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# How to Manage Your Repeater
This guide explains how to manage a MeshCore repeater device directly from the mc-webui interface using Direct Messages.
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## 1. Add Your Repeater to Contacts
- Wait for your repeater's first `advert`
- Click on the Contacts icon
<img src="../images/RPT-Mgmt-01-new-rpt-notification.png" alt="New repeater notification" width="200px">
- Go to `Pending contacts` panel
<img src="../images/RPT-Mgmt-02-new-rpt-pending.png" alt="Pending contacts" width="200px">
- Search for your repeater on the list and approve it
<img src="../images/RPT-Mgmt-03-new-rpt-approve.png" alt="Approve repeater" width="200px">
- Reset your search filter (it is recommended to leave CLI selected only) and return to the main chat view
<img src="../images/RPT-Mgmt-04-back-to-home.png" alt="Return to home" width="200px">
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## 2. Login to Your Repeater and Initialize Conversation
- Open the `meshcli Console`
<img src="../images/RPT-Mgmt-05-open-console.png" alt="Console" width="200px">
- Enter the `login <REPEATER_NAME> <password>` command
- Type the `msg <REPEATER_NAME> "Hello"` command (you can use any message text)
<img src="../images/RPT-Mgmt-06-login-and-msg.png" alt="Login" width="200px">
- Return to the main chat view
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## 3. Send Commands to Your Repeater
- From the main chat view, click on the DM icon
<img src="../images/RPT-Mgmt-07-dm-notification.png" alt="DM notification" width="200px">
- Find your repeater's name on the list
<img src="../images/RPT-Mgmt-08-dm-open.png" alt="Open DM chat" width="200px">
- Start sending commands to your repeater as if it were a regular DM conversation
<img src="../images/RPT-Mgmt-09-rpt-commands.png" alt="Repeater commands" width="200px">
For full commands reference, see [Repeater & Room Server CLI Reference](https://github.com/meshcore-dev/MeshCore/wiki/Repeater-&-Room-Server-CLI-Reference).
**Note:** Not all commands may work at the moment.

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## Getting Help
- **Full README:** [README.md](../README.md)
- **Repeater Management:** [rpt-mgmt.md](rpt-mgmt.md)
- **Troubleshooting:** [troubleshooting.md](troubleshooting.md)
- **Architecture:** [architecture.md](architecture.md)
- **MeshCore docs:** https://meshcore.org

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