Little bot which will trap keywords like ping and respond on a DM with pong. The script will also monitor the group channels for keywords to trap on. you can also Ping @Data to Echo as a example for further processing.

other features

motd or to set the message motd $New Message Of the day
lheard returns the last 5 heard nodes with SNR, can also use sitrep

mesh-bot.sh

alternate bot, adds internet and other telemetry data which goes beyond just ping

Various solar details for radio propigation
- sun and moon return info on rise and set local time
- solar gives an idea of the x-ray flux
- hfcond returns a table of HF solar conditions
Bulliten Board (BBS) functions
- bbshelp returns the following
- bbslist list the messages by ID and subject
- bbsread read a message example use: bbsread #1
- bbspost post a message example use: bbspost $Message Subject #Message Body
- bbsdelete delete a message example use: bbsdelete #4
Other functions
- whereami returns the address of location of sender if known
- tide returns the local tides, NOAA data source
- wx and wxc returns local weather forcast, NOAA data source (wxc is metric value)
- joke tells a joke

Configurations

Currently config modifications is edit to code. Be sure to uncomment the appropriate interface for your method (serial/BLE/TCP). Only one at a time is supported to a single node at a time.

# Uncomment the interface you want to use depending on your device connection
interface = meshtastic.serial_interface.SerialInterface() #serial interface
#interface=meshtastic.tcp_interface.TCPInterface(hostname="192.168.0.1") # IP of your device
#interface=meshtastic.ble_interface.BLEInterface("AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF") # BLE interface

It is recomended to leave this setting as default True to keep the channel clear in larger mesh.

RESPOND_BY_DM_ONLY = True # Set to True to respond messages via DM only (keeps the channel clean)

the enhanced bot is all modules by default, to disable extra modules comment out

# comment out unwanted funtionality, defined in corresponding files/modules
trap_list = trap_list + trap_list_location # items tide, whereami, wxc, wx
trap_list = trap_list + trap_list_solarconditions # items hfcond, solar, sun, moon
trap_list = trap_list + trap_list_bbs # items bbslist, bbspost, bbsread, bbsdelete

Solar Data needs the LAT LONG for your area on the solarconditions.py used for when node has no location in the db

LATITUDE = 48.50
LONGITUDE = -123.0

requirements

can also be installed with pip install -r requirements.txt

pip install meshtastic
pip install pubsub

mesh-bot enhancments

pip install pyephem
pip install requests
pip install geopy
pip install maidenhead
pip install beautifulsoup4
pip install dadjokes
pip install pickle

Recognition

Used ideas and snippets from other responder bots want to call them out!

GitHub user https://github.com/PiDiBi

providing looking at test functions and other suggestions like wxc