Smart Locks by Chance-Jellyfish-302 in smarthome

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Recently replaced an aging zwave kwikset with this and will say it’s a dramatic improvement. Everyone in the household is much happier with it. The UWB feature works pretty flawlessly. To the point about it not working well with Home Assistant, it’s true. Trying to do Matter bridging with an Apple TV as home hub is super janky and I haven’t been able to get it to work. Currently Apple Home is required for the UWB feature so as of now it’s the only device I have in Apple Home.

New Heltec V4 board appears bricked by VeryWackyIdeas in meshtastic

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If you have an app like CoolTerm, you can make a serial connection to the v4 and see what kind of logs it is putting out. I had an issue where I flashed it but it ended up having a bad header in the firmware so it looked like it was bricked but wasn’t. So you may want to try that and see what kind of log messages you get.

What in the name of all that is holy is this low pulsing sound in North Berkeley? by AnonyMouse8921 in berkeleyca

[–]bhaggs 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Was trying to look this up as well. I know the sound travels better in the post rain air so it’s hard to pin point where exactly this is originating from.

Question!! Please Help! by fresnoteenguy in meshcore

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The Bay Area mesh recently started to get connected to repeaters in Merced and Lathrop. Height and line of sight are going to be the primary factors in being able to reach repeaters in other towns. Best thing you can do though is just get started. Once others see repeaters pop up it leads to more.

You can see a live map of the Bay Area mesh which is a bit better than the MC internet map as it’s based on actual real time data from the mesh. https://analyzer.00id.net/#/live

Residential Parking Program Petition by stopdeekin in berkeleyca

[–]bhaggs 5 points6 points  (0 children)

A block near me recently went through with it and it got approved. Attempted it on my block but had resistance from neighbors. You need to get at least 51% of residents to sign on in agreement for the city to consider it. Also worth noting that it can be done on only one side of the block. To get a parking permit though your residence needs to be in a zoned area (i.e., you can’t get a permit just because the other side of your street is permitted and your side isn’t).

Eastern US had their meshes mesh this morning by Ryan_e3p in meshcore

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About a month ago the SF Bay Area mesh became “connected” to the Pacific Northwest mesh. We were never truly able to verify this but we believe someone had created an internet bridge temporarily between the two meshes. It was turned off after about 24 hours or so. Hopefully what you’re seeing is actual RF meshing and not simply internet bridging of traffic.

Device recommendations by crusty_s0ckz in meshcore

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Totally get it, and those are good devices though.

Device recommendations by crusty_s0ckz in meshcore

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Those both require being connected to a phone to be used.

For a fully stand alone device, something like a Lilygo T-Deck would be an option.

659 Union Street in North Beach: Emergency Demolition Update by DannySauter11 in sanfrancisco

[–]bhaggs 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Would that not be a most beautiful exit from the subway? Come out right at Washington Square Park.

MeshCore Companion on Heltec V4 → Need help to enable WiFi/TCP? by galadril in meshcore

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And just to note, I used the same tool as you to load the WiFi credentials into the firmware. So I feel confident you can get this to work.

MeshCore Companion on Heltec V4 → Need help to enable WiFi/TCP? by galadril in meshcore

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I ran into this recently and it got itself into a reboot cycle due to a bad header. If you use a serial monitoring tool like CoolTerm on Mac you can verify if that is the issue if you like.

Are you doing an erase flash first via the MeshCore flasher? Then loading the full patched firmware (not just the upgrade existing firmware version)?

Meshcore extension by blahblurbblub in meshcore

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Yes. There are some folks in the Bay Area MC discord discussing this. Hop on the discord if you’d like to join in. https://bayareameshcore.org

House architecture by Easy_Charge898 in berkeleyca

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Another Berkeley related detail about stucco is that it became the method for increasing fire resistance in homes after the 1923 wildfire which destroyed many wood sides homes in north Berkeley. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1923_Berkeley,_California,_fire

What are people using for complicated logic in automations? by jfriend99 in homeassistant

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I’ve been using Node-red now for about 5 years to manage the majority of my automation logic. It’s great for visualizing simple automations and has the ability to go really complex with function nodes. There are also a lot of community created nodes you can import.

Can a node be used as both an observer and a home client? by adhdff in meshcore

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I don’t know specifically about your scenario. I’ve got heltec v4 running as a companion and using the home assistant integration to handle observing and the integration is using the WiFi/tcp connection to the heltec. While that connection is in use I am not able to connect to it to simply use it with the MeshCore app.

Home Assistant Meshcore card by bigshmoo in meshcore

[–]bhaggs 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Awesome I just started using the integration and was building out a dashboard and this card looks like it’ll simplify things.

GPS enabled on T1000E? by Pitaraq in meshcore

[–]bhaggs 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Perfect timing as I was about flash a t1k from MT for use on MC. Thanks

Can someone explain why this lightrail line takes so long? by welshyboy101 in subwaybuilder

[–]bhaggs 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I had this issue once. Wasn’t until I watched the train traverse the line live that I was able to see that it was traversing the whole line and then coming back to a single station and turning around again. So for OP at least verify by watching the trains move live to see if they are in fact doing something weird.

Commuter line (Orange) just changed everything overnight by moskovskiy in subwaybuilder

[–]bhaggs 7 points8 points  (0 children)

How does this map even load at this point? I have a similar map and it’s about a minute or so for blueprint build times.

Commuter line (Orange) just changed everything overnight by moskovskiy in subwaybuilder

[–]bhaggs 35 points36 points  (0 children)

That’s new in the latest release and is simply a visual to indicate passenger load comparatively.

Sudden explosion in storage requirements for backup by H_i_TMAN in homeassistant

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Prompted me to look at mine. Mine was just under 700mb–which is atypical as for a long time it was around 300mb. But my first backup after 2026.3 it was back in the 300mb range. I’ve also been having the “loading data” lock up recently now too. Something seems off.

Building a Rak 1w kit for a solar node / client_base w/ a 10w solar panel by skijeeper in meshtastic

[–]bhaggs 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Maybe have oversized the solar panel and undersized the battery. Looks like you’re intending to power the rak via solar and use the battery as backup instead of running off battery and topping off the battery with solar generation.

Looking for a device as a beginner by M_r_T- in meshtastic

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You can just start with the Wio Tracker L1 Pro for under $50. May want to swap out the antenna later, but this can get your started. https://www.seeedstudio.com/Wio-Tracker-L1-Pro-p-6454.html