Scan beacon local name

[Stanley]

Hello,

I am trying to scan a local name for beacon device on nrf51822 SDK12.0.0 ble_app_multilink_central. The original peripheral sample was working as well. But the beacon device cannot be found when I changed peripheral name in "ble_app_multilink_central". Is there only the parameter of "m_target_periph_name" need to be changed? or some where else.

[Jørgen Holmefjord]

Hi Stanley,

Most likely the local name is placed in the scan response packet by the beacon manufacturer. The ble_app_multilink_central example is by default not configured to use active scanning, and will therefore not receive the scan response packet.

You can change this by setting the parameter .active = 1 in ble_gap_scan_params_t m_scan_params struct.

Best regards,

Jørgen

[Stanley]

Hi Jorgen, Thank you for your help. The problem is solved. Now, I can get the beacon information. I have checked the parameter description in struct define. Is there any documentations to describe such kind of struct? We can check it with our application in the future.

[Jørgen Holmefjord]

You can find the S130 v2.0.1 softdevice API documentation in the infocenter.