Hi there,
Here is what I'm trying to do. I'm trying to use the 52832 as a badge to be used by people in order to report the zone the person is in using a ble mesh network made of 52840. My question is what examples should I look to make this happen?.
I'm open to suggestion from you.
Thanks
Hi.
I'm afraid we don't have any exampes to match your exact requirement.
Maybe you could elaborate on your usecase a little bit? Do you want the zone to be reported based on RSSI from other nodes, or maybe you want the zone to be reported by scanning an NFC device in the zone you're in?
Best regards,
Joakim Jakobsen
Hi Joakin,
What I want to do is to have a 52832 as a badge that transmit or advertise the User ID and the device mac to a 52840 that is part of a mesh network so the node that receives the ad can transmit to a gateway (part of the mesh network) and push this info to the cloud.
So the main things to research here are:
- Transmitting from the 52830 every 30 seconds and message as a beacon (it seems that the battery could last years if we just transmitt every 30 secs a message. Am I correct?). Is it possible that the mesh node receives and, at the same time, transmitt info to the mesh network?. Is it possible that the mesh node receives simultaneously more than one message from, lets say, 10 badges?
- Allows the gateway to be part of the mesh network and transmitt to the cloud at the same time (is this possible?)
- In case of electricity shortage, allow the system to switch to the battery mode and change the timers for transmission.
Thanks a lot.
Hi.
RickCol said:it seems that the battery could last years if we just transmitt every 30 secs a message. Am I correct?
Yes, depending on which battery you are using and how the application is configured, you can achieve up to several years of battery time.
RickCol said:Is it possible that the mesh node receives and, at the same time, transmitt info to the mesh network?
The radio can not receive and tranmit at the same time. You'll need to put the radio in RX-mode to receive and then switch to TX-mode in order to transmit the message.
RickCol said:Is it possible that the mesh node receives simultaneously more than one message from, lets say, 10 badges?
It's also not possible to receive messages simultaneously. You need to receive the messages one by one. How long it takes to receive all the messages would depend on how big the messages are.
RickCol said:Allows the gateway to be part of the mesh network and transmitt to the cloud at the same time (is this possible?)
I don't know how the message is transmitted to the cloud here. Using WIFI, wired connection to another device etc. But it should be possible that a gateway can be part of the mesh and also transmit data to the cloud.
RickCol said:- In case of electricity shortage, allow the system to switch to the battery mode and change the timers for transmission.
This needs to be implemented by yourself, I don't think we have any examples on how to do anything like this.
Best regards,
Joakim
Hi.
RickCol said:it seems that the battery could last years if we just transmitt every 30 secs a message. Am I correct?
Yes, depending on which battery you are using and how the application is configured, you can achieve up to several years of battery time.
RickCol said:Is it possible that the mesh node receives and, at the same time, transmitt info to the mesh network?
The radio can not receive and tranmit at the same time. You'll need to put the radio in RX-mode to receive and then switch to TX-mode in order to transmit the message.
RickCol said:Is it possible that the mesh node receives simultaneously more than one message from, lets say, 10 badges?
It's also not possible to receive messages simultaneously. You need to receive the messages one by one. How long it takes to receive all the messages would depend on how big the messages are.
RickCol said:Allows the gateway to be part of the mesh network and transmitt to the cloud at the same time (is this possible?)
I don't know how the message is transmitted to the cloud here. Using WIFI, wired connection to another device etc. But it should be possible that a gateway can be part of the mesh and also transmit data to the cloud.
RickCol said:- In case of electricity shortage, allow the system to switch to the battery mode and change the timers for transmission.
This needs to be implemented by yourself, I don't think we have any examples on how to do anything like this.
Best regards,
Joakim
