nRF Sniffer with Wireshark issue

[RicoS]

Hi all,

I've followed the instruction to setup nRF sniffer with Wireshark.

But unfortunately, I see this error when I'm trying to start a new capture with my nRF Sniffer.

Error message:

Error from extcap pipe: Exception ignored in: <function SnifferCollector.__del__ at 0x0000022352EE1F80>

Traceback (most recent call last):

File "...\AppData\Roaming\Wireshark\extcap\SnifferAPI\SnifferCollector.py", line 80, in __del__

self._doExit()

File "...\AppData\Roaming\Wireshark\extcap\SnifferAPI\SnifferCollector.py", line 255, in _doExit

self._packetReader.doExit()

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

AttributeError: 'Sniffer' object has no attribute '_packetReader'

My setup is:

Wireshark V 4.2.5

Python 3.11.4

Rigado BMD-340 Eval board and "sniffer_nrf52840dk_nrf52840_4.1.1.hex" was flashed

On the Rigado there is one red led blinking, so I assume the sniffer is capturing data packages

Within Wireshark my hardware is shown as expected.

So, what's wrong here?

I would appreciate any hint.

Regards,

RicoS

[Menon]

Hello,

I’m not entirely sure, but I suspect this might be an issue related to the Python version installed on your system (typically, Python 3.7 or greater is required). The nRF Sniffer relies on Python for its scripts. Please verify that Python is correctly configured in your PATH. Also, check that the extcap scripts are correctly placed in the Wireshark extcap directory. For example, it should look something like C:\Users\x**y\AppData\Roaming\Wireshark\extcap.

Additionally, ensure that you have followed all the steps mentioned in the guide.

Kind regards,

Abhijith