I need help with the SenseCAP Card Track T1000-E

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#1

Hi, I just got the SenseCAP Card Track T1000-E and it came with no user manual or even a QR code to get one. I did some research on the Internet, but it only confused me even more. So I hope that my basic questions will not offend anybody for being really primitive. Here we go:

  1. The T1000-E has temperature, light, accelerometer and GPS and Bluetooth. Where/how do I display that data on my Android phone’s Meshtastic application?
  2. I found out that I should use the SenseCAP app on Android, except that none of the scanning works, and I cannot see the MAC address anywhere, how do I find it? BTW - the QR code which MUST be entered (along the MAC address!) is NOT scannable through the “transparent” case. So how am I supposed to even open an account.
  3. is there a user manual online for the T1000-E? If yes, can you please send me the URL?
    rankly, this is the 2nd time I am pre-ordering a device only to find out that “pre-order” means, raw, undocumented, buggy and otherwise botched hardware and, especially, software. For example, as I mentioned, the QR code si clearly placed in a stupid position where one cannot read it. And reading it is required to launch the SenseCAP app which, apparently, is the only way to get the sensor data which, of course, the folks at SeedStudio forgot to mention in their marketing flyers.
    One company, Rokland, send me a good device with all that is needed. So far I am 1:4 (the other three purchases were garbage).
    I tried to get help on the Meshtastic FB group. It was a waste of time. The replies where useless.
    If nobody helps me here, I will try the discord channel. After that I might just ditch it all - it is not work the aggravation imho.
    So far I have at 5% fun and 95% frustration.
    They did not mention that in the ad for this device…
#2

Did you try and turn it on, then pair with the meshtastic app? It comes with meshtastic installed already and should just connect.
There are some other threads here that the online meshtastic firmware update might have a version that does not work at the latest version, but the one shipped paired for me.
Take a look at the wiki for documentation:

#3

yes,I did, the Meshtastic app works fine. But it does not show the data (temperature, light, accelerometer and GPS and Bluetooth, wifi).
Nor does it tell me how to get the MAC address. And the page you recommend does not contain any of that info either :frowning:
Thanks anyways!

#4

Ah, sorry, I misunderstood that you had the basic meshtastic connection working. I thought I saw some discussion from the meshtastic team that the sensor data was not all working yet. But I believe GPS should be.

#5

I understand your frustration and you have many valid points

#6

GPS i know works… i reached out to my seeed guys for a gpio map for the tracher so this data can be configured so but have not recieved a response yet

#7

The GPS pins have been added to the wiki page referenced above for the tracker.

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#9

I’m sorry your experience is disappointing. It seems your disappointment is mostly with Meshtastic and the Android app. It’s good to manage expectations with Meshtastic: it is beta software built by volunteers for tech savvy people willing to experiment, I couldn’t fully recommend it to end users. While the T1000-E is such a neat pre-packaged product it looks like an end-user product.

A simple hint: in the Android software, go to the list of detected nodes. press on the name of your node and the details should expand, showing your location and temperature. Unfortunately the Android software doesn’t show the lux values yet, and the accelerometer isn’t working in the Meshtastic firmware.

#10

also i think the app s
is showing weather information that it ie extrapolating from your location via internet foracast and not actual reedings… which i do not like… i dont need that