meshtastic/website/docs/settings/serial-plugin.md

---
id: serial-plugin
title: Serial Plugin Settings
sidebar_label: Serial Plugin
---

## Overview

This is a simple interface to send messages over the mesh network by sending strings over a serial port.

## Settings

| Setting | Acceptable Values | Default |
| :-----: | :---------------: | :-----: |
| serialplugin_enabled | `true`, `false` | `false` |
| serialplugin_echo | `true`, `false` | `false` |
| serialplugin_mode | `integer` | `0` |
| serialplugin_rxd | `integer` | `0` |
| serialplugin_timeout | `integer` (seconds) | `0` |
| serialplugin_txd | `integer` | `0` |

### serialplugin_enabled

Enables the plugin.

### serialplugin_echo

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### serialplugin_mode

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### serialplugin_rxd

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### serialplugin_timeout

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### serialplugin_txd

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## Details

### CLI Examples