how to connect to the mesh quickly with NFC

[zhengrui]

i created a mesh network using light_demo in NRF52832SDK and  i need to scan a new device to make it join my mesh network .when there are a number of devices and i have to reduce the time to scan these new devices ,so i want to use NFC to complete it. can you give me some help and tell me how to change the codes in provisioner  and server/client?

thanks for any help.

[Edvin]

Hello,

In order to provision using NFC, you would need to have one active NFC scanner. The NFC tags on the nRFs are only the passive NFC part, so two nRFs can't communicate with one another via the NFC. You would need a phone or something to do that.

 

If you are interested, there is a prototype library for iOS for Mesh provisioning, which you can find here. Unfortunately, iOS is very uncomplicated when it comes to accessing the NFC, and we don't have anything on Android and mesh provisioning at the moment, as far as I am aware of.

 

Best regards,

Edvin

[Edvin]

I found this post from Apple. I am not sure where they stand on the NFC part at the moment. Maybe they have opened it up for app-developers. At least it seems like it from that link.

 

However, you need an active NFC scanner to use the NFC tag on the nRF. Either a phone, or an external device that you can connect to the provisioning nRF via some peripheral.

 

BR,

Edvin

[zhengrui]

Hi Edvin,

I saw the iOS for Mesh in gethub before,now I have some boards which assemble nRF52832 and NFC aerial. Can I regard one as provisioner to be a NFC scanner  and the other as provisionees with NFC tag? So that I can spend less time on provisioning a new device .

Waiting for your reply .

Best wishes,

Zhengrui.

[Edvin]

You can use the phone as an NFC provisioner, but you can not scan another NFC tag with the nRF's NFC antenna. 

BR,

Edvin

[zhengrui]

thanks for your reply ,Edvin.

[zhengrui]

and if the nRF don't use NFC to connect with provisioner ,what't the method of Static OOB  is used in the light switch demo?maybe this is the confusion that i can't understand.