Sensor Server model sample : setup the periodic publication period directly in the code

[Ripitchip00]

Hello,

I can smoothly run the sensor server / client model. I know that I can setup the periodic publication period with the nRF Mesh mobile app and don't have a problem to do so. However, I would like to set it up at run time, either with a method or with a message sent by a device.

In the documentation, it's written that :

The steps in this section require you to set the Publish Period of the Sensor Server model. As of now, this is only possible if you choose to provision and configure the example using the nRF Mesh mobile app

Nevertheless, would there be any way to achieve this ?

It's important for us so that we can setup the whole mesh network instantly with the provisioner sample, instead of using the nRF app because we might have over 10 sensors servers sending their data to one client and it would be bothersome to setup by hand.

Environment : nRF52840 as devices

nRF5-SDK version : nRF5_SDK_17.0.2_d674dde

SoftDevice : nrf5_SDK_for_Mesh_v5.0.0

Best regards.

[Joakim Jakobsen]

Hi.

Yes, the periodic publication can be changed at runtime. You can change that like described in the documentation you linked to.

BR,
Joakim

[Ripitchip00]

Maybe I wasn't clear enough. I don't want to change it manually at runtime, but set it up before runtime so that when I run the code and provision with the static provisioner, the sensor directly publishes regularly its value - this without manual action.

In other words : set up the period in the code, run and boom the device publishes regularly.

[Joakim Jakobsen]

Ah, I see. I think I misread the question the first time.

It should be possible to hardcode the periodic publish feature in your application, yes.
From the documentation, the "testing steps" that follows is what requires you to use the nRF Mesh app.

Br,
Joakim

[Ripitchip00]

Could you point me the method or structure ? I've already searched but I'm a bit lost as there are a lot of code.

EDIT : Ah, I found the structure access_publish_period_t in node_setup.c of provisioner sample. Changing value here permits me to setup a server model with a publication period, so it's enough for our test case. However, I haven't found anything directly in server sensor sample.