Add a beacon frequency slot and move the offer channel to an index - #1049
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BroadcastTarget gains an optional frequency_slot so a target can pin the slot it transmits on instead of only deriving one from its channel name. 1-based, to match Config.LoRaConfig.channel_num; unset still derives, so a region with a mandated slot and a mesh on the default name hash both keep working untouched. MeshBeaconConfig gains the same for the advertised offer. broadcast_offer_channel, an inline ChannelSettings, becomes broadcast_offer_channel_index, matching what broadcast_targets already does. One entry point for channel data, free referential validation, and the admin round-trip stops carrying a second copy of a name and PSK. That more than pays for the new fields: ModuleConfig drops 244 -> 227 even with frequency_slot added, and a fully populated admin message encodes to 173 of the 233-byte LoRa ceiling, against 219 before. MeshBeacon gains offer_frequency_slot for the on-air side, omitted whenever a receiver could derive the slot from the region, channel name and preset it is already being sent. Tag 3 on BroadcastTarget was only a comment gap; make it a formal reserved.
📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe protobuf schema replaces embedded mesh beacon channel settings with channel-table indexes. It adds optional frequency-slot fields for broadcast targets, mesh beacon configuration, and mesh beacon advertisements. ChangesMesh Beacon Schema
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In `@meshtastic/module_config.proto`:
- Around line 885-886: Update MeshBeaconConfig to preserve the deprecated
broadcast_offer_channel compatibility field at tag 5 while using
broadcast_offer_channel_index for the replacement, and migrate or map legacy
values as needed; alternatively, update the approved breaking-change baseline if
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Preserve MeshBeaconConfig.broadcast_offer_channel or update the breaking baseline.
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In `@meshtastic/module_config.proto` around lines 885 - 886, Update
MeshBeaconConfig to preserve the deprecated broadcast_offer_channel
compatibility field at tag 5 while using broadcast_offer_channel_index for the
replacement, and migrate or map legacy values as needed; alternatively, update
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Pull request overview
Adds explicit frequency-slot support for mesh beacon targets and offers while replacing inline offer channels with channel-table indexes.
Changes:
- Adds 1-based optional frequency-slot fields.
- References offer channels by channel-table index.
- Removes obsolete nanopb limits for inline offer channels.
File summaries
| File | Description |
|---|---|
meshtastic/module_config.proto |
Updates beacon configuration and target schemas. |
meshtastic/module_config.options |
Removes obsolete inline-channel limits. |
meshtastic/mesh_beacon.proto |
Adds the advertised frequency slot. |
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| // Tag 3 was an embedded ChannelSettings; replaced by channel_index (tag 4). | ||
| reserved 3; |
| /* | ||
| * Frequency slot to advertise, 1-based, matching Config.LoRaConfig.channel_num. | ||
| * Unset means the receiver can derive it from the advertised region, channel name and | ||
| * preset - which covers a region that mandates a slot, and a mesh on the default hash. | ||
| * Set it only where the mesh deliberately pins a non-default slot. Do not send 0. |
A broadcast target and the advertised offer can only describe the frequency slot they use by implication, through the hash of a channel name. A mesh that pins a slot cannot describe itself:
channel_num == 0means "derive fromhash(channel_name)", so advertising a name whose hash resolves elsewhere advertises the wrong frequency (#11516). This addsfrequency_slottoBroadcastTarget,broadcast_offer_frequency_slottoMeshBeaconConfig, andoffer_frequency_slotto the on-airMeshBeacon. All are 1-based to matchConfig.LoRaConfig.channel_num; unset means derive, and 0 must not be sent.The offer channel moves from an inline
ChannelSettingstobroadcast_offer_channel_index, a slot in the device's channel table. That gives channel data one entry point rather than two, and frees roughly 57 bytes in the admin message — which is what lets the new fields fit inside the LoRa payload ceiling. Tag 5 is reserved, andBroadcastTargetgainsreserved 3for the embeddedChannelSettingsthatchannel_indexalready replaced.offer_frequency_slotis populated only when a receiver could not derive the same slot itself from the offered region, channel name and preset, so a mesh on a derivable slot spends no bytes on it.Firmware side: meshtastic/firmware#11662.
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buf breakingjob will flag this.buf.yamlsetsbreaking.use: [FILE], whoseFIELD_NO_DELETEis not satisfied by areservedstatement — only theWIRE/WIRE_JSONvariants are. So the deletion ofbroadcast_offer_channel(tag 5) is expected to be reported.Intentional, and the same call already made twice on this message: #1047 removed
broadcast_send_as_node(tag 3), #1048 removedbroadcast_on_channel/broadcast_on_region/broadcast_on_preset(tags 8-10). Both reserved the number and the name, and both were merged withbuildred for exactly this rule.The justification is unchanged from those two:
MeshBeaconConfighas still not reached a tagged release —git tag --contains 369550bis empty — andbroadcast_offer_channelhas no consumer outside the firmware repo.A firmware change must land with the submodule bump. Like #1048 and unlike #1047, this leaves no dead code behind to clean up separately:
AdminModule.cppandMeshBeaconModule.cppreadbroadcast_offer_channeldirectly, so bumping the submodule without meshtastic/firmware#11662 will not compile.Summary by CodeRabbit