Update CHANGELOG for version 0.9.9

Updated changelog for version 0.9.9 with changes, improvements, and fixes.

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+**Describe the bug**
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+**Which device are you using**
+LilyGO T-Deck
+LilyGO T-Deck Plus
+SeeedStudio SenseCap Indicator D1Pro, D1L
+
+**Which Firmware are you using**
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CHANGELOG.md

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 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).
+
+---
+
+## [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.
+  
+---
+
+## [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.
+
+---
+
+## [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.
+
 ---
 
 ## [v8] — 2026-01-14

README.md

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 Would be nice if you support me: https://buymeacoffee.com/bmks — thank you very much!!
 > Important: Use at your own risk. You, the device owner, are responsible for any damage, data loss, or bricked devices.
 
+# Firmware "MC Term"
+Finally there is a name, "MC Term", M(esh)C(ore) Term(inal). We like Retro, you like Retro, we stay retro :-).
+
 # MeshCore / additional GUIs for embedded mesh radios
 
-MeshCore is a lightweight hybrid routing mesh protocol for packet radios... this Repo is mainly about the companion firmware for user-friendly UIs and (actually) support for devices such as the LilyGO T-Deck Plus and Seeed Studio SenseCap Indicator-TFT.
+MeshCore is a lightweight hybrid routing mesh protocol for packet radios... this Repo is mainly about the companion firmware for user-friendly UIs and (actually) support for devices such as the LilyGO T-Deck Plus and Seeed Studio SenseCap Indicator-TFT AND you can connect via BLE or WiFi with the typical APPs (WebUI, iOS,...).
 
 ## Table of contents
 - [Features](#features)
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 - Messaging: messenger-style channels and DM threads, send confirmations, unread counts, IRC-style transcript view, full message detail view, timestamps, and quick-send actions.
 - Message metadata: display of path/hops, best-effort RSSI and SNR, overheard repeaters list, and route hints.
 - Contacts: sortable/filterable contact list (Azimuth, LastHeard, LastMessage), badges for GPS/reachability/online, favorite/tel flags, and detailed contact view with public key.
-- Map: slippy-tile map with zoom, pan/drag, auto-centering, jump-to-me, map selection of contacts, and tile fetching/caching behavior configurable per target.
+- Map: slippy-tile map with zoom, pan/drag, auto-centering, jump-to-me, map selection of contacts, and tile fetching/caching behavior configurable per target. (look here for maps: https://github.com/mattdrum/map-tile-downloader)
 - Management features: edit device name, WiFi SSID/password, BLE PIN, screen timeout, radio parameters (frequency, bandwidth, spreading factor, coding rate, TX power), GPS pins/baud, and other device settings.
 - Diagnostics & logs: neighbor scan helper, Rx-raw packet log viewer with parsed metadata, parsed packet detail view, telemetry request/pending state and telemetry history, and ping records for reachability tests.
 - Telemetry & sensors: manual telemetry requests, telemetry records (voltage, temperature, humidity, CO2, TVOC), and support helpers for CayenneLPP / LPP payloads.
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 Flash using the MeshCore web flasher:
 
 1. Open https://flasher.meshcore.co.uk/ and choose "Custom Firmware".
-2. For first-time installation, perform a full flash erase (this removes all settings).
+2. For first-time installation (use the *-merged version), perform a full flash erase (this removes all settings). *take care*, if you upgrade the version to a newer one, use the non-merged version!
 3. Upload the built firmware image and flash to your device.
 
 Notes:
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 ## Contributing
 
 Contributions welcome. Please open issues for bug reports, improvements, enhancements, or device support (thats more tricky when i do not own one).
+
+## Device pictures (samples)
+
+* see "images" folder for more!
+
+![pic_tdeckplus](/images/IMG_2694.jpeg)
+![pic_sensecapindicator](/images/IMG_2717.jpeg)

license.txt

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+MeshCore Firmware Binary Distribution
+Copyright (c) 2025 Scott Powell / rippleradios.com
+
+================================================================================
+MIT License
+================================================================================
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
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+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+SOFTWARE.
+
+This part includes improvements/changes done by Bernhard Marker:
+================================================================================
+Third-Party Software Attributions
+================================================================================
+
+This software includes or makes use of the following third-party libraries:
+
+- RadioLib (MIT) - Copyright (c) 2018 Jan Gromeš
+- Arduino Crypto Library (MIT) - Copyright (c) 2015 Rhys Weatherley  
+- RTClib (MIT) - Copyright (c) Adafruit Industries
+- CayenneLPP (MIT) - Copyright (c) Electronic Cats
+- ArduinoJson (MIT) - Copyright (c) 2014-2024 Benoît Blanchon
+- ed25519 (Zlib) - Copyright (c) 2015 Orson Peters
+- LovyanGFX (BSD-2-Clause) - Copyright (c) lovyan03
+- Adafruit_LittleFS_stm32 (BSD-3-Clause) - Copyright (c) 2017 ARM Limited
+- SdFat (MIT) - Copyright (c) Bill Greiman
+- Sensirion I2C Libraries (BSD-3-Clause) - Copyright (c) Sensirion
+- CRC32 (MIT) - Copyright (c) bakercp
+- zlib_turbo (Zlib) - Copyright (c) BitBank Software
+- AsyncElegantOTA (MIT) - Copyright (c) 2019 Ayush Sharma
+- ESP32-targz (MIT) - Copyright (c) tobozo
+
+ESP32 builds include:
+- ESPAsyncWebServer (LGPL-3.0) - Copyright (c) me-no-dev
+  Source available at: https://github.com/me-no-dev/ESPAsyncWebServer
+
+================================================================================
+OpenStreetMap Attribution
+================================================================================
+
+This software downloads map tiles from OpenStreetMap at runtime when WiFi is
+available. Map data is licensed under the Open Database License (ODbL).
+
+© OpenStreetMap contributors
+https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright
+
+Map tiles are not distributed with this software.
+
+================================================================================
+Source Code Availability
+================================================================================
+
+This is a binary-only distribution. The MIT License permits binary-only
+distribution without requiring source code disclosure.