- Prefix command now falls back to local SQLite database when API is unavailable
- Queries repeater_contacts table for repeaters matching prefix pattern
- Uses public_key LIKE 'prefix%' to find repeaters by first two characters
- Only returns active repeaters (is_active = 1)
- Adds device type indicators: (Repeater) or (Room Server)
- Response indicates data source: 'API cache' vs 'local database (offline mode)'
- Updated help text to mention database fallback capability
- Tested with sample data: correctly finds repeaters by prefix
- Provides offline functionality when API is down or network unavailable
- Maintains API-first approach with intelligent fallback
- Add timezone configuration to config.ini and config.ini.example
- Update hello_command.py to use configured timezone for time-appropriate greetings
- Add pytz dependency to requirements.txt
- Support standard timezone names (America/New_York, Europe/London, etc.)
- Fallback to system timezone if configured timezone is invalid or empty
- Update core.py create_default_config to include timezone setting
- Time-appropriate greetings now work correctly across different timezones
- Convert send_scheduled_message to synchronous wrapper for schedule library
- Add _send_scheduled_message_async for actual async implementation
- Handle event loop creation in scheduler thread
- Fixes RuntimeWarning: coroutine was never awaited
- Move n2yo_api_key and airnow_api_key from [Solar_Config] to [External_Data]
- Update code references to use [External_Data] section instead of [Solar_Config]
- Update config.ini.example to match the new organization
- Improve error message to specify the correct config section
- This provides better organization with all external API keys in one place
- Remove all Python bytecode cache files from git tracking
- These files are automatically generated and should not be committed
- __pycache__/ is already properly excluded in .gitignore
- This cleans up the repository and follows Python best practices
- Suppress raw JSON output from meshcore-cli commands during channel fetching
- Make channel logging more concise - only show channel names instead of full data structures
- Redirect stdout temporarily to /dev/null during next_cmd calls to prevent verbose output
- This eliminates the duplicate channel information that was being printed twice
- Remove problematic debug and log command attempts that cause 'Unknown command' errors
- Replace remaining print statement in meshcore_protocol.py with proper logging
- Add explanatory comment about debug mode availability
- This eliminates the ERROR messages seen in the logs during startup
- Replace next_cmd approach with direct meshcore.commands.send_advert(flood=True)
- Add 2-second delay before sending startup advert to ensure connection is established
- Simplify error handling since send_advert() is more reliable
- Apply same fix to manual advert command for consistency
- This should resolve the issue where flood adverts weren't being sent on startup
- Convert debug print statements in meshcore_protocol.py to proper logging
- Add comment explaining print statement in core.py (used during initialization)
- All debug/error messages now use logger instead of print
- Maintains existing logging infrastructure and patterns
- Improves production readiness and debugging capabilities
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