Meshtastic Firmware Release Notes
This is where I will be adding my own understanding on what each release note does in a simple easy way to explain it.
Meshtastic Firmware 2.5.6.ad8747d Alpha Pre-release
New Hardware / Module / Features
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RAK4631 Ethernet Gateway with working JSON output to MQTT by @beegee-tokyo in #4661
Alternate variant support for Ethernet Gateway module RAK13800 for MQTT+JSON uplink for RAK4631 (not on webflasher). -
Preliminary Othernet Dreamcatcher Support by @caveman99 in #4933
Support for Othernet Dreamcatcher board. -
Toggle Bluetooth with Fn+b shortcut by @HarukiToreda in #4977
New key combination to toggle Bluetooth on/off on Cardkb devices. -
Add health telemetry module by @fifieldt and @thebentern in #4927
New Health Telemetry module using the MLX90614 IR temperature and MAX30102 temperature/oxygen saturation/heart rate sensors. -
First version of a DeepSleep state for the RP2040 by @TheMalkavien in #4976
Initial support for DeepSleep for RP2040 (Raspberry Pi) boards.
Enhancements
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Which Module wants a UI Frame? by @fifieldt in #4967
Improvement to debug reporting. -
UserPrefs - Preconfigure up to 3 channels, GPS Mode by @medentem in #4930
Improvement to firmware building. -
Start of generating JSON manifest of macros in userPrefs.h by @thebentern in #4946
Improvement to firmware building. -
Coalesce duplicated method GetTimeSinceMeshPacket by @fifieldt in #4968
Cleanup for debug reporting. -
Upgrade nanopb by @thebentern in #4973
Improvement for Protobuf (Protocol Buffers, a data format used to serialize structured data).
Bug Fixes and Maintenance
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Remove unused Jlink monitoring files by @fifieldt in #4953
Maintenance. -
Retire PPR Boards by @fifieldt in #4956
PPR and PPR1 board variants removed. -
Retire LoRa-relay boards by @fifieldt in #4957
LoRa-relay board variants removed. -
Remove support for pca10056-rc-clock by @fifieldt in #4955
pca10056-rc-clock board variants removed. -
Fix storage of admin key when installing default config by @Mictronics in #4995
Fix storage of admin key after reset issue.