Would it be possible to build a mesh network from Xenons without a gateway (Boron/Argon)? I’d like to sync up some lights, but I don’t have directly an interest on connecting that to the Internet. With a Photon I’d do this by broadcasting UDP messages over WiFi.

That -will be- possible, and with the mesh.publish and mesh.subscribe, that should be relatively easy :slight_smile:

Thanks! Any idea’s of speed limitations regarding OpenThread?

I just got my four xenons and I didn’t get an argon or boron. However, it says I neet to select a mesh network and on other places on the forums people say I need a boron or argon to have them work. How would I use the xenons without a gateway??? How do I even set them up?

It seems I spoke too soon :frowning: [image] Particle Mesh - Xenon only setup Troubleshooting It’s not possible at this time to create a network without a gateway. Thus you’ll need at least one Argon, Boron, or Ethernet shield to set up a mesh network. It’s possible for …

Yes, it’s not possible to set up a mesh network without a gateway at this time. Or a standalone Xenon without Ethernet. You should have gotten an email warning about that, however. Everyone who ordered a problematic configuration, such as only Xenons without Ethernet or an Argon or Boron should hav…

Any idea why it’s not possible? I can understand that you can’t connect the Xenons to the cloud and use the online IDE. However is it also not possible to use the CLI and use SYSTEM_MODE(MANUAL)? At least that’s what I use now with some Photons, I don’t even let them connect to the cloud because I…

[image] rickkas7: it’s not possible to set up a mesh network without a gateway at this time. It wasn't said that it won't be possible in future, but currently isn't implemented. However, as you said, since it doesn't do a lot for Particle's business model decissions haven't been made whether…

If you have no dedicated gateway, which device needs to stay awake all the time to keep the network alive? What if a node wakes and doesn’t find a gateway or repeater, should it become a router and stop going back to sleep, till some other node takes over? How would they negotiate who has to take…

Opinion warning Argons, Borons and Xenons with Ethernet are by default dedicated as gateways and hence are (commonly) supposed to be awake “permanently” (so should router nodes) - but not necessarily cloud connected. Since that is the perceived “common” use, that’s what was tested to release a Min…

You do need a gateway (Argon, Boron, or Xenon with Ethernet) to set up a network. This is the primary use case of Particle devices, and how the mobile app works. Without a gateway you can’t use any cloud feature, OTA code flash, etc… It might (or might not) be possible to set up an entirely standal…

Xenon based Mesh network only

Connectivity BLE // NFC

Moors7 November 7, 2018, 9:33pm 5

It seems I spoke too soon

Topic		Replies	Views
Boron + 5-Xenon Setup Questions General	85	5275	December 22, 2018
Particle Mesh - Xenon only setup Troubleshooting	4	1703	November 17, 2018
Mesh Network behavior question BLE // NFC	5	914	December 7, 2018
Xenon only Mesh Experiment with BUG and Caveat BLE // NFC	14	1878	December 5, 2018
Large Mesh Networks Thread Project Share xenon	35	2827	November 23, 2019

Xenon based Mesh network only

Related topics