bbsLinkEnhancments

README.md

@@ -275,6 +275,11 @@ The scheduler also handles the BBL Link Brodcast message, this would be an esxam
 # Send bbslink looking for peers every other day at 10:00 using send_message function to channel 8 on device 1
 schedule.every(2).days.at("10:00").do(lambda: send_message("bbslink MeshBot looking for peers", 8, 0, 1))
 ```
+```ini
+bbslink_enabled = True
+# list of whitelisted nodes numbers ex: 2813308004,4258675309 empty list allows all
+bbslink_whitelist = 
+```
 
 ### MQTT Notes
 There is no direct support for MQTT in the code, however, reports from Discord are that using [meshtasticd](https://meshtastic.org/docs/hardware/devices/linux-native-hardware/) with no radio and attaching the bot to the software node, which is MQTT-linked, allows routing. There also seems to be a quicker way to enable MQTT by having your bot node with the enabled [serial](https://meshtastic.org/docs/configuration/module/serial/) module with echo enabled and MQTT uplink and downlink. These two methods have been mentioned as allowing MQTT routing for the project. 

config.template

@@ -94,6 +94,10 @@ enabled = True
 bbs_ban_list = 
 # list of admin nodes numbers ex: 2813308004,4258675309
 bbs_admin_list = 
+# enable bbs synchronization with other nodes
+bbslink_enabled = False
+# list of whitelisted nodes numbers ex: 2813308004,4258675309 empty list allows all
+bbslink_whitelist = 
 
 # location module
 [location]

modules/bbstools.py

@@ -165,6 +165,10 @@ def bbs_delete_dm(toNode, message):
 
 def bbs_sync_posts(input, peerNode, RxNode):
     messageID =  0
+    # check if the bbs link is enabled
+    if bbs_link_enabled == False or (bbs_link_enabled == True and str(RxNode) not in bbs_link_whitelsit):
+        return "System: BBS Link is disabled for your node."
+    
     # respond when another bot asks for the bbs posts to sync
     if "bbslink" in input.lower():
         if "$" in input and "#" in input:
@@ -180,8 +184,11 @@ def bbs_sync_posts(input, peerNode, RxNode):
         messageID = int(ack) + 1
 
     # send message with delay to keep chutil happy
-    time.sleep(1 + responseDelay)
     if messageID < len(bbs_messages):
+        time.sleep(5 + responseDelay)
+        # every 5 messages add extra delay
+        if messageID % 5 == 0:
+            time.sleep(10 + responseDelay)
         return f"bbslink {messageID} ${bbs_messages[messageID][1]} #{bbs_messages[messageID][2]}"
     else:
         logger.debug("System: bbslink sync complete with peer " + str(peerNode))

modules/settings.py

@@ -156,6 +156,8 @@ try:
     bbsdb = config['bbs'].get('bbsdb', 'data/bbsdb.pkl')
     bbs_ban_list = config['bbs'].get('bbs_ban_list', '').split(',')
     bbs_admin_list = config['bbs'].get('bbs_admin_list', '').split(',')
+    bbs_link_enabled = config['bbs'].getboolean('bbslink_enabled', False)
+    bbs_link_whitelsit = config['bbs'].get('bbslink_whitelist', '').split(',')
 
     # repeater
     repeater_enabled = config['repeater'].getboolean('enabled', False)