Using CLI to communicate end device from BorderRouter

[UmaMaheswar]

 <install folder>\nRF5_SDK_for_Thread_and_Zigbee_v4.1.0_32ce5f8.zip\examples\thread\cli\ftd\usb\hex   

Need to get confirmation on if I follow the above path and flash the binary in nrf52840 dongle[Other than that I connected with RaspberryPi] and connect it to BorderRouter [Raspbery pi flashed with nordic alpha 4.1.0.1 image + nrf52840 dongle in NCP design]. 

Can I use CLI and communicate  with the end device that is connected in a network?

And also need to know if I flash the above mentioned binary in same dongle with OT stack, will that allow me to open CLI.

If not, need to know the all possible ways to communicate to end device from BorderRouter CLI.

[UmaMaheswar]

Yes Charlie, will contact EFR32 people. but need some clarity from the CoAP servers related that they have mentioned that the support will be provided for DK only but not for dongle.

If I can do something with dongle, can you please provide some brief information on this.

[Charlie]

UmaMaheswar said:

they have mentioned that the support will be provided for DK only but not for dongle.

Here you mean their DK and gonele or nRF2840DK and Dongle? If they are nRF52840DK and Dongle, both of them can be used as NCP on BorderRouter.

UmaMaheswar said:

If I can do something with dongle, can you please provide some brief information on this.

 Since you only have one nRF52840 dongle, it can only be used as NCP for the BorderRouter, nothing else.

[UmaMaheswar]

I'll be getting extra dongle mostly in a day.
Made one dongle as NCP and is in connection with Raspberry Pi for BorderRouter.

What can I do to communicate with the end device i.e EFR32. As you provided some information on CoAP server, in that under hardware requirement only DK support is provided. If that CoAP supports Dongle please let me know. Or if I can do any kind of simple working with this to ensure the connection is working fine. Please do provide.

[Charlie]

Hi Umamaheswarreddy,

Sorry for your struggling. If you want to learn and test the Thread network. The simplest start point is buying two nRF52840 DK, one programs Thread: CoAP Client and another programs Thread: CoAP Sever. Then you would be able to test them as described in the document. 

There is no other solution simpler than the above suggestion, please think about it!

Bes regard,

Charlie

[UmaMaheswar]

But I already have BorderRouter setup with dongle and one more dongle that I ordered will be delivering tomorrow.

Can I have some simpler example suggestion on this?