Can Mesh Network actually be implemented to read temperature and humidity ?

RE: Can Mesh Network actually be implemented to read temperature and humidity ?

Joakim Jakobsen — Sun, 31 Jan 2021 22:40:55 GMT

No, our Mesh solution is not in "the baby development stage".

We have several examples that demostrate how a Mesh application and a network can look like. Both server and client examples with respective models. There's also a static provisioning example available if you don't have a phone etc. available to act as a provisioner.

Our nRF5 SDK for Mesh and it's examples can be used as a reference and a starting point for your own application.
It's not possible for us to create an example that will fit every single customers usecase and add them to the SDK. That is why we have a few selected examples, and our customers need to create their own applications based on their needs.

We also have our online documentation with extensive information about adding your own models, getting started with DFU, how to build and test the examples etc.
The nRF Mesh for mobile app is also available on github so that you can use that as a reference to create your own custom application.

If you need to create a custom application to work with a mobile app, you will have to develop that yourself. We can't write the example and the mobile app for you, but we are happy to assist if you have any trouble implementing this.

There is no problem using Nordic devices or SDK in order to achieve this. You can use one of the examples in the SDK as a reference and if you want, you can create your own custom model to transfer temperature data inside your Mesh network.

RE: Can Mesh Network actually be implemented to read temperature and humidity ?

IOT Man — Thu, 28 Jan 2021 13:06:14 GMT

Is your Mesh completely developed or is still in the baby development stage?

RE: Can Mesh Network actually be implemented to read temperature and humidity ?

IOT Man — Thu, 28 Jan 2021 13:03:36 GMT

I know how to use it but how did I modify/libaries the are not present in the application for reading temperature sensor value and how do I provision it

RE: Can Mesh Network actually be implemented to read temperature and humidity ?

Joakim Jakobsen — Thu, 28 Jan 2021 12:59:22 GMT

There is a blog post about how to use the nRF Mesh application here:
https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/nordic/nordic-blog/b/blog/posts/provision-configure-and-control-bluetooth-mesh-networks-with-nrf-mesh

Br,
Joakim

RE: Can Mesh Network actually be implemented to read temperature and humidity ?

IOT Man — Thu, 28 Jan 2021 12:05:09 GMT

What is real-life application of the Mesh Network

RE: Can Mesh Network actually be implemented to read temperature and humidity ?

IOT Man — Thu, 28 Jan 2021 12:03:51 GMT

How can it be implemented in the nRF Mesh Application like how do I provision it

I want to read the sensor data over Mesh in my app

How to do it ?

RE: Can Mesh Network actually be implemented to read temperature and humidity ?

Joakim Jakobsen — Thu, 28 Jan 2021 11:30:07 GMT

Hi again.

It is absolutely possible to create a Mesh network using nRF Devices for sensing temperature and forwarding this in a Mesh network.

We don't have any out of the box examples to match your requirement, so you will need to implement this yourself.
If you don't know how to write code or work with our SDK I suggest that you start by looking into this first.

We have a youtube tutorial on how to work with the nRF5 SDK and SES:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLx_tBuQ_KSqGHmzdEL2GWEOeix-S5rgTV

We have demo examples for Mesh (both for Thingy:52 and nRF52840), but if you want specific functionality you will have to modify these examples to fit your requirements.

There are a sensor example, light switch example etc. Also there is a provisioning example for the Thingy that shows how to use the Mesh on a Thingy.
If you have specific problems when implementing your solution, we are more than happy to assist you.

Br,
Joakim