Mesh Network behavior question

[Jseiler]

it is important to not combine SYSTEM_THREAD(ENABLED) with SYSTEM_MODE(MANUAL) otherwise the Xenons won't communicate. This may be fixed in the next firmware release 0.8.0-rc.26, @rickkas7 would know for sure.

Xenon, combining threaded and manual modes can leave Xenon flashing green permanently

I’m not sure whether this is a bug but I think it’s useful to know If using the Xenon in mesh only mode without a cloud connection the following code with SYSTEM_THREAD(ENABLED) will leave the Xenon flashing green forever and the application will never start running. Removing SYSTEM_THREAD(ENABLED) and the code runs fine. The mesh connection in my case takes less than 2 seconds. That’s perfect if the device needs to sleep. SYSTEM_THREAD(ENABLED) without a call to Mesh.connect() will leave the …