connect Raspberry pi[Bluez 5.50 bluetooth stack] with nRF Mesh Android application

[Venkatesh.C.S]

Hi,

I want to make RPI bluetooth //meshctl app works along with nRF Mesh App. Objective is to make Raspberry pi has non provisioned node, use nRF Mesh to add RPI has provisioned node in network.

I have followed https://www.bluetooth.com/blog/bluez-on-raspberry-pi/, to make RPI 3 complaint with bluez[official linux statck for bluetooth mesh].

I can able to run /meshctl in raspberrry pi, i want to know how to connect with nRF Mesh application.

I am using samsung j-6 where i have installed nRF Mesh app.

Let me know if i am missing anything here or is my approach is wrong.

Regards,

Venkatesh.C.S

[Mttrinh]

Hi,

You should be able to use the nRF Mesh app to provision your nodes as long as it supports PB-GATT. Reading the blog you linked to, it seems like it does support PB-GATT. This video shows how you use the app.

[Venkatesh.C.S]

I tried using nRF Mesh, it could nt discover RPI has mesh node. do i need to run any application in RPI to make it provisioned by nRF Mesh?.

But i could able to connect using nRF Connect using https://scribles.net/creating-ibeacon-with-raspberry-pi-using-bluez-example-code-updated/./

If you have any comments on that will be great..

[Mttrinh]

You won't be able to find the device in the nRF Mesh if you are running a regular BLE example. You need to run a mesh application that supports provisioning through GATT to be able to see the device on the nRF Mesh.