--- id: device title: Device Configuration sidebar_label: Device --- import Tabs from '@theme/Tabs'; import TabItem from '@theme/TabItem'; The device config options are: Role, Serial Output, and Debug Log. Device config uses an admin message sending a `Config.Device` protobuf. ## Device Config Values ### Role Sets the role of node. Acceptable values: | Value | Description | | :-------: | :---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------: | | `CLIENT` | Client (default) - App connected client. | | `CLIENT_MUTE` | Client Mute - Same as a client except packets will not hop over this node, does not contribute to routing packets for mesh. | | `ROUTER` | Router - Mesh packets will prefer to be routed over this node. This node will not be used by client apps. The WiFi/BLE radios and the OLED screen will be put to sleep. | | `ROUTER_CLIENT` | Router Client - Mesh packets will prefer to be routed over this node. The Router Client can be used as both a Router and an app connected Client. | ### Serial Console Acceptable values: `true` or `false` Disabling this will disable the SerialConsole by not initializing the StreamAPI ### Debug Log Acceptable values: `true` or `false` By default we turn off logging as soon as an API client connects Set this to true to leave the debug log outputting even when API is active. ## Device Config Client Availability <Tabs groupId="settings" defaultValue="apple" values={[ {label: 'Android', value: 'android'}, {label: 'Apple', value: 'apple'}, {label: 'CLI', value: 'cli'}, {label: 'Flasher', value: 'flasher'}, {label: 'Web', value: 'web'}, ]}> <TabItem value="android"> :::info Device config is not available for Android. ::: </TabItem> <TabItem value="apple"> :::info All device config options other than NTP Server are available on iOS, iPadOS and macOS at Settings > Radio Configuration > Device. ::: </TabItem> <TabItem value="cli"> All device config options are available in the python CLI. Example commands are below: ```shell title="Set the role to client" meshtastic --set device.role CLIENT ``` ```shell title="Disable serial console" meshtastic --set device.serial_enabled false ``` ```shell title="Enable debug logging" meshtastic --set device.debug_log_enabled true ``` </TabItem> <TabItem value="flasher"> :::danger No device config options are available in the Flasher. ::: </TabItem> <TabItem value="web"> :::info All device config options are available in the Web UI. ::: </TabItem> </Tabs>