Explore the powerful features of Meshtastic Node Mapper through visual examples.
The heart of the application - visualize your entire mesh network on an interactive map with real-time updates.
Key Features:
- Real-time node positioning
- Color-coded status indicators (online/offline)
- Search and filter nodes
- Zoom and pan controls
- Multiple map layer options
Customize your map view with various display options:
Available Options:
- Toggle node clusters
- Show/hide neighbor connections
- Display coverage areas
- Enable routing path visualization
- Adjust marker styles and sizes
Browse all nodes in your network with detailed information at a glance:
Features:
- Sortable columns
- Quick status overview
- Hardware model identification
- Battery and signal strength indicators
- Last seen timestamps
Perform actions on individual or multiple nodes:
Available Actions:
- View detailed information
- Export node data
- Filter by status or hardware
- Bulk operations
- Quick navigation to map location
Get comprehensive details about any node in your network:
Information Displayed:
- Node identification (ID, hex ID, names)
- Hardware model and firmware version
- Current status and connection info
- GPS coordinates and altitude
- Battery level and voltage
- Signal strength (RSSI/SNR)
Dive deeper into node metrics and telemetry:
Detailed Metrics:
- Device telemetry (battery, voltage, temperature)
- Environmental sensors (humidity, pressure)
- Position history with timeline
- Message history
- Neighbor connections
View LoRa-specific settings and performance metrics:
LoRa Information:
- Channel configuration
- Spreading factor and bandwidth
- Coding rate
- Frequency settings
- Air time utilization
- Channel utilization percentage
Visualize how nodes connect to each other in your mesh network:
Graph Features:
- Interactive node connections
- Signal strength visualization
- Hop count display
- Network structure analysis
- Identify network bottlenecks
- Find isolated nodes
Monitor your network's health and performance:
Key Metrics:
- Total nodes and online count
- Message traffic statistics
- Hardware distribution
- Network uptime
- Active connections
Deep dive into network analytics:
Analytics Include:
- Message patterns over time
- Top talkers (most active nodes)
- Channel utilization trends
- Battery level distribution
- Signal quality analysis
- Network growth trends
Track all MQTT messages flowing through your network:
Monitoring Features:
- Live message stream
- Message type filtering
- Topic subscription management
- Payload inspection
- Message rate statistics
- Connection status
- Error tracking
Add custom links for quick access to external resources:
Custom Link Features:
- Add links to external tools
- Quick access to related services
- Organize by category
- Custom icons and labels
- Open in new tab or same window
Personalize your experience with user-specific settings:
Customizable Settings:
- Display preferences
- Theme selection (light/dark)
- Map default view
- Notification preferences
- Data refresh intervals
- Export format defaults
- Language selection
- Manage multiple mesh networks from one interface
- Switch between networks seamlessly
- Compare network performance
- Cross-network analytics
- Visualize signal coverage areas
- Identify coverage gaps
- Plan optimal node placement
- Terrain-aware analysis
- Export in multiple formats (CSV, JSON, KML, GeoJSON)
- Scheduled automated exports
- Backup and restore functionality
- Custom field selection
- Responsive design for phones and tablets
- Touch-optimized controls
- Offline mode for field use
- GPS integration
- Reduced data usage
- User authentication and authorization
- Role-based access control
- API key management
- Secure session handling
- Rate limiting
- WebSocket-based live updates
- Instant node status changes
- Real-time message notifications
- Live telemetry streaming
- Connection status monitoring
Ready to explore these features?
- Install: Follow the Installation Guide
- Learn: Read the User Guide
- Configure: Set up your MQTT connection
- Documentation: Complete User Guide
- Troubleshooting: Common Issues
- Support: GitHub Issues
Want to see more? Check out the User Guide for detailed instructions on using each feature.