Example application with DFU support

RE: Example application with DFU support

bjorn-spockeli — Fri, 12 Feb 2016 10:13:40 GMT

Master Control Panel on PC will automatically create a firmware image using the nRF Utility tool if you select a hex file.

RE: Example application with DFU support

rabiaasl — Tue, 09 Feb 2016 21:38:40 GMT

Well on the Master Control Panel on PC I can use the hex file just after compile for DFU over the nordic dongle. For the phone I used the command you indicated to generate the zip folder with the init packet. Seemed to do the trick for doing DFU using the Nordic test apps on the phone.

RE: Example application with DFU support

bjorn-spockeli — Wed, 03 Feb 2016 06:56:47 GMT

So it worked after you used nrfutil to create a firmware image with the he from the build folder?

RE: Example application with DFU support

rabiaasl — Tue, 02 Feb 2016 18:32:27 GMT

By the way I'm using the generated Hex file in the build folder.

RE: Example application with DFU support

rabiaasl — Tue, 02 Feb 2016 18:29:48 GMT

I was able to resolve the issue. I tried using the sample application image from this folder and everything worked as it should: ..\nRF5_SDK_11.0.0-2.alpha_bc3f6a0\examples\dfu\ble_dfu_send_hex\test_images_update_nrf52

I am using the PCA10040 board. I have also modified the example application projects and complied them to create the image and they work now.

Thank you for your help!

RE: Example application with DFU support

bjorn-spockeli — Tue, 02 Feb 2016 15:10:47 GMT

You have to create a firmware image using nrfutil, see this page on our Infocenter. To create an application firmware image you can use the following command

nrfutil dfu genpkg <name-of-zip>.zip --application <name-of-application-hex>.hex --application-version 0xFFFFFFFF --dev-revision 0xFFFF --dev-type 0xFFFF --sd-req 0xFFFE

RE: Example application with DFU support

bjorn-spockeli — Tue, 02 Feb 2016 15:05:06 GMT

It should work "out-of-the-box". I assuming that you're using the PCA10040 board. Which version of MCP are you using? Are you using one of the test images from the SDK or your own?

RE: Example application with DFU support

rabiaasl — Tue, 02 Feb 2016 14:53:35 GMT

Yes I flashed all three in the following order: soft device then bootloader, followed by the application with the DFU support. I haven't been able to make DFU work while in the application.

RE: Example application with DFU support

bjorn-spockeli — Tue, 02 Feb 2016 09:00:22 GMT

Did you flash the dual_bank_ble_s132 bootloader to the nRF52 DK along with the S132 SoftDevice and ble_app_hrs_with_dfu example?