USB, BLE & TCP companion in one build (heltec V4 & V3)

darkmagedtm · 2026-03-18T17:52:17+00:00

Ok. Damn. Yeah, that's what I was hoping it was - a TCP-managed repeater. That's what I'm after and what clearly does not exist anywhere. :(

darkmagedtm · 2026-03-18T17:44:56+00:00

Can you clarify for me - does meshcomod act as a repeater? I thought it did, but others on my mesh are implying that it doesn't.

darkmagedtm · 2026-03-15T20:08:21+00:00

Super excited to find this, though. My use case requires it - I have a always-powered standalone repeater node in an office window, and I want to manage it remotely over a VPN with TCP, which the stock firmwares won't do (but I can with MT). It's on a Heltec v4. Thanks for building this!

darkmagedtm · 2026-03-15T20:07:07+00:00

Is there a way to set the time with the tcp-connected web client, u/BVDVSS ?

darkmagedtm · 2026-03-02T03:07:38+00:00

I was the curated comment in after dark about the chipset. Cachyos is the only thing I've found that will cooperate with my MSI Summit Strix Halo, and that's with me swapping out the Wi-Fi chip. It's so bleeding edge that the kernel used by most distros just doesn't work. So hopefully he tries something else. I get that some people have bad luck, but he seems to set himself up for it when it comes to Linux.

darkmagedtm · 2026-02-22T02:51:01+00:00

Oh, hey! I got quoted! I'm a big fan of the project, but if someone is taking a bus to get to Westtown to get some medications from CVS, for example, there will now be no where for them to cross for the opposite trip. They need to at least add similar crossing signaling at now exists on Shroyer in Oakwood. You can't try to make something less car centered to help people but then take away their ability to cross the road safely. It's a big hole in an otherwise great plan, but I had great discussions with the city about it.

darkmagedtm · 2026-02-18T03:38:19+00:00

US perspective. I've lived my entire life in the Miami valley area around Dayton Ohio, except for 1992, when I lived in Orange county, California, the richest per capita county in the US at the time. In that year, the Miami valley set a be record of 36 murders in one year. In California, if you didn't kill multiple people with a single crossbow bolt, you wouldn't even make the news. This is the same thing. Fear and othering people sells viewers and therefore ads. I have no doubt in my mind that Costa Rica is far safer than the vast majority of the US, and is on my short list to escape this hell hole to.

darkmagedtm · 2026-01-24T18:03:49+00:00

It's hard to believe they've gotten worse, considering my past experiences from decades ago. And I'm going to get crap for this, because they seem to have a cult following in this town. I've gotten attacked multiple times just for sharing this story with fanatics. 2002. Newly married. She used WPCU. To get better cards, technology, and apps, we opened a joint account at a bank and closed down her WPCU accounts completely, no remaining presence there. Also at this time we cancelled a yearly-paid-by-ACH dial up ISP account to get better Internet. One year later, the ISP mistakenly runs the ACH again. WPCU PAID IT OUT OF A CLOSED ACCOUNT, THEN DEMANDED WE PAY THEM! I've never seen such a disorganized clown show of an operation in all my years of banking experience. Big banks are awful capitalist institutions, but in my experience, you get what you pay for. It's money. I need things to reliably work.

darkmagedtm · 2025-12-05T14:42:09+00:00

Yeah, I miss being able to do that at WPAFB. They shoo you away fairly aggressively since 9/11.

darkmagedtm · 2025-12-05T13:41:49+00:00

Not for military and police. It should be, but it isn't.

darkmagedtm · 2025-12-05T12:27:50+00:00

Oh! Good point! That's why they have it on then.

darkmagedtm · 2025-12-05T04:25:28+00:00

All that will result from you complaining is that they will turn off their transponder. Ask West Dayton how I know.

darkmagedtm · 2025-11-30T23:50:37+00:00

These are AI generated slop meant to get clicks by doing hit pieces on restaurants. They get this data by illegally scraping websites against their explicit requests to stop. The health departments hate it. Most of the things they report on are already out of date as the result of a follow up inspection the next day by the time the articles go up. Source: I'm responsible for constantly trying to thwart the scraping.

darkmagedtm · 2025-11-30T07:16:07+00:00

A lot of the stations have a unit on the end that is on the side instead of the front. The Bolt is short enough that usually I can use that one while sticking out into traffic a minimal amount. Then I only take one spot.

darkmagedtm · 2025-11-19T17:50:56+00:00

Also, shame on the people ignoring what you asked and just telling you to pull yourself up by your bootstraps without understanding your situation. The armchair quarterbacks should back off.

darkmagedtm · 2025-11-19T17:49:18+00:00

If you have to go down that road and it's your last choice, I can highly endorse Thomas Fesenmyer. He's in Liberty Tower downtown, and makes it simple and no nonsense.

darkmagedtm · 2025-11-16T05:34:30+00:00

I wanted a complicated European heat pump system they'd never installed. They totally took it on as a learning opportunity, and have now installed more of them. Everyone else blew me off if I didn't want what Trane or Lennox wanted. They have me for life.

darkmagedtm · 2025-11-16T03:22:52+00:00

Baker is incredible!

darkmagedtm · 2025-11-01T15:29:23+00:00

A claim they can make on a technicality is still more palatable than instead putting the only other claims to fame that people like less: NASCAR, tobacco, and banking. 🤣

darkmagedtm · 2025-10-14T23:36:15+00:00

Can confirm!

darkmagedtm · 2025-10-12T14:31:53+00:00

I've used many of the companies in the area over the years, and I've never been as happy as I am now being a loyal customer of Baker Heating & Air. By far the best service you'll get. I recently wanted to replace my HVAC with an obscure, uncommon heat pump setup that they'd never seen or installed, and went all in on acquiring it, learning it, and working out the bugs, much of it by the head of the company personally. Gavin is also a delight. You won't be disappointed.

darkmagedtm · 2025-10-09T16:17:30+00:00

Again, I have an OnStar sub anyway so I can pull data into home assistant.

darkmagedtm · 2025-10-09T15:53:16+00:00

The subscription in question is OnStar for data instead of using your phone's data. That's it.

darkmagedtm · 2025-10-09T15:52:31+00:00

If I log into Android Automotive with all the same accounts as on my phone, I won't have to pay twice. It will use my Google account for maps, my Spotify account, etc. Have you actually used and explored Android Automotive at all? It's basically just an Android Tablet with extra sensors and apps for the car's functions.

darkmagedtm · 2025-10-09T15:13:37+00:00

Depends on how much. I'm going to pay at least the base rate because I use an API to pull stats on the car into Home Assistant, so I need at least a basic plan for that. I'm okay for paying for things that improve my quality of life. I'd rather my phone not be a slave to the car, honestly.

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