nrf connect for mobile

RE: nrf connect for mobile

Joakim Jakobsen — Tue, 06 Jun 2023 22:54:42 GMT

Thanks! You are probably correct.

I'll forward this to our iOS developers and get back to you if they have some additional information to share.

Br,
Joakim

RE: nrf connect for mobile

Jerry Easley — Tue, 06 Jun 2023 16:23:24 GMT

Just an update on my theory about the app generating the names for Beacons; It seems my theory is incorrect; I have a sample program from the BLE tutorial which instantiates a beacon and which is filterable, as shown below:

RE: nrf connect for mobile

Joakim Jakobsen — Mon, 05 Jun 2023 23:46:17 GMT

Thank you for the additional information.

I haven't had a chance to reproduce, but I'll forward this to our iOS developers. They might be able to shed some light on the issue.

Br,
Joakim

RE: nrf connect for mobile

Jerry Easley — Mon, 05 Jun 2023 14:19:07 GMT

I apologise for not answering one of your questions directly: Only when I enter the name of a beacon do all devices disappear; when I correctly enter the name of a non beacon, the app works as would be expected.

RE: nrf connect for mobile

Jerry Easley — Mon, 05 Jun 2023 14:15:30 GMT

Hi Joakim,

I have tried it both on a iPhone 14+ and an iPad; running Ios 16.5 and iPadOs 16.5, respectively. The scanner app is version 2.2.6.

When I look at the scanner output, I see beacons and other devices. One of the other devices is named Lesson2Exercise2, from your BLE Tutorial. When I enter “Lesson2Exercise2” as a filter name, things work as one would expect. The beacons, on the other hand, are a bit strange; They all seem to be named serially in the form of “Beacon (01)”, “Beacon (02)”, and so on. This makes me suspect the beacons’ names are being manufactured by the scanner software and not by the device itself. After all, what are the chances of two different manufacturers naming their devices in this manner?

I think I have a lesson coming up on beacons, maybe that will shed some light on this issue.

I am trying to use the scanner to hunt down and identify these beacons because I have no idea what they are doing in my environment and am very surprised to have discovered them; any help you might offer in that regard would be most appreciated.

Regards,

Jerry

RE: nrf connect for mobile

Joakim Jakobsen — Mon, 05 Jun 2023 10:44:53 GMT

Hi.

Does all the devices disappear regardless of which filter you apply?

Also, which device, os and application version are you using?

Thanks,
Joakim