LoRa Scanner: a MeshCore preset, and its packets read

- MeshCore joins the presets (EU/UK Narrow: 869.618 MHz, 62.5 kHz, SF8,
  CR 4/8, sync 0x12), after the Meshtastic ones so stored choices keep
  their number; `lora preset MeshCore` on the console
- lib/meshcore reads what MeshCore sends in clear: header, path, and a
  node's advert (name, kind, key, position)
- the list row, the details, a Capture's viewer and the console echo read
  a packet by the sync word it was received on
- the bandwidth is printed as 62.5, not 62

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_0162FokPdvY2KsS4NBfwyWPk
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co-authored by Claude Opus 5.5
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#include "meshcore_packet.h"
#include <cstring>
namespace roro::meshcore {
namespace {
int32_t le32(const uint8_t* p) { return static_cast<int32_t>(p[0] | p[1] << 8 | p[2] << 16 | static_cast<uint32_t>(p[3]) << 24); }
constexpr size_t kMaxPath = 64, kMaxPayload = 184;
} // namespace
bool parsePacket(const uint8_t* data, size_t len, Packet& out) {
if (!data || len < 2) return false;
uint8_t header = data[0];
if (header >> 6) return false; // versions 1 to 3 are reserved
uint8_t type = (header >> 2) & 0x0F;
if (type >= 0xC && type <= 0xE) return false; // reserved
Packet p;
p.route = static_cast<Route>(header & 0x03);
p.type = static_cast<Payload>(type);
size_t at = 1;
p.hasTransport = p.route == Route::TransportFlood || p.route == Route::TransportDirect;
if (p.hasTransport) {
if (len < at + 5) return false;
p.transport[0] = static_cast<uint16_t>(data[at] | data[at + 1] << 8);
p.transport[1] = static_cast<uint16_t>(data[at + 2] | data[at + 3] << 8);
at += 4;
}
uint8_t pathLen = data[at++];
p.hops = pathLen & 0x3F;
p.hashSize = static_cast<uint8_t>((pathLen >> 6) + 1);
size_t pathBytes = static_cast<size_t>(p.hops) * p.hashSize;
if (p.hashSize > 3 || pathBytes > kMaxPath || at + pathBytes > len) return false;
p.path = data + at;
at += pathBytes;
p.payload = data + at;
p.payloadLen = len - at;
if (p.payloadLen > kMaxPayload) return false;
out = p;
return true;
}
bool parseAdvert(const Packet& p, Advert& out) {
constexpr size_t kFixed = 32 + 4 + 64; // key, timestamp, signature
if (p.type != Payload::Advert || p.payloadLen < kFixed + 1) return false;
Advert a;
std::memcpy(a.key, p.payload, 32);
a.timestamp = static_cast<uint32_t>(le32(p.payload + 32));
const uint8_t* app = p.payload + kFixed;
size_t left = p.payloadLen - kFixed;
uint8_t flags = app[0];
size_t at = 1;
a.kind = flags & 0x0F;
if (flags & 0x10) {
if (left < at + 8) return false;
a.hasLocation = true;
a.latE6 = le32(app + at);
a.lonE6 = le32(app + at + 4);
at += 8;
}
if (flags & 0x20) at += 2; // two reserved fields
if (flags & 0x40) at += 2;
if (at > left) return false;
if (flags & 0x80)
for (; at < left && app[at]; ++at) a.name += app[at] >= 0x20 && app[at] < 0x7F ? static_cast<char>(app[at]) : '?';
out = a;
return true;
}
const char* routeName(Route r) {
switch (r) {
case Route::TransportFlood: return "flood in a region";
case Route::Flood: return "flood";
case Route::Direct: return "direct";
case Route::TransportDirect: return "direct in a region";
}
return "?";
}
const char* payloadName(Payload t) {
switch (t) {
case Payload::Request: return "request";
case Payload::Response: return "response";
case Payload::Text: return "text message";
case Payload::Ack: return "ack";
case Payload::Advert: return "advert";
case Payload::GroupText: return "channel message";
case Payload::GroupData: return "channel data";
case Payload::AnonRequest: return "anonymous request";
case Payload::Path: return "returned path";
case Payload::Trace: return "trace";
case Payload::Multipart: return "multipart";
case Payload::Control: return "control";
case Payload::RawCustom: return "custom";
}
return "?";
}
const char* payloadShort(Payload t) {
switch (t) {
case Payload::Request: return "req";
case Payload::Response: return "rsp";
case Payload::Text: return "txt";
case Payload::Ack: return "ack";
case Payload::Advert: return "adv";
case Payload::GroupText: return "chan";
case Payload::GroupData: return "cdat";
case Payload::AnonRequest: return "anon";
case Payload::Path: return "path";
case Payload::Trace: return "trace";
case Payload::Multipart: return "multi";
case Payload::Control: return "ctl";
case Payload::RawCustom: return "raw";
}
return "?";
}
const char* kindName(uint8_t kind) {
switch (kind) {
case 1: return "Chat node";
case 2: return "Repeater";
case 3: return "Room server";
case 4: return "Sensor";
}
return "Node";
}
} // namespace roro::meshcore
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#pragma once
#include <cstddef>
#include <cstdint>
#include <string>
// MeshCore's packets as they are on air (its docs/packet_format.md and docs/payloads.md). Only
// what is sent in clear is read: the header, the path, and a node's advertisement.
namespace roro::meshcore {
// Radio settings: RadioLib's "private" sync word, and the preset its EU/UK networks use.
constexpr uint8_t kSyncWord = 0x12;
constexpr uint16_t kPreambleLength = 16;
constexpr const char* kPresetName = "MeshCore"; // "EU/UK (Narrow)" in its apps
constexpr uint32_t kEuNarrowHz = 869618000;
constexpr float kEuNarrowBwKHz = 62.5f;
constexpr uint8_t kEuNarrowSf = 8, kEuNarrowCr = 8;
// The first byte of the SHA-256 of the public channel's key (izOH6cXN6mrJ5e26oRXNcg==): what a
// group message on the channel every node has starts with.
constexpr uint8_t kPublicChannelHash = 0x11;
enum class Route : uint8_t { TransportFlood = 0, Flood = 1, Direct = 2, TransportDirect = 3 };
enum class Payload : uint8_t {
Request = 0x0, Response = 0x1, Text = 0x2, Ack = 0x3, Advert = 0x4, GroupText = 0x5, GroupData = 0x6,
AnonRequest = 0x7, Path = 0x8, Trace = 0x9, Multipart = 0xA, Control = 0xB, RawCustom = 0xF,
};
struct Packet {
Route route = Route::Flood;
Payload type = Payload::Request;
bool hasTransport = false;
uint16_t transport[2] = {0, 0}; // the first is the region's; the second is reserved
uint8_t hops = 0; // entries in the path
uint8_t hashSize = 1; // bytes each
const uint8_t* path = nullptr; // hops * hashSize bytes
const uint8_t* payload = nullptr;
size_t payloadLen = 0;
bool flood() const { return route == Route::Flood || route == Route::TransportFlood; }
// Sent to one node from one node, each named by the first byte of its key.
bool addressed() const { return type == Payload::Request || type == Payload::Response || type == Payload::Text || type == Payload::Path; }
bool group() const { return type == Payload::GroupText || type == Payload::GroupData; }
};
// False when the bytes can't be a MeshCore packet: a version other than the first, a reserved
// type, or a path longer than what follows.
bool parsePacket(const uint8_t* data, size_t len, Packet& out);
// A node saying who it is, signed: never encrypted.
struct Advert {
uint8_t key[32];
uint32_t timestamp = 0; // the node's clock, seconds since 1970
uint8_t kind = 0; // 1 chat, 2 repeater, 3 room server, 4 sensor
bool hasLocation = false;
int32_t latE6 = 0, lonE6 = 0;
std::string name; // printable ASCII kept, the rest as '?'
};
bool parseAdvert(const Packet& p, Advert& out);
const char* routeName(Route r); // "flood", "direct", ...
const char* payloadName(Payload t); // "advert", "text", ...
const char* payloadShort(Payload t); // for a list row: "adv", "txt", ...
const char* kindName(uint8_t kind); // "Chat node", "Repeater", ...
} // namespace roro::meshcore