Hello Nordic Team,
I am currently working on the development and certification testing firmware for our product that uses the nRF9160 as the main host MCU. BLE is provided via an external nRF52832 running the HCI UART sample, and Wi-Fi scanning is performed using the nRF7000.
While preparing the test firmware, I discovered that Nordic provides a multi domain Wi-Fi sample (for controlling the nRF7000) as well as the modem shell, which is extremely useful for running functional tests during certification. However, I could not find an equivalent BLE shell application that can run on the nRF9160 and provide shell-based access to BLE functionality over HCI to launch radio related tests.
Is there an official BLE shell sample (similar to the Wi-Fi shell) that can run on the nRF9160? Or should we flash the dedicated firmware for the nRF52?