Automatic meshing

[Luke.L]

Would it be possible to add new devices into a mesh network without the need for a provisioner and done automatically?

[tesc]

Hi,

You will always need a provisioner for adding new nodes to the Bluetooth Mesh network. The provisioner keeps track of what nodes participate in the network, network key, device keys, device IDs, etc.

You can provision new devices without user intervention if the provisioner and new device share a preprogrammed static key for authentication (but you still need the provisioner in the network.) For more about provisioning, see Provisioning process and APIs.

Regards,
Terje

[Luke.L]

Hi tesc

   Thanks for the reply. The way you described it, is it similar to the capabilities advertised in fruitymesh?

https://github.com/mwaylabs/fruitymesh/wiki

"FruityMesh works with the Nordic nRF51 and nRF52 chipsets in combination with the S130/S132 SoftDevices and enables tons of devices to connect to each other with its auto-meshing capabilities."

[tesc]

Hi,

I thought at first that you were thinking about Bluetooth Mesh, but now I see that you did not specify this.

In any case, I am not familiar with the third party solution from Fruitymesh that you linked to, but after a quick look at the wiki you linked to I can tell it is definitely not Bluetooth Mesh. (Rather, it is a proprietary solution built on top of BLE.) As I do not know how the "auto-meshing capabilities" of Fruitymesh works, it is hard to compare it to what is possible in Bluetooth Mesh, but it looks like it can be quite similar in user experience when it comes to adding new nodes to the network.

Regards,
Terje