Requirements to connect by smartphone to nrf51822

RE: Requirements to connect by smartphone to nrf51822

Rick — Sat, 22 Feb 2014 02:00:11 GMT

Hi Hung,

I gave up on Eclipse and went with IntelliJ which works fine.

On another note, can we get the source code for the Master Control Panel? I want to use it as a starting point for my project.

Thanks,

RE: Requirements to connect by smartphone to nrf51822

Hung Bui — Wed, 19 Feb 2014 15:22:32 GMT

Hi Rick,

Sorry for a late response, could you copy and send the problem you got in Eclipse here ? or have a screenshot ?

RE: Requirements to connect by smartphone to nrf51822

Rick — Tue, 11 Feb 2014 17:20:47 GMT

I've downloaded the source code for the nrfToolBox and nrfTemp but it generates too many errors on Eclipse ADT. I get circular errors when trying to correct the errors. Any suggestions?

RE: Requirements to connect by smartphone to nrf51822

Hung Bui — Fri, 10 Jan 2014 16:26:06 GMT

You don't need to use the Master Control Panel App when developing your app.

The APIs to scan connect and transfer data with BLE slave is natively provided from Android v4.3. You can find the documentation here . You also have an simple BLE example that do scan and connect, included in the Android SDK.

We also provide nRFToolbox app that support various BLE profiles. The source code for nRFToolbox can be downloaded from our website.

RE: Requirements to connect by smartphone to nrf51822

Dmitri — Fri, 10 Jan 2014 15:50:46 GMT

Thank you for your reply!

Indeed, with all smartphones i tried to scan for the device from the Bluetooth setting in the Settings menu. So to find the BLE device the phone does need custom software? Would i still need the Nordic Semi Master Control App in case i would write a custom app to communicate with the device?

RE: Requirements to connect by smartphone to nrf51822

Hung Bui — Fri, 10 Jan 2014 15:44:29 GMT

Hi Dmitri,

You should be able to scan for the device when it is advertising (broadcasting) without any further requirement. Could you explain how did you scan for BLE device on Nexus 5 and Galaxy S4 ? The Bluetooth setting inside Android Setting menu would not show the BLE devices around. It's the app who scan and connect to a BLE device.

For Android, our suggestion is to use the Nordic Semi Master Control Panel that you can download from Google play.

On Windows Phone, it wasn't support BLE until recently, I actually haven't got much experienced on this platform and not sure how to scan for BLE device. We will try to get hold of a Lumia phone and let you know.