Telemetry - Meshtastic Month of Modules

📢 The second installment of our "Month of Modules" series! 🎥 This video will provide a basic overview of the Telemetry module and how it's used to gather metrics from different sensors, display them, and send them over the mesh. #Meshtastic #MonthOfModules #TelemetryModule #connectivity #telemetry #lora #meshnetworking #offgrid

0:00 - Intro
1:12 - Device Metrics
1:45 - Environment Metrics
2:32 - Air Quality Metrics
4:02 - Sensor Types
10:17 - Connecting Sensors
11:45 - Telemetry Configuration

Telemetry module configuration docs:

Some settings in this video:

⬇️ Below are links to some of the items discussed in the video and places to buy devices ⬇️

RAK WisBlock BME-680 Sensor

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[HectorReviews]

Great video! Please do one about the MQTT to connect via internet to bigger groups!

[WXGPS]

need tipping bucket rain gauge and wind reporting is all I need support for.

[LibertyEver]

I'm using the Android Meshtastic app (which is awesome - thanks) and the RAK1901 TEMP HUMI module on a WisBlock and it transmits temperature and humidity data every 60 seconds when ChUtil and AirUtilTX data is sent, regardless of the Telemetry settings. The default is 900 seconds. I also tried 600 and 6000 but it always transmits every 60 seconds whenever the environmental sensor data is enabled. I only have the temperature and humidity modules so I can remotely monitor the nodes to see if they're too hot, too cold, or too wet inside their enclosures. What I'd like is to disable all transmissions unless someone sends a message, with the ability to manually interrogate a node to determine its temperature and humidity.

[dylan_]

Maybe not the best place to ask this, but I'm curious - I would love to be able to integrate some longer-range LoRa sensors into Home Assistant. I know Meshtastic already has MQTT support, but I truthfully have no idea how I would get the data from Meshtastic/LoRa into MQTT. Can I just set up a "Meshtastic Base Station" with an ESP32-based Meshtastic device at home, and then have it send data directly via MQTT to an MQTT broker? Or does it have to go through the mobile app? Thank you!

[NUkiwi]

Hi team, addicted newbie here. First, what a fantastic project and thanks so much for the work you are doing! Love previous suggestions, so here another one. How about a Soil module that supports moisture, pH and light?

[gilgsn]

It would be interesting to have a Geiger counter module... Ok, I found the RadSens i2c module, cool.

[GoatZilla]

So the module sends the data over the mesh, but how does one remotely display that data back? Does it just pop out on the serial log of a receiving node when it's received?

[Francois_Dupont]

so it will show for any node the weather information in the app like it does the battery voltage, but is this possible to have one of the node capture and store this data to make a graphic or a wall display for example? is there an easy way to do this without programming.... total noob here.
like the youngins say: "is there an app for that?"

[laidbackobs]

I have an idea for more functionalities, but I don't know if Meshtastic can help. Using a TSL2591, integrate a code that can function as a remote Sky Quality Meter (SQM) to monitor the sky conditions for astronomy and light pollution monitoring purposes.

[x_jaydn]

Is there a way to implement BME280 sensor modules in water resistant/sealed devices, or would it be better to keep water resistance and environmental telemetry features mutually exclusive? 🤔

Also, could you elaborate on counterfeit BME sensors, the pros/cons of such counterfeits, and where to source authentic ones affordably (in Canada)?

[Tom-jdrm]

How do I get the Battery infor to appear under Device Metrics when looking meshtastic map at my devices.

[zazugee]

what's the difference between device update interval and air quality interval?

[pauluzzi]

I have the PMSA0031 Particle Sensor. Should I get the info from the sensor on the screen?

[Lugeix]

a working example would be useful to see. I tried to get a bme280 and a Heltec V2 to send Temp. It displays it locally, but not seen on the other nodes.

[lovemachining]

Is there a possibility to connect IR motion sensors or seismic sensors?

[Gdriver]

How do you show barometric readings in inHG on the app using a BME680 and a RAK 4631?

[abcdeSean]

How can I forward the telemetry eniormental data to mqtt, or a channel?

[ManuelLausmann-Funktechnik]

Hello, I have connected the PMSA003I sensor and BME680 sensor to the I2C interface on the TTGOLora32 board. Unfortunately, I only see the data from the BME but not the PMSA003I. What could be the problem?

[pauluzzi]

I have the Rak12039 particle sensor and I am trying to integrate it into Meshtastic using the Wisblock. Could you go over swinging it up specifically? Does the data from this sensor get shown in the Meshtastic App?

[unoxunox]

Thanks! How long is the max. length of the i2c cables?