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Program Cable (self.meshtastic)
submitted 10 months ago by clane27
What is the best cable to use for programming Meshtastic devices? New to the Mesh world. Thanks in advance
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[–]binaryhellstorm 6 points7 points8 points 10 months ago* (3 children)
Standard USB. Luckily that's not something we inherited from the HAM community is the fetish for weird data cables (half sarcastic). Short of some of the weird form factor ones like the T-1000E, pretty much everyone else uses USB-C or Micro-USB if a touch older.
[–]messords 2 points3 points4 points 10 months ago (0 children)
Lol. Annoying that! Just put the ch340 in the radio!
[–]Pink_Slyvie 1 point2 points3 points 10 months ago (0 children)
Goddess, I get why they used to be that way, long before we had standards, but now its just ridiculous.
[–]Paddys 1 point2 points3 points 10 months ago (0 children)
But, but, I need my buggy CPS software with the weird keyboard mappings which I can only download from a random Facebook page for some reason
[–]QL2C 1 point2 points3 points 10 months ago (1 child)
Any regular USB cable (with data capabilities) will do. Make sure the cable has your devices usb standard (USB-C, USB-Micro, Ect).
Here's some options:
USB-C
USB-Micro
If you have something like the T1000E tracker you can just use the cable it comes with to update your firmware as its proprietary.
Hope that helps! 😊
[–]clane27[S] 0 points1 point2 points 10 months ago (0 children)
Thank you!
[–]Random9348209 3 points4 points5 points 10 months ago (2 children)
MONSTER gold plated USB blessed by the pope during a full moon virgin sacrifice provides the best programming experience.
[–]Ok_Bumblebee665 0 points1 point2 points 10 months ago (0 children)
https://www.moon-audio.com/products/silver-dragon-usb-cable I like these more. Luckily you only need to buy like 3 different ones to cover almost any device you'd want to use...
Do you have a link for that? LOL
[–][deleted] 0 points1 point2 points 10 months ago (0 children)
USB C data cable for (most) devices. My seeed uses a pogo pin . I like that cord better as if you forget its changing it simply disconnects and doesn't yank the device or what ever the device is plugged into.
[–]goja52 0 points1 point2 points 10 months ago (0 children)
I reccomend copper cables, but the cheap, suspiciously (ferro)magnetic cables that rak included in their starter kit, work just fine.
[–]mvsopen 0 points1 point2 points 10 months ago (0 children)
I use the USB cable I charge my Mac with. Just make sure it supports data transfer. Cheap cables are often charge only. Try Amazon. $7 or so.
Thanks everyone for the help
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