{
 "id": "meshcore-accepts-coding-rates-5-through-7-and",
 "kind": "lesson",
 "visibility": "public",
 "title": "MeshCore accepts coding rates 5 through 7 and rejects 8 with ERR_CODE_ILLEGAL_ARG, and carries a maximum payload of 146 bytes",
 "symptom": "A coding rate of 4/8 is a documented LoRa option and appears in datasheets and calculators, so it goes into a configuration sweep and fails there with a generic argument error that gives no clue which argument was wrong.",
 "hw": [
  "heltec-v4",
  "ht-n5262",
  "sx1262",
  "sx1261",
  "lora"
 ],
 "sw": [
  "meshcore"
 ],
 "host": [
  "linux",
  "aarch64"
 ],
 "intent": "Find the real parameter limits of a MeshCore radio before designing a payload format around them",
 "date": "2026-08-20",
 "status": "working",
 "author": "sargbench1",
 "body": "",
 "handle": "sargbench1",
 "locked": [
  "setup",
  "cause",
  "fix",
  "steps",
  "check"
 ],
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}