telegram bot that forwards messages to and from meshtastic device

The purpose of this bot is to act as a bridge between local Meshtastic conference and Telegram chat room. Nicks (Your Name field for Meshtastic) are passed through in both directions.

Meshtastic T-Beam v1.1

Aliexpress

Amazon

Banggood

Ebay

Tindie

TomTop

When enabled, this bot listens on specified port and renders device map.

1. Cluster markerer

2. Device details

3. Actual Kyiv community map

Kyiv map

1. Run cp mesh.ini.example mesh.ini
2. Create new Telegram bot using @BotFather contact. Copy token to clipboard.
3. Put token from previous step into mesh.ini
4. Put admin id and room id into mesh.ini
5. Edit mesh.ini Meshtastic section to reflect your device configuration (usually not required, for Linux at least)
6. Run sudo pip3 install -r requirements.txt
7. Run gpasswd -a youruser dialout
8. Relogin
9. Run ./mesh.py
10. Enjoy

1. /start - basic command to confirm that bot is up and running
2. /nodes - return list of known nodes (including those reachable via other hops)

1. /distance - print distance to other meshtastic devices (in meters)