Running BLE Mesh and "standard" BLE5

[Marco Russi]

Hello,

I have been searching in DevZone and looked at the nRF Connect SDK documentation but I am still confused about a thing: I have developed a BLE Mesh device and I managed to make a couple of devices communicate between each other. I used the Nordic Mesh mobile App to create the network and commission the devices. Now I need to connect to a device from a custom mobile App to send and receive data as a "normal" BLE connection that must not be the Mesh as the two things (Mesh and "normal BLE side") must be separated. Indeed the normal BLE connection is for the user interface while the Mesh network is for service and so back end use (not visible and connectable by the user).

Is it possible to do something like that on a nRF5340 device?

If yes, could please anyone address me to the right direction?

Thank you very much.

Marco

[tesc]

Hi,

Concurrent BLE and Bluetooth mesh is possible in nRF Connect SDK, yes.

Please have a look at the Bluetooth: Mesh and peripheral coexistence sample. The files are found at \nrf\samples\bluetooth\mesh\ble_peripheral_lbs_coex. Note that you need extended advertisements enabled in the project, for the multiple advertising sets required for concurent Mesh + BLE operation.

Regards,
Terje

[Marco Russi]

Hi, thank you for your help. I can't find the sample, could you please specify the nRF Connect SDK version?

[Marco Russi]

OK I found it. Thank you for your help.