No COM port assigned after pairing

[David]

Hi,

Newbie question... I have latest SDK v11.0 and have built the ble_app_uart example (installing the s130 softdevice and app to my nrf51822. I can then power the nrf51822, see it in Windows 10 as Nordic_UART, and successfully pair with it. However, it does not seem to assign any COM ports to it (as I am accustomed to having happen with other bluetooth hardware), so I can not connect to it via a terminal program (e.g. Realterm). I've got to be missing something silly here, but I've been banging my head against this for a couple days here. Can anyone point me in the right direction?

Thanks, David

[Anders Strand]

Hello.

In classic bluetooth, there is a Serial Port Protocol,, where devices can act as a Serial Port. This might be what you have been using before.

In bluetooth low energy, there is no such profile. The nordic uart service (NUS) is not an official bluetooth low energy service. One can therefore not assume that a windows driver will recognize it and create a virtual com port for it.

[David]

Thank you (albeit a very late thank you). This was very helpful at the time.