Can static provisioner detect when one of the servers are down?

[kyle goldsteins]

I am using nrf52832 with provisioner example from mesh v4.2.0. I want to know if the servers i configured using the provisioner is able to detect when one of these servers are down. And if so, is the static provisioner able to replace the server that is down with another server with the same configurations as before?

Thank in advance!

[Mttrinh]

Hi,

I want to know if the servers i configured using the provisioner is able to detect when one of these servers are down.

I suggest you have a look at this thread.

And if so, is the static provisioner able to replace the server that is down with another server with the same configurations as before?

I assume by replace you mean remove the server that is down and provision a new one? By the "same configuration" do you want it to have the same address?

[Mttrinh]

Hi,

Regarding provisioning a new node with the same address, by the specification the address of a newly provisioned node should be the increment of the last provisioned node. So trying to replace a node that is down with a new one with the same address would be out of specification. 

kyle goldsteins said:

The problem I am facing is that the static provisioner will provision everything from scratch and the entire process can be quite tedious if I have to re-provision 100 servers when only one or two servers are down for instance. 

The static provisioner works in a fixed and predefined way. It has its own limitations and is provided as a tool to evaluate SDK examples without the need to use a mobile application provisioner. Maybe the nRF Mesh app for mobile(iOS/Android) is better suited for your needs.

[kyle goldsteins]

Hi thanks for the reply , but If I modify the Static provisioner code to be able to have a static network ID would that be possible ?

[Mttrinh]

Hi,

What do you mean by "static network ID"? Can you elaborate?

And to clarify the question, are you asking if is possible to have a static network ID?

[kyle goldsteins]

Yes what I meant is that instead of using the random generated ID, can we define a network ID instead?

[Mttrinh]

This is not possible with the static provisioner, unfortunately. Like mentioned in my earlier reply, the static provisioner has its own limitation and its purpose is to be a tool to evaluate SDK examples.