Is it possible to self provision a smartphone? Do smartphones support now PB-ADV?-

[MarcKus]

I would like to self-provision my smartphone. Do you know how can I do this?

Then, I read that a smartphone must connect to a proxy via GATT bearer (hence a connection) node in order to enter the mesh network. But isn't it possible to use PB-ADV?

Thanks,
Marc

[awneil]

It would depend on the smartphone:

1. having the necessary hardware;
2. having the necessary software to support it.

[Mttrinh]

Hi,

Then, I read that a smartphone must connect to a proxy via GATT bearer (hence a connection) node in order to enter the mesh network

Yes, that is correct. I'm not aware of any phones that supports PB-ADV at the moment unfortunatetly.

[MarcK]

Could you clarify about this? I run on Android 8.1 and bluetooth version 5.0. Is this enough to figure out if PB-ADV is feasible?

[MarcK]

Okay. Bad news. it means that we must connect to the proxy by a manual operation before sending a mesh message? I would like to send easily a generic on off message by phone in the mesh network to order light switching of a tag. I don't want to scan for proxy, select proxy, connect to it and then send message. Or maybe we could do all these steps in one to facilitate user experience?

[awneil]

MarcK said:

maybe we could do all these steps in one to facilitate user experience

Yes.

MarcK said:

I would like to send easily a generic on off message by phone in the mesh network to order light switching of a tag

Have you considered the security implications of that ... ?