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LoRa

These commands are available three ways — in the FREE-WILi GUI app, in a serial terminal, and on the device itself. See Connecting it to a computer for how to reach them.

Configure​

https://meshtastic.org/docs/configuration/radio/lora/

How to use it — press c. At the prompt, enter: freqHz sf bwEnc cr power [preamble] [sync hex] (bw 0/1/2=125/250/500k; cr 5-8; pwr -9..22).

What you enter — freq_hz, sf, bw_enc, cr, power, preamble, sync.

Send​

Transmits a LoRa packet

How to use it — press s. At the prompt, enter: payload bytes (hex, space-separated).

What you enter — data.

RX Enable​

RX control: 0 = standby (radio idle, no RX, low power) 1 = receive (RX armed; packets print as 'lora' events) default 1 (RX on); not persisted across reboot

How to use it — press r. At the prompt, enter: 0 (standby) or 1 (receive).

What you enter — mode.

Status​

WIO-E5 bridge status (a 'lora' STATUS event): state: IDLE/RX/TX/SLEEP chip: raw SX126x status byte rssi: live channel, dBm rxPkts/polls/rxBytes/cmds: counters rxBytes+cmds rising = DISPLAY<->WIO link alive

How to use it — press t.

Raw Frame​

Sends a raw framed command to the bridge (advanced)

How to use it — press f. At the prompt, enter: cmd (hex8), then payload bytes (hex).

What you enter — cmd, payload.

See also: LoRa panel — the on-screen panel for this.