From b23ad9a1fd672dc4dd113915b2b930edc08427bd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: maze <maze@maze.io>
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2026 16:26:25 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Use int

---
 protocol/meshcore/node_companion.go |  2 +-
 protocol/meshcore/node_repeater.go  | 15 +++++++++------
 protocol/meshcore/packet.go         | 10 +++++++---
 3 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/protocol/meshcore/node_companion.go b/protocol/meshcore/node_companion.go
index 3d16e50..e6ff69f 100644
--- a/protocol/meshcore/node_companion.go
+++ b/protocol/meshcore/node_companion.go
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ func (drv *companionDriver) handleRXData(b []byte) {
 	var (
 		now  = time.Now().UTC()
 		snr  = float64(b[0]) / 4
-		rssi = int8(b[1])
+		rssi = int(b[1])
 	)
 
 	// Decode raw
diff --git a/protocol/meshcore/node_repeater.go b/protocol/meshcore/node_repeater.go
index 164f1b1..02430e4 100644
--- a/protocol/meshcore/node_repeater.go
+++ b/protocol/meshcore/node_repeater.go
@@ -267,19 +267,22 @@ func (drv *repeaterDriver) handleRXData(line string) {
 		return // nothing to do!
 	}
 
+	/* companion/repeater time isn't reliable, as they often don't have an RTC:
 	when, err := time.Parse("15:04:05 - 02/3/2006", strings.TrimSpace(line[:21]))
 	if err != nil {
 		Logger.Warnf("meshcore: corrupt raw packet: %v", err)
 	}
+	*/
 
 	var (
+		when = time.Now()
 		snr  float64
-		rssi int8
+		rssi int
 		data []byte
 	)
 	if drv.hasSNR {
 		snr = float64(b[0]) / 4
-		rssi = int8(b[1])
+		rssi = int(b[1])
 		data = b[2:]
 		if drv.rawPackets != nil {
 			select {
@@ -325,9 +328,9 @@ func (drv *repeaterDriver) handleRX(line string) {
 	for _, part := range strings.Split(line, " ") {
 		switch {
 		case strings.HasPrefix(part, "SNR="):
-			snr, _ = strconv.Atoi(part[3:])
+			snr, _ = strconv.Atoi(part[4:])
 		case strings.HasPrefix(part, "RSSI="):
-			rssi, _ = strconv.Atoi(part[4:])
+			rssi, _ = strconv.Atoi(part[5:])
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -337,7 +340,7 @@ func (drv *repeaterDriver) handleRX(line string) {
 			Time:     drv.lastFrameAt,
 			Protocol: protocol.MeshCore,
 			SNR:      float64(snr),
-			RSSI:     int8(rssi),
+			RSSI:     rssi,
 			Raw:      drv.lastFrame,
 		}:
 		default:
@@ -350,7 +353,7 @@ func (drv *repeaterDriver) handleRX(line string) {
 		packet := new(Packet)
 		if err := packet.UnmarshalBytes(drv.lastFrame); err == nil {
 			packet.SNR = float64(snr)
-			packet.RSSI = int8(rssi)
+			packet.RSSI = rssi
 			select {
 			case drv.packets <- packet:
 			default:
diff --git a/protocol/meshcore/packet.go b/protocol/meshcore/packet.go
index cc38d54..d767446 100644
--- a/protocol/meshcore/packet.go
+++ b/protocol/meshcore/packet.go
@@ -21,11 +21,14 @@ type Packet struct {
 	SNR float64 `json:"snr"`
 
 	// RSSI is the received signal strength indicator (in dBm).
-	RSSI int8 `json:"rssi"`
+	RSSI int `json:"rssi"`
 
 	// Raw bytes (optional).
 	Raw []byte `json:"raw,omitempty"`
 
+	// Version for this packet.
+	Version int `json:"version"`
+
 	// RouteType is the type of route for this packet.
 	RouteType RouteType `json:"route_type"`
 
@@ -111,7 +114,7 @@ func (packet *Packet) MarshalBytes() []byte {
 		data   [1 + 4 + 1 + maxPathSize + maxPayloadSize]byte
 		offset int
 	)
-	data[offset] = byte(packet.RouteType&0x03) | byte((packet.PayloadType&0x0f)<<2)
+	data[offset] = byte(packet.RouteType&0x03) | byte((packet.PayloadType&0x0f)<<2) | byte((packet.Version&0x03)<<6)
 	offset += 1
 
 	if packet.RouteType.HasTransportCodes() {
@@ -138,6 +141,7 @@ func (packet *Packet) UnmarshalBytes(data []byte) error {
 
 	packet.RouteType = RouteType(data[0] & 0x03)
 	packet.PayloadType = PayloadType((data[0] >> 2) & 0x0f)
+	packet.Version = int((data[0] >> 6) & 0x03)
 	offset := 1
 
 	if packet.RouteType.HasTransportCodes() {
@@ -187,7 +191,7 @@ func (packet *Packet) Hash() []byte {
 func (packet *Packet) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
 	return json.Marshal(struct {
 		SNR            float64     `json:"snr"`
-		RSSI           int8        `json:"rssi"`
+		RSSI           int         `json:"rssi"`
 		RouteType      RouteType   `json:"route_type"`
 		PayloadType    PayloadType `json:"payload_type"`
 		TransportCodes []uint16    `json:"transport_codes,omitempty"`