Modified radio channel config options and added a broadcast function …

…so the BBS can send broadcast messages on a preconfigured channel index

README.md

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MBBS is a simple BBS system for use with Meshtastic. It is designed to be modula
 ![Screenshot of Android app with the default Tic Tac Toe example game](images/MBBS-Screenshot-TicTacToe.png?raw=true "Tic Tac Toe example game")
 
 # Status
-This project is very much incomplete. It has not been extensively tested and certainly contains strange bugs. Contributions and bug reports are welcome.
+This project is very much incomplete. It has not been extensively tested and probbably contains strange bugs. Contributions, bug reports, and feature requests are welcome.
 
 # Inspiration
 This project was inspired in part by the following projects:

config.toml.example

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [main]
 activate_keyword = "bbs"
-radio_channel = 1
+radio_channel_index = 1
 log_level = "DEBUG"
 
 [interface_mesh_tcp]

interfaces/comm_interface_meshtastic_tcp.py

@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@
 '''
 
 class CommInterfaceMeshtasticTCP(CommInterface):
-    def __init__(self, radio_ip: str, channel_index: int) -> None:
+    def __init__(self, radio_ip: str, bc_channel_index: int) -> None:
         self.radio_ip = radio_ip
-        self.channel_index = channel_index
+        self.bc_channel_index = bc_channel_index
         self.interface = meshtastic.tcp_interface.TCPInterface(self.radio_ip, connectNow=True)
 
         self.monitor_thread = threading.Thread(target=self.check_socket_closed)
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ def __init__(self, radio_ip: str, channel_index: int) -> None:
     def on_connection(self, interface: CommInterface, topic=pub.AUTO_TOPIC) -> None: 
         # defaults to broadcast, specify a destination ID if you wish
         logger.info("Connected to radio.")
-        #interface.sendText("BBS Online!")
+        self.send_broadcast("BBS Online!")
 
     '''
     Called when we lose connection to the radio
@@ -45,9 +45,17 @@ def send_text(self, text: str, user_id: str) -> None:
         self.interface.sendText(
             text,
             user_id,
-            wantAck=True,
-            channelIndex=self.channel_index
-            #onResponse=self.menu.option_handler(packet, self.interface)
+            wantAck=True
+        )
+
+    '''
+    Send broadcast message on configured channel index
+    '''
+    def send_broadcast(self, text:str) -> None:
+        self.interface.sendText(
+            text,
+            channelIndex=self.bc_channel_index,
+            wantAck=True
         )
 
     '''

mbbs.py

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     # Meshtastic radio TCP interface
     try:
         radio_ip = config["interface_mesh_tcp"]["radio_ip"]
-        radio_channel = config["main"]["radio_channel"]
+        radio_channel = config["main"]["radio_channel_index"]
     except: 
         logger.error("Unable to read radio's TCP config options from config.toml. Continuing without it.")
     else:
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     # Meshtastic radio serial interface
     try:
         radio_device = config["interface_mesh_serial"]["serial_device"]
-        radio_channel = config["main"]["radio_channel"]
+        radio_channel = config["main"]["radio_channel_index"]
     except:
         logger.error("Unable to read serial device path from config.toml. Continuing without it.")
     else: