Ground Control Software
The ESP32 was flashed with the TinyGS firmware and configured with the MQTT credentials, wifi credentials, etc as shown on the TinyGS configuration page
The default firmware isn't compatible with the E32-400M30S and needs to be modified in order to use the full 1W transmitting power.
While the software can be modified before uploading using Platformio, it was easier to just give the station a software update over the air using the modified file through the TinyGS configuration dashboard.
IMPORTANT NOTE: This means that the software of the ground station should NOT be updated to any newer software versions without them also being modified as it would disable the transmitting abilities of the GS
note: This file and was provided by Juan from the TinyGS Telegram Server
The GS can be operated through the TinyGS portal. It can be manually tuned to these settings for our satellite boards.
The satellite can transmit text, binary or hex to the satellite from the TinyGS portal. However, the RMF9X circuit python library running on the satellite requires a 4 byte header. And will ignore the first 4 bytes of the transmission.