meshcore/CHANGELOG.md

Changelog

All notable changes to this project.

[v0.9.9]

Changed / Improved

• updated to mescore v1.13.0
• Initialize T-Deck I2S buzzer at boot (keeps it quiet when disabled) to avoid driver install from touch handlers and prevent UI lockups on LilyGo T-Deck.
• Accept login-OK responses from alternate sender identities when the response matches expected formats (fixes repeater login stuck cases).
• Adjusted conservative repeater request/timeout values and improved local CLI reply handling.
• Repeater + RoomServer pending waits: Flood min 30s, Direct min 15s (applies to login and other admin requests).
• Reduce idle CPU usage by yielding in the main loop (adaptive delay when screen is soft-off/no companion app connected) to improve power draw without changing functionality.
• Add separate keyboard backlight timeout setting in Mgmt/UI (T-Deck Plus), independent of screen timeout and autolock.
• Smooth fade when display/keyboard backlight turns off (soft-off / keyboard timeout) instead of snapping to black.
• Persist Map "info bar" (altitude bar) toggle (T key) across reboots.
• Moved "Custom QuickSend" configuration from Mgmt/UI to Mgmt/Messages.
• reduce power use in display off/soft-off state by increasing idle sleep and skipping non-essential touch/gesture processing until wake.

Fixed

• Prevent UI freeze when toggling "All Sounds" after reboot on LilyGo T-Deck builds by ensuring I2S/buzzer hardware is initialized safely at boot.
• Fix repeater login hanging when the OK response arrives from a different sender identity.
• Harden Mgmt/Global "Reboot" to always restart on ESP32 (adds esp_restart() fallback and avoids sticky UI states).

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[v0.9.8]

Added

• Contacts / Room Server; added room login + Room Console (transcript + send + logout) under Contact Detail.
• UI; added horizontal drag in text input fields to move the cursor (caret).
• Contacts: added small RSTPath button in Contact Detail to reset a contact's route/path.
• Power: added PowerStatus struct and MainBoard::getPowerStatus() helper; UI now reads consolidated power state for battery/charging/usb.
• Power (T-Deck Plus): added configurable ADC multiplier / VBAT divider ratio support (adc.multiplier) to allow per-device calibration.
• Mgmt / Contacts; added "Purge w/o favs" (purge all contacts except favourites).
• Mgmt / GPS; show UBX accuracy estimate (hAcc) when available.
• MAP (T-Deck Plus); added keyboard controls: W/A/S/D for panning, O/I for zoom in/out, R to recenter on self, T to toggle GPS/Zoom info window.
• MAP; added zoom level indicator overlay that displays briefly when zoom changes (keyboard or touch).
• MAP; added GPS info window (top-left) showing altitude, speed (km/h), and current zoom level in a compact 3-line display (toggleable with T key on T-Deck Plus).
• UI; added autolock feature - can be configured in Mgmt / UI -> LOCK to automatically lock the UI after a period of inactivity. Unlock by holding the unlock button or touching and holding the screen for 2 seconds.
• Mgmt / UI; added LOCK section with configurable Autolock toggle and Autolock Timer (seconds).

Changed / Improved

• Contacts; service contacts are no longer treated like normal DM targets:
  • Repeaters now route to Repeater Admin.
  • Room Servers now route to the Room Console.
• UI; horizontal swipes that switch higher-level frames now require an edge swipe (keeps left/right scrolling available for the focused element).
• UI (T-Deck Plus); trackball left/right no longer switches the bottom menu tabs.
• UI (T-Deck Plus); when editing a text field, trackball left/right moves the text cursor (caret).
• MAP; scroll/pan inputs now operate on the map view itself (instead of page-level scrolling).
• Mgmt / UI Zoom can now be changed with "^" or "v" buttons.
• Mgmt / Contacts; Auto Add Types can now be set with freely combinable toggles (USR/RPT/SRV/SNS/OW) when Auto Add is disabled.
• Mgmt / Contacts; Auto Add Types now shows clearer labels (e.g., "USR (Users)").
• Contacts / Repeater Admin; reorganized Login screen layout to prevent status text overlap and improve readability.
• Contacts / Repeater Admin; added live login status lines (Direct/Flood send mode, wait countdown, result, role).
• GNSS; u-blox M10 nav tuning (portable dynModel + auto fixMode) and 1Hz rate for weak-signal stability.
• Mgmt / UI -> UI Zoom; improved zoom step granularity for finer control with extra buttons for more/less zoom.
• MAP; zoom level now automatically persists when changed (via keyboard or touch), eliminating the need for manual default zoom configuration.
• MAP; removed "Def. Zoom Lvl" setting from Mgmt / UI as zoom now auto-saves and restores on startup.
• MAP; moved zoom level indicator to top-left position (stacks under GPS info window when active).
• MAP; GPS accuracy circle now renders as an unfilled light-blue ring instead of a solid fill for better map visibility.
• UI; autolock is now disabled by default and only engages when enabled in Mgmt / UI -> LOCK.

Fixed

• Contacts / Room Console; fixed transcript drawing over the "Room Console" title (partial refresh artifacts) and added a bordered transcript viewport.
• MAP (T-Deck Plus); fixed reversed zoom hotkeys: I now zooms in and O zooms out.
• DM editor; fixed being able to send DMs to Repeaters/Room Servers via existing DM threads (now blocked and redirected to the proper flow).
• Mgmt / Log: touch scroll release no longer triggers a tap on the last touched point (prevents click-through when stopping a scroll).
• Mgmt / Log: require a tap gesture before activating list actions to avoid scroll-release click-through.
• Boards (T-Deck Plus): repaired corrupted header and fixed VBAT conversion to use the new configurable multiplier; prevents miscalibrated battery percentage readings.
• Contacts / Repeater Admin: clear session and cached repeater data when leaving admin or switching repeaters (prevents stale values).
• Contacts / Repeater Admin: direct routes now send direct logins/requests; flood is used only when no path is known.
• UI: hide battery percentage while charging; avoid duplicated charging indicator.
• Mgmt / Channels; fixed an issue where adding a new #hashtag channel could show "Channel exists" and could lead to duplicate message display.
• Mgmt / UI; fixed Tiles Folder picker showing empty after reboot until Map was opened once.
• MAP; fixed an issue while moving the map out of touch and after returning, where the map would jump back to the original position.
• Contacts/Repeater Admin; fixed Login button hit-test offset in Contact Detail overlay.
• Contacts/Repeater Admin; fixed repeater password NVS persistence detection (saved state) and empty-password save/load handling.
• MSGS / Message details view; fixed the overscrolling of the top button bar.

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[v0.9.7]

Added

• Sync settings to SDCard and load from SDCard on boot (if present) for easy backup/restore of settings.
• MAP; GPS Accuracy Circle Implementation - when GPS accuracy is available, a light blue circle is drawn around the GPS position indicating the accuracy radius (HDOP-based accuracy estimation (HDOP × 2.0 meters)).

Changed / Improved

• Contacts / Repeater Admin Menu; Modified the contact selection logic to only reset the repeater admin state when actually switching to a different repeater.
• MAP; improved GPS accuracy circle rendering (smoother edges).
• Contacts / Repeater Admin Menu; improved to be allowed to login with empty password.
• Discovered (Contacts) - Discovered Contacts list is now only sorted by "last heard" (newest on top) to make it easier to find recently discovered nodes for adding them as Contacts.

Fixed

• Mgmt / UI - MAP; "Tiles Folder", fixed cosmetic issues fixed.
• Mgmt / Telemetry; when opening the Graphs overlay, now you can close it with a "back" button!
• Mgmt / GPS; fixed an issue where GPS could not be enabled/disabled properly.
• Mgmt / GPS; cosmetic issues fixed.
• MAP; Fix map scrolling bug: restrict map dragging to content area only
• I2C initialisation was broken - fixed!
• Indicator/RP2040; optimized the communication between RP2040 coprocessor and ESP32
• Indicator; fixed an issue where the bootsound was not working.
• Add SD persistence for UI preferences; Implement optional SD mirroring of UI prefs to /MCTerm/prefs.txt; NVS remains source of truth, SD provides backup across device erases; Add sync versioning to prevent stale data issues; Support both direct SD (T-Deck) and remote SD (SenseCap via RP2040); Live SD presence detection with automatic sync every 10 seconds; Include prefs: UI timeout, navigation, battery, contacts, NTP, sounds, map settings; Keyboard blink prefs only for T-Deck (conditional compilation)
• Cyrillic letters updated/fixed.

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[v0.9.6] prerelease for testers

• Updated MeshCore Base to latest v1.12.0!

Added

• Mgmt / UI -> Map; Added Map Show Zoom Buttons toggle (On/Off).
• Mgmt / UI -> Map; Added Map Show Navigation Buttons toggle (On/Off).
• Mgmt / UI -> Map; Added Map Default Follow Me toggle (On/Off).
• Mgmt / UI -> Map; Added Map Default Zoom Level setting (1-20).
• long Tap on Contacts Tab button; toggles between normal Contacts view and Discovered Nodes view to be able to add nodes when you do not activate in Mgmt / Channels the Auto Add Contacts option.
• Repeater Admin Menu; Implemented role-based gating (Guest/Admin) across Repeater Admin, Overview now visually disables admin-only buttons (ACL, CLI, Reboot, Passwords) when role isn’t Admin, and taps show a short popup instead of entering the screen. Device/Status/Telemetry overlays allow read-only viewing for Guest/RO, but write actions (edits/toggles/off/sync/reboot) are disabled visually and blocked on tap with a “RW/Admin required” popup.
• Indicator; (NEW IMAGE for RP2040 needed) Sound is now Supported & can be configured in Mgmt / UI -> Sound settings and will be processesd on the RP2040 coprocessor.
• Indicator; (NEW IMAGE for RP2040 needed) Added SenseCAP RP2040 SDCARD Support for remote SD access (read/write/list) does not yet offer direct services but will be used in future updates.
• Indicator; (NEW IMAGE for RP2040 needed) Added SenseCAP RP2040 Sensor Support for Temperature, Humidity, CO2, TVOC telemetry values (when RP2040 firmware is flashed with the new coprocessor image).
• MAP; tiles now can be donwloaded while you are connected to WiFi (when enabled in Mgmt / UI -> Map). If there is a SDCard present, it will automatically cache the tiles on the SDCard in the correct folder structure for offline use! (Indicator not yet supported!)
• Mgmt / UI -> Map; added info text about tile caching when WiFi is connected.
• Mgmt / UI -> Map; changed Map Tile folder structure from SD-Card.
• Mgmt / Messages; Addeed Auto Retry / Auto Reset Path / Direct Message Acks / Mark Delivered faster (like you know from the companion APP) but need to be setup separately because not connected to companion!
• MSGs / new button in Message "Reply" to quickly reply to the last DM or Channel message sender.

Changed / Improved

• MAP; improved hop-count display in Contact detail view (shows "Direct" for 0 hops now and "1 hop", "2 hops", ... for others).
• Mgmt / Advert; neighbor adverts refactored to show more relevant information, and added the possibility to add discovered nodes as Contacts directly from the neighbor adverts list.
• Mgmt / Advert; changed button text "Advert Zero Hop" to "Advert - Direct"
• Mgmt / UI - moved Sound settings to Mgmt / UI for better grouping.
• Mgmt / Global - moved Mgmt / Admin into this menu for better grouping.
• Mgmt; changed some Texts&Buttons for better clarity (toggle, enabled/disabled)
• GUI; finally you can switch between BLE / WiFi or turn both completely off (without reboot!).
• Repeater Admin Menu / Advert; when disable both advert types, a warning popup (yes/no) is shown to inform the user that no adverts will be sent out anymore when accepted.
• MSGS; changed the top statusbar text from "msgs" to "Channels" and from "users" to "DMs" for better clarity.
• Contacts / soting; when you tap the contacts tab to cycle through sort orders, the view will automatically scroll to the top of the newly sorted list, making it much more user-friendly!
• Mgmt / CLI; fixed an issue while switching away from CLI breaks the touch.
• Mgmt / Stats; added the [>] buttons for the Radio section's Noise Floor, Last RSSI, and Last SNR lines in the Management > Stats view to see that this is clickable to open the Radio Stats overlay.

Fixed

• Mgmt / CLI; fixed an issue after switching away from Mgmt / CLI to not be able to go back to the Mgmt / Overview due to a bug!
• Mgmt / GPS; GPS could not be disabled properly — fixed.
• MAP; fixed an issue where the MAP would not center on own GPS position when opening the MAP page.

Removed

• Mgmt / UI -> Map; Removed overlay when there are no GPS Contacts with GPS coordinates available.

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[v8] — 2026-01-14

Added

• Channels: Custom Command — configure via Mgmt → UI.
• Mgmt: Tele page — compact self-telemetry panel (VBAT, GPS, env values).
• Admin: System section — uptime, heap, PSRAM, flash/sketch usage, CPU, chip model/rev/cores, reset reason.
• Radio presets — predefined presets in Mgmt → Radio; selecting a preset applies settings and reboots.

Changed / Improved

• Channels UI — redesigned layout; scroll-to-newest now marks all messages read.
• Mgmt / Log — layout updated to Channels-style with extended information.
• Mgmt / GPS — added RX/TX/Baud custom values.
• Battery press — short press toggles Volts ↔ Percent; long press still opens power popup; realtime duty-cycle display added.
• Contacts tab button — short press cycles filters (A–Z → Last heard → Last msg) and shows a 5s statusbar overlay; long press jumps to top.
• SenseCap — default text size increased (adjustable via ZOOM).
• Nick coloring — colored device names across UI (resets on reboot).

Fixed

• Neighbor discovery — refactored and working.

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[v7] — 2026-01-11 (changes #2), [v6] — 2026-01-11 (changes #1)

Fixed

• WiFi: connects but did not sync with App — fixed.
• Overscrolling could overdraw Back/Send buttons — fixed.

Changed / Improved

• Top status bar: WiFi / BLE switching now triggers a reboot; setting is remembered.
• Page "Channels": unified message detail view — improved and fixed.
• Mgmt → Global: now shows the PublicKey and the first 2 letters of your PublicKey.
• Mgmt → BLE: added more information.
• Mgmt → WiFi: added more information (IP address, etc.).
• Mgmt → Log: completely renewed with more information.

Added

• Contacts page: Tperm button — request telemetry from viewed contact.
• Contacts page: RT (RangeTest) button — sends "RangeTest - ACK?" automatically (customizable later).

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[v5] — 2026-01-11

Added

• Firmware release v5 — merged firmware build for SenseCap Indicator D1Pro/D1L and LilyGO T-Deck Plus.
• Mail icon (unread indicator) in status bar: hidden = none; white = unread Channel; red = unread User.
• Battery icon popup — press the icon to show battery details.
• New RxLog — receive log screen.
• New Stats — on-device radio statistics screen.

Changed / Improved

• Mgmt page: swipeable layout — more space and better overview.
• Channels page: swipeable views — Channel view vs User view (DMs).
• Contacts page: extra info/menus (WIP).
• Touch/display reaction: faster/more consistent UI response (WIP).
• Message details view: improved layout/behavior (WIP).
• WiFi password field: show/hide option.
• WiFi initialization + optimizations — improved stability.
• GPS settings visible (WIP).
• Map improvements.

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pre-version [2026-01-08]

Fixed

• SenseCap RP2040 sensor telemetry → MeshCore telemetry — corrected LPP sensor types to avoid overflow; CO2 + TVOC index (plus temp/humidity) now map into proper MeshCore telemetry fields.

Added

• ui-modern: Telemetry mini panel (Contact detail) — compact telemetry line in contact detail (voltage / temperature / humidity / CO2 / TVOC when available).
• Map: Tile view (T-Deck Plus) — tile view when SD card contains expected tile folder structure (if available).

Changed / Improved

• ui-modern: Telemetry request behavior — changed to one-shot request when opening a contact; clear state shown: OK, NO ANSWER, or NO PERMISSION.
• Ping 0-hop improved — TRACE-based ping shows SNR there / SNR back and duration, or NO ANSWER after timeout.