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 with ability to set remotely
- motd or motd $New Message Of the day

mesh-bot.sh

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

Various solar details
- sun returns the sunrise and set for the day
- solar gives an idea of the x-ray flux
- hfcond returns a table of HF solar conditions

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)

Solar Data needs the LAT LONG for your area on the solarconditions.py

LATITUDE = 48.50
LONGITUDE = -123.0

requirements

pip install meshtastic
pip install pubsub
pip install datetime

mesh-bot enhancments

pip install suntime
pip install requests
pip install python-dateutil

Recognition

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