I just received a new lilygo t-echo. It arrived with the antenna disconencted but one of the LEDs was lit. Is the transmitter fried? (I.e. turned itself on during shipping without an antenna.)
Thanks for any clues.
if its meshtastic, it wont transmit until you set region.
so you should know after fist connect by bluetooth
Hi danko,
as long as there is no radio firmware or in case Meshtastic is pre-installed and you see the word -Unset- in the upper left corner you are IMHO safe and the t-echo wasn’t harmed. Only when the firmware is installed AND configured to a specific LoRa range the transmitter can and will be damaged when powering without the antenna in place.
Thank you, kilroy. My region was indeed unset.
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Thank you cassy. My region was unset, so I expect the transmitter is ok. (I was worried because the receiver was working.)
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I see nodes operating all the time with UNSET. Are they MQTT ony then?