https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/f/nordic-q-a/54943/provisionerWhat is the need for a provisioner? Is it mandatory to have provisioner while client and server communication? In which condition provisioner needed in mesh network? Which device can work as a provisioner?en-USTelligent Community 13Fri, 29 Nov 2019 10:25:13 GMThttps://devzone.nordicsemi.com/thread/222751?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 29 Nov 2019 10:25:13 GMT137ad170-7792-4731-bb38-c0d22fbe4515:f8440980-6f29-4ad7-af49-69de93034420Hung Bui<p>The provisioner can be any device, it&#39;s just a suggestion that the provisioner should be smart phone or other mobile computing device. We just demonstrate a simple provisioner with the NRF52 in the code.&nbsp;</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/thread/222740?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 29 Nov 2019 09:54:43 GMT137ad170-7792-4731-bb38-c0d22fbe4515:6bae9c9f-a61c-4779-97de-fd2ebf9e923aABT<p>Hi Hung Bui,</p> <p>In provided link&nbsp; &quot;<span>smartphone or other mobile computing device</span>&quot; work as a provisioner then where is given&nbsp;provisioner code in&nbsp;light_switch folder is used?</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/thread/222719?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 29 Nov 2019 08:41:50 GMT137ad170-7792-4731-bb38-c0d22fbe4515:714f8968-6634-45cd-895b-51c734de173fHung Bui<p>Hi,&nbsp;</p> <p>Please read more about provisioner and provisioning process here:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.bluetooth.com/blog/provisioning-a-bluetooth-mesh-network-part-1/">https://www.bluetooth.com/blog/provisioning-a-bluetooth-mesh-network-part-1/<br /><br />T</a>he provisioner is needed to configure a node to the network, exchanging the keys. After the node(s) is setup you don&#39;t need the provisioner in the network anymore.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>