Actively scan (request/response) only specific peripheral

RE: Actively scan (request/response) only specific peripheral

Einar Thorsrud — Wed, 11 Sep 2024 12:52:35 GMT

This is how it is.

PS: I am from Nordic :)

RE: Actively scan (request/response) only specific peripheral

xorly — Wed, 11 Sep 2024 12:43:55 GMT

Yeah, scanning in passive mode by default, then switch to active scanning while the peripheral is nearby is still better than active all the time, is an option. Not 100% of what I wanted, but at least something.

I just want to be sure I am not missing some way of doing only selective scan requests as I described. Maybe someone from Nordic can confirm...

RE: Actively scan (request/response) only specific peripheral

Einar Thorsrud — Wed, 11 Sep 2024 12:34:17 GMT

Hi,

There is no support for actively scanning only specific devices. You can switch besteen active and passive scanning by restarting scanning thouhg, so perhaps an alternative though not ideal would be to enable active scanning for a while after receiving an advertising packet from a device you also want to send a scan request to? That would also mean that you would send scan requests to other devices, during that time, though.