nRF52832 beacon mesh

[Fra_greg]

Hello,
I bought three BMD-300 Eval, which incorporates the nrf52832.  I would like to create a mesh network of beacons. I downloaded the nRF5_SDK_14.2.0 and uploaded the example "ble_app_beacon" on the boards. Now, I downloaded the nrf5_SDK_for_MESH, but I do not know what to do. I want to create a mesh so that the beacons exchange the advertising packages with information on RSSI, Address, Major, Minor etc ...

[norin saiyed]

31 Bytes will also work for me..But how would i change adv_data[] packet? in order to advertise sensor data?

[Bjørn Kvaale]

Where can you see the adv_data[] array packet in the ble_app_beacon example? From my understanding, this application only informs the smartphone of a few things, such as: 128 bitt UUID, major value for course beacon differentiation, minor value for fine beacon differentiation & the RSSI value of the beacon to estimate distance from a beacon (see link). From my understanding, beacons tend to send the same advertising data at all times, so I am not sure it is such a great idea to use a beacon to advertise your sensor data (not fully sure about this).

[norin saiyed]

Hi Bjorn,

adv_data[] is there in mesh_sdk beaconing example, It is not there in ble_app_beacon example.

[Bjørn Kvaale]

Can't you just change the content inside the adv_data[] array? If the data is not constant, could you not just try to remove the const declaration (i.e. static adv_data[]).

[norin saiyed]

Yes i have tried this and it is working. Thanks again for your support.