mc-webui/docs/rpt-mgmt.md

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

  

• Go to Pending contacts panel

  

• Search for your repeater on the list and approve it

  

• Reset your search filter (it is recommended to leave CLI selected only) and return to the main chat view

  

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2. Login to Your Repeater and Initialize Conversation

• Open the meshcli Console

  

• Enter the login <REPEATER_NAME> <password> command

• Type the msg <REPEATER_NAME> "Hello" command (you can use any message text)

  

• 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

  

• Find your repeater's name on the list

  

• Start sending commands to your repeater as if it were a regular DM conversation

  

For full commands reference, see Repeater & Room Server CLI Reference.

Note: Not all commands may work at the moment.