T-beam nodes not talking with iOS phones

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Hello. I am fairly new to Meshtastic, and need some guidance to get my mesh system to work properly, please.

Background:

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Hardware: 2x Lilygo T-Beam NEO-6M (915MHz) (Name 1: Primary (PRI) / Name 2: Secondary (SEC))

Firmware: 1.2.65.0adc5ce

Serial connection: CH9102 (COM 6 & 7)

Firmware delivery: Meshtastic Flasher v1.0.106

System: Windows 10 (21H2 - .1706)

2x iPhones: 6s (iOS 15.4.1) & SE 3rd Gen (iOS 15.5)

Meshtastic iOS: v1.2.53 (24)

I have followed the instructions provided on the site but cannot get the nodes to talk with each other between the t-beams nor the phones.

I used the Meshtastic Flasher to configure the units

Longname: Primary / Secondary

Shortname: PRI / SEC

Team: Brown

Is Always Powered: On

Region: US

Info (Primary):

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Connected to radio

Owner: PRIME (PRM)

My info: { “myNodeNum”: 2127816656, “hasGps”: true, “numBands”: 13, “firmwareVersion”: “1.2.65.0adc5ce”, “rebootCount”: 13, “bitrate”: 17.08847, “messageTimeoutMsec”: 300000, “minAppVersion”: 20200, “maxChannels”: 8, “hasWifi”: true, “airUtilTx”: 0.56469446 }

Nodes in mesh: {‘num’: 2127816656, ‘user’: {‘id’: ‘!7ed3e7d0’, ‘longName’: ‘PRIME’, ‘shortName’: ‘PRM’, ‘macaddr’: ‘94:b9:7e:d3:e7:d0’, ‘hwModel’: ‘TBEAM’, ‘team’: ‘RED’}, ‘position’: {‘batteryLevel’: 97}, ‘snr’: 10.75} {‘num’: 2127706200, ‘user’: {‘id’: ‘!7ed23858’, ‘longName’: ‘SECONDARY’, ‘shortName’: ‘SEC’, ‘macaddr’: ‘94:b9:7e:d2:38:58’, ‘hwModel’: ‘TBEAM’, ‘team’: ‘RED’}, ‘position’: {}, ‘snr’: 9.75}

Preferences: { “phoneTimeoutSecs”: 900, “lsSecs”: 300, “region”: “US”, “isAlwaysPowered”: true }

Channels:

PRIMARY psk=secret { “modemConfig”: “Bw125Cr48Sf4096”, “psk”: “WCd3fWTiUFddhPd/ScwDMUw2edCHpPzA9A/tHuqJSC4=”, “name”: “Test” }

Primary channel URL: Meshtastic URL | Meshtastic

Primary channel URL: https://www.meshtastic.org/d/#CgUYAyIBAQ

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Info Secondary:

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Connected to radio

Owner: SECONDARY (SEC)

My info: { “myNodeNum”: 2127706200, “hasGps”: true, “numBands”: 13, “firmwareVersion”: “1.2.65.0adc5ce”, “rebootCount”: 14, “bitrate”: 17.08847, “messageTimeoutMsec”: 300000, “minAppVersion”: 20200, “maxChannels”: 8, “hasWifi”: true, “airUtilTx”: 0.6129722 }

Nodes in mesh: {‘num’: 2127706200, ‘user’: {‘id’: ‘!7ed23858’, ‘longName’: ‘SECONDARY’, ‘shortName’: ‘SEC’, ‘macaddr’: ‘94:b9:7e:d2:38:58’, ‘hwModel’: ‘TBEAM’, ‘team’: ‘BROWN’}, ‘position’: {‘batteryLevel’: 88, ‘time’: 1654477507}, ‘lastHeard’: 1654477507}

Preferences: { “phoneTimeoutSecs”: 900, “lsSecs”: 300, “region”: “US”, “isAlwaysPowered”: true }

Channels:

PRIMARY psk=default { “modemConfig”: “Bw125Cr48Sf4096”, “psk”: “AQ==” }

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  • Is there anything else I need to configure? Channels, etc.?

I was able to change the channel using an old Android with Meshtastic v1.2.64, and did see that the channel name changed on the T-beam. For some reason I cannot use CLI to configure the T-beams, so I am using the Meshtastic Flasher (Device Settings) via the GUI.

  • Why is the Android configuration not the same with the iOS version. I cannot find a way to set the channels using the iOS app.

  • Is there a guide to help configure the the T-beams through the Meshtastic Flasher GUI, e.g. configuration of channels, because the CLI is not working for me?

  • Is there a step by step guide(s) and/or video(s) to set these up with iOS devices?

I’m lost… Please help.

Thank you in advance! Have a wonderful day.

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channel settings must be the same for devices to be able to communicate.

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How do I do that?

Thank you.

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UPDATE: I was able to get CLI and the web interface to work. However, I still need help configuring the devices, in it’s entirety. It seems that the web interface configuration doesn’t seem to work all that well. I am trying to change some minor settings, e.g. display time out, and it doesn’t seem to save the settings.

Any help is much appreciated. Thank you.

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channels are represented by a url like: https://www.meshtastic.org/d/#CgUYAyIBAQ

on the Android app you share the channels scanning the QR code.
on the CLI you run: meshtastic --seturl https://www.meshtastic.org/d/#CgUYAyIBAQ

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Ok. I believe I understand how it’s done via the Android app. How is this achieved via the iOS app? If that capability is not there yet, then how might I achieve this via CLI or web interface?

Please note that the web interface configuration changes I make do not save to the device. Is this a bug or a development milestone not met yet?

Thank you in advance.

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There is no device configuration in the iOS app, you can use android, the flasher or the CLI to set device settings

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Thank you, Garth. Is there future plans for the iOS app to have this setup feature?

Also, is there great step-by-step guide/video on configuring the T-beam from bumper to bumper via CLI and/or the Flasher?

Thank you.