meshtastic/docs/settings/misc.md

---
id: misc
title: Miscellaneous Settings
sidebar_label: Miscellaneous
---
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import TabItem from '@theme/TabItem';


## Overview



## Settings

| Setting | Acceptable Values | Default |
| :-----: | :---------------: | :-----: |
| auto_screen_carousel_secs | `integer` (seconds) | `0` |
| debug_log_enabled | `true`, `false` | `false` |
| factory_reset | `true`, `false` | `false` |
| ignore_incoming | `string` – list of node nums to ignore | `0` |
| hop_limit | `0`-`7` | `0` |
| serial_disabled | `true`, `false` | `false` |


### auto_screen_carousel_secs

Automatically toggles to the next page on the screen like a carousel, based the specified interval in seconds. Potentially useful for devices without user buttons.

#### Configure auto_screen_carousel_secs

<Tabs
  groupId="settings"
  defaultValue="cli"
  values={[
    {label: 'CLI', value: 'cli'},
    {label: 'Android', value: 'android'},
    {label: 'iOS', value: 'iOS'},
    {label: 'Web', value: 'web'},
  ]}>
  <TabItem value="cli">

  ```bash title="Set auto_screen_carousel_secs to default"
  meshtastic --set auto_screen_carousel_secs 0
  ```
  ```bash title="Set auto_screen_carousel_secs to 120 seconds"
  meshtastic --set auto_screen_carousel_secs 120
  ```

  </TabItem>
  <TabItem value="android">

:::info
Configuring this setting is not yet available for the selected platform. If this is incorrect please update the documentation for this page.
:::

  </TabItem>
  <TabItem value="iOS">

:::info
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:::

  </TabItem>
  <TabItem value="web">

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  </TabItem>
</Tabs>

### debug_log_enabled

By default we turn off logging as soon as an API client connects (to keep shared serial link quiet and save bandwidth). Set this to true to leave the debug log outputting even when API is active.

#### Enable/Disable Debug Log

<Tabs
  groupId="settings"
  defaultValue="cli"
  values={[
    {label: 'CLI', value: 'cli'},
    {label: 'Android', value: 'android'},
    {label: 'iOS', value: 'iOS'},
    {label: 'Web', value: 'web'},
  ]}>
  <TabItem value="cli">

  ```bash title="Enable debug log"
  meshtastic --set debug_log_enabled true
  ```
  ```bash title="Disable debug log"
  meshtastic --set debug_log_enabled false
  ```

  </TabItem>
  <TabItem value="android">

:::info
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:::

  </TabItem>
  <TabItem value="iOS">

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:::

  </TabItem>
  <TabItem value="web">

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  </TabItem>
</Tabs>

### factory_reset

This setting is never saved to disk, but if set, all device settings will be returned to factory defaults. (Region, serial number etc... will be preserved)

#### Factory reset

<Tabs
  groupId="settings"
  defaultValue="cli"
  values={[
    {label: 'CLI', value: 'cli'},
    {label: 'Android', value: 'android'},
    {label: 'iOS', value: 'iOS'},
    {label: 'Web', value: 'web'},
  ]}>
  <TabItem value="cli">

  ```bash title="Example - Factory reset"
  meshtastic --set factory_reset true
  ```

  </TabItem>
  <TabItem value="android">

:::info
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:::

  </TabItem>
  <TabItem value="iOS">

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:::

  </TabItem>
  <TabItem value="web">

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  </TabItem>
</Tabs>

### ignore_incoming

If true, radio should not try to be smart about what packets to queue to the phone bool keep_all_packets = 101; If true, we will try to capture all the packets sent on the mesh, not just the ones destined to our node. bool promiscuous_mode = 102; For testing it is useful sometimes to force a node to never listen to particular other nodes (simulating radio out of range). All nodenums listed in ignore_incoming will have packets they send dropped on receive (by router.cpp)

#### Enable/Disable ignore_incoming

<Tabs
  groupId="settings"
  defaultValue="cli"
  values={[
    {label: 'CLI', value: 'cli'},
    {label: 'Android', value: 'android'},
    {label: 'iOS', value: 'iOS'},
    {label: 'Web', value: 'web'},
  ]}>
  <TabItem value="cli">

  ```bash title="Enable ignore_incoming"
  meshtastic --set ignore_incoming true
  ```
  ```bash title="Disable ignore_incoming"
  meshtastic --set ignore_incoming false
  ```

  </TabItem>
  <TabItem value="android">

:::info
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:::

  </TabItem>
  <TabItem value="iOS">

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  </TabItem>
  <TabItem value="web">

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  </TabItem>
</Tabs>

### serial_disabled

If set, this will disable the SerialConsole by not initializing the StreamAPI.

#### Enable/Disable Serial

<Tabs
  groupId="settings"
  defaultValue="cli"
  values={[
    {label: 'CLI', value: 'cli'},
    {label: 'Android', value: 'android'},
    {label: 'iOS', value: 'iOS'},
    {label: 'Web', value: 'web'},
  ]}>
  <TabItem value="cli">

  ```bash title="Enable serial"
  meshtastic --set serial_disabled false
  ```
  ```bash title="Disable serial"
  meshtastic --set serial_disabled true
  ```

  </TabItem>
  <TabItem value="android">

:::info
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:::

  </TabItem>
  <TabItem value="iOS">

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:::

  </TabItem>
  <TabItem value="web">

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  </TabItem>
</Tabs>

### hop_limit

Overrides the default number of hops a message will be passed. If not set, will default to 3 hops.

:::note
Meshtastic allows a maximum of 7 hops (this is a limit of the protocol). Setting a hop_limit of greater than 7 will be replaced with 7 on the device.
:::

#### Configure hop_limit

<Tabs
  groupId="settings"
  defaultValue="cli"
  values={[
    {label: 'CLI', value: 'cli'},
    {label: 'Android', value: 'android'},
    {label: 'iOS', value: 'iOS'},
    {label: 'Web', value: 'web'},
  ]}>
  <TabItem value="cli">

  ```bash title="Set hop_limit to default (3 hops)"
  meshtastic --set hop_limit 0
  ```
  ```bash title="Set hop_limit to max (7 hops)"
  meshtastic --set hop_limit 7
  ```

  </TabItem>
  <TabItem value="android">

:::info
Configuring this setting is not yet available for the selected platform. If this is incorrect please update the documentation for this page.
:::

  </TabItem>
  <TabItem value="iOS">

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  </TabItem>
  <TabItem value="web">

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  </TabItem>
</Tabs>