Using the App

The Mode-X Mesh app is the main way to control your node. It connects over Bluetooth when you are nearby and still gives useful information when your node is online through Wi-Fi.

Main screens

Dashboard shows your node at a glance: name, role, peers, signal, battery, internet path and recent messages.

Nodes shows nearby and known nodes, including signal and last-seen information.

Messages is where you send General, channel and direct messages.

Map shows opted-in nodes and the area covered by the mesh.

Mesh shows deeper network health such as routes, neighbours and role advice.

Pairing and reconnecting

The app remembers your node after pairing. When Bluetooth is available and the node is nearby, it should reconnect automatically. If you are away from the node, the app can still show server-backed status when the node has Wi-Fi internet.

Internet paths

A node can work without internet. Internet is only needed for wider features such as the public map, cloud-backed bot messages and remote visibility.

The app can help with two internet paths:

• Node Wi-Fi, where the node joins your Wi-Fi as a station.
• Phone tether, where the phone provides a temporary link over Bluetooth.

The Internet screen should always show the current path clearly.

Notifications

The app should notify you for messages from other people, MX-Bot replies and important node changes. It should not notify you for your own sent messages or old history being synced into the app.

Role changes are quiet notifications. They are there to explain why a node has changed job, without being noisy.