I received my WisMesh Pocket last week, and set it up with latest Meshtastic firmware, it worked flawlessly… for 1 week. I had it always on and wired into a USB port in my car as a mobile node to replace the T-Echo.
Yesterday I discovered that the device no longer turns on. The screen is dead, and buttons do nothing. When the USB power is plugged in, I see a solid red light at the bottom. Battery voltage is at 3.9v.
When I plug it into a computer I hear the USB connected/disconnected sound every ~2s. Device Manager shows that USB Serial Device (COM9) connect/disconnect loops.
I tried holding the reset button + plugging in the USB power - did nothing.
Is the device borked? I waited for for it for a few months, so this is a huge bummer.
Hey, I have a new node that has done the exact same thing. It was working for a couple of days and then it just died. When I plug it into the client.meshtastic.org and try to view the firmware, I get “unknown” for everything. I had flashed it with 4.5.2.5b45303. Is that the same firmware you used? I was just about to mount this to the roof of my house, but now I’m second guessing. Maybe there is a bad batch?
Another update: I’ve been running 2.3.15 for 1 month and the node was completely unstable/unusable. This included the follow issues:
Node would self-reset to firmware defaults every few days
After some time, it stopped charging completely and would only work while plugged in
Finally (yesterday) it reset itself again and I was unable to even pair with it
Yesterday, I re-flashed i with 2.5.4 alpha, on first boot I received fault code #12. After a few reboots the error went away and it appears to be stable for the last 12hrs and is holding a charge.
So far I’m less than impressed with the device, which is kinda odd since I have a Wisblock (which uses the same radio module I believe) in a solar enclosure on my roof for like 8 months and that thing is rock solid. Been on the whole time, with zero issues.
Don’t you think it is unfair to blame the hardware for an imperfect firmware?
As you stated, you have WisBlock hardware running for months without problems, and so do I. My indoor temperature & humidity sensor is now up for 2 years, with recharging the battery every 5 months.
On the other side I have a Meshtastic Sensor network setup with RAK4631’s that were used without problems in other projects before without any problems. The 6 devices in this Meshtastic Sensor network are not working reliable, I had (like you) hanging devices, self-rebooting devices and one case of complete self-erase of the flash.
Meshtastic is good, but it is under development and it has its problems. You might better complain about your problems to them, not to us.
That would be a fair statement, however WisMesh Pocket device is advertised a “perfect start to explore and use the Meshtastic LoRa Mesh Network. Pre-flashed with the Meshtastic firmware”.
I would expect that it functions normally with the firmware that it ships with. I don’t think this is too much to ask. Since last time, I’ve been trying different firmware versions (stable, beta, alpha) and they all experience the same issue - firmware reverts to factory defaults after some time, rendering this device useless for my applications.
I’m not sure if this is the fault of the hardware or firmware, I’m just reporting my findings here. Am I the only person having this issue with this particular device?
