lora - Initial support for introducing PnP for LoRa devices. The Heltec v3 collides with chip sets used by et-radio. Will address with a solution in a future commit on this branch

overlay/etc/skel/.conkyrc

@@ -18,33 +18,34 @@ conky.config = {
 
 conky.text = [[
 ${font DejaVu Sans:bold:size=10}${color #8d5133}${alignc}DATE/TIME
-${font DejaVu Sans Mono:size=11}${color yellow}${alignc}${time %A, %B %d %Y}
+${font DejaVu Sans Mono:size=10}${color yellow}${alignc}${time %A, %B %d %Y}
 Local: ${alignr}${time %H:%M:%S}
 UTC: ${alignr}${tztime UTC %H:%M:%S}
 GPS Time: ${alignr}${execpi 30 et-system-info et-time}
 
 ${font DejaVu Sans:bold:size=10}${color #8d5133}${alignc}SYSTEM
-${font DejaVu Sans Mono:size=11}${color yellow}Uptime   : ${uptime}
+${font DejaVu Sans Mono:size=10}${color yellow}Uptime   : ${uptime}
 CPU Util : ${cpu}%
 Disk Free: ${fs_free /}
 
 ${font DejaVu Sans:bold:size=10}${color #8d5133}${alignc}NETWORK
-${font DejaVu Sans Mono:size=11}${color yellow}IP: ${execpi 60 /opt/emcomm-tools/bin/et-system-info ip} 
+${font DejaVu Sans Mono:size=10}${color yellow}IP: ${execpi 60 /opt/emcomm-tools/bin/et-system-info ip} 
 
 ${font DejaVu Sans:bold:size=10}${color #8d5133}${alignc}INTERFACES
-${font DejaVu Sans Mono:size=11}${color yellow}Radio: ${execpi 10 et-system-info active-radio}
+${font DejaVu Sans Mono:size=10}${color yellow}Radio: ${execpi 10 et-system-info active-radio}
 CAT  : ${execpi 10 et-system-info et-cat}
 GPS  : ${execpi 10 et-system-info et-gps}
 Audio: ${execpi 10 et-system-info et-audio}
-${if_existing /dev/et-sdr}SDR  : ${execpi 10 et-system-info et-sdr}${endif}
+SDR  : ${execpi 10 et-system-info et-sdr}
+LoRa : ${execpi 10 et-system-info et-lora}
 
 ${font DejaVu Sans:bold:size=10}${color #8d5133}${alignc}OPERATOR
-${font DejaVu Sans Mono:size=11}${color yellow}Callsign: ${execpi 10 et-system-info callsign}
+${font DejaVu Sans Mono:size=10}${color yellow}Callsign: ${execpi 10 et-system-info callsign}
 Grid    : ${execpi 10 et-system-info grid} 
 
 ${font DejaVu Sans:bold:size=10}${color white}${alignc}MODE
-${font DejaVu Sans:bold:size=11}${color red}${alignc}${execpi 10 et-system-info et-mode}
+${font DejaVu Sans:bold:size=10}${color red}${alignc}${execpi 10 et-system-info et-mode}
 
-${font DejaVu Sans:bold:size=9}${color grey}${alignc}${execp /opt/emcomm-tools/bin/et-system-info release}
+${font DejaVu Sans:bold:size=8}${color grey}${alignc}${execp /opt/emcomm-tools/bin/et-system-info release}
 ]];
 

overlay/etc/udev/rules.d/100-et-lora.rules

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# Author   : Gaston Gonzalez
+# Date     : 14 June 2026
+# Purpose  : udev rules for supported LoRa devices
+#
+# Supported Devices
+# 1. Heltec v4
+#
+# Preconditions:
+# 1. LoRa device connected via USB cable
+#
+# Postconditions:
+# 1. /dev/et-lora created
+
+#KERNEL=="swradio0", \
+#   GROUP="dialout", MODE="0660", SYMLINK+="et-sdr"
+
+# Heltec v4
+SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="303a", ATTRS{idProduct}=="1001", \
+    GROUP="dialout", MODE="0660", SYMLINK+="et-lora"
+
+
+# Heltec v3
+# Uses the CP210x so this will collide with radios already supported by et-radio
+SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="10c4", ATTRS{idProduct}=="ea60", \
+    GROUP="dialout", MODE="0660", SYMLINK+="et-lora"
+

overlay/opt/emcomm-tools/bin/et-system-info

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # Author   : Gaston Gonzalez
 # Author   : William McKeehan
 # Date     : 6 October 2024
-# Updated  : 5 September 2025
+# Updated  : 14 June 2025
 # Purpose  : Utility script for dumping system information
 
 function usage() {
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ function usage() {
   echo "  et-audio      - Show state of audio interface"
   echo "  et-audio-card - Display audio card and device: <card>,<device>"
   echo "  et-cat        - Show state of CAT control interface"
+  echo "  et-lora       - Show state of LoRa interface"
   echo "  et-gps        - Show state of GPS interface"
   echo "  et-time       - Show if time is synched via GPS"
   echo "  et-mode       - Show current mode"
@@ -143,6 +144,15 @@ case $1 in
     fi
 
     ;; 
+  et-lora)
+    # 1. Check if the symlink was created by the udev rules
+    if [ -e /dev/et-lora]; then 
+        echo "Connected"; 
+    else
+      echo "Not connected";
+    fi
+
+    ;;
   et-sdr)
     # 1. Check if the symlink was created by the udev rules
     if [ -e /dev/et-sdr ]; then