How to connect android/iOS app in the mesh network without GATT server

[Anaya]

Hello,

I am developing an app which connect to provisioned node using GATT in the mesh network. But the limitation of this is, it has only pair to pair communication. It is creating problem in getting acknowledgements from other nodes in the network.

So that, instead of this I want to connect my app directly to the network using mesh.

How can I achieve this? Is it possible in android and iOS  app?

Thank you.

Regards,

Anaya

[Mttrinh]

Hi,

If I understood this correctly, you can connect your phone to the mesh via a proxy link(using the proxy feature). The light switch example in our SDK supports the proxy feature by default, you can test it out with our nRF Mesh app for iOS/Android. I also suggest you have a look at the source code(iOS/Android) for the app.

[Anaya]

Hello Mttrinh,

Thanks for your reply.

I am already using nRF mesh app for Android/iOS to check light switch example.

The problem with that is it connects to the node using GATT server. So that I cannot connect the other phone to the same node simultaneously. 

So that I want such a mechanism that my both the phones should connect to the mesh network instead of connecting to any particular node. And both the phones should also receives the messages on the mesh network unlike other on/off clients.

Is it achievable?

Please guide me.

Thank you.

Regards!