New Plugin - RangeTestPlugin

mc-hamster · February 27, 2021, 12:16am

What are your channel settings? Long slow?

Recommended settings for the sender:

Long Slow  ... range_test_plugin_sender = 60
Long Alt   ... range_test_plugin_sender = 30
Medium     ... range_test_plugin_sender = 15
Short Fast ... range_test_plugin_sender = 15

jobionekabnoi · February 27, 2021, 5:24am

can anyone give me guidance on the correct syntax configuring the RangeTestPlugin as a sender via pythonAPI?

HaveBlue · February 27, 2021, 4:08pm

I think this is the command you’re looking for:

meshtastic --set range_test_plugin_sender 0

garth · February 28, 2021, 4:00am

These are the three python api commands for the plugin

# Range Testing Plugin
meshtastic --set range_test_plugin_sender 60
meshtastic --set range_test_plugin_enabled 1
meshtastic --set range_test_plugin_save 1

I flashed my device again and turned the plugin on and enabled saving and I am still not seeing a .csv file.

mc-hamster · February 28, 2021, 4:36am

It’s generally necessary to set the sender on a separate device as the device that saves the data.

With those settings, on your other device, send a message over the mesh and that should be saved.

It would be possible to have both sides send and save, but then you’ll need those same settings on two devices.

@garth Could you share a screen shot of your browser pointed to /static on the device?

Arne · February 28, 2021, 4:56pm

edit: never mind,

If enabled, we will save a log of all received messages to /static/rangetest.csv which you can access from the webserver. We will abort writing if there is less than 50k of space on the filesystem to prevent filling up the storage.

I think I am having the same issue as @garth not finding the csv file on the receiving device.

two devices, both using firmware 1.1.48 (long slow)
sender settings for the plugin from the python API --info

range_test_plugin_enabled: true
range_test_plugin_sender: 60
range_test_plugin_save: true

sender has gps connection
receiver settings for the plugin from the python API --info

range_test_plugin_enabled: true
range_test_plugin_save: true

the text messages are received by the receiver
here is a screenshot of the receivers http://meshtastic.local/static at “seq 11” (so after 11 minutes)

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mc-hamster · February 28, 2021, 5:02pm

What’s going on there is the filesystem partition of your device was not properly set.

The range test plugin aborts writing the file system if there’s less than 50k bytes free. That’s to make sure that we don’t fill up the storage which is also used by other critical functions.

We just started a wiki on how to fix the issue of your device wrongly partitioned. Check this out and please edit the wiki if you find something works, works better or doesn’t work at all.

garth · February 28, 2021, 5:05pm

Here is mine

mc-hamster · February 28, 2021, 5:07pm

Is that on the sender or the receiver?

garth · February 28, 2021, 5:18pm

It is from the sender

mc-hamster · February 28, 2021, 5:22pm

the sender won’t have any packets to save unless something else is sending packets to it.

take a look at your receiver.

Arne · February 28, 2021, 5:37pm

Thanks @mc-hamster,

I was able to fix the partition and now there should be enough free space on the receiver - but still no csv showing up:

with the following settings:
meshtastic --set range_test_plugin_enabled 1
meshtastic --set range_test_plugin_save 1

and the text messages being received

mc-hamster · February 28, 2021, 5:39pm

Few questions…

Are you using the firmware from the nightly build server?
Is that screenshot from the sender or receiver?
What steps from the wiki did you follow?

Arne · February 28, 2021, 5:41pm

firmware-tbeam-EU433-1.1.48.bin from 02/14 on both devices, the screenshot is from the receiver. fixing the partition by “install script that is included in the meshtastic firmware zip” worked right away

mc-hamster · February 28, 2021, 5:51pm

I couldn’t get the plugin done in time for the firmware build on the 14th, this was done on the 18th. Check out the pre-pre alpha nightly build server.

Index of /meshtastic/nightly_builds

Arne · February 28, 2021, 6:01pm

aaaaah now it works! thanks very much!

garth · February 28, 2021, 6:32pm

Same here, Android phone exploding with notifications

mc-hamster · February 28, 2021, 6:48pm

Right on @Arne & @garth !!

Please share your experience and results.

Thanks!

garth · February 28, 2021, 7:49pm

Thanks for you help @mc-hamster I took a walk to a nearby park and everything plots to where I went.

These are the settings I used.

# Sender 
meshtastic --set range_test_plugin_enabled 1
meshtastic --set range_test_plugin_sender 60

# Receiver
meshtastic --set range_test_plugin_enabled 1
meshtastic --set range_test_plugin_save 1

mc-hamster · February 28, 2021, 7:57pm

I’ll include that in the documentation so it’ll be easier for other people.

Here’s the draft:

github.com

mc-hamster/Meshtastic-device/blob/master/docs/software/plugins/RangeTestPlugin.md

# About

The RangeTest Plugin will help you perform range and coverage tests.

# Configuration

These are the settings that can be configured.

    range_test_plugin_enabled
        Is the plugin enabled?
        
        0 = Disabled (Default)
        1 = Enabled

    range_test_plugin_save
        If enabled, we will save a log of all received messages to /static/rangetest.csv which you can access from the webserver. We will abort
        writing if there is less than 50k of space on the filesystem to prevent filling up the storage.

        0 = Disabled (Default)
        1 = Enabled

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