Can ble-driver-win be used with a s130 v2.0 dongle?

RE: Can ble-driver-win be used with a s130 v2.0 dongle?

jpo38 — Mon, 30 May 2016 09:10:14 GMT

Thanks for the help, I'll try that. But with so many changes in the API (I see sd_ble_enable takes much more parameters than it used to) and no C example, I doubt I'll end up with something stable....anyway, I'll try and if I fail I'll have to wait for the next driver official release!

RE: Can ble-driver-win be used with a s130 v2.0 dongle?

Per Kristian Schanke — Mon, 30 May 2016 09:06:37 GMT

Yes, there are quite a few changes in the API. Among the important changes is adding support for connecting to multiple adapters at the same time. We have also cleaned up and changed how you set up the uart connection to the adapter enabling us to change transport layers.

For an example on how to use this, you can check out the implementation of out Javascript bindings (in the same repos). To open a uart connection to a device, follow the implementation found here: github.com/.../driver.cpp Line 646 to 649 does the actual setup. In that folder, you can find implementations of most of the S13x v2.0. As it is bindings for Javascript, most of the code is about handling marshaling of variables from C to JS.

We have not planed any changes to the API, so if you update, you will most likely be compatible with the next release.

RE: Can ble-driver-win be used with a s130 v2.0 dongle?

jpo38 — Mon, 30 May 2016 08:42:31 GMT

Hi Per, I downloaded the driver from github.com/.../pc-ble-driver-js. Managed to compile it. However, did I miss something or did the API completely change? For instance sd_rpc.h does not provide the old sd_rpc_serial_baud_rate_set function. Am I compiling the bad thing? If I change my code, is it likely to be compatible with next release? Will this be the same API (with minor changes)?

RE: Can ble-driver-win be used with a s130 v2.0 dongle?

jpo38 — Thu, 26 May 2016 08:08:34 GMT

Perfect (I compiled 0.5.0 for win64 myself from github, but as it's really common platform, it makes sens for you to provide the binaries). Thanks for the good work!

RE: Can ble-driver-win be used with a s130 v2.0 dongle?

Per Kristian Schanke — Thu, 26 May 2016 08:06:39 GMT

The source code of the release will be available on github (github.com/.../pc-ble-driver), so you will be able to compile it for whatever platform you want.

We will most likely release binaries for win64, win32, Ubuntu (14.04 and/or 16.04), and OS X.

RE: Can ble-driver-win be used with a s130 v2.0 dongle?

jpo38 — Thu, 26 May 2016 08:01:49 GMT

That's good news. If available for win64 AND win32, it will be just perfect ;-)

RE: Can ble-driver-win be used with a s130 v2.0 dongle?

Petter Myhre — Thu, 26 May 2016 07:59:03 GMT

The next release will support S130 v2. It is planned to be released in the end of June, but it could be a bit later.

RE: Can ble-driver-win be used with a s130 v2.0 dongle?

jpo38 — Thu, 26 May 2016 06:43:03 GMT

Thanks. Will 0.6.0 release of pc-ble-driver support s130 v2.0? And if yes, when is the release planed?

RE: Can ble-driver-win be used with a s130 v2.0 dongle?

Per Kristian Schanke — Wed, 25 May 2016 13:06:19 GMT

There is no supported version of pc-ble-driver for S130 v2.0. But as we require support for S130 v2.0 ourselves for other projects, the work with the conversion is done, and available to you as part of another repository.

For ease of development, pc-ble-driver has been moved into our javascript add-on repository, pc-ble-driver-js (github.com/.../pc-ble-driver-js). If you look into the driver folder there, the pc-ble-driver is available.

That version has NO documentation, NO examples, it builds into a static library (can be tweaked in the cmake setup), and there are no Python bindings.

pc-ble-driver will be moved to its original repository, documented, and get examples after the release of nRF Connect 1.0. The exact language bindings are not sure at the moment, except from Javascript which are already developed.