From 243e2975059a026422480d67e6feb31c0c53a5d3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ian McEwen <mian@cyverse.org>
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2024 15:16:04 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Use the new Heartbeat payload variant for the heartbeat
 instead of an empty ToRadio packet

---
 meshtastic/mesh_interface.py | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/meshtastic/mesh_interface.py b/meshtastic/mesh_interface.py
index 92bb158..743ff3e 100644
--- a/meshtastic/mesh_interface.py
+++ b/meshtastic/mesh_interface.py
@@ -683,6 +683,7 @@ class MeshInterface:
                 self.heartbeatTimer = threading.Timer(i, callback)
                 self.heartbeatTimer.start()
                 p = mesh_pb2.ToRadio()
+                p.heartbeat.CopyFrom(mesh_pb2.Heartbeat())
                 self._sendToRadio(p)
 
         callback()  # run our periodic callback now, it will make another timer if necessary