Mesh ADV and regular BLE stack combination use case

[Sridhar Jonnavittula]

Hi,

We thought to have a setup like this

1<-->2<-->3

1 is MESH ADV device with some mesh model

2 is MESH ADV + regular BLE stack support

3 is Gateway with only regular BLE stack support with no piece of MESH software

2 can receive MESH ADV messages from one side and without decoding send to 3 which is on the other side

2 and 3 are connected over GATT dummy service to exchange data.

Is this possible without proxy protocol on Gateway and 2?

Thanks

Sridhar

[Joakim Jakobsen]

Hi.

This should be possible. I think that using the proxy feature might be the easiest way to solve this, but it isn't necessary to use it.

You can take a look at the co-exist examples in our nRF5 SDK for Mesh for an example on how you can integrate the nRF5 SDK for Mesh functionalities with a standard BLE project from the nRF5 SDK.
Coexistence examples

Best regards,
Joakim Jakobsen

[Sridhar Jonnavittula]

Hi,

In sdk coexist example I tried adding provision over GATT bearer support instead of ADV bearer. After changing code when I try to provision using nRF Mesh Android app, app is hanging after print "-> Sending provisioning public key..."

What may cause this issue?

Thanks

[Sridhar Jonnavittula]

Hi Team,

Can you please provide update on this?

Thanks

[Joakim Jakobsen]

Hard to say what is wrong, as I don't have any information about what changes you have made to the code.

Maybe you could try to debug your application while trying to provision, to see  where it is hanging?

Best regards,
Joakim

[Sridhar Jonnavittula]

Ok I will try that.

But meanwhile can you please tell me what are the changes to be done in sdk coexist example to provision over GATT bearer.

Thanks 

[Joakim Jakobsen]

You can take a look at the Light switch examples in the Mesh SDK. The light switch examples supports provisioning over the GATT bearer.

Regards,
Joakim