ScotMesh: Drop the 433 MHz profile: it has been scrapped, ScotMesh is 868 MHz only

2026-09-17T12:36:45Z

Drop the 433 MHz profile: it has been scrapped, ScotMesh is 868 MHz only

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	=== Two LoRa radios cannot hear each other ===		=== Two LoRa radios cannot hear each other ===

	Frequency, bandwidth, spreading factor and coding rate must match exactly. A mismatch gives no error; the radios are simply deaf to each other. Compare against the [[RNode\|ScotMesh ~~profiles~~]]. Then check the antenna is for the right band and actually connected: transmitting into no antenna at 22 dBm can damage the radio.		Frequency, bandwidth, spreading factor and coding rate must match exactly. A mismatch gives no error; the radios are simply deaf to each other. Compare against the [[RNode\|ScotMesh profile]]. Then check the antenna is for the right band and actually connected: transmitting into no antenna at 22 dBm can damage the radio.

	=== Everything worked yesterday ===		=== Everything worked yesterday ===

ScotMesh: Point people at the ScotMesh Discord first

2026-09-11T15:00:40Z

Point people at the ScotMesh Discord first

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	== Still stuck ==		== Still stuck ==

	Ask in [[The chat room\|the chat room]] if you can reach it, or on the [https://~~scotmesh~~.~~uk forum~~] if you cannot. Include the output of <code>rnstatus</code> and what you expected to happen.		Ask in [[The chat room\|the chat room]] if you can reach it, or on the [https://discord.gg/ytxfyuDmSt ScotMesh Discord] if you cannot. Include the output of <code>rnstatus</code> and what you expected to happen.

	[[Category:Operations]]		[[Category:Operations]]

ScotMesh: Added after the move to MediaWiki

2026-09-11T14:50:12Z

Added after the move to MediaWiki

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-''Outline — the shape of the page, not the page. Expand or replace freely.''
+Symptom first, then the usual cause and what to do. Start with the three commands, then find your symptom below. Faults that took someone more than an hour to work out have their own entries in [[Known bugs and workarounds]].
-Symptom first, cause second. Write entries as you hit things, not in advance.
+== The three commands ==
-== To cover ==
+{| class="wikitable"
-* Interface shows Down
+If you installed Reticulum in a virtual environment, use the full path, for example <code>~/reticulum/bin/rnstatus</code>. In MeshChatX the same information is on the Interfaces page and in its log.
-* No path to a destination
-* Client hangs establishing a link
+== Reading rnstatus ==
-* Node never appears on anyone else’s node list
-* Useful commands: <code>rnstatus</code>, <code>rnpath</code>, <code>rnprobe</code>, and reading the daemon log
+<syntaxhighlight lang="text">TCPInterface[ScotMesh Backbone/rns.scotmesh.net:4242]
 [[Category:Operations]]

ScotMesh: Imported from the BookStack wiki (backup 2026-09-11)

2026-09-11T14:49:33Z

Imported from the BookStack wiki (backup 2026-09-11)

New page

''Outline — the shape of the page, not the page. Expand or replace freely.''

Symptom first, cause second. Write entries as you hit things, not in advance.

== To cover ==

* Interface shows Down
* No path to a destination
* Client hangs establishing a link
* Node never appears on anyone else’s node list
* Useful commands: <code>rnstatus</code>, <code>rnpath</code>, <code>rnprobe</code>, and reading the daemon log

[[Category:Operations]]

Troubleshooting - Revision history

ScotMesh: Drop the 433 MHz profile: it has been scrapped, ScotMesh is 868 MHz only

ScotMesh: Point people at the ScotMesh Discord first

ScotMesh: Added after the move to MediaWiki

ScotMesh: Imported from the BookStack wiki (backup 2026-09-11)