Disable enhanced power control

[HSh]

Hello,

Is there any way to disable the "Enhanced Power Control" feature of the BLE standard? I am working with nRF51-DK in the connection mode and I need fixed transmit power regardless of the distance between my Bluetooth devices. If I cannot do so, how I can send the transmit power from one device to the other one. I need to know the transmit power (i.e., tx_power_level) on the received side for each packet.

Thanks

[bjorn-spockeli]

As far as I know the Enhanced Power Control feature is only used by Bluetooth Classic devices, i.e. v3.0, see the Bluetooth Core Specification Version 5.0 | Vol 1, Part D page 300).

Thus, this is not a part of the Bluetooth Low Energy specification and should not be an issue with the nRF51 DK and our SoftDevices.

Best regards

Bjørn

[HSh]

Thank you Bjorn. However, page 300 of Bluetooth Core Specification Version 5.0 says that the enhanced power control has been introduced since v3.0. Moreover, in BLUETOOTH SPECIFICATION Version 5.0 | Vol 2, Part C, Section 4.1.3 specifies the legacy and enhanced power controls for V5.0. Now, I am looking for a solution to disable this feature or at least let the receiver side know about the transmit power.