How to create a backup Provisioner

[Unia Kuo]

Hi all,

I am currently using Pyaci serial to establish and test BLE mesh network, and it work fine.

The further step we want to do is to create a duplicated Provisioner to control Provisionee.

I found that a Provisioner could not control Provisionee by just loading database(NetKey, AppKey, DeviceKey, etc.), it also needs a table of sequence number.

Is there any way to overcome this problem?

[tesc]

Hi,

This is a known issue with the current implementation of the Interactive PyACI. When persistent storage is not enabled, the sequence number will restart from 0 on reset. Workaround is to enable persistent storage.

Regards,
Terje

[Unia Kuo]

Hi tesc,

I've tried to enable the parameter PERSISTENT_STORAGE from 0 to 1, however, it only works fine in original Provisioner. What i want to do is create a new one by copying the database of original one and loading it to new one.

Thanks,

[tesc]

Hi,

Thank you for the clarification. This is not supported at the moment, but it is a known limitation that we intend to improve on in the future.

For a workaround: Do you need to use the exact same provisioner setup or would it be a good solution to use a new unicast address for the new instance of the provisioner?

Regards,
Terje