NRF Dongle Protocol

[Jaco]

Hi

I need to develop PC software to Discover, Connect, Get and Set data to the nrf device that we developed.

I am using the MCP and nrf connect but my client want to have his own app.

Where can I get the communication protocol for the dongle or the firmware source code . In other words in the MCP if you click on the discover button what command is being send to the dongle over uart to go into discover mode.

regards

[Jørgen Holmefjord]

Hi,

MCP is based on the Master Emulator, and the DLL file for Master Emulator can be found in C:\Program Files (x86)\Nordic Semiconductor\Master Emulator folder, if you have MCP installed. This can be used to implement your own C# program, but as MCP have been replaced by nRF Connect, I would not recommend that you use this anymore.

Instead, I would recommend you to check out the pc-ble-driver library source on Nordic's GitHub. This library "provides serial port communication (using SoftDevice API serialization) to an nRF5x IC running the connectivity firmware included". It has bindings for Python and JavaScript, making it suitable for easy application development. Unfortunately, the driver is not well documented yet, but some examples for both Python and Javascript bindings are provided.

Best regards,

Jørgen

[Jaco]

Hi Jørgen

Firstly ... I'm busy with he software. Added service and I get the MAC back. So got it to work I want to know what service I must add do get the beacon data back that my beacon app sent out. Secondly ... Bit off topic ... I have a nRF51822 QAAH1 chip (rev3) can I run SD310 V3.0.0 on it with the beacon app. Ive compiled it and done all the changes and it looks if ti is working correctly but this product is going to be launch world wide so i do not want to work wit luck or chance.

A bit