nRF52840-DK: Coded PHY (Long-range) Mesh SDK

RE: nRF52840-DK: Coded PHY (Long-range) Mesh SDK

Joakim Jakobsen — Wed, 28 Apr 2021 10:36:59 GMT

Like I mentioned, the Mesh Specification (that the nRF5 SDK for Mesh is developed based on) is based on an older version of the Bluetooth low energy specification.

Thus, BLE 5.0 or BLE 5.1 features are not supported and we do not have any examples where these features are demonstrated.

Br,
Joakim

RE: nRF52840-DK: Coded PHY (Long-range) Mesh SDK

Nabil — Tue, 27 Apr 2021 07:35:19 GMT

Hello,

Sorry to insist but we need more informations before going into production.

At the moment it's a little confusing.

Thank you in advance.

RE: nRF52840-DK: Coded PHY (Long-range) Mesh SDK

Nabil — Mon, 26 Apr 2021 07:26:39 GMT

Hello,

Our development is blocked because of this issue.

We would like to work with nRF52833 modules in long range BLE 5.1.

For now we are using nrf_mesh_sdk_4.2.0 and SDK_16.

Does this mean that automatically without doing anything the long range is enabled and the antenna capabilities in BLE 5.1 are activated? (with mesh sdk 4.2.0)

It's a little bit complicated to figure out what is enabled and what is not by default? It is also complicated to understand how to enabled/disabled the antenna options.

We are interested in the long range and increase data rate options.

Could you give us more information?

Thank you very much.

Br,

Nabil

RE: nRF52840-DK: Coded PHY (Long-range) Mesh SDK

Joakim Jakobsen — Sun, 25 Apr 2021 19:37:05 GMT

Hi.

Sorry about the delay.

The nRF5 SDK for Mesh can be downloaded here:
https://www.nordicsemi.com/Software-and-tools/Software/nRF5-SDK-for-Mesh

The Mesh specification is based on an older version of the BLE specification, thus Coded PHY (Long Range) isn't supported.
The link you found on devzone is just a way to change the PHY in order to test this.

Br,
Joakim

RE: nRF52840-DK: Coded PHY (Long-range) Mesh SDK

Nabil — Mon, 01 Mar 2021 09:19:54 GMT

Hello,

I am in the same situation. The only post on the forum that talk about the long range are several years old. I can't find any information to work with the mesh in long range or high speed. Can we find information somewhere?

The only information to activate the long range dates from 2 years on the forum but we have no certainty that this is correct.

I'm working with nRF52833 with Mesh SDK 4.2.0 and nrf_sdk_16.0.0 but I can change depend on your answer.

RE: nRF52840-DK: Coded PHY (Long-range) Mesh SDK

Nabil — Mon, 01 Mar 2021 09:15:43 GMT

Hello,

The only information to activate the long range dates from 2 years on the forum but we have no certainty that this is correct.

I'm working with nRF52833 with Mesh SDK 4.2.0 and nrf_sdk_16.0.0 but I can change depend on your answer.