The distinguish between PB-GATT advertising and ble advertising?

[oplinux]

Dear friends:

The ble advertiser device can advertising, the advertising can be monitored by a smartphone.

The ble mesh node with proxy feature also can advertising, the advertising also can be monitored by a smartphone.

a) I wonder the distinguish between PB-GATT advertising and ble advertising.

b) My smartphone as a provisoner. Can i scan a unprovision mesh node who whithout proxy feature? if not, my phone connect with a  proxy mesh node, can i scan other unprovision device by the proxy node?

Thank you in advandce for your help.

[Mttrinh]

Hi,

1. PB-GATT advertising allows an unprovisioned device to be provisioned by a device that cannot support the advertising bearer, like a phone or tablet.

2. Yes, you should be able to scan for an unprovision mesh node without the proxy feature. But note that without the proxy feature you won't be able to communicate with the rest of the Bluetooth mesh network. A device does not need to support both the GATT provisioning bearer (PB-GATT) and the Proxy feature, but in the Light switch example applications, both are supported by default.