NRF Snifffer 1.0.1 problem

RE: NRF Snifffer 1.0.1 problem

Hung Bui — Mon, 14 Aug 2017 07:47:28 GMT

Yes, you can change the hopping pattern to listen on only one channel. Press "h" in the sniffer console to select the channel you want to follow.

RE: NRF Snifffer 1.0.1 problem

MAX — Sat, 12 Aug 2017 04:44:17 GMT

Hi Hung,

Thank you for your reply. You are right, But my problem is that the sniffer will be paused on the empty channel. When I am using all beacons on channel 37, the sniffer will not see any thing. I think the problem is that the sniffer will stay in channel 38 because it is empty and no beacons transmit on this channel. (Is this the firmware bug?)

How can I tell the sniffer to listen on only one channel?

RE: NRF Snifffer 1.0.1 problem

Hung Bui — Fri, 11 Aug 2017 09:12:27 GMT

Hi Max,

This is because the sniffer can't listen to all 3 channels at the same time (simply because it has only one radio). So it must use a hopping pattern. By default the hopping is 37 38 39. You can change that to set to only one channel, 37 for example.

Note that even though your beacons transmit on different channel, if they transmit at the same time and if they are close enough (signal strength strong enough) to the receiver they will still cause interference.