Can multiple phones connect to one mesh node?

[Karl1]

Hello developers. 

I successfully ran the Mesh project with Light Switch example on nRF52840 devices. And I have 2 questions about this. 

Question 1: How can I access from different phones the same device? At which layer (or part of the code) should I look? Or, is it even possible?

I read and experienced that in a BLE connection, only one device (phone) can connect to a board. But Mesh is built on a different communication stack, therfore I am wondering if this is possible.

Question 2: Is the nRF52840 with whom I interact with the phone called "proxy node"? If yes, then every node from the Mesh can be at some point a proxy node, correct?

Thank you in advance! 

[Edvin]

Hello,

When a phone connects to a mesh node, it is actually just a BLE connection. 

 

I read and experienced that in a BLE connection, only one device (phone) can connect to a board.

 Is that the reason you went with a mesh node, or do you already have a mesh network that you need to work with?

It is not true that you can only connect one central (phone) to a peripheral/slave/"device". Please check out the SDK\examples\ble_peripheral\experimental\ble_app_multiperipheral. 

Q2: Yes, as long as it supports BLE. Most examples from our Mesh SDK does, but not all Mesh nodes supports this. 

BR,

Edvin