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  • Having the same issue with my spec five relay. When I first started it up, my nodes, recognized it. And now nothing. I've tried getting closer to the spec five with my nodes, and also further away....

    Jeffrey posted in Questions •
  • It was the batteries. I've switched them a couple of times, and the relays work fine once they get good batteries. I'll request a couple replacements. 

    RB posted in Questions •
  • I just bought two Spec5 Relays. One works perfectly, no problems. The other one seems to have a power issue. I plug in a USB cable and it works fine. The red light comes on, and I can ping it norma...

    RB posted in Questions •
  • Thanks for bringing this to our attention. You can recalibrate the touchscreen by going to Settings → Gear Icon → Screen Calibration and following the on-screen instructions. If the issue...

    Evan_SpecFive posted in Questions •
  • Hi Guys, I followed the manual instructions for my Ranger Magnum to update firmware to 2.7.26 via the Meshtastic Web Flasher. Now my touchscreen is really miscalibrated (touching one button pushes ...

    Steven posted in Questions •
  • When transitioning a device from Meshtastic to MeshCore, Bluetooth connection issues on Android are usually caused by stale Bluetooth bonding cache, missing location permissions, or choosing the wr...

    Evan_SpecFive posted in Questions •
  • I recently switched my Ranger from meshtastic to meshcore.  Now I can't connect to the meshcore app on my Samsung android.  Suggestions?  

    Christopher posted in Questions •
  • Hey there, totally get why you’re frustrated. Buying a node with the expectation of a plug-and-play experience only to end up troubleshooting app setups and telemetry isn't fun. Let’s g...

    Evan_SpecFive posted in Questions •
  • While changing the Nomad 2 from a Raspberry Pi 4 to a Raspberry Pi 5 is technically possible, we do not recommend it. The main limitation is the Nomad 2’s existing power system. The Pi 5 has...

    Evan_SpecFive posted in Questions •
  • I received my Trekker Delta yesterday. I thought the radio was advertised " Ready to run right out of the box. " . I had to use AI to help me get the radio working in/with the Meshtastic app. ...

    Howard posted in Questions •
  • Can I change from thePi4 to a Pi5 in the nomad 2?  I'm sure there haa to be a software change.

    Kevin posted in Questions •
  • Jake,      The raspi-config worked like a charm. Thanks for the info, and I'll tuck that away. I switch between RHEL, Fedora, and Debian, so sometimes the rpi stuff gets hard to tro...

    Scott posted in Questions •
  • Hey Scott, I tested the keyboard on our master image and on a couple of the units we're shipping, and I haven't been able to replicate this. All of ours are coming up correctly with the US layout....

    JakeSpec5 posted in Questions •
  • I also have a Bravo that says no sats.  I have a Kilo right next to it and it works fine.  Have rebooted several times, disabled and enabled GPS.  Is there something more to check?

    Jesse posted in Questions •
  • I bought the command sdcard and had to re-pair the keyboard. Did that, and keyboard layout states it's configured for the "us", but it's not, it's configured for the uk even though /etc/default/key...

    Scott posted in Questions •
  • Hey there! What you're seeing on the screen (HT-n5262 / firmware to USB, heltec.org) means the device is simply sitting in its hardware bootloader/factory prompt. When you imported the new network ...

    Evan_SpecFive posted in Questions •
  • @Michael Hi! Thanks for the detailed feedback, and glad you got your upgraded Nomad 2 up and running! The node name settings can be a little different with the current Web UI. The Meshtastic Web UI...

    Evan_SpecFive posted in Questions •
  • Last year I purchased a Spec5 Trekker Delta -  ATAK. I was able to use it as I hoped, watching chatter and sending a message in the app. After a few months I saw someone posting a link to a ne...

    Heather posted in Questions •
  • Daniel, thanks for upgrading my Nomad 1 to a Nomad 2. I have it working on the Meshtastic Web UI following the instructions but there doesn't seem to be any way for me to change my node's name unli...

    Michael posted in Questions •
  • @N0HXR Yes, the Nomad can run MeshCore. There's one small tweak involved: the way the Nomad wires up the radio means the chip-select needs to be handled on GPIO8 manually, but that's a quick fix an...

    Evan_SpecFive posted in Questions •