Packet #17759540 Success

POSITION_APP packet from BalconySolar (PI01) to Tree Trunk (TTRK)

46
Total Receptions
2
Unique Gateways
0
Hop Count
23
Payload Bytes
Packet Information
Database ID: 17759540
Mesh Packet ID: 0xabae706c
Used for correlation across gateways
Timestamp: 2026-03-27 07:43:04 UTC
From Node: BalconySolar (PI01)
To Node: Tree Trunk (TTRK)
Success: Processed
Protocol: POSITION_APP
Port: 3
Gateway: Balconytastic (PIE1)
Channel: LongFast
RSSI: -45 dBm
SNR: 6.75 dBm
Hop Info: 0/5 hops
Start: 5, Limit: 5
Relay Node: 99 PI01
Last byte of the last hop that relayed this packet - Candidate source node(s) based on 0-hop direct receptions
Payload Data
Protocol: POSITION_APP
Size: 23 bytes
Decoded: Yes
Decoded Data:
Latitude:43.437261°
Longitude:-80.451994°
Altitude:335 m
Precision:13 bits
Raw Packet Analysis
Complete field breakdown and MQTT privacy/exposure analysis
Packet Structure
MQTT Packet Flow:
ServiceEnvelope (MQTT layer) → MeshPacket (Mesh layer) → Decoded Payload (Application data)
Total Size:23 bytes
Gateway:!49b3d5b8
Channel:LongFast
Payload Type:POSITION_APP
Hop Count:Unknown / 5
Privacy Summary
Exposure Level:
Direct Message
Privacy Features:
✓ Direct LoRa transmission (not via MQTT)
✓ Targeted to specific node
+ 3 more...
Exposure Risks:
⚠ Default channel - no encryption
⚠ Packet visible to MQTT subscribers
+ 1 more...
MQTT ServiceEnvelope Fields

MQTT ServiceEnvelope contains the MeshPacket plus routing metadata

FieldValue
gateway_id !49b3d5b8
Node ID format
channel_id LongFast
Default public channel
packet MeshPacket (23 bytes)
Contains the actual mesh network packet
MeshPacket Fields

Core mesh packet with routing and payload information

FieldValueType
from 3224810649
Source node ID
uint32
to 1771852888
Target node ID
uint32
decoded.portnum 3
POSITION_APP
enum
decoded.payload_length 23 bytes size
hop_limit 5
Remaining hops allowed
uint32
hop_start 5
Initial hop limit
uint32
hops_taken 0
Calculated: hop_start - hop_limit
derived
rx_rssi -45.0 dBm
Signal strength at gateway
int32
rx_snr 6.75 dB
Signal quality at gateway
float
rx_time 1774597383
Receive timestamp
fixed32
via_mqtt False
Direct LoRa transmission
bool
want_ack False
No ACK requested
bool
priority Not set enum
delayed Not set enum
channel Not set uint32
pki_encrypted False
Standard encryption
bool
next_hop Not set uint32
relay_node 153
Relay node ID
uint32
tx_after Not set uint32
timestamp 1774597384.902571
Unix timestamp
uint32
MQTT Privacy & Exposure Analysis

Analysis of privacy features and exposure risks when packet is shared via MQTT

Exposure Level: Direct Message
Privacy Features:
  • ✓ Direct LoRa transmission (not via MQTT)
  • ✓ Targeted to specific node
  • ✓ Gateway node ID tracked
  • ✓ Reduced position precision: ~2900.0m accuracy
  • ✓ Zero-hop: direct from source to MQTT gateway
Exposure Risks:
  • ⚠ Default channel - no encryption
  • ⚠ Packet visible to MQTT subscribers
  • ⚠ RF signal metrics exposed (location inference possible)
MQTT-Specific Fields
Gateway ID: !49b3d5b8
Position Precision: 13 bits (~2900.0m accuracy)
Position precision meters: 2900.0
Zero Hop Policy: Enabled
Direct gateway connection
Signal Metrics: RSSI: -45.0 dBm
SNR: 6.75 dB
Complete Payload Analysis

Detailed breakdown of all payload fields and decoded data

Payload Metadata:
Protocol:POSITION_APP
Size:23 bytes
Decoded: Yes
Complete Payload Data (JSON):
{ "latitude": 43.4372608, "longitude": -80.4519936, "altitude": 335, "sats_in_view": null, "precision_bits": 13 }
Complete Protobuf Decode (JSON)
{ "service_envelope": { "gateway_id": "!49b3d5b8", "channel_id": "LongFast", "packet": "MeshPacket (see mesh_packet below)" }, "mesh_packet": { "from": 3224810649, "to": 1771852888, "id": 2880335980, "rx_time": 1774597383, "rx_snr": 6.75, "rx_rssi": -45, "hop_limit": 5, "hop_start": 5, "via_mqtt": false, "want_ack": false, "priority": 0, "delayed": 0, "channel_index": null, "pki_encrypted": false, "next_hop": 0, "relay_node": 153, "tx_after": 0, "decoded": { "portnum": 3, "payload": "0d0000e4191500000cd018cf0228017800800100b8010d", "want_response": null, "dest": null, "source": null, "request_id": null, "reply_id": null, "emoji": null, "parsed_payload": { "latitude_i": 434372608, "longitude_i": -804519936, "altitude": 335, "location_source": "LOC_MANUAL", "ground_speed": 0, "ground_track": 0, "precision_bits": 13, "type": "protobuf", "portnum": "POSITION_APP", "message_class": "Position" } } } }
Raw Packet Data (23 bytes)
0d0000e4191500000cd018cf0228017800800100b8010d
Hex Analysis:
Size:23 bytes
Format:Protobuf (Protocol Buffers)
Encoding:Binary with varint and length-delimited fields
This is the raw protobuf-encoded payload as received from MQTT. The structure follows the Meshtastic protobuf schema definitions.
All Receptions
All gateways that received this packet
Correlation: Using Mesh Packet ID
Reception Locations
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Gateway Time Offset RSSI SNR Hops Relay Channel Timestamp Actions
Balconytastic (PIE1) Primary 0.000s
Reference
-45.0 dBm 6.75 dB 0 99 PI01 LongFast 2026-03-27 07:43:04 UTC Current
Balconytastic (PIE1) -0.307s
Before
-45.0 dBm 6.75 dB 0 99 PI01 LongFast 2026-03-27 07:43:04 UTC View
Balconytastic (PIE1) -0.112s
Before
-45.0 dBm 6.75 dB 0 99 PI01 LongFast 2026-03-27 07:43:04 UTC View
Balconytastic (PIE1) -0.103s
Before
-45.0 dBm 6.75 dB 0 99 PI01 LongFast 2026-03-27 07:43:04 UTC View
Balconytastic (PIE1) -0.087s
Before
-45.0 dBm 6.75 dB 0 99 PI01 LongFast 2026-03-27 07:43:04 UTC View
Balconytastic (PIE1) -0.070s
Before
-45.0 dBm 6.75 dB 0 99 PI01 LongFast 2026-03-27 07:43:04 UTC View
Balconytastic (PIE1) -0.054s
Before
-45.0 dBm 6.75 dB 0 99 PI01 LongFast 2026-03-27 07:43:04 UTC View
Balconytastic (PIE1) -0.043s
Before
-45.0 dBm 6.75 dB 0 99 PI01 LongFast 2026-03-27 07:43:04 UTC View
Balconytastic (PIE1) -0.033s
Before
-45.0 dBm 6.75 dB 0 99 PI01 LongFast 2026-03-27 07:43:04 UTC View
Balconytastic (PIE1) -0.021s
Before
-45.0 dBm 6.75 dB 0 99 PI01 LongFast 2026-03-27 07:43:04 UTC View
Balconytastic (PIE1) +0.012s
After
-45.0 dBm 6.75 dB 0 99 PI01 LongFast 2026-03-27 07:43:04 UTC View
Balconytastic (PIE1) +0.023s
After
-45.0 dBm 6.75 dB 0 99 PI01 MediumFast 2026-03-27 07:43:04 UTC View
Balconytastic (PIE1) +0.035s
After
-45.0 dBm 6.75 dB 0 99 PI01 MediumFast 2026-03-27 07:43:04 UTC View
Balconytastic (PIE1) +0.048s
After
-45.0 dBm 6.75 dB 0 99 PI01 MediumFast 2026-03-27 07:43:04 UTC View
Balconytastic (PIE1) +0.059s
After
-45.0 dBm 6.75 dB 0 99 PI01 MediumFast 2026-03-27 07:43:04 UTC View
Balconytastic (PIE1) +0.070s
After
-45.0 dBm 6.75 dB 0 99 PI01 MediumFast 2026-03-27 07:43:04 UTC View
Balconytastic (PIE1) +0.080s
After
-45.0 dBm 6.75 dB 0 99 PI01 MediumFast 2026-03-27 07:43:04 UTC View
Balconytastic (PIE1) +0.091s
After
-45.0 dBm 6.75 dB 0 99 PI01 MediumFast 2026-03-27 07:43:04 UTC View
Balconytastic (PIE1) +0.101s
After
-45.0 dBm 6.75 dB 0 99 PI01 MediumFast 2026-03-27 07:43:05 UTC View
Balconytastic (PIE1) +0.112s
After
-45.0 dBm 6.75 dB 0 99 PI01 MediumFast 2026-03-27 07:43:05 UTC View
Balconytastic (PIE1) +0.123s
After
-45.0 dBm 6.75 dB 0 99 PI01 MediumFast 2026-03-27 07:43:05 UTC View
Balconytastic (PIE1) +0.133s
After
-45.0 dBm 6.75 dB 0 99 PI01 MediumFast 2026-03-27 07:43:05 UTC View
Balconytastic (PIE1) +0.144s
After
-45.0 dBm 6.75 dB 0 99 PI01 ShortFast 2026-03-27 07:43:05 UTC View
Balconytastic (PIE1) +0.156s
After
-45.0 dBm 6.75 dB 0 99 PI01 ShortFast 2026-03-27 07:43:05 UTC View
Balconytastic (PIE1) +0.168s
After
-45.0 dBm 6.75 dB 0 99 PI01 ShortFast 2026-03-27 07:43:05 UTC View
Balconytastic (PIE1) +0.180s
After
-45.0 dBm 6.75 dB 0 99 PI01 ShortFast 2026-03-27 07:43:05 UTC View
Balconytastic (PIE1) +0.192s
After
-45.0 dBm 6.75 dB 0 99 PI01 ShortFast 2026-03-27 07:43:05 UTC View
Balconytastic (PIE1) +0.204s
After
-45.0 dBm 6.75 dB 0 99 PI01 ShortFast 2026-03-27 07:43:05 UTC View
Balconytastic (PIE1) +0.215s
After
-45.0 dBm 6.75 dB 0 99 PI01 ShortFast 2026-03-27 07:43:05 UTC View
Balconytastic (PIE1) +0.227s
After
-45.0 dBm 6.75 dB 0 99 PI01 ShortFast 2026-03-27 07:43:05 UTC View
Balconytastic (PIE1) +0.238s
After
-45.0 dBm 6.75 dB 0 99 PI01 ShortFast 2026-03-27 07:43:05 UTC View
Balconytastic (PIE1) +0.249s
After
-45.0 dBm 6.75 dB 0 99 PI01 ShortFast 2026-03-27 07:43:05 UTC View
Balconytastic (PIE1) +0.259s
After
-45.0 dBm 6.75 dB 0 99 PI01 ShortFast 2026-03-27 07:43:05 UTC View
Balconytastic (PIE1) +0.278s
After
-45.0 dBm 6.75 dB 0 99 PI01 ShortTurbo 2026-03-27 07:43:05 UTC View
Balconytastic (PIE1) +0.295s
After
-45.0 dBm 6.75 dB 0 99 PI01 ShortTurbo 2026-03-27 07:43:05 UTC View
Balconytastic (PIE1) +0.338s
After
-45.0 dBm 6.75 dB 0 99 PI01 ShortTurbo 2026-03-27 07:43:05 UTC View
Balconytastic (PIE1) +0.356s
After
-45.0 dBm 6.75 dB 0 99 PI01 ShortTurbo 2026-03-27 07:43:05 UTC View
Balconytastic (PIE1) +0.373s
After
-45.0 dBm 6.75 dB 0 99 PI01 ShortTurbo 2026-03-27 07:43:05 UTC View
Balconytastic (PIE1) +0.397s
After
-45.0 dBm 6.75 dB 0 99 PI01 ShortTurbo 2026-03-27 07:43:05 UTC View
Balconytastic (PIE1) +0.416s
After
-45.0 dBm 6.75 dB 0 99 PI01 ShortTurbo 2026-03-27 07:43:05 UTC View
Balconytastic (PIE1) +0.436s
After
-45.0 dBm 6.75 dB 0 99 PI01 ShortTurbo 2026-03-27 07:43:05 UTC View
Balconytastic (PIE1) +0.454s
After
-45.0 dBm 6.75 dB 0 99 PI01 ShortTurbo 2026-03-27 07:43:05 UTC View
Balconytastic (PIE1) +0.472s
After
-45.0 dBm 6.75 dB 0 99 PI01 ShortTurbo 2026-03-27 07:43:05 UTC View
Balconytastic (PIE1) +0.490s
After
-45.0 dBm 6.75 dB 0 99 PI01 ShortTurbo 2026-03-27 07:43:05 UTC View
Balconytastic (PIE1) +0.516s
After
-45.0 dBm 6.75 dB 0 99 PI01 LongFast 2026-03-27 07:43:05 UTC View
Tagtastic (ld01) +0.536s
After
-40.0 dBm 6.25 dB 0 99 PI01 LongFast 2026-03-27 07:43:05 UTC View
46

Total Receptions

2

Unique Gateways