SD Cards are Portable / Share T-Decks

Written By Matt Calhoun

New in v1.9

Many changes have been made in the past few builds, relating to usability and stability. There are more changes from the past month than what is listed here, but here are some of the important changes:

UI / Usability

  • Easier access to GPS screen from the home screen

  • Critical contacts filter, just mark any contact as “critical” on the devices screen

  • Automatic mesh selection if another device is known to be out of range, rather than trying direct first (you can change this on any message)

  • Simplified firmware update - The process of choosing the correct firmware version should be easier now.

  • More responsive UI. Before, sometimes the device would appear frozen momentarily if you start to use it while the screen is off. In reality, it isn’t frozen, but probably writing to the SD card or reading/writing packets from the Radio or WiFi. However, it is much easier to interrupt/wake up now, when you touch the trackball than it was before.

General Functionality

  • SD card portability (this can be disabled if you want). This allows you to remove your SD card, put it in another T-Deck, and it just automatically works

  • License transferrability - If you purchase a license, not only is your device licensed, if you transfer your SD card to another device, it automatically carries the license over for you

  • MQTT / WiFi improvements - Better TLS functionality, WiFi connection indicator so you can tell if your device has WiFi connection for MQTT or if you’re not connected to WiFi

  • Password fix/improvement - If you set a device password, that same password will unlock your SD card on any device, meaning if you move the SD card to another T-Deck, power it on and enter your password just like you did on the original device

  • Optionally Disable LoRa - If you just want a particular device to be connected via MQTT, you can disable LoRa, although this option not available on Nodes for now.

Command/Control

  • Remotely enable/disable Mesh (trigger radio silence) on any device that allows remote control. All nodes allow remote control by default.

  • Alert an Individual Device of Proximity Activity or tell the proximity sensing node to broadcast alarm (or don’t alarm at all). Previously, only broadcast was supported.

Matt Calhoun
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