I love the idea and would like to do a smaller scale implementation with at least 2 permanently placed nodes. This would cover most or all of our very small town.
My biggest issue with placing a permanent node is that if the mesh powers off due to power loss it stays off. I would like to see it restart automatically when power is restored. We don’t get a lot of sunlight here in Michigan so even with solar I can’t guarantee reliable power easily.
I have a place I want to stick a permanent node about 60 feet up and another spot
similarly place later. It will be a tremendous pain in the rear if I had to manually power it back up.
I have been going over schemes to hack my way around this problem but obviously it would be way simpler if Gotenna could enable that feature.
My best current thought would be to have a arduino or other small device simulate a 5 second button press and then a few seconds later simulate a 2 second button press.
If the Gotenna is on the 5 second will turn it off and the 2 second will turn it on.
If the Gotenna is off the 5 second button press turns it on and the 2 second press does nothing.
It’s an ugly hack.