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[Feature Request]: Add request telemetry feature to android app
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Hi, As 2.7.13 firmware release stopped sending telemetry by default, which is in my opinion very good decision, I think it's time to allow manually request telemetry from remote node. For now this feature is only available via MeshTastic-CLI with the command like this:
┌──(root💀ubuntu-dom)-[~] └─# meshtastic -t 10.4.0.XXX --request-telemetry --dest '!8c2b2472' Connected to radio Sending device_metrics telemetry request to !8c2b2472 on channelIndex:0 (this could take a while) Telemetry received: Battery level: 92.00% Voltage: 4.09 V Total channel utilization: 22.18% Transmit air utilization: 2.15% Uptime: 45030 s
It would be really good to enable this feature from the Android app as it is not sent automatically by firmware since 2.7.13
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The useful part from the python codebase
if args.request_telemetry:
if args.dest == BROADCAST_ADDR:
meshtastic.util.our_exit("Warning: Must use a destination node ID.")
else:
channelIndex = mt_config.channel_index or 0
if checkChannel(interface, channelIndex):
telemMap = {
"device": "device_metrics",
"environment": "environment_metrics",
"air_quality": "air_quality_metrics",
"airquality": "air_quality_metrics",
"power": "power_metrics",
"localstats": "local_stats",
"local_stats": "local_stats",
}
telemType = telemMap.get(args.request_telemetry, "device_metrics")
print(
f"Sending {telemType} telemetry request to {args.dest} on channelIndex:{channelIndex} (this could take a while)"
)
interface.sendTelemetry(
destinationId=args.dest,
wantResponse=True,
channelIndex=channelIndex,
telemetryType=telemType,
)
