While version 0.07 that was recently release into the wild contained a large amount of wonderful bug fixes, we know there was little in the way of new features to excite and inspire. But we have some exciting stuff coming up! We will be letting you know in advance what you can look forward to [...]
It has been some time since our last developer release, and so it is with great pleasure that I am able to announce that Serval BatPhone Developer Release 0.07 is now available for download from the Android Market. This version offers compatibility with many more models of Android handsets, fixes to a large number of [...]
As many readers will know, my work on the Serval Project is substantially funded by the Shuttleworth Foundation. They provide my income, thus freeing my time, co-investment in the project, and loads of support in a variety of ways, including a great team of other fellows and support staff. Without their support the Serval Project [...]
We are currently preparing to provide the latest Serval mesh telephony technology for use in a disaster response training exercise with a major relief agency in late February 2012 — about two months from now. In that time we need to not only get our prototype Field Communications Unit (FCU) kit together, but also finish [...]
Version 0.07 of the Serval software has been released! Head to the Software Page for downloading, (after you have agreed to the Disclaimer, naturally) or search for Serval on the Android Marketplace. Release Notes : The following features have been added since Release 0.06: Automatic Wi-Fi chipset detection process that tries to guess how to [...]
As I mentioned in a previous post, I recently presented at TEDx Adelaide, which had the theme “On The Edge”. They have now put the videos up on YouTube, so here it is: The bottom line? Just as MP3 files and digital music distribution has changed the market place for the recording industry, so to [...]
SMS messages on a cellular network get delivered via the cell towers and message centre infrastructure. On a mesh, it is possible for us to deliver messages to other phones that are reachable on the mesh at the same time. This works great, and we have had this capability in the Serval BatPhone software for [...]
We have been putting some significant effort into making the Serval BatPhone software easier to build from scratch, especially first time around. The procedure for Mac/Linux has now been reduced to (assuming you want the wifi-autodetect branch, which for now you probably do): 1. git clone git://github.com/servalproject/batphone.git -b wifi-autodetect2. cd batphone3. ./BUILD.txt After that, you [...]
It is time to reflect on the past six months of Serval, and where we intend to head in the next six months. Six months ago we did not have a developer software offering, or even a single Android application that contained all the components for Serval. Today we do. Six months ago we did [...]
We wish to welcome on board Alasdair Mclellan to our Senior Development Team. Alasdair will be our Product Manager, and was someone we had identified from the beginning as a ‘must have’ member of our team:) We also welcome Lyn Stephens, who was helping us out part time, but will be working with us full time on [...]
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