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From:   "Michael N. Moran" <mike@mnmoran.org>
Subject: mesh: Send mesh model message to group address
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Date:   Sat, 15 Feb 2020 13:20:21 -0500
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Hi,

I'm new to the mailing list, so please be patient.

I've been using meshctl to provision/configure a group of 
mesh nodes.

There does not seem to be a mechanism in meshctl to send 
model messages to group addresses or virtual addresses.

As an example, consider the simple OnOff model. I can 
configure the subscription for an OnOff model with a group 
address. However, the meshctl onoff command will not work 
with a group address set for the onoff target.

I have modified the cmd_set() function in onoff-model.c by 
removing the node_find_by_addr(target) check and this works 
fine. Obviously, that only works for the OnOff model. I'd 
happily submit a patch for that model, but that doesn't seem 
to be a very good general solution.

So is meshctl the right (only) tool to use on Linux?
Is there a newer tool that is planned or under development?

regards,
mike