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--- en_alt:your_node [2026/08/10 10:40] – Draft of the restructured page (community-approved structure) hajo
+++ en_alt:your_node [2026/08/15 00:06] (current) – Renamed to The OpenTrafficMap server; Berlin coverage; imprint moved hajo
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 The self-service portal is a small web interface for a single receiver. It is where you name your node, decide whether it appears on the map, adjust the LEDs and look at what it has been hearing.
-This page is about the things you click. The machine side — the broker, the topics, the wire format — is on [[en_alt:reporting|Reporting to OTM]].
+This page is about the things you click. The machine side — the broker, the topics, the wire format — is on [[en_alt:server|The OpenTrafficMap server]].
 The portal applies to **every** node, not just to boards from the group order. If you built your own receiver, you can get access to it too.
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   * **If you built your own receiver**, send us the MAC address of your node by e-mail and you will get access credentials.
-{{:node_self_service.png?800|The self-service portal}}
+{{:node_self_service.png?700|The self-service portal}}
 ===== Password protection =====
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 By default a node identifies itself by the Ethernet MAC address of its ESP32, which is correct but unreadable. We are happy to replace it in our database with a friendly name, so your node shows up as something you recognise. Just ask.
-The name matters beyond cosmetics: it is also the name that appears in the [[en_alt:reporting#topics|MQTT topics]] for your node.
+The name matters beyond cosmetics: it is also the name that appears in the [[en_alt:server#topics|MQTT topics]] for your node.
 ===== Show on map & coordinates =====
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 The portal shows the frames your own node is currently receiving, which is the quickest way to confirm that it is working at all.
-For anything more than a glance — filtering, recording, feeding into your own tools — subscribe to your node directly on the broker instead. The portal shows you the credentials you need; see [[en_alt:reporting#subscribe_to_your_node|Subscribe to your node]].
+For anything more than a glance — filtering, recording, feeding into your own tools — subscribe to your node directly on the broker instead. The portal shows you the credentials you need; see [[en_alt:server#subscribe_to_your_node|Subscribe to your node]].
 ===== Heatmap =====
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 The portal draws a reception heatmap for your node: where the messages it heard actually came from.
-{{:heatmap_self_service.png?800|Reception heatmap in the self-service portal}}
+{{:heatmap_self_service.png?700|Reception heatmap in the self-service portal}}
 This is the tool to use when evaluating a change. Move the node higher, turn the antenna, take the receiver off the windowsill and put it outside — then compare heatmaps. The antenna measurements on [[en_alt:placement#antennas_polarization|Antennas & polarization]] were done exactly this way.