BLE Mesh - Company ID confusion

RE: BLE Mesh - Company ID confusion

Hung Bui — Wed, 07 Apr 2021 12:59:09 GMT

Hi Frank,

Are you planning to advertise as a normal BLE nodes or as a mesh proxy node ?
You can add the manufacturer data in the advertising packet.

For proxy advertising packet you may want to look at this function adv_data_set() inside proxy.c

If you plan to advertise as a normal BLE node, please take a look at the sdk_coexist examples . In these examples we advertise as a normal BLE node and at the same time being a mesh node.

Regarding the manufacturer data, please have a look at the advertising_init() function inside main.c in ble_app_pwr_profiling example in nRF5 SDK. In that example we advertise manufacturer data with Nordic company ID, you can easy change that to what you need.

RE: BLE Mesh - Company ID confusion

ff_ff — Tue, 06 Apr 2021 16:07:46 GMT

Hi Hung Bui,

I mean the manufacturer data in the advertising package.

We have an app build, scanning on ST advertised BLE nodes. I want to make this nodes "identical" by changing this advertising name from Nordic to ST as well (if possible). The vendor model is already identical.

RE: BLE Mesh - Company ID confusion

Hung Bui — Tue, 06 Apr 2021 16:02:36 GMT

Hi Frank,

Could you explain what exactly you want to use your own Company ID for ?

Is it for your own vendor defined model ?

Or it's for your manufacturer data in the advertising package ?

If it's for your vendor specific model, I would suggest having a look at our \models\vendor\simple_on_off\ example.
In simple_on_off_common.h you can find

#define SIMPLE_ON_OFF_COMPANY_ID (ACCESS_COMPANY_ID_NORDIC)

ACCESS_COMPANY_ID_NORDIC = 0x0059.

And SIMPLE_ON_OFF_COMPANY_ID will be used inside simple_on_off_client.c and simple_on_off_server.c when declaring the opcode(s). AFAIK that's the only place in mesh that you need to use company ID.