Message gives me a failed to send message error in the log. Find gives me a message sent log entry. Neither one was received by the Android. A shout message works.
Hi MrTSolar,
Thank You for carrying out those tests, it helps me pinpoint where the code is failing as the message is generated by an error handler - I will arrange to test sending messages to an Android device and let you know.
I appreciate it. Glad I could help.
In the meantime, solar testing continues.
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Hi MrTSolar,
I have tested using a Google Device and found the issue.
Version 2.5.2, which has been released today into the iTunes App Store, has a fix which should address your issue.
Thank you for your help.
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Iâd like to understand how to use the ios App, but canât seem to get things going. Anybody willing to post a YouTube on the basic useage of the App?
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Hi Oregon_Mesher,
Some basic documentation is available from the following link.
When the Mesh Developers Toolkit App is first launched it will prompt for the GUID to be set, I suggest that this is set to the same value as in the goTenna App.
Once this is set when you change to the Messages tab, the App will automatically pair with the goTenna in the same way as the goTenna App.
Once the GUID is set the App will automatically pair with the goTenna when it is launched.
It should be noted that Mesh Developers Toolkit does not run alongside the goTenna App and you must quit this before launching Mesh Developers Toolkit.
Hope this helps.
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Iâm pleased to report that 2.5.2 fixed 1-1 messaging with Android. Next test is meshing a query.
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Version 2.6 of Mesh Developers Toolkit has been released into the iTunes App Store today.
This release adds a new button,âGraphâ, to the âActivity Logâ tab:
This shows you statistics, for the last 24 hours, relating to iPhone and goTenna battery usage, messages, shouts and location requests sent and received.
For example, the following graph shows the iPhone battery usage:
The Y-Axis shows the value and the X-Axis is the hour of the recording. Although it should be noted that for the battery values, I currently report the average for the hour.
In the above example the phone started charged, then was disconnected for a few hours, put back on charge, removed from charge and then fully charged.
The following graph:
Shows a goTenna being run down over night, disconnected for a couple of hours around 5am (hence the 0% recording) and then being put on a solar charger between 11am and 1pm.
The following graph shows the total number of shout per hour sent by Mesh Developers Toolkit for the last 24 hours:
Swiping left on a remote toolkit, on the âToolkitsâ tab, also adds a âGraphâ option which allows you to see these statistics for the selected remote toolkit:
The web server must be enabled, on the remote toolkit, for this option and both Mesh Developers Toolkits on the same Wifi Network.
A new web server call â/statsâ has also been implemented to allow you to access this data as a JSON object.
Hope this makes sense.
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Version 2.7 of Mesh Developers Toolkit was released into the App Store today, this contains a few bug fixes and improvements to the âGraphâ functionality.
A new version, 2.7.1 is in the approval process which is able to poll other goTennas every few minutes for their position:
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Release 2.7.1 of Mesh Developers Toolkit is now available in the iTunes App Store which includes the setting âPoll Devicesâ which automatic requests the position of other goTennas every few minutes.
When combined with the âScan QR codeâ and âBearingâ functionality provides similar functionality to Lynq:
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Pete94âstumbled across this today and in your github documentation you imply that you support custom URL schemes? If so, you should register with Launch Center Pro so that toolkit can be launched through their launcher. They allow one to setup parameters to pass in the custom URL so one could have canned messages or commands that are accessed/launched via LCP. Looks neat, but I have to wait to get home to the GoTenna units before I can play!!! Nice work, Thanks!
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Hi Tawpie,
I will look into registering Mesh Developers Toolkit with Launch Center Pro, thank you for the suggestion.
I did something similar using the âworkflowâ app (https://my.workflow.is) when I was developing the URL schemes support:
The url schema is âmtkâ, a shout request is similar to:
mtk://shout?message=Hello
A direct message is similar to:
mtk://message?message=MESSAGE?guid=GUID
Where GUID is the guid of the device to send to.
Hope this helps and thank you for your feedback.
You have designed a good app and I have used it but the only problem is the UI which is not so user friendly. You can change the UI and you can take ideas from Apple iPad Support so that you will make it good and more responsive.
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Very cool app. Iâve been playing with it, and the functionality really helps showcase what is possible for the goTenna Mesh. Looking forward to experimenting more with it. Thanks for putting the time and effort into this!
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Hi DCW,
Thank you for your feedback, I am really enjoying the challenges of building the App.
Development is still on-going although holidays and the day job have slowed it down for the moment.
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Hi, Pete. First off, thank you for all the great work on this powerful app. The charting is really handy for testing setups with intermittent power.
I was curious if the SDK allows for getting the temperature of the goTenna? There has to be one somewhere so the circuit doesnât try charging the battery when in extreme temperatures.
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Hi MrTSolar,
Itâs great to hear that you are finding the Charting functionality useful.
The battery level is passed through as a string, I will have to look a bit deeper into the SDK to see if there are any values I can access. The header files refer to âsiLabsTempâ and âpaTempâ - I assume that the âsiLabsTempâ is the temperature of the transceiver - but at the moment I donât know if I can access themâŚ
Out of interest, would you think that having a couple of âeventsâ which send a message when the battery percentage drops below 10% and 5% would be of use?
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For the low battery events, would they send out a Shout message or have a delegated GID they warn (1-1 or group message)?
I could see it being useful in a metro mesh net that the nodes warn either one person or a group of people responsible for the nodes that itâs about to go down due to low battery. I donât think you necessarily want that going out as a Shout as it could make the network seem unreliable if folks continually get low battery warnings. Plus, if youâre out of single hop range, you wonât receive the Shout anyway.
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Hi MrTSolar
Thank you for your response - I am thinking of implementing the functionality as an âeventâ within the script.
The script would be run when the threshold is crossed and the message sent to the script would be âbattery-10%â or âbattery-5%â.
Your could then parse it in the script and send the message to the target guids using the âsend(GUID,âMessageâ);â Javascript function.
Hope this makes sense.
Also, version 2.8.1 has just been uploaded to the iTunes approval process.
This adds a new graph âgoTenna Temperatureâ which displays the temperature of the connected goTenna.
You can also use the graph functionality on the âRemote Toolkitsâ tab to view the data for a remote Mesh Developers Toolkit on the same network.
I have also added a new Javascript function, âtemperature()â which returns the current device temperature to your script.
I am using the value of âsiLabsTempâ, I think it is in celsius as my test goTenna is returning 31 which is a few degrees above room temperature for the UK today 
The other field âpaTempâ does not appear to return anything - even if the goTenna is on charge - so I am not recording it.
Cool. Thanks. Iâll be sure to check those out when the new update is published.
Gotcha, the low battery would be part of the custom script. In my mind, I was picturing the feature as one of the setting toggles.
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