I have a BRAVO and switched it over to my local network under the configuration settings. Everything was hunky dory until I attempted to switch back to the serial link or bluetooth link. When I tried to access the device from the iPhone client the device shows in bluetooth but when you attempt to connect it tries for a brief moment then returns to display the device like it hadn't connected. I tried to connect to the device with the serial connection and when I plug the device to the laptop you hear the plug n play chime, but no matter how you try to connect it through the flash utility, it doesn't connect and the serial connection for the device isn't shown on the web client. Evidently the device is stuck somewhere between a partial save of settings to switch it from the WIFI connection to bluetooth/serial. The device is showing other nodes out there and the IP address listing isn't showing as it had been while connected to WIFI, so that is where I am. I would like to do a factory reset on the pig, but since I can't connect to it I am at a bit of a loss unless the device has some sort of pushbutton reset for the device. Any help would be appreciated.
I should add that I am running the lastest STABLE version of the firmware for the device.
Hi Rusty, has the serial connection to you PC ever worked? If it has then I would assume there is something wrong with the board.
If this is the first time you are connecting the Trekker Bravo to the PC my assumption is that you will need to download and install the proper serial driver for ESP32 devices. Here are the Meshtastic Driver instructions.
https://meshtastic.org/docs/getting-started/serial-drivers/esp32/
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-Daniel
Daniel, it was a couple of things. The biggest was the browser, you know the rest on that one. Got the link in FLASH and saw the software had found the device. Knew my drivers were okay. Then went back to the FLASH and figured out what port it needed to load the firmware. This time I did an erase of everything on the device, and picked the 1200 baud link speed. The firmware started to load and I watched it complete. Connected up through bluetooth and the web version of the meshtastic viewer and saw the device fine. Tried to change the country to US and it squatted on me. Connected the serial / usb cable and reconnected to the device and was able to change the country to US. All is well. I thought I would ramble on with this just in case there was something that might be helpful for the documentation. Thanks again for the reminder on the drivers, but I believe I killed own self by not using the MS Browser.
