Coexist S132 on mesh with S140

RE: Coexist S132 on mesh with S140

tmwinjy — Wed, 27 Mar 2019 21:41:28 GMT

I thought it was the other way round, i.e if you try to add Mesh to current BLE_UART software then it loses provisioning settings upon reboot, and if you start from the coexist example then you do not have this pitfall.

Is your model already working because I am trying a similar thing and want to know the feasibility?

RE: Coexist S132 on mesh with S140

melt — Tue, 26 Mar 2019 12:30:30 GMT

Hi Aj

Still working on it on a daily basis. From my research it appears that it may be easier to take the BLE_UART example and add mesh functionality. I have tried to to do it the other way (add ble_uart into the mesh light switch example) and I got up to here https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/f/nordic-q-a/44697/where-to-define-uarts-for-the-file-nrf_drv_uart-h.

I read somewhere on this forum that when the co-exist sample is switched off it loses the provision settings. hence I did not go this route.

RE: Coexist S132 on mesh with S140

_aj_ — Mon, 25 Mar 2019 10:16:04 GMT

Hi,

Were you able to resolve this issue? I am still not able to get the sdk coexist example to provision through nrf mesh app.

RE: Coexist S132 on mesh with S140

Joakim Jakobsen — Fri, 25 Jan 2019 15:06:43 GMT

Do that.

There is another thread about this example on the nRF52840 that should be helpful for you.

https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/f/nordic-q-a/41969/nrf52840-mesh-sdk-coexistence/163700

Best regards,
Joakim.

RE: Coexist S132 on mesh with S140

melt — Thu, 24 Jan 2019 15:37:58 GMT

I dont have the PCA10040. I will have a look at the differences and see if I can port the code

RE: Coexist S132 on mesh with S140

Joakim Jakobsen — Thu, 24 Jan 2019 10:10:00 GMT

[quote user="melt777"] Yes I do have one. Non of the co-existence examples come on on the mesh app (IOS).[/quote]

They didn't appear in the Mesh App using the nRF52-DK (PCA10040) either?

RE: Coexist S132 on mesh with S140

melt — Thu, 24 Jan 2019 06:38:21 GMT

The PCA10056 is the 52840 DK. Yes I do have one. Non of the co-existence examples come on on the mesh app (IOS).

RE: Coexist S132 on mesh with S140

Joakim Jakobsen — Wed, 23 Jan 2019 23:05:26 GMT

That might be the reason. The SDK only have this example for the nRF52-DK (PCA10040), not the nRF52840-DK (PCA10056).

Do you have a nRF52-DK that you can use to test the example?

I'll run some tests on the nRF52840-DK and see if there is an easy way to port the project.

Best regards,
Joakim.

RE: Coexist S132 on mesh with S140

melt — Wed, 23 Jan 2019 10:07:54 GMT

I am loading this example on my PCA10056 DK. The example staes PCA10040.

It compiles and loads successfully. The mesh app does not pick it up to be provisioned. Would that be due to my PCA10056 DK?

RE: Coexist S132 on mesh with S140

Joakim Jakobsen — Wed, 23 Jan 2019 09:03:03 GMT

Hi.

Sorry about the delay.

[quote user="melt777"]Do I need to hard code the publication key and APPkey for the coexisting client to join the mesh or does it need to be provisioned.[/quote]

The coexist example should be provisioned, yes. You can use the nRF Mesh app for smartphone to provision and configure it.
You should configure the Generic OnOff Client to publish to the same address as your server is subscribing to.

[quote user="melt777"]have a UART terminal open in my PC and I presume I must send the codes 31,32,33,34 to the uart and it should turn on the lights just like the original client firmware[/quote]

Yes, you can send this using a terminal SW on your computer. You can also send this over BLE to the uart example and that will simulate a button press.

Best regards,
Joakim

RE: Coexist S132 on mesh with S140

melt — Tue, 15 Jan 2019 06:28:49 GMT

Thanks Joakim

I have looked at how to implement the co existence example , however the below is not clear to me,

"You can now run the two coexisting examples in parallel or in sequence:

Run the light switch example as described in Light switch example.
Run the ble_app_uart example as described in the nRF5 SDK documentation."

I have successfully ran and implemented the the BLE_APP_UART and the LIGHT_SWITCH example independently, so I know they work.

on the co-existence example I run and provision the servers as normal. I then replace the client on my PCA10056 with the co-assistance example. but 1) what does the documentation mean by "Parallel or in sequence" .

After provisioning the servers and loading the co-existence client I have a UART terminal open in my PC and I presume I must send the codes 31,32,33,34 to the uart and it should turn on the lights just like the original client firmware. Do I need to hard code the publication key and APPkey for the coexisting client to join the mesh or does it need to be provisioned.

Thanking you in advance

RE: Coexist S132 on mesh with S140

Joakim Jakobsen — Mon, 14 Jan 2019 15:38:38 GMT

Hello!

1.
Yes, there is no problem using both S140 and S132 in the same network. They are compatible with eachother.

2.
Take a look at the documentation for the example to see how to setup and test the example;
SDK UART coexistence example - Documentation

3.
Please take a look at these previous question on the same topic.
https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/f/nordic-q-a/29108/how-to-add-mesh-into-nrf5-sdk-v14-1-v15-ble-application

However, the UART coexistence example might be a good place to start.

Best regards.
Joakim Jakobsen