diff --git a/docs/about/faq.mdx b/docs/about/faq.mdx index 55535e93..ec633739 100644 --- a/docs/about/faq.mdx +++ b/docs/about/faq.mdx @@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ Minimum requirement is Android 5 (Lollipop 2014, first BLE support), however And - Empty Cloud - Queued on the app to be sent to your device. - Up Arrow - Queued on the device to be sent over the mesh. -- Check Mark - Delivered over the mesh. -- Cross Mark - Error. +- Check Mark - At least one other device on the mesh confirmed it received the message. +- Cross Mark - No confirmation was received after the default three retransmissions. ### How can I clear the message history? diff --git a/docs/about/overview/index.mdx b/docs/about/overview/index.mdx index f72799eb..b69ddf3f 100644 --- a/docs/about/overview/index.mdx +++ b/docs/about/overview/index.mdx @@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ sidebar_position: 2 ## How it works -When you send a message on your Meshtastic companion app, it is relayed to the radio using Bluetooth. That message is then broadcast by the radio three times over a certain interval in order to create redundancy for lost packets. +When you send a message on your Meshtastic companion app, it is relayed to the radio using Bluetooth. That message is then broadcasted by the radio. If it hasn't received a confirmation from any other device after a certain timeout, it will retransmit the message up to three times. -When a receiving radio captures a packet, it checks to see if it has heard that message before. If it has it ignores the message. If it hasn't heard the message, it will rebroadcast it at a certain interval three times. +When a receiving radio captures a packet, it checks to see if it has heard that message before. If it has it ignores the message. If it hasn't heard the message, it will rebroadcast it. For each message a radio rebroadcasts, it marks the "hop limit" down by one. When a radio receives a packet with a hop limit of zero, it will not rebroadcast the message. \ No newline at end of file