheel or pinch to zoom the time axis, drag across a region to zoom in, drag/Shift+wheel to pan. Both charts stay aligned; double-click or Reset zoom to restore.
  • Full capture history is now kept on disk, not just in memory — "Auto-remove: Never" keeps the whole session without slowing down or running out of memory, your data survives a reload or crash (it offers to resume on launch), every view is consistent across the Display window, and CSV export covers the complete history.
  • More 3D map styles — CARTO (Dark Matter, Positron, Voyager, +no-label variants), Esri (Dark/Light Gray Canvas and satellite), more OpenStreetMap flavours, and a None (no map) option. In dark mode the area around the map is now black.

Changed

  • Longer history durations — Auto-remove and Display now offer 3 h and 12 h (10 min and 30 min were removed).
  • The 3D map's "Cluster radius" setting is gone — nearby points are grouped automatically based on zoom, so there's nothing to tune.

Fixed

  • The Android app no longer freezes on a blank screen after running for hours, and recovers on its own if the system reclaims it in the background.
  • Packets captured before location was turned on are no longer placed at your current location on the 3D map — position-less points aren't shown; CSV import likewise never assigns the current location to rows that have none.
  • Connecting to a saved Bluetooth device while Bluetooth is off now prompts you to turn it on instead of silently never connecting.
  • A Bluetooth device you renamed after saving it now connects under, and is re-saved with, its new name.
  • Better light/dark readability — the map's location-status text, the 3D-map fullscreen button, the packet detail panel and the page footer are now legible in both themes; map buttons no longer look stuck-pressed after a tap.

v1.1.0

07 Jun 06:32
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Added

  • Connect over USB — plug a companion radio in with a USB cable instead of
    using Bluetooth. Devices you've connected to before show up as buttons for
    one-tap reconnecting.
  • Repeater support — you can now plug a MeshCore repeater into USB,
    not just a companion radio; the app detects which kind it is on its own. With
    special logging firmware it shows full detail for every packet; with normal
    firmware it shows what it can read from the repeater's logs.
  • Connect over WiFi (Android app only) — reach a WiFi companion over your
    network by typing in its IP address. Web browsers can't do this, so it works
    only in the Android app.
  • Android app niceties — it now shows the current status in the phone's
    notification bar (with a speaker icon while beep alerts are on, and a "paused"
    marker when capture is stopped), opens web links in your normal browser, and
    closes pop-ups when you press Back.
  • 3D map additions:
    • optionally show your own device's location on the map (off by default —
      while on it keeps asking the device for its position, which can drain the
      battery faster, so leave it off when you don't need it);
    • a Center on me button that recentres the map and then follows you as
      you move;
    • pin repeaters to the map and point the camera at one;
    • while capturing, the map keeps the area around you loaded so you don't drift
      off the edge.
  • Disconnect warning — a clear full-screen alert if the connection drops
    unexpectedly (cable unplugged, device reset, out of range). It stays quiet
    when you disconnect on purpose.

Changed

  • Tidier header — the connect/disconnect buttons and the status are grouped
    into one colour-coded box (red when disconnected, green when connected).
  • Sound is easier to notice — when the beep-on-each-packet sound is turned
    on, its control turns yellow so you can see at a glance that it's on.
  • Clearer repeater colors — brighter and easier to tell apart.

Fixed

  • Trace packets now show the correct route (they used to show the wrong path).
  • Your contacts list no longer sometimes fails to finish loading.
  • The 3D map's "Enable location" button no longer freezes when your phone's
    location is switched off — it works again once you turn location back on.
  • The same Bluetooth device no longer shows up several times in your list of
    saved devices.
  • The 3D map's fullscreen button now works in the Android app (it did nothing
    there before).

Plus lots of smaller improvements throughout.

v1.0.0

31 May 12:20
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First release of MeshCore Signal Tester