Master Emulator not connecting

[Topher]

I am using the Master Emulator C# examples to build my own application. None of the examples are able to properly connect to a remote device. When I open up the Master Control panel I can connect to a remote device and read the services. I am having the same issue when I use the masterEmulator.Connect(BtDeviceAddress) method. Any advice? Or is the source code for the master control panel available so I can review how that is getting the job done? Thanks.

[Hung Bui]

@dq: For new application please use our ble_pc_driver instead. Master Emulator is obsolete.

[dqnguyen]

hi Hung, is there a documentation on how to use the new ble_pc_driver and build scripts around it like the one that came with master emulator? I found that one actually nicely documented.

[mfdevzone]

@dqnguyen: The pipes are the "master" side version of the attributes for your device. So for example, if I have an attribute, I have to define it in the firmware (running on my device) and then have to define it as a pipe on the master side. This post has some useful information: devzone.nordicsemi.com/.../

[dqnguyen]

@mfdevzone: if I only need to connect the nrf dongle to my BLE device, I don't really need to set up the pipes right? Still wonder what I'm missing here when the Connect() command always return false...I tried your suggestion to make sure stop discovery before connect but it still doesnt work

[Hung Bui]

@dqnguyen: The ble_pc_driver_py is the python binding on top of ble_pc_driver. The ble_pc_driver provide API to interface to the connectivity firmware on the dongle. So the API on the ble_pc_driver is almost identical to the API provided by the softdevice. You can use the documentation for the softdevice and its header file for the APIs. We provided the examples that you can follow and use. If you have further question please post your own question in a new case.