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Robin Bonnin 		main_page [02/04/2018 20:37]
Paul Gardner-Stephen [Serval Mesh Extender (Formerly Mesh Helper)]
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 **[[content:servalmaps:main_page|Serval Maps]]** is an Android app that uses [[content:servalmesh:|Serval Mesh]] to provide collaborative, infrastructure-independent, geographical mapping. **[[content:servalmaps:main_page|Serval Maps]]** is an Android app that uses [[content:servalmesh:|Serval Mesh]] to provide collaborative, infrastructure-independent, geographical mapping.
  
-===== Serval Mesh Extender (Formerly Mesh Helper) =====+===== Serval Mesh Extender =====
  
-{{:content:meshextender:meshextender-2014-02-11.jpg?180 |Pair of Serval Mesh Extenders on bench}} The **[[content:meshextender:main_page|Serval Mesh Extender]]** is a hardware device that helps other devices to join and participate in a [[:content:servalmesh:|Serval Mesh]] network.+The **[[content:meshextender:main_page|Serval Mesh Extender]]** is a hardware device that helps other devices to join and participate in a [[:content:servalmesh:|Serval Mesh]] network. 
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 +==== Second-Generation Serval Mesh Extender ==== 
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 +The [[content:meshextender:2ng|Second-Generation Mesh Extenders]] are the current generation of Mesh Extender hardware, and continue to be under active development. 
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 +{{:content:meshextender:front_3-4.jpg?200|}}
  
-[[content:meshextender:2ng|Second-Generation Mesh Extenders]]: 
   * powered by external USB, 12v/24v automotive and/or solar (with MTTP tracking charge controller)   * powered by external USB, 12v/24v automotive and/or solar (with MTTP tracking charge controller)
   * Integrated LiFEPO4/LiIon/Sealed-Lead-Acid battery charger   * Integrated LiFEPO4/LiIon/Sealed-Lead-Acid battery charger
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   * Fully interoperable with first generation Mesh Extenders   * Fully interoperable with first generation Mesh Extenders
  
-First-Generation Mesh Extenders:+==== First-Generation Mesh Extenders (deprecated) ==== 
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 +The earlier phase of development was based around TP-Link MR3020 wireless routers, and is now fully deprecated.  For people wanting to build a Mesh Extender compatible device, they should refer to the second-generation Mesh Extender documentation above, as it is possible to build a compatible device using a GL-INET AR150 wireless router, which is superior in all ways to the TP-LINK MR3020, not the least being that the GL-INET devices have an open boot-loader, a proper header for the onboard UART, four times the flash, and twice the RAM. 
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 +{{:content:meshextender:meshextender-2014-02-11.jpg?180 |Pair of Serval Mesh Extenders on bench}}  
   * powered by any external USB power source (5V 500mA)   * powered by any external USB power source (5V 500mA)
   * Mesh Extenders mesh together over short distances using Ad Hoc Wi-Fi, and over longer distances using packet radio on the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISM_band|ISM 915 MHz band]].  Our ad-hoc packet radio system uses the RFD900 long-range UHF radio with custom CSMA firmware.   * Mesh Extenders mesh together over short distances using Ad Hoc Wi-Fi, and over longer distances using packet radio on the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISM_band|ISM 915 MHz band]].  Our ad-hoc packet radio system uses the RFD900 long-range UHF radio with custom CSMA firmware.
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