🛰️ Standard Meshtastic Setup and Naming Convention

To keep our Meshtastic network organized, efficient, and easy to identify, we’re adopting a standard setup and naming convention for all nodes operating within the W8PAR network.

🔧 General Setup Guidelines

• Flash the latest stable Meshtastic firmware on your device
• LoRa Config -> Region: US (915 MHz)
• LoRa Config -> Preset: Long Range – Fast for balanced range and data rate
• LoRa Config -> Hop Limit: 3
• User -> Is Licensed: Yes
• Device -> Role:
  • Client or Client Mute for handheld/mobile nodes
  • Client for tower or fixed installations

💡 Additional Suggestions

• For tower or fixed installations:
  • Device -> Broadcast Interval: Set to one three hours
  • Device -> Position: (disable all but elevation) to fixed, broadcast six hours
  • Device -> User: Set the Unmessagable flag:
    • As of 2.6.11 this can only be set in roles Router or Repeater. So to enable this, but have your role as Client, set your role to Router and save (and wait for reboot), and then change your role back to Client and save. The flag is persistent.
  • Mobile Config -> Telemetry:: Enable power telemetry once an hour as required

🏷️ Node Naming Convention

Use ALL CAPITALS for short names to make nodes easy to recognize across the mesh.

This makes it easy to tell if a node is a home base, mobile, or tower-based relay just from the short name.

📡 Channel Configuration

Below is the current list of recommended channels for our regional network.
Each serves a distinct group or function while maintaining interoperability.

Note: the Key Size is Empty for all channels.