From c086b6372ec4880cd8381f94580410bc2a9f67ad Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Gillett <51103663+migillett@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2025 11:58:48 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Update mesh_interface.py

---
 meshtastic/mesh_interface.py | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/meshtastic/mesh_interface.py b/meshtastic/mesh_interface.py
index 57545c6..4c90969 100644
--- a/meshtastic/mesh_interface.py
+++ b/meshtastic/mesh_interface.py
@@ -469,6 +469,11 @@ class MeshInterface:  # pylint: disable=R0902
         and can be used to track future message acks/naks.
         """
 
+        # issue 464: allow for 0x prefix in destinationId for hex values
+        if type(destinationId) == str:
+            destinationId = destinationId.replace('0x', '!')
+        logging.debug(f'destinationId: {destinationId}')
+
         if getattr(data, "SerializeToString", None):
             logging.debug(f"Serializing protobuf as data: {stripnl(data)}")
             data = data.SerializeToString()