Adding Mesh to an existing HCI app (Linux)

RE: Adding Mesh to an existing HCI app (Linux)

Susheel Nuguru — Tue, 11 Sep 2018 09:39:00 GMT

We do not have HCI interface yet, but you can still control Mesh stack as connectivity stack using serial (but not HCI format command/event)

I believe this example is what you need to use Mesh stack as connectivity firmware controlled through serial. Take a look at the command packets and events available to control the stack.

RE: Adding Mesh to an existing HCI app (Linux)

dbuijsma — Mon, 10 Sep 2018 15:49:49 GMT

Understood, but if a customer who has a need for an HCI application and wants to use mesh and at the same time function as a BLE central to periodically connect to a device, what options do they have?

RE: Adding Mesh to an existing HCI app (Linux)

Susheel Nuguru — Mon, 10 Sep 2018 09:34:19 GMT

We already have the serial driver for Mesh (not in the pc ble driver, we do not intend to integrate that here)

you should look into nrf_mesh_serial and serial component interface we provide for Mesh.

RE: Adding Mesh to an existing HCI app (Linux)

dbuijsma — Tue, 04 Sep 2018 17:36:02 GMT

Thanks for the reply Aryan. Is Nordic planning pulling Mesh functionality into the pc-ble-driver?

RE: Adding Mesh to an existing HCI app (Linux)

Susheel Nuguru — Tue, 04 Sep 2018 13:14:57 GMT

You would need to add the Mesh stack into your connectivity firmware and then run the mesh serial example on that firmware, the tricky part is to combine the connectivity UART with the mesh serial we provide and could be a complex part.