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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/cfs-file/__key/system/syndication/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>About Mesh &amp;quot;Node&amp;quot; controls</title><link>https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/f/nordic-q-a/74343/about-mesh-node-controls</link><description>Hi, we&amp;#39;re just starting with BLE and Mesh. Very confusing and find it hard to follow the on line information. Hopefully someone can point us in the right direction : 
 My understand about BLE Mesh is &amp;quot;Relay Node&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Proxy Node&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Low Power Node&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;Friend</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 13</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2021 15:52:23 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" href="https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/f/nordic-q-a/74343/about-mesh-node-controls" /><item><title>RE: About Mesh "Node" controls</title><link>https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/thread/306599?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2021 15:52:23 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">137ad170-7792-4731-bb38-c0d22fbe4515:3787db5e-7b44-4577-93c1-67e0688ab71a</guid><dc:creator>Mttrinh</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Hi,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Yes, you are correct the feature you mentioned is optional feature and does not need to be added. How to activate/implement these different feature I suggest you have look at the different &lt;a href="https://infocenter.nordicsemi.com/topic/com.nordic.infocenter.meshsdk.v5.0.0/md_examples_README.html?cp=7_2_3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;examples&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;in our SDK. They will show you how these feature are implemented.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Regarding the first picture&lt;/strong&gt;, I suggest you to look at the &lt;a href="https://infocenter.nordicsemi.com/topic/com.nordic.infocenter.meshsdk.v5.0.0/md_examples_lpn_README.html?cp=7_2_3_9" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;LPN example&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="https://infocenter.nordicsemi.com/topic/com.nordic.infocenter.meshsdk.v5.0.0/md_doc_user_guide_modules_lpn_integrating.html?cp=7_2_2_4_2_0" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Integrating Low Power node feature&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;As for your second picture:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Edge node means end node/end device. Unless it is a Low Power node then it does normal operation with Mesh/High power Operation.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;quot;Should this be Proxy node&amp;quot;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yes, the relay node shown in the picture is a Proxy node for it to be able to connect to a phone. But a relay node does not need to be a proxy node,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;quot;Is it possible to switch in and out of the different mode&amp;quot;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#39;m not sure what you mean by this. Just to clarify, a LPN can also be an Edge node and a node can be both a Relay node and a Proxy node.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Hope this helped.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>