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Update FAQ, Driver information and S&F

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website/docs/getting-started/faq.md
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@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ Q: How can I contribute to Meshtastic?
Q: Where do I purchase the device hardware?
* Answer TBD
Q: I have my hardware. How do I install the firmware?
* Answer TBD
Q: I have my hardware. How do I install the firmware and any required drivers?
* See: https://meshtastic.org/docs/getting-started/flashing-esp32
Q: How do I update the firmware to the latest version?
* Answer TBD
@ -48,8 +48,11 @@ Q: My device has gone to sleep. Are received messages lost?
Q: My device has gone to sleep and I can't send any messages.
* Once the node wakes up from sleep, your phone will relay any delayed messages through your node and to the mesh network. Give it a few minutes and it'll do the right thing.
Q: How do I turn on / off an esp32 tbeam based device?
* Answer TBD
Q: How do I turn off an esp32 tbeam based device?
* Hold down the middle button for about 10 seconds.
Q: How do I turn on an esp32 tbeam based device?
* Push the power button for about 1 second.
Q: How can I tell the device not to sleep?
* Android instructions see: [Android Usage](https://meshtastic.org/docs/software/android/android-usage#configuration-options)

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Plug your device into your computer using a USB cable and then do the following:
:::important
You may need to install a driver from Silicon Labs for the [CP210X USB to UART bridge](https://www.silabs.com/products/development-tools/software/usb-to-uart-bridge-vcp-drivers)
Some newer boards may require the drivers for the [CH9102 USB to UART bridge](https://m5stack.oss-cn-shenzhen.aliyuncs.com/resource/drivers/CH9102_VCP_SER_Windows.exe) on Windows 7.
:::
<Tabs

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website/docs/software/plugins/store-forward.md
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@ -79,14 +79,25 @@ Not necessarily in this order:
* Be able to identify if you're within range of a router.
* Be able to specify the HOP MAX to reduce airtime.
* Be able to specify the HOP MAX to reduce airtime. Is this necessary?
* Restrict operation of S&F on the slow channel configurations.
*/
* Create a tx queue to prevent the history from being modified in flight.
* Only allow n-number of requests to the router at any one time.
* Set number of max messages from the history.
* Calculate a new channel with 250mhz bandwidth and ~1.5kbit.
*** Done
* Disable ACK. If the router is within range, so is the requester.
* Currently the way we allocate messages in the device code is super inefficient. It always allocates the worst case message size. Really we should dynamically allocate just the # of bytes we need. This would allow many more MeshPackets to be kept in RAM.
* Allow max history to be defined by radioConfig.preferences.store_forward_plugin_records
* Add a starting to send / finished sending message