RE: How to describe the capabilities of a device

Marius Heil — Wed, 01 Apr 2020 13:06:41 GMT

Thanks, I have since done a lot more research and I was really astonished to see that there is no standard way to do this. I did now come up with a custom "device profile schema" that allows me to describe devices in a way that they can be imported into gateway / smartphone applications, .... Looks like there is quite a lot missing, even though the basics are more than complicated.

RE: How to describe the capabilities of a device

tesc — Mon, 09 Mar 2020 13:14:16 GMT

Hi,

There isn't really any way to put tags on models for further describing what kind of functionality is "behind" the model. The product itself is identified by the composition data fields CID (company ID), PID (vendor-assigned product identifier) and VID (vendor-assigned version identifier). With that you can identify the device, and thus know what functionalities are controlled by the elements.

It would have been useful if each model could be assigned a "product type" from a predefined list containing elements like "light", "fan", "switch", etc. Unfortunately something like that is not currently part of Bluetooth mesh. Perhaps something for the SIG to think about for the future.

Regards,
Terje