The dashboard.log file is generated by m17-gateway. It is a way for the gateway to report relevant events to the Dashboard in a structured way. The log file is in JSONL format, i.e. each line is a valid JSON object.
| Type | Subtype | Attribute Name | Attribute Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALL | ALL | time | string | ISO-8601 timestamp |
| type | string | |||
| subtype | string | |||
| RF | Voice Start | src | string | SRC value from the LSF |
| dst | string | DST value from the LSF* | ||
| can | number | CAN value from the LSF | ||
| mer | number | Error rate | ||
| Voice End | src | string | SRC value from the LSF | |
| dst | string | DST value from the LSF* | ||
| can | number | CAN value from the LSF | ||
| mer | number | Error rate | ||
| Packet | src | string | SRC value from the LSF | |
| dst | string | DST value from the LSF* | ||
| can | number | CAN value from the LSF | ||
| mer | number | Error rate | ||
| packetType | number | Packet protocol identifier as specified in Table 3.15 of the spec | ||
| smsMessage | string | Optional: If packetType is 5 (SMS), the message text. | ||
| GNSS | src | string | SRC value from the LSF | |
| dataSource | number | As defined in GNSS Data encoding section of the spec | ||
| stationType | number | As defined in GNSS Data encoding section of the spec | ||
| latitude | number | Signed floating point value, negative = South | ||
| longitude | number | Signed floating point value, negative = West | ||
| altitude | number | Signed floating point value in meters, negative = below sealevel | ||
| speed | number | in km/hour | ||
| bearing | number | in degrees between 0 and 359 | ||
| radius | number | accuracy radius, between 1 and 128 meters | ||
| Internet | Voice Start | src | string | SRC value from the LSF |
| dst | string | DST value from the LSF* | ||
| can | number | CAN value from the LSF | ||
| Voice End | src | string | SRC value from the LSF | |
| dst | string | DST value from the LSF* | ||
| can | number | CAN value from the LSF | ||
| Packet | src | string | SRC value from the LSF | |
| dst | string | DST value from the LSF* | ||
| can | number | CAN value from the LSF | ||
| packetType | number | Packet protocol identifier as specified in Table 3.15 of the spec | ||
| smsMessage | string | Optional: If packetType is 5 (SMS), the message text. | ||
| GNSS | src | string | SRC value from the LSF | |
| dataSource | number | As defined in GNSS Data encoding section of the spec | ||
| stationType | number | As defined in GNSS Data encoding section of the spec | ||
| latitude | number | Signed floating point value, negative = South | ||
| longitude | number | Signed floating point value, negative = West | ||
| altitude | number | Signed floating point value in meters, negative = below sealevel | ||
| speed | number | in km/hour | ||
| bearing | number | in degrees between 0 and 359 | ||
| radius | number | accuracy radius, between 1 and 128 meters | ||
| Reflector | Connect | name | string | Reflector name |
| module | string | Reflector module | ||
| Disconnect | name | string | Reflector name | |
| module | string | Reflector module |
* The BROADCAST address is encoded as @ALL, values in the 0xEE6B28000000 to 0xFFFFFFFFFFFE application range are prefixed with a #.
{"time":"2025-08-04T21:45:47.929336446-04:00","type":"Reflector","subtype":"Disconnect","name":"M17-M17","module":"C"}
{"time":"2025-08-04T21:46:07.813814107-04:00","type":"Reflector","subtype":"Connect","name":"M17-M17","module":"C"}
{"time":"2025-08-04T21:49:27.328423651-04:00","type":"RF","subtype":"Voice Start","src":"N1ADJ","dst":"ALL","can":0,"mer":6.440725334288682}
{"time":"2025-08-04T21:49:33.208241944-04:00","type":"RF","subtype":"Voice End","src":"N1ADJ","dst":"ALL","can":0,"mer":0}
{"time":"2025-08-18T14:05:21.667450722-04:00","type":"RF","subtype":"GNSS","dataSource":1,"stationType":2,"src":"N1ADJ","latitude":43.878929,"longitude":-69.986374,"altitude":33,"speed":62.0,"bearing":35}
{"time":"2025-08-20T07:23:41.243443334-04:00","type":"RF","subtype":"Packet","src":"N1ADJ","dst":"PARROT","can":0,"mer":7.231425 "packetType":5,"smsMessage":"hi"}
{"time":"2025-08-20T07:23:41.927052224-04:00","type":"Internet","subtype":"Packet","src":"N1ADJ","dst":"@ALL","can":0 "packetType":5,"smsMessage":"hi"}
{"time":"2025-08-05T15:44:47.222582323-04:00","type":"Internet","subtype":"GNSS","dataSource":1,"stationType":2,"src":"DK1MI" "latitude":49.227512,"longitude":9.217074,"altitude":0}
{"time":"2025-08-05T16:50:44.510747352-04:00","type":"Internet","subtype":"Voice Start","src":"AA5RL","dst":"@ALL","can":0}
{"time":"2025-08-05T16:50:45.452033325-04:00","type":"Internet","subtype":"Voice End","src":"AA5RL","dst":"@ALL","can":0}