Zephyr OS BLE central multiple notification subscription event issue

Hi NRF team,

I am working on the NRF52840 dev board with Zephyr OS.

My requirement is to create a BLE central device which can connect with my peripheral and discover all the services.

Then after discovering all the services, central device should subscribe characteristics. And I should get notification events from all peripheral services.

I have used 2 NRF connect boards. I have flashed peripheral_hr example code(zephyrproject/zephyr/samples/bluetooth/peripheral_hr) in one board. And in other board I have flashed central_hr example code(zephyrproject/zephyr/samples/bluetooth/central_hr) in another broad.

I have checked different services by using NRF connect application. So here peripheral_hr  is having the heart rate profile. So it contains Heart rate service and Battery service.

From the NRF connect application I am able to connect and subscribe both services and able to get notification data from peripheral device.

Now I have checked same scenario with another NRF dev board which having the central application(central_hr). By using this app I am able to connect with my peripheral device.

Also I am able to subscribe the heart rate service and I am able to get notification data from peripheral. Please find below logs.

Now in the central code battery service implementation is missing for heart rate profile so I have added the code to discover the battery service and also added code for the notification

for battery service for heart rate profile.

Here I am facing one issue. I am able to discover the battery and heart rate service. Also I am able to write the notify descriptor to battery level and heart rate measurement characteristics. 

But I am getting notification only from heart rate measurement characteristics not from battery level characteristics.

Please find below logs.

I have also attached my code for central application. Please let me know if I am missing something.

/* main.c - Application main entry point */

/*
 * Copyright (c) 2015-2016 Intel Corporation
 *
 * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 */

#include <zephyr/types.h>
#include <stddef.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <zephyr/kernel.h>
#include <zephyr/sys/printk.h>

#include <zephyr/bluetooth/bluetooth.h>
#include <zephyr/bluetooth/hci.h>
#include <zephyr/bluetooth/conn.h>
#include <zephyr/bluetooth/uuid.h>
#include <zephyr/bluetooth/gatt.h>
#include <zephyr/sys/byteorder.h>

static void start_scan(void);

static struct bt_conn *default_conn;

static struct bt_uuid_16 discover_uuid[2] = {BT_UUID_INIT_16(0), BT_UUID_INIT_16(0)};
static struct bt_gatt_discover_params discover_params[2];
static struct bt_gatt_subscribe_params subscribe_params[2];

static uint8_t notify_func(struct bt_conn *conn,
			   struct bt_gatt_subscribe_params *params,
			   const void *data, uint16_t length)
{
	if (!data) {
		printk("[UNSUBSCRIBED]\n");
		params->value_handle = 0U;
		return BT_GATT_ITER_STOP;
	}

	printk("[BATTERY NOTIFICATION] data %p length %u\n", data, length);

	return BT_GATT_ITER_CONTINUE;
}

static uint8_t notify_func_1(struct bt_conn *conn,
			   struct bt_gatt_subscribe_params *params,
			   const void *data, uint16_t length)
{
	if (!data) {
		printk("[UNSUBSCRIBED]\n");
		params->value_handle = 0U;
		return BT_GATT_ITER_STOP;
	}

	printk("[HEART RATE NOTIFICATION] data %p length %u\n", data, length);

	return BT_GATT_ITER_CONTINUE;
}

static uint8_t discover_func(struct bt_conn *conn,
			     const struct bt_gatt_attr *attr,
			     struct bt_gatt_discover_params *params)
{
	int err;

	if (!attr) {
		printk("Discover complete\n");
		(void)memset(params, 0, sizeof(*params));
		return BT_GATT_ITER_STOP;
	}

	printk("[ATTRIBUTE] handle for Battery %u\n", attr->handle);

	if (!bt_uuid_cmp(discover_params[0].uuid, BT_UUID_BAS)) {
		memcpy(&discover_uuid[0], BT_UUID_BAS_BATTERY_LEVEL, sizeof(discover_uuid[0]));
		discover_params[0].uuid = &discover_uuid[0].uuid;
		discover_params[0].start_handle = attr->handle + 1;
		discover_params[0].type = BT_GATT_DISCOVER_CHARACTERISTIC;

		err = bt_gatt_discover(conn, &discover_params[0]);
		if (err) {
			printk("Discover failed (err %d)\n", err);
		}
	} else if (!bt_uuid_cmp(discover_params[0].uuid,
				BT_UUID_BAS_BATTERY_LEVEL)) {
		memcpy(&discover_uuid[0], BT_UUID_GATT_CCC, sizeof(discover_uuid[0]));
		discover_params[0].uuid = &discover_uuid[0].uuid;
		discover_params[0].start_handle = attr->handle + 2;
		discover_params[0].type = BT_GATT_DISCOVER_DESCRIPTOR;
		subscribe_params[0].value_handle = bt_gatt_attr_value_handle(attr);

		err = bt_gatt_discover(conn, &discover_params[0]);
		if (err) {
			printk("Discover failed (err %d)\n", err);
		}
	} else {
		subscribe_params[0].notify = notify_func;
		subscribe_params[0].value = BT_GATT_CCC_NOTIFY;
		subscribe_params[0].ccc_handle = attr->handle;

		err = bt_gatt_subscribe(conn, &subscribe_params[0]);
		if (err && err != -EALREADY) {
			printk("Subscribe failed (err %d)\n", err);
		} else {
			printk("[SUBSCRIBED 1]\n");
		}

		return BT_GATT_ITER_STOP;
	}

	return BT_GATT_ITER_STOP;
}

static uint8_t discover_func_1(struct bt_conn *conn,
			     const struct bt_gatt_attr *attr,
			     struct bt_gatt_discover_params *params)
{
	int err;

	if (!attr) {
		printk("Discover complete\n");
		(void)memset(params, 0, sizeof(*params));
		return BT_GATT_ITER_STOP;
	}

	printk("[ATTRIBUTE] handle for Heart rate%u\n", attr->handle);

	if (!bt_uuid_cmp(discover_params[1].uuid, BT_UUID_HRS)) {
		memcpy(&discover_uuid[1], BT_UUID_HRS_MEASUREMENT, sizeof(discover_uuid[1]));
		discover_params[1].uuid = &discover_uuid[1].uuid;
		discover_params[1].start_handle = attr->handle + 1;
		discover_params[1].type = BT_GATT_DISCOVER_CHARACTERISTIC;

		err = bt_gatt_discover(conn, &discover_params[1]);
		if (err) {
			printk("Discover failed (err %d)\n", err);
		}
	} else if (!bt_uuid_cmp(discover_params[1].uuid,
				BT_UUID_HRS_MEASUREMENT)) {
		memcpy(&discover_uuid[1], BT_UUID_GATT_CCC, sizeof(discover_uuid[1]));
		discover_params[1].uuid = &discover_uuid[1].uuid;
		discover_params[1].start_handle = attr->handle + 2;
		discover_params[1].type = BT_GATT_DISCOVER_DESCRIPTOR;
		subscribe_params[1].value_handle = bt_gatt_attr_value_handle(attr);

		err = bt_gatt_discover(conn, &discover_params[1]);
		if (err) {
			printk("Discover failed (err %d)\n", err);
		}
	} else {
		subscribe_params[1].notify = notify_func_1;
		subscribe_params[1].value = BT_GATT_CCC_NOTIFY;
		subscribe_params[1].ccc_handle = attr->handle;

		err = bt_gatt_subscribe(conn, &subscribe_params[1]);
		if (err && err != -EALREADY) {
			printk("Subscribe failed (err %d)\n", err);
		} else {
			printk("[SUBSCRIBED]\n");
		}

		return BT_GATT_ITER_STOP;
	}

	return BT_GATT_ITER_STOP;
}

static bool eir_found(struct bt_data *data, void *user_data)
{
	bt_addr_le_t *addr = user_data;
	int i;

	printk("[AD]: %u data_len %u\n", data->type, data->data_len);

	switch (data->type) {
	case BT_DATA_UUID16_SOME:
	case BT_DATA_UUID16_ALL:
		if (data->data_len % sizeof(uint16_t) != 0U) {
			printk("AD malformed\n");
			return true;
		}

		for (i = 0; i < data->data_len; i += sizeof(uint16_t)) {
			struct bt_le_conn_param *param;
			struct bt_uuid *uuid;
			uint16_t u16;
			int err;

			memcpy(&u16, &data->data[i], sizeof(u16));
			uuid = BT_UUID_DECLARE_16(sys_le16_to_cpu(u16));
			if (bt_uuid_cmp(uuid, BT_UUID_HRS)) {
				continue;
			}

			err = bt_le_scan_stop();
			if (err) {
				printk("Stop LE scan failed (err %d)\n", err);
				continue;
			}

			param = BT_LE_CONN_PARAM_DEFAULT;
			err = bt_conn_le_create(addr, BT_CONN_LE_CREATE_CONN,
						param, &default_conn);
			if (err) {
				printk("Create conn failed (err %d)\n", err);
				start_scan();
			}

			return false;
		}
	}

	return true;
}

static void device_found(const bt_addr_le_t *addr, int8_t rssi, uint8_t type,
			 struct net_buf_simple *ad)
{
	char dev[BT_ADDR_LE_STR_LEN];

	bt_addr_le_to_str(addr, dev, sizeof(dev));
	printk("[DEVICE]: %s, AD evt type %u, AD data len %u, RSSI %i\n",
	       dev, type, ad->len, rssi);

	/* We're only interested in connectable events */
	if (type == BT_GAP_ADV_TYPE_ADV_IND ||
	    type == BT_GAP_ADV_TYPE_ADV_DIRECT_IND) {
		bt_data_parse(ad, eir_found, (void *)addr);
	}
}

static void start_scan(void)
{
	int err;

	/* Use active scanning and disable duplicate filtering to handle any
	 * devices that might update their advertising data at runtime. */
	struct bt_le_scan_param scan_param = {
		.type       = BT_LE_SCAN_TYPE_ACTIVE,
		.options    = BT_LE_SCAN_OPT_NONE,
		.interval   = BT_GAP_SCAN_FAST_INTERVAL,
		.window     = BT_GAP_SCAN_FAST_WINDOW,
	};

	err = bt_le_scan_start(&scan_param, device_found);
	if (err) {
		printk("Scanning failed to start (err %d)\n", err);
		return;
	}

	printk("Scanning successfully started\n");
}

static void connected(struct bt_conn *conn, uint8_t conn_err)
{
	char addr[BT_ADDR_LE_STR_LEN];
	int err;

	bt_addr_le_to_str(bt_conn_get_dst(conn), addr, sizeof(addr));

	if (conn_err) {
		printk("Failed to connect to %s (%u)\n", addr, conn_err);

		bt_conn_unref(default_conn);
		default_conn = NULL;

		start_scan();
		return;
	}

	printk("Connected: %s\n", addr);

	if (conn == default_conn) {

		
		memcpy(&discover_uuid[1], BT_UUID_HRS, sizeof(discover_uuid[1]));
		discover_params[1].uuid = &discover_uuid[1].uuid;
		discover_params[1].func = discover_func_1;
		discover_params[1].start_handle = BT_ATT_FIRST_ATTRIBUTE_HANDLE;
		discover_params[1].end_handle = BT_ATT_LAST_ATTRIBUTE_HANDLE;
		discover_params[1].type = BT_GATT_DISCOVER_PRIMARY;

		err = bt_gatt_discover(default_conn, &discover_params[1]);
		if (err) {
			printk("Discover failed(err %d)\n", err);
			return;
		}
		
		
		memcpy(&discover_uuid[0], BT_UUID_BAS, sizeof(discover_uuid[0]));
		discover_params[0].uuid = &discover_uuid[1].uuid;
		discover_params[0].func = discover_func;
		discover_params[0].start_handle = BT_ATT_FIRST_ATTRIBUTE_HANDLE;
		discover_params[0].end_handle = BT_ATT_LAST_ATTRIBUTE_HANDLE;
		discover_params[0].type = BT_GATT_DISCOVER_PRIMARY;

		err = bt_gatt_discover(default_conn, &discover_params[0]);
		if (err) {
			printk("Discover failed for battery(err %d)\n", err);
			return;
		}
	}
}

static void disconnected(struct bt_conn *conn, uint8_t reason)
{
	char addr[BT_ADDR_LE_STR_LEN];

	bt_addr_le_to_str(bt_conn_get_dst(conn), addr, sizeof(addr));

	printk("Disconnected: %s (reason 0x%02x)\n", addr, reason);

	if (default_conn != conn) {
		return;
	}

	bt_conn_unref(default_conn);
	default_conn = NULL;

	start_scan();
}

BT_CONN_CB_DEFINE(conn_callbacks) = {
	.connected = connected,
	.disconnected = disconnected,
};

int main(void)
{
	int err;
	err = bt_enable(NULL);

	if (err) {
		printk("Bluetooth init failed (err %d)\n", err);
		return 0;
	}

	printk("Bluetooth initialized\n");

	start_scan();
	return 0;
}

  • Hi Dhruv,

    Sorry for delays, I do not see anything obviously wrong in your code. so I will try to test it out myself tomorrow at my desk. Will let you know when I have some observations with that test.

  • I am able to get both when I enable BAS_CLIENT in your prj.conf.

    CONFIG_BT_BAS_CLIENT=y

    I am able to see both on my terminal.

  • Hi Susheel,

     

    memcpy(&discover_uuid[0], BT_UUID_BAS, sizeof(discover_uuid[0]));
    		discover_params[0].uuid = &discover_uuid[1].uuid;
    		discover_params[0].func = discover_func;
    		discover_params[0].start_handle = BT_ATT_FIRST_ATTRIBUTE_HANDLE;
    		discover_params[0].end_handle = BT_ATT_LAST_ATTRIBUTE_HANDLE;
    		discover_params[0].type = BT_GATT_DISCOVER_PRIMARY;

    Actually there is one typo in code.Need to update the uuid index.


    memcpy(&discover_uuid[0], BT_UUID_BAS, sizeof(discover_uuid[0]));
    		discover_params[0].uuid = &discover_uuid[0].uuid;
    		discover_params[0].func = discover_func;
    		discover_params[0].start_handle = BT_ATT_FIRST_ATTRIBUTE_HANDLE;
    		discover_params[0].end_handle = BT_ATT_LAST_ATTRIBUTE_HANDLE;
    		discover_params[0].type = BT_GATT_DISCOVER_PRIMARY;

    And now I am able to get notification from both heart rate and battery monitoring service.

    Thank you.

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