Provision of iOS devices

[student_user]

Hi,

I am trying to capture provision packets from the BLE Mesh. I have nRF app for iOS. My iPhone is considered as a provision device, is it possible to provison another iPhone by scanning it in the application?

I saw a lot of tutorials are using extra SDK or boards but I need only provision packets. 

[student_user]

So I guess my question is it possible if one iPhone with nRF mesh app installed on it acts as a provisioner and another iPhone will be provisioned? 

So far, nRF mesh app on iPhone doesn't find any bluetooth devices that can be provisioned. 

[Joakim Jakobsen]

Hi!

I’m afraid that is not possible.

If you want to add another phone, you can use the export/import functionality from the nRF Mesh app. 

Let me know if you need more information.

Br,

Joakim

[student_user]

Could you please explain a bit more abouut the process of "export/import functionality from the nRF Mesh app"?

[Joakim Jakobsen]

In the nRF Mesh app you can choose to export the provisioner data. You can then import this data to another phone, so that this phone also can act as a provisioner for the network, using valid address ranges etc.

The phones can not communicate directly with the Mesh, they need to communicate with a proxy node and they can forward the messages through the network.

Maybe you want me to find some litterature or documentation about the different roles in BLE Mesh?

Br,
Joakim