Master emulator control questions

RE: Master emulator control questions

John — Fri, 09 Jun 2017 13:39:25 GMT

Thanks. I was definitely thinking nRF52832 with ble-pc_driver. Your statement on the age of the ME FW and the fact that I'm seeing that the ME is pretty squirrely was making me want to find another platform. Thanks for the help

RE: Master emulator control questions

Hung Bui — Fri, 09 Jun 2017 13:18:23 GMT

If you plan to use the nRF52832 with Master Emulator, I afraid it won't work. As the firmware was made for the nRF51 also the UART pins doesn't match.

If you use nRF52832 for ble-pc-driver, of course it should work.

RE: Master emulator control questions

John — Fri, 09 Jun 2017 12:34:45 GMT

Hi Hung,

Thanks for the answer. I'll look at seeing how the ble_pc_driver could be interfaced to my C# program. One thought I wanted to run by you was this: I have a number of nRF52 DK and PDK boards I have been using. Would it be possible to replace the dongle with a NRF52832 dev board and use it to perform the functions the dongle is providing me now?

Thanks, John

RE: Master emulator control questions

Hung Bui — Fri, 09 Jun 2017 12:25:25 GMT

Hi John,

Master Emulator is pretty old library and we stopped development for it for quite long time. We would suggest you to use ble_pc_driver instead, there is a python binding provided also. With the driver, you have full control of the central, you can stop the connecting at any time.

I afraid there is no way to change the connecting time in Master Emulator.
The best way for scanning is to have scan windows = scan interval, and both should not be too short (give them at least a few hundred ms). Make sure you advertise on all 3 channels (default behaviour), so it would be less affected by interference.