Why does sd_ble_cfg_set return Invalid Param for cfg_id BLE_CONN_CFG_GATTS?

[Brad Hanson]

I am attempting to increase the queue size for handle value notifications to support a higher number of packets per connection event. However, I am unable to set the queue size using the BLE_CONN_CFG_GATTS cfg_id, as the function always returns "Invalid Param", which is documented to mean an improper cfg_id. Is there a step I'm missing? My softdevice and stack initialization code is below. This is for SDKv13, SoftDevice S132 v4.0.2.

static void ble_stack_init(void)
{
    uint32_t err_code;

    nrf_clock_lf_cfg_t clock_lf_cfg = NRF_CLOCK_LFCLKSRC;

    // Initialize the SoftDevice handler module.
    SOFTDEVICE_HANDLER_APPSH_INIT(&clock_lf_cfg, true);
	
	// RAM Start
	uint32_t ram_start = 0;
	err_code = softdevice_app_ram_start_get(&ram_start);
	APP_ERROR_CHECK(err_code);
	
	// BLE Configuration
	ble_cfg_t ble_cfg;
	
	// VS UUIDs
	memset(&ble_cfg, 0, sizeof ble_cfg);
	ble_cfg.common_cfg.vs_uuid_cfg.vs_uuid_count = 2;
	err_code = sd_ble_cfg_set(BLE_COMMON_CFG_VS_UUID, &ble_cfg, ram_start);
    APP_ERROR_CHECK(err_code);
	
	// Max Connections
	memset(&ble_cfg, 0, sizeof ble_cfg);
	ble_cfg.gap_cfg.role_count_cfg.periph_role_count = BLE_GAP_ROLE_COUNT_PERIPH_DEFAULT;
	ble_cfg.gap_cfg.role_count_cfg.central_role_count = 0;
	ble_cfg.gap_cfg.role_count_cfg.central_sec_count = 0;
	err_code = sd_ble_cfg_set(BLE_GAP_CFG_ROLE_COUNT, &ble_cfg, ram_start);
	APP_ERROR_CHECK(err_code);
	
	// Max Packets Per Connection Event
	memset(&ble_cfg, 0, sizeof ble_cfg);
	ble_cfg.conn_cfg.params.gatts_conn_cfg.hvn_tx_queue_size = 4;
	err_code = sd_ble_cfg_set(BLE_CONN_CFG_GATTS, &ble_cfg, ram_start);
	APP_ERROR_CHECK(err_code);

    // Enable BLE stack.
    err_code = softdevice_enable(&ram_start);
    APP_ERROR_CHECK(err_code);

    // Register with the SoftDevice handler module for BLE events.
    err_code = softdevice_ble_evt_handler_set(ble_evt_dispatch);
    APP_ERROR_CHECK(err_code);

    // Register with the SoftDevice handler module for BLE events.
    err_code = softdevice_sys_evt_handler_set(sys_evt_dispatch);
    APP_ERROR_CHECK(err_code);
}

[Petter Myhre]

The connection configuration can't be BLE_CONN_CFG_TAG_DEFAULT (0).

Something like this should work:

memset(&ble_cfg, 0, sizeof ble_cfg);
ble_cfg.conn_cfg.conn_cfg_tag                     = 1;
ble_cfg.conn_cfg.params.gatts_conn_cfg.hvn_tx_queue_size = 4;
err_code = sd_ble_cfg_set(BLE_CONN_CFG_GATTS, &ble_cfg, ram_start);
APP_ERROR_CHECK(err_code);

[Brad Hanson]

Line 579 of an unmodified ble_advertising.c. It's a call to sd_ble_gap_adv_start. It looks like it's getting a value for that cfg_tag of BLE_CONN_CFG_TAG_DEFAULT...do I need to change that behavior now that i've modified the cfg_tag of the running ble config?

EDIT: Yes, it appears I need to update the BLE CFG tag using ble_advertising_conn_cfg_tag_set(). Is there a way I should be programmatically gathering the tag of the current configuration, or am I best off leaving that as a #define somewhere and using the same value through both ble_stack_init() and with cfg_tag_set() between the advertising init and start?