Linux

Update your OS

First, update your OS

sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade

Access to USB Serial

Add your user to the dialout group, change $USER to your user name. This allows your user to access the USB serial device.

sudo usermod -a -G dialout $USER

You'll need to logout and back in again.

Flash the companion

Info

If you've already flashed your companion with the MeshCore firmware you can flashing the companion.

Important

Make sure you flash with "Companion USB" not "Companion Bluetooth"

TODO

Install needed software

Install pipx then meshcore-cli

sudo apt install pipx
pipx install meshcore-cli

Logout and back in again.

Find the USB device

meshcli -l

Output probably looks like this, you'll want to use the USB one:

BLE devices:
 No BLE HW

Serial ports:
 /dev/ttyS0         n/a [n/a]
 /dev/ttyUSB0       CP2102 USB to UART Bridge Controller - CP2102 USB to UART Bridge Controller [USB VID:PID=10C4:EA60 SER=0001 LOCATION=1-1]