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minus-squareIllNess@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·1 day agoI always thought these were more like walkie talkies for messaging than telephones that you can call anyone. Like it would be good if cell serivce goes down.
minus-squareshortwavesurfer@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·1 day agoThat’s pretty much exactly what they are. Text message in walkie-talkies. With the added benefit that if your friend can’t hear you, but another friend is in between, your message automatically gets relayed through their walkie-talkie.
minus-squareMangoCats@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 day agoIf I wanted to transmit, for example, temperature and humidity from a sensor once every 5 minutes, would the network be willing to carry my signals?
minus-squareRentlar@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·1 day agohttps://meshtastic.org/docs/configuration/radio/device/ SENSOR is one of the defined device roles. And whether for personal automation or public information, it is a reasonable use case for the network.
minus-squareCorkyskog@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 day agoCan you message random people or have to already know their contact info?
minus-squareRentlar@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 day agoIt is channel-based, using Pre-Shared Keys (PSK). There is a public line where you can message pretty much everyone with the blank PSK.
I always thought these were more like walkie talkies for messaging than telephones that you can call anyone.
Like it would be good if cell serivce goes down.
That’s pretty much exactly what they are. Text message in walkie-talkies. With the added benefit that if your friend can’t hear you, but another friend is in between, your message automatically gets relayed through their walkie-talkie.
If I wanted to transmit, for example, temperature and humidity from a sensor once every 5 minutes, would the network be willing to carry my signals?
https://meshtastic.org/docs/configuration/radio/device/
SENSOR is one of the defined device roles. And whether for personal automation or public information, it is a reasonable use case for the network.
Can you message random people or have to already know their contact info?
It is channel-based, using Pre-Shared Keys (PSK).
There is a public line where you can message pretty much everyone with the blank PSK.
Oh, now that sounds fun