Dashboard Feature

Node Telemetry Analytics

Historical time-series charts for every metric your Meshtastic nodes report. Track battery degradation, signal quality trends, temperature excursions, and network-wide channel utilisation — all stored in your local SQLite database.

meshdash.local:8000 / Analytics
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📊 ANALYTICS TARGET
SELECT NODE
[ SELECT NODE FOR TELEMETRY ANALYSIS ]

What Metrics Are Tracked

MeshDash stores a telemetry record in the SQLite database each time a telemetry packet arrives from a node. Network-wide averages are computed and stored every 5 minutes as a separate history table.

Battery Level %

Device battery charge. Tracked over time to identify nodes with degrading batteries or unsustainable power draw.

Voltage V

Raw battery voltage. More granular than percentage — useful for lithium cell health tracking.

Channel Utilisation %

Percentage of the RF channel being used by all nodes. High values indicate mesh congestion.

Air TX Utilisation %

The percentage of airtime that this specific node is transmitting. Identify chatty or misconfigured nodes.

SNR dB

Signal-to-noise ratio of packets received from this node. Trends downward when link conditions degrade.

RSSI dBm

Received signal strength. Absolute value — useful when combined with SNR for link quality assessment.

Temperature °C

From nodes with BME280/BMP280 environmental sensor. Track enclosure heating.

Humidity %RH

Relative humidity. Alert if enclosure humidity exceeds threshold to prevent condensation damage.

Pressure hPa

Barometric pressure. Useful for weather station mesh deployments.

Node Comparison — Linked Y-Axes

The Node Comparison view is unique in the Meshtastic ecosystem. Select up to 4 nodes and their telemetry charts are displayed side-by-side with globally linked Y-axes — the same scale on every chart of the same metric type.

This means you can directly compare battery drain curves between nodes, or identify which node has the worst SNR link in a single glance rather than flipping between individual analytics pages.

COMPARISON CHART TYPES
Battery LevelSpot nodes with faster battery drain — usually misconfigured GPS poll intervals
SNR TrendIdentify weak links — nodes with consistently low SNR need range extension
VoltageRaw cell voltage trend reveals battery health across fleet
Channel UtilisationFind nodes generating disproportionate mesh traffic
Air TX UtilDetect nodes transmitting too frequently for the network
RSSICompare received signal strength across your router placements

Time Ranges

All analytics views support 1H, 6H, 24H, 7D, and 30D time range selection. The number of data points scales automatically — short windows show fine-grained resolution while longer windows aggregate. The 5-minute average history table provides network-wide smoothed data for trend analysis.