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Paul Gardner-Stephen add info for 2nd generation Mesh Extender
+++ main_page [02/04/2018 20:37] (current)
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.
-===== 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.
+==== Second-Generation Serval Mesh Extender ====
+The [[content:meshextender:2ng|Second-Generation Mesh Extenders]] are the current generation of Mesh Extender hardware, and continue to be under active development.
+{{: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)
   * Integrated LiFEPO4/LiIon/Sealed-Lead-Acid battery charger
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   * Fully interoperable with first generation Mesh Extenders
-First-Generation Mesh Extenders:
+==== First-Generation Mesh Extenders (deprecated) ====
+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.
+{{:content:meshextender:meshextender-2014-02-11.jpg?180 |Pair of Serval Mesh Extenders on bench}}
   * 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.
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   * acts as a [[:content:tech:Rhizome]] node, storing and forwarding files and [[:content:tech:MeshMS]] messages
   * provides a platform for future Serval Project initiatives, such as the commoditisation of many classes of medical monitoring devices.
+===== Satellite based services =====
+==== Outernet DreamCatcher ====
+The following link explains our method to get a DreamCatcher working : [[Dreamcatcher|Dreamcatcher]]
 ===== Trial Deployments & Exercises =====

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