Some meshes that have formed away from out-of-the-box defaults have adopted configs beyond a simple preset change. eg NYMesh’s main network is MediumSlow on slot 48, Philadelphia is messing around with LongFast on a frequency override of 910.0 MHz. MeshOregon is fully custom with explicit LoRa params instead of any presets.
Currently, the Mesh Beacon feature #10243 only allows offering a preset and channel name+PSK. It’s not possible for a mesh with any deviation from a preset aside from channel name to accurately advertise itself using a structured beacon. Ideally, networks could specify whatever radio settings are needed to join instead of being forced into either a strict preset or a text-only beacon.
Perhaps the offer can be the explicit lora configs, and the apps can work backward into the appropriate presets, if applicable, for the sake of the UI; that way meshes can be any degree of off-script and still advertise.
I also wonder if region is necessary as part of the offer, given whoever is able to hear the beacon is likely already in the right region. Implicitly, a mesh can’t beacon on a region it’s not in.
Some meshes that have formed away from out-of-the-box defaults have adopted configs beyond a simple preset change. eg NYMesh’s main network is MediumSlow on slot 48, Philadelphia is messing around with LongFast on a frequency override of 910.0 MHz. MeshOregon is fully custom with explicit LoRa params instead of any presets.
Currently, the Mesh Beacon feature #10243 only allows offering a preset and channel name+PSK. It’s not possible for a mesh with any deviation from a preset aside from channel name to accurately advertise itself using a structured beacon. Ideally, networks could specify whatever radio settings are needed to join instead of being forced into either a strict preset or a text-only beacon.
Perhaps the offer can be the explicit lora configs, and the apps can work backward into the appropriate presets, if applicable, for the sake of the UI; that way meshes can be any degree of off-script and still advertise.
I also wonder if region is necessary as part of the offer, given whoever is able to hear the beacon is likely already in the right region. Implicitly, a mesh can’t beacon on a region it’s not in.