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MeshCore-Solo/docs/solo
JakubandClaude Opus 5.5 c5bb4752d0 feat: per-contact actions, device settings, a companion CLI and your contact's QR code
- Nodes: telemetry permissions per contact, reset path, share nearby
  (L1 options menu; L2 node card with "Can ask for" switches)
- Settings > Privacy: fixed position (typed in, from a waypoint, cleared)
  and the Bluetooth PIN; Settings > System: factory reset, asked twice
- Companion CLI (CMD_RUN_CLI_COMMAND 66 / RESP_CODE_CLI_REPLY 29, as
  upstream; FIRMWARE_VER_CODE 14): upstream's command names plus a key for
  every schema setting (get / set / keys)
- Screenshots move to 0x7E; tools/screenshot.py falls back to 66 / 29
- Your contact as a QR code (meshcore://contact/add): Status > System on
  ui-new, Settings > About on the L2; Nayuki's qrcodegen made header-only

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-10-10 09:59:35 +02:00
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MeshCore Solo

MeshCore Solo

Solo is a MeshCore companion firmware that works on its own: messages, contacts, GPS navigation and tools right on the device, no phone needed. The phone app still connects as with the stock firmware, over Bluetooth or USB.

Try it in your browser: solo.marekzegarek.com

What it does

  • Messages without a phone: channels, direct messages and rooms, with quick replies, live placeholders ({loc}, {time}, sensor readings) and keyboards for Latin, Cyrillic, Greek and European diacritics.
  • GPS navigation: trail recording with GPX export, waypoints, a compass, navigate to any node, waypoint or shared location, live location sharing and a geofence alert (Locator).
  • Nearby nodes: who's around, signal and distance, ping, and remote admin of your repeaters and rooms.
  • Tools: clock with alarm, timer and stopwatch, a remote bot that answers commands over the mesh, repeater mode, a ringtone editor, and a status screen with the radio, GPS, battery and mesh counters.
  • Screen lock with an optional PIN.
  • On the Wio Tracker L2: an offline map, message history on the SD card, the SD card as a USB drive, updates over WiFi.

Devices

The firmware is the same everywhere; how you drive it depends on the device. These docs mark the differences with notes like this:

Note

Wio Tracker L2: what's different on the touch screen.

Group Devices Controls
Joystick Wio Tracker L1 (OLED / e-ink), GAT562 30S, GAT562 Watch13, Heltec V3/V4 with a joystick Four directions, Enter, Back
Keyboard M5Stack Cardputer ADV, T-Echo Lite + KeyShield, any board with a CardKB Keys; arrows or their Fn combinations for the directions
Touch Wio Tracker L2 Taps, swipes and holds; two side buttons
OLED E-ink Wio Tracker L2
Clock page A channel Home screen

The joystick and keyboard devices share one interface, sized for small OLED and e-ink screens. The Wio Tracker L2 has its own, built for a 320 × 240 colour touch screen, with extras its hardware allows: an offline map, message history on the SD card and updates over WiFi.

Pages

  • Getting started: controls, the home screen and its quick panels, the phone app, updates
  • Messages: channels, direct messages, rooms, typing
  • Contacts: nearby nodes, favourites, remote admin
  • Navigation: GPS, trail, waypoints, compass, sharing your location, the map
  • Tools: clock tools, bot, repeater, ringtones, the Status screen
  • Settings: what is where
  • Screen lock: locking, auto-lock, PIN
  • Hardware: external keyboards and joysticks, e-ink, SD card, WiFi

For developers: UI Core, UI framework, build flags, feature matrix.

Contributors

Big thanks to the people who contributed to Solo: vanous, marczykm, tchellow and 3urobeat.

Built on MeshCore and the work of its community.