Posts made by Daniel_spec5

• Pulse 2-Way Radio?

  Hi jeffrey, The 2way radio function of the Pulse is separate from Lora/Meshtastic radio. It runs on the FRS(Family Radio Service) bands and cannot be encrypted. 

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  Daniel_spec5
  1/22/25, 4:25 PM
• Final *Fixed* nomad

  Thanks for the updates on this. We have the Meshadv pihat inbound to integrate into the Nomad and Chris has been great to work with as well. What power supply are you using?

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  Daniel_spec5
  1/13/25, 5:14 PM
• Spectre Battery Life

  Hi Charles, We are working on the manual. Yes the switch on the LORA radio needs to be in the UP/ON position for the battery to charge.  Disconnecting or turning off wifi when not in use sho...

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  Daniel_spec5
  1/6/25, 10:11 PM
• Antenna Analyzer

  We have a NanoVNA. I haven't tried it but there are ways to use an SDR as an antenna analyzer. You just need to have something to calibrate it against. 

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  Daniel_spec5
  11/21/24, 8:13 PM
• Trekker and Trekker BRAVO Comparison

  The radio boards inside are different. The Trekker uses the Lilygo T-Beam while the Bravo uses a radio board from Heltec. Customers have reported higher GPS accuracy on the Bravo but slightly less ...

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  Daniel_spec5
  11/21/24, 7:15 PM
• Benchie LoRa - Final

  This looks great. We have discussed a benchtop version of the Nomad. What would you do differently?

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  Daniel_spec5
  11/19/24, 3:10 PM
• Feel ripped off.

  Hi Richard, Thank you for sharing your honest thoughts. We do know that the T-Deck plus product is much cheaper however we do feel that our Ranger is a better unit due to the Battery, the specific...

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  Daniel_spec5
  11/19/24, 3:09 PM
• Web ui

  The Meshtastic Web Client does not load the message history from the radio, it only displays the messages that have been sent and received while the Client is connected to the radio. As soon as you...

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  Daniel_spec5
  11/18/24, 3:51 PM
• Battery switch. Is there room to add one?

  Hi Joe, The Ranger has a power switch and will charge the battery even if the switch is off. So you want be able to disconnect the battery and use the device via usb power only?   The board...

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  Daniel_spec5
  11/15/24, 4:25 PM
• What does this mean?

  There are quite a few meshtastic users that will use their devices while on a commerical airline flight, blasting messages to Meshers below as they fly overhead. I'm going to assume this was the case.

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  Daniel_spec5
  11/7/24, 2:21 PM
• Is the SpecFive repeater using standard non-HAM mode?

  What was your order number? Early on our Relays were programmed as "repeater" roles but we have changed them all to "client". If the device is on repeater you will not see it in the mesh.

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  Daniel_spec5
  11/6/24, 4:05 PM
• Spec5 Trekker BRAVO caught in limbo switching from network to serial and blue tooth connections...

  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 th...

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  Daniel_spec5
  10/24/24, 8:48 PM
• Will the Ranger be able to use hypermesh?

  We plan to make Hypermesh work with all of our devices. 

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  Daniel_spec5
  10/18/24, 8:36 PM
• Spec5 Beacon Bricked

  Please use the form on our website to send us a message and include your order number. https://specfive.com/pages/contact      

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  Daniel_spec5
  10/18/24, 5:28 PM
• Nomad User Guide

  Here is a link to the first draft of the Nomad User Guide https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/hcwlalyjjctx9d9je2tjs/Nomad-User-Guide.docx.pdf?rlkey=nbjuqagnwh9pzy6dxiucafzlb&st=md3wsxym&dl=0

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  Daniel_spec5
  10/14/24, 9:04 PM
• Admin password for NOMAD

  password: 123456

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  Daniel_spec5
  10/14/24, 5:41 PM
• Difference between mesh and atak firmware

  All of our devices run the meshtastic firmware, but there is one setting in the configuration that needs to be changed for ATAK. We provide the device with this setting set for you. This is a setti...

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  Daniel_spec5
  10/12/24, 10:22 PM
• Not sure if flash is complete....

  The firmware was not updated probably because the web flasher was not actually connected to your Trekker.  The first thing to check is to make sure your computer has the proper Serial Driver ...

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  Daniel_spec5
  10/8/24, 3:51 PM