In regards to the "Where did everyone go?"...
Personally when I look at the MySensors github and see Issues and PRs being created but no one is doing anything with them, that's a bit of a turn off.
When I look through the PRs I see a lot of "good stuff" there yet there is no movement.
@skywatch I have yet to play around with the repeater functionality but i will be soon since i live in a giant old house.
Most of my nodes are battery powered.
I do have one that isn't so i'll start there. If repeater mode works as intended I should be able to move a battery powered motion sensor I have farther away from that usb powered node.
This should be a good test. Don't you think?
@waspie I like it when people come back and share their experience. It's helps newbies like myself get direction in our own projects. So thank you 