NRF52832 mesh problem

[lawalan]

Hello everyone,

I am developing a temperature and gas sensor for indoor environment monitoring. Due to the limitation of the bluetooth transmission range, I hope to add a "repeater" inbetween the sensor and my mobile phone to extent the connection range.

So the case is like this...

I connect my phone with the sensor, reading all the data when i am in range. When I move further apart that exceed the connection range, the sensor will automatically switch to send data to the "repeater" and the "repeater" will be connected and send the data to my phone.. so that i can still receive real time data.

May I know such logic would be solved by using mesh? and may someone explain how to do it?

Many thanks!!!! 

[lawalan]

Thanks for your reply.

I noticed that the node (sensor) will have to be in advertisement mode instead of pairing mode in mesh network which i dont prefer. 

Is there any way that i can do my connection like this?

1) i pair and connect with my sensor with my phone, read the data when i am in range.

2) when i exceed the range, the sensor will send the data to my phone through a "repeater"

Note: i hope the sensors are paired and connected to my phone or the repeater but not in advertise mode. 

Many thanks.

[awneil]

lawalan said:

I noticed that the node (sensor) will have to be in advertisement mode instead of pairing mode in mesh network which i dont prefer

That is fundamental to the way BLE Mesh works.

If you don't like the way BLE Mesh works, other mesh networks are available ...