* companion: disabled processing/sending of keep_alive packets (deprecated)

* FIRMWARE_VER_LEVEL now moved to end of response payloads

examples/companion_radio/MyMesh.cpp

@@ -1690,8 +1690,8 @@ void MyMesh::checkSerialInterface() {
       _serial->writeFrame(out_frame, 5);
       _iter_started = false;
     }
-  } else if (!_serial->isWriteBusy()) {
-    checkConnections();
+  //} else if (!_serial->isWriteBusy()) {
+  //  checkConnections();    // TODO - deprecate the 'Connections' stuff
   }
 }
 

examples/simple_repeater/MyMesh.cpp

@@ -123,12 +123,13 @@ uint8_t MyMesh::handleLoginReq(const mesh::Identity& sender, const uint8_t* secr
   uint32_t now = getRTCClock()->getCurrentTimeUnique();
   memcpy(reply_data, &now, 4);   // response packets always prefixed with timestamp
   reply_data[4] = RESP_SERVER_LOGIN_OK;
-  reply_data[5] = FIRMWARE_VER_LEVEL;  // Legacy: was recommended keep-alive interval (secs / 16)
+  reply_data[5] = 0;  // Legacy: was recommended keep-alive interval (secs / 16)
   reply_data[6] = client->isAdmin() ? 1 : 0;
   reply_data[7] = client->permissions;
   getRNG()->random(&reply_data[8], 4);   // random blob to help packet-hash uniqueness
+  reply_data[12] = FIRMWARE_VER_LEVEL;  // New field
 
-  return 12;  // reply length
+  return 13;  // reply length
 }
 
 int MyMesh::handleRequest(ClientInfo *sender, uint32_t sender_timestamp, uint8_t *payload, size_t payload_len) {

examples/simple_room_server/MyMesh.cpp

@@ -336,22 +336,22 @@ void MyMesh::onAnonDataRecv(mesh::Packet *packet, const uint8_t *secret, const m
     memcpy(reply_data, &now, 4); // response packets always prefixed with timestamp
     // TODO: maybe reply with count of messages waiting to be synced for THIS client?
     reply_data[4] = RESP_SERVER_LOGIN_OK;
-    reply_data[5] = FIRMWARE_VER_LEVEL; // Legacy: was recommended keep-alive interval (secs / 16)
+    reply_data[5] = 0; // Legacy: was recommended keep-alive interval (secs / 16)
     reply_data[6] = (client->isAdmin() ? 1 : (client->permissions == 0 ? 2 : 0));
     // LEGACY: reply_data[7] = getUnsyncedCount(client);
     reply_data[7] = client->permissions; // NEW
     getRNG()->random(&reply_data[8], 4);   // random blob to help packet-hash uniqueness
-    // LEGACY: memcpy(&reply_data[8], "OK", 2);
+    reply_data[12] = FIRMWARE_VER_LEVEL;  // New field
 
     next_push = futureMillis(PUSH_NOTIFY_DELAY_MILLIS); // delay next push, give RESPONSE packet time to arrive first
 
     if (packet->isRouteFlood()) {
       // let this sender know path TO here, so they can use sendDirect(), and ALSO encode the response
       mesh::Packet *path = createPathReturn(sender, client->shared_secret, packet->path, packet->path_len,
-                                            PAYLOAD_TYPE_RESPONSE, reply_data, 12);
+                                            PAYLOAD_TYPE_RESPONSE, reply_data, 13);
       if (path) sendFlood(path, SERVER_RESPONSE_DELAY);
     } else {
-      mesh::Packet *reply = createDatagram(PAYLOAD_TYPE_RESPONSE, sender, client->shared_secret, reply_data, 12);
+      mesh::Packet *reply = createDatagram(PAYLOAD_TYPE_RESPONSE, sender, client->shared_secret, reply_data, 13);
       if (reply) {
         if (client->out_path_len >= 0) { // we have an out_path, so send DIRECT
           sendDirect(reply, client->out_path, client->out_path_len, SERVER_RESPONSE_DELAY);

examples/simple_sensor/SensorMesh.cpp

@@ -366,12 +366,13 @@ uint8_t SensorMesh::handleLoginReq(const mesh::Identity& sender, const uint8_t*
   uint32_t now = getRTCClock()->getCurrentTimeUnique();
   memcpy(reply_data, &now, 4);   // response packets always prefixed with timestamp
   reply_data[4] = RESP_SERVER_LOGIN_OK;
-  reply_data[5] = FIRMWARE_VER_LEVEL;
+  reply_data[5] = 0;
   reply_data[6] = client->isAdmin() ? 1 : 0;
   reply_data[7] = client->permissions;
   getRNG()->random(&reply_data[8], 4);   // random blob to help packet-hash uniqueness
+  reply_data[12] = FIRMWARE_VER_LEVEL;
 
-  return 12;  // reply length
+  return 13;  // reply length
 }
 
 void SensorMesh::handleCommand(uint32_t sender_timestamp, char* command, char* reply) {