{"id":3349,"date":"2024-07-06T07:25:31","date_gmt":"2024-07-06T06:25:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/m0aws.co.uk\/?p=3349"},"modified":"2024-07-06T07:25:31","modified_gmt":"2024-07-06T06:25:31","slug":"meshtastic-bbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/m0aws.co.uk\/?p=3349","title":{"rendered":"Meshtastic BBS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Meshtastic<\/a> devices have really taken off in the UK over the last few months and there is now an established Mesh across a large portion of the UK mainland<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Looking to expand the device capability I stumbled across a really interesting little project that is still in the early stages of development but, is functional and worth trying out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The TC\u00b2-BBS Meshtastic Version<\/a> is a simple BBS system<\/a> that runs on a RaspberryPi<\/a>, Linux PC or virtual machine (VM) and can connect to a Meshtastic device via either serial, USB or TCP\/IP. Having my M0AWS-1 Meshtastic node at home connected to Wifi I decided to use a TCP\/IP connection to the device from a Linux VM running the Python based TC\u00b2-BBS Meshtastic BBS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following the instructions on how to deploy the BBS <\/a>is pretty straight forward and it was up and running in no time at all. With a little editing of the code I soon had the Python<\/a> based BBS software M0AWS<\/em> branded and connected to my Meshtastic node-1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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M0AWS Meshtastic BBS Main Menu accessible on M0AWS-1 node.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The BBS system is very reminiscent of the old packet BBS systems<\/a> of a bygone era but, it is ideal for the Meshtastic world as the simple menus and user interface are easily transmitted in seconds via the Mesh using minimal bandwidth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The BBS is accessible by opening a Direct Message<\/em> session with the M0AWS-1 node. Sending the letter H to the node will get you the initial help screen showing the menu above and then from there onwards it’s just a matter of selecting the menu item and following the BBS prompts to use the BBS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The BBS also works across MQTT. I tested it with Dave, G4PPN and it worked perfectly via the Meshtastic MQTT server. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This simple but, effective BBS for the Meshtastic network will add a new message store\/forward capability to the Mesh and could prove to be very important to the development of the Meshtastic mesh in the UK and the rest of the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More soon …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Meshtastic devices have really taken off in the UK over the last few months and there is now an established Mesh across a large portion of the UK mainland. Looking to expand the device capability I stumbled across a really interesting little project that is still in the early stages of development but, is functional … <\/p>\n

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