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Pairing and key exhange with ANCS

Hi.

I've started to check if I can get ANCS compatible content provider to run in Android. The nrf52 is running out-of-box version of the nordic ancs example.

I can find it, see that it solicitates the ANCS service in the advertisement and I can try to connect it. However as it's not paired, the connection fails right away. I've read the apple developer page about the ANCS and also nordic explanation about the example.

So the problem is that I guess I need to bond the devices and exchange trusted keys. I've tried the bonding, but after the mBluetoothDevice.createBond(), the BluetoothDevice.ACTION_BOND_STATE_CHANGED- callback I get has status BOND_NONE and oldstate was BOND_BONDING. How this key-exchange is supposed to be handled? Am I missing something here?

So far I've added the service for the ANCS:

UUID: "7905F431-B5CE-4E99-A40F-4B1E122D00D0" (main service)

three characteristics for it:

  • Notification source (with CCCD)
  • Notification data source (with CCCD)
  • Notification control point (with CCCD)

The service is added to gatt server in the android side, I get the callback for the service added, and the device seems to try to connect the gatt service, but it drops it right away. I'm trying the pairing before any other connection to device or the callbacks to connectionStateChange.

EDIT: Log from nRF MCP:

I	14:51:29.845	[Server] Device with address CE:CE:67:C2:71:FE connected
D	14:51:29.858	[Broadcast] Action received:    android.bluetooth.device.action.BOND_STATE_CHANGED, bond state changed to: BOND_BONDING (11)
I	14:51:29.872	Connected to CE:CE:67:C2:71:FE
D	14:51:29.882	gatt.close()
D	14:51:29.892	[Server callback] Connection state changed with status: 0 and new state: DISCONNECTED (0)
D	14:51:30.054	wait(600ms)
I	14:51:30.077	[Server] Device disconnected
D	14:51:35.774	[Server callback] Connection state changed with status: 0 and new state: CONNECTED (2)
I	14:51:35.811	[Server] Device with address CE:CE:67:C2:71:FE connected
D	14:51:35.825	[Broadcast] Action received: android.bluetooth.device.action.BOND_STATE_CHANGED, bond state changed to: BOND_NONE (10)
I	14:51:35.841	Bonding failed
V	14:51:35.852	Connecting to CE:CE:67:C2:71:FE...
D	14:51:35.862	[Broadcast] Action received: android.bluetooth.device.action.ACL_CONNECTED
D	14:51:35.884	[Broadcast] Action received: android.bluetooth.device.action.ACL_DISCONNECTED
D	14:51:35.896	gatt = device.connectGatt(autoConnect = false)
D	14:51:35.914	[Server callback] Connection state changed with status: 0 and new state: DISCONNECTED (0)
D	14:51:35.934	gatt.close()
I	14:51:35.953	[Server] Device disconnected
D	14:51:35.968	[Server callback] Connection state changed with status: 0 and new state: DISCONNECTED (0)
I	14:51:35.982	[Server] Device disconnected
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  • Hi.

    No asserts with the nrf board. the board version is PCA10040 V1.1.0 2016.9 SDK is nRF5_SDK_11.0.0_89a8197.

    I'll try to get another phone HW. I was involved with another project related to bluetooth year a go. We run into situation in android end that something in non-volatile data corrupted (some setting or something) and it didn't recover without several reboots and removal of battery. This might be similar case.

    Regarding sniffer: How should I sniff the connection? I mean I have only one nrf board. Can I connect to sniffer with the android and use the siffer to analyze the connection? The setup in the instructions seems to be that two separate devices communicate and sniffer just sniffs in the side.

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  • Hi.

    No asserts with the nrf board. the board version is PCA10040 V1.1.0 2016.9 SDK is nRF5_SDK_11.0.0_89a8197.

    I'll try to get another phone HW. I was involved with another project related to bluetooth year a go. We run into situation in android end that something in non-volatile data corrupted (some setting or something) and it didn't recover without several reboots and removal of battery. This might be similar case.

    Regarding sniffer: How should I sniff the connection? I mean I have only one nrf board. Can I connect to sniffer with the android and use the siffer to analyze the connection? The setup in the instructions seems to be that two separate devices communicate and sniffer just sniffs in the side.

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