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Jean-Pierre MartineauandClaude Opus 5 284e35edb4 Main menu: five sections, each one an answer to the question
The menu asks "What would you like to do?" and then grouped its rows by
subject, which is not an answer to that. Mesh had grown to seven of the
nineteen rows — live watching, passive browsing, and one transmit action
in the same bucket — and Tools said nothing at all, since everything in
the menu is a tool.

So each section now names a doing, and holds what shares it:

  Message      Chat · Channels · Courier · Contacts
  Watch        Dashboard · Live feed · Watchtower · Time machine
  Explore      Map · Mesh walk · Trace target · Trace path · Trophy case
  This node    Device info · Device configuration · Device actions · Send advert
  Other nodes  Repeater admin · TX optimize

Four rows moved for a reason. Contacts is the address book the three
features above it pick a recipient from, not a mesh view. Time machine is
the past tense of the Dashboard, and was stranded in the grab-bag. Send
advert is your own node announcing itself — a device action, filed with
the mesh views only because it was about the mesh. And Repeater admin and
TX optimize are the same job — someone else's radio, over the mesh, with
credentials — which the old Device-management/Tools split hid.

The two walks join the topology views they walk over, with the boards
that score them underneath: see a node, walk to it, get scored. Nothing
is renamed (a menu row still names the screen it opens) and no section is
now larger than five rows or smaller than two.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-08-11 02:22:07 -04:00

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"""The ``tx-optimize`` tool: tune a remote node's TX power for the best signal at a target.
You force a path (just like ``trace``) ending at the **target** node where SNR is
measured. The node one hop *before* the target — one you hold admin rights on — is the
node whose transmit power gets swept and tuned. Admin passwords are remembered between
runs.
In the interactive menu two pickers choose the link — the node to tune (repeaters
you hold credentials for lead the list), then the target whose reception is optimized —
and the live sweep screen (:mod:`meshterm.ui.tx_screen`) takes it from there, armed but
idle: route, range, step, and samples are adjusted in place, nothing transmits until
Sweep is committed, levels land in a bar chart as they are measured, and the apply
decision is made *after* the sweep, over the evidence. On the CLI it stays a scriptable
one-shot with the full flag set (``--path``, range, step, samples, ``--apply``), and
progress streams like a trace.
"""
from __future__ import annotations
from typing import Any, Optional
import typer
from ..context import AppContext
from ..core.connection import DeviceCommandError
from ..core.models import Contact
from ..services import trace_runner, tx_optimizer
from ..ui.widgets import tx_opt_summary, tx_opt_table
from .base import Tool, ToolResult, register
#: Trace count per TX level — kept to single digits so the radio's duty cycle stays sane
#: and the per-level sweep finishes in reasonable time.
MAX_SAMPLES = 9
@register
class TxOptimizeTool(Tool):
"""Tune a remote node's TX power for the strongest, most reliable signal at a target."""
name = "tx-optimize"
title = "TX optimize"
icon = "📶"
help = "Tune a remote node's TX power for the best signal at a target"
category = "Other nodes"
order = 20 # like Repeater admin: a remote radio, changed over the mesh
async def prompt_params(self, ctx: AppContext) -> Optional[dict[str, Any]]:
"""Pick the tuned link for the live sweep: the admin node, then the target.
Everything else — route, range, step, samples — is adjusted on the armed-idle
sweep screen itself, so the entry flow is two quick pickers, not a typed path.
Args:
ctx: Shared application context.
Returns:
``{"live": True, "admin": name, "target": name}``, or ``None`` on cancel.
"""
from ..ui.admin_picker import pick_admin_node
# Through the session cache: this two-picker entry flow runs on every open, and the
# contacts table is a slow read on a busy node (see
# :class:`~meshterm.services.device_state.DeviceState`).
contacts = await ctx.devstate.contacts()
admin = await pick_admin_node(
ctx,
contacts,
title="TX optimize — node to tune",
prompt="Whose transmit power gets tuned (you need its admin password):",
)
if admin is None:
return None
target = await _pick_target(ctx, contacts, admin)
if target is None:
return None
return {"live": True, "admin": admin.name, "target": target}
async def execute(self, ctx: AppContext, params: dict[str, Any]) -> ToolResult:
"""Run — without the outer run row on the live path.
The live screen opens its own ``runs`` row for the sweep (matching what a
scripted invocation records), so wrapping the screen session in another row
would double-log it. Scripted runs keep the base class's logging.
Args:
ctx: Shared application context.
params: Parameters for this invocation.
Returns:
The :class:`ToolResult` from :meth:`run`.
"""
if params.get("live"):
return await self.run(ctx, params)
return await super().execute(ctx, params)
async def run(self, ctx: AppContext, params: dict[str, Any]) -> ToolResult:
"""Open the live sweep (menu) or run the scripted optimization (CLI).
Args:
ctx: Shared application context.
params: ``live`` + ``admin``/``target`` from the menu pickers; or ``path``,
``samples``, ``tx_min``, ``tx_max``, ``step``, ``apply``, optional
``password``/``viz``, and the injected ``_run_id`` from the CLI.
Returns:
A :class:`ToolResult` with the optimum and any chart path.
"""
if params.get("live"):
return await self._run_live(ctx, params)
return await self._run_cli(ctx, params)
# -- interactive (menu) ---------------------------------------------------------
async def _run_live(self, ctx: AppContext, params: dict[str, Any]) -> ToolResult:
"""Resolve the picked link and hand off to the armed-idle sweep screen.
No login here: the screen logs in inside the first Sweep commit, so backing
out of an idle screen never touched the radio beyond the contact reads.
Args:
ctx: Shared application context.
params: ``admin`` and ``target`` — the picker's contact names (the target
may also be a typed hex prefix).
Returns:
A :class:`ToolResult` echoing the last sweep's recorded summary.
"""
from ..ui.tx_screen import open_tx_optimize
device = await ctx.device()
contacts = await ctx.devstate.contacts() # the session cache; no re-read
admin_node = next(
(c for c in contacts if c.name == str(params["admin"])), None
)
if admin_node is None:
raise DeviceCommandError(f"unknown contact: {params['admin']!r}")
target = str(params["target"])
target_contact = next((c for c in contacts if c.name == target), None)
if target_contact is not None:
target_label = target_contact.name
target_hash = target_contact.public_key or target_contact.key_prefix
else:
target_label = target
target_hash = target # a typed hex prefix stands for itself
summary = await open_tx_optimize(
ctx,
admin_node=admin_node,
target_label=target_label,
target_hash=target_hash,
)
return ToolResult(summary=summary)
async def _login(
self, ctx: AppContext, admin_node: Contact, params: dict[str, Any]
) -> None:
"""Authenticate against the admin node, remembering a working password.
Args:
ctx: Shared application context.
admin_node: The node we're about to tune.
params: Tool params (may carry an explicit ``password`` on the CLI).
Raises:
DeviceCommandError: If the login is rejected (the stored password, now
known bad, is forgotten so the next run asks fresh).
"""
device = await ctx.device()
password = await self._resolve_password(ctx, admin_node, params)
if not await device.admin_login(admin_node, password):
ctx.admin_store.forget(admin_node) # bad password: don't keep reusing it
raise DeviceCommandError(
f"admin login to {admin_node.name!r} failed (wrong password?). "
"The saved password was cleared; re-run to enter a new one."
)
ctx.admin_store.remember(admin_node, password)
# -- scripted (CLI) ---------------------------------------------------------------
async def _run_cli(self, ctx: AppContext, params: dict[str, Any]) -> ToolResult:
"""Resolve the link, log in, sweep TX power, render results, and apply the winner.
Args:
ctx: Shared application context.
params: ``path``, ``samples``, ``tx_min``, ``tx_max``, ``step``, ``apply``,
optional ``password``/``viz``, and the injected ``_run_id``.
Returns:
A :class:`ToolResult` with the optimum and any chart path.
"""
run_id = params["_run_id"]
device = await ctx.device()
contacts = await device.get_contacts()
# Resolve the forced path to hashes, then pull out the target (last hop) and the
# admin node we tune (the hop before it).
path = trace_runner.parse_trace_path(params["path"], contacts)
admin_node, target_label = _resolve_link(path, contacts)
samples = max(1, min(MAX_SAMPLES, int(params.get("samples", 3))))
if int(params.get("samples", 3)) > MAX_SAMPLES:
ctx.ui.note(f"[warn]capping at {MAX_SAMPLES} traces per level[/warn]")
ctx.ui.note(f"[muted]logging in to[/muted] [brand]{admin_node.name}[/brand] [muted]…[/muted]")
await self._login(ctx, admin_node, params)
ctx.ui.note(
f"[muted]tuning[/muted] [brand]{admin_node.name}[/brand] "
f"[muted]→ target[/muted] [brand]{target_label}[/brand] "
f"[muted]via {path}[/muted]"
)
with ctx.ui.progress("tx-optimize") as progress:
task = progress.add_task(f"optimizing TX -> {target_label}", total=None)
def on_level(done: int, total: int, level) -> None: # noqa: ANN001
progress.update(
task, total=total, completed=done,
description=f"TX {level.tx_power:>2} "
f"SNR {_fmt_snr(level.target_snr)} {level.success_rate:.0%}",
)
result = await tx_optimizer.optimize_tx_power(
device,
target_label,
admin_node,
path,
tx_min=int(params.get("tx_min", ctx.settings.tx_opt_min)),
tx_max=int(params.get("tx_max", ctx.settings.tx_opt_max)),
coarse_step=int(params.get("step", 3)),
samples_per_level=samples,
apply=bool(params.get("apply", True)),
cooldown_s=ctx.settings.trace_cooldown_s,
on_level=on_level,
persist_level=lambda lv: ctx.repo.record_tx_sample(run_id, lv),
persist_trace=lambda t: ctx.repo.record_trace(run_id, t),
)
# No trace got through at any TX level: nothing was tuned, the node was left at
# its original power. Usually a wrong/unreachable path rather than a weak link.
no_result = result.best_snr is None
if result.applied:
ctx.log.info("set TX power %s on %s", result.best_tx, admin_node.name)
ctx.ui.show(tx_opt_table(result))
ctx.ui.show(tx_opt_summary(result))
if no_result:
restored = (
f" Restored TX to {result.original_tx}." if result.original_tx is not None else ""
)
message = (
f"[warn]![/warn] no traces reached [brand]{result.target}[/brand] at any TX "
f"level — check the path ends at the target and is reachable.{restored}"
)
else:
applied_note = f" [ok](set on {admin_node.name})[/ok]" if result.applied else ""
message = (
f"[ok]✓[/ok] optimal TX for [brand]{admin_node.name}[/brand] → "
f"[brand]{result.target}[/brand] is [brand]{result.best_tx}[/brand]"
+ applied_note
)
return ToolResult(
summary={
"target": result.target,
"admin_node": result.admin_node,
"path": result.path,
"best_tx": result.best_tx,
"best_snr": result.best_snr,
"best_success_rate": round(result.best_success_rate, 3),
"original_tx": result.original_tx,
"applied": result.applied,
"levels_measured": len(result.levels),
},
message=message,
)
async def _resolve_password(
self, ctx: AppContext, admin_node: Contact, params: dict[str, Any]
) -> str:
"""Find the admin password: explicit flag, remembered, or an interactive prompt.
Args:
ctx: Shared application context.
admin_node: The node we're about to log in to.
params: Tool params (may carry an explicit ``password``).
Returns:
The password to log in with.
Raises:
DeviceCommandError: If no password is available and we can't prompt (JSON mode).
"""
password = params.get("password") or ctx.admin_store.get(admin_node)
if password:
return str(password)
if ctx.json_output:
raise DeviceCommandError(
f"no admin password for {admin_node.name!r}; pass --password or run once "
"interactively to store it."
)
# This resolver only runs on the scripted CLI path (the menu logs in inside the pushed
# sweep screen), so the surface here is PlainUi — no screen stack, no floating.
entered = await ctx.ui.text(f"Admin password for {admin_node.name}:", password=True)
if not entered:
raise DeviceCommandError("an admin password is required to tune a remote node.")
return entered
def register_cli(self, app: typer.Typer) -> None:
"""Register the ``tx-optimize`` subcommand.
Args:
app: The Typer application.
"""
from ..cli import run_tool_command
@app.command(name=self.name, help=self.help)
def _tx_optimize(
path: str = typer.Option(
..., "--path", "-p",
help="Forced path ending at the target (e.g. 'Repeater,Target' or '3d,f2')",
),
samples: int = typer.Option(3, "--samples", "-n", help="Traces per TX level"),
step: int = typer.Option(3, "--step", help="Coarse sweep step"),
tx_min: Optional[int] = typer.Option(None, "--min", help="Lowest TX power"),
tx_max: Optional[int] = typer.Option(None, "--max", help="Highest TX power"),
password: Optional[str] = typer.Option(
None, "--password", help="Admin password (else remembered/prompted)"
),
apply: bool = typer.Option(True, "--apply/--no-apply", help="Set the winner"),
) -> None:
tool_params: dict[str, Any] = {
"path": path, "samples": samples, "step": step,
"apply": apply,
}
if tx_min is not None:
tool_params["tx_min"] = tx_min
if tx_max is not None:
tool_params["tx_max"] = tx_max
if password is not None:
tool_params["password"] = password
run_tool_command(self, tool_params)
def _resolve_link(path: str, contacts: list[Contact]) -> tuple[Contact, str]:
"""Split a forced path into the admin node we tune and the target's display label.
Args:
path: The comma-separated hash path (output of ``parse_trace_path``).
contacts: Known contacts, used to map hashes back to names/keys.
Returns:
``(admin_node, target_label)`` — the second-to-last hop as a full
:class:`Contact` (needed for login), and a friendly name for the last hop.
Raises:
DeviceCommandError: If the path has fewer than two hops, or the admin hop can't
be matched to a known contact carrying a public key.
"""
hops = [h for h in path.split(",") if h]
if len(hops) < 2:
raise DeviceCommandError(
"the path needs at least two hops: the node to tune and the target after it "
"(e.g. 'AdminNode,Target')."
)
admin = _contact_for_hash(hops[-2], contacts)
if admin is None or not (admin.public_key or "").strip():
raise DeviceCommandError(
f"the node before the target ({hops[-2]}) isn't a known contact with a public "
"key, so we can't log in to tune it. Receive an advert from it first."
)
target = _contact_for_hash(hops[-1], contacts)
return admin, (target.name if target else hops[-1])
def _contact_for_hash(hash_hex: str, contacts: list[Contact]) -> Optional[Contact]:
"""Return the contact whose key matches a path-hop hash, if any.
Args:
hash_hex: A path hop hash (a leading slice of the node's public key).
contacts: Known contacts to match against.
Returns:
The matching :class:`Contact`, or ``None``.
"""
needle = hash_hex.lower().removeprefix("0x")
for c in contacts:
pub = (c.public_key or "").lower().removeprefix("0x")
prefix = (c.key_prefix or "").lower().removeprefix("0x")
if pub.startswith(needle):
return c
if prefix and (prefix.startswith(needle) or needle.startswith(prefix)):
return c
return None
async def _pick_target(
ctx: AppContext, contacts: list[Contact], admin: Contact
) -> Optional[str]:
"""Pick the target the tuned node's signal is measured at, by recency heard.
Args:
ctx: Shared application context (for the UI surface).
contacts: The device's known contacts.
admin: The already-picked tuned node (excluded — it can't measure itself).
Returns:
The chosen contact name, or ``None`` if cancelled. With no other contacts,
falls back to a free-text prompt so a hex key prefix can be typed.
"""
from ..ui.menus import back_rows
from ..ui.tui import Choice
from ..ui.widgets import _DEFAULT_GLYPH, _NODE_GLYPHS
candidates = [c for c in contacts if c.name != admin.name]
if not candidates:
entered = await ctx.ui.text(
"Target node",
prompt=f"Name or hex key prefix of the node that hears {admin.name}:",
)
return entered.strip() if entered else None
from rich.text import Text
def row(contact: Contact) -> Any:
glyph, style = _NODE_GLYPHS.get(contact.node_type, _DEFAULT_GLYPH)
label = Text(glyph, style=style)
label.append(f" {contact.name}")
return Choice(title=label, value=contact.name)
items: list = [
row(c)
for c in sorted(
candidates,
key=lambda c: -(c.last_seen.timestamp() if c.last_seen else 0.0),
)
]
items.extend(back_rows(None))
choice = await ctx.ui.select(
"TX optimize — measure at",
items,
prompt=f"The node whose reception of {admin.name} gets optimized:",
wrap=False,
)
return str(choice) if choice is not None else None
def _fmt_snr(snr: Optional[float]) -> str:
"""Format an optional SNR for the progress description.
Args:
snr: SNR in dB, or ``None``.
Returns:
A short fixed-width string like ``+5.1`` or `` n/a``.
"""
return f"{snr:+.1f}" if snr is not None else " n/a"