[SOLVED] nRFSniffer-V2,2.0.0-1.beta, Linux issue

[Steph van Schalkwyk]

Using 2.0.0-1.beta on Linux Mint 18.

Have installed pyserial with: sudo pip install pyserial --upgrade --ignore-installed

resulting in: 

Installing collected packages: pyserial
Successfully installed pyserial-3.0.1

When running WireShark, I get the following error:

raise RuntimeError("Too old version of python 'serial' Library. Version 3 required.") - This has gone after: sudo easy_install -U pyserial

Environment:

Python 2.7.12

I can see the dev now but data capture fails.

Wireshark:

Version 2.2.6 (Git Rev Unknown from unknown)

Compiled (64-bit) with Qt 5.5.1, with libpcap, with POSIX capabilities (Linux),

with libnl 3, with GLib 2.48.0, with zlib 1.2.8, with SMI 0.4.8, with c-ares

1.10.0, with Lua 5.2.4, with GnuTLS 3.4.10, with Gcrypt 1.6.5, with MIT

Kerberos, with GeoIP, with nghttp2 1.7.1, with QtMultimedia, without AirPcap.

Running on Linux 4.4.0-62-generic, with locale en_US.UTF-8, with libpcap version

1.7.4, with GnuTLS 3.4.10, with Gcrypt 1.6.5, with zlib 1.2.8.

Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2860QM CPU @ 2.50GHz (with SSE4.2)

Built using gcc 5.4.0 20160609.

[Håkon Alseth]

Hi Steph,

 

Have installed pyserial with: sudo pip install pyserial --upgrade --ignore-installed

Using sudo when installing pip-packages isn't recommended, and is likely why you needed a second install-cmd (user does not have access to root home folder). I'd recommend to use pip as a normal user, or install using apt.

More detailed info here: https://askubuntu.com/questions/802544/is-sudo-pip-install-still-a-broken-practice

Version 2.2.6 (Git Rev Unknown from unknown)

The sniffer-v2 requires Wireshark 2.4.2 or newer.

Easiest way to obtain the latest stable release (2.4.4) is to add the wireshark-dev ppa:

https://launchpad.net/~wireshark-dev/+archive/ubuntu/stable

Also make sure that your user is a part of the dialout group, so that you can access the ttyACM0 as a normal user:

sudo usermod -a -G dialout MY_USERNAME

Let me know if there's still issues that needs to be ironed out!

 

Cheers,

Håkon

[Steph van Schalkwyk]

Hi Hakon,

Thank you. It seems to have fixed it. 

Wireshark sees the /dev/ttyACM0 device and sniffs. 

For some reason it is not picking up my ANT traffic. Is that because there isn't a working ANT plugin? Surely the sniffer should see ANT traffic between devices?

Regards

Steph

[Håkon Alseth]

Hi,

The nRFsniffer only supports bluetooth low energy. In order to monitor ANT traffic, you'll have to use the tools provided by Dynastream, and use a dongle like this:

https://www.thisisant.com/developer/components/antusb-m/#396_tab

You can supply the network key, and set up the dongle in "scan mode" in ANTware to monitor traffic.

I am not sure if there's any linux support for ANTware (requires login to download in the above site), and I'd recommend contacting Dynastream about this subject.

Best regards,

Håkon

[Steph van Schalkwyk]

Thank you

I have one of those. Unfortunately it doesn't seem as if Antware2 can passively sniff. It is set up as either a master or slave.

If there is something I'm not seeing, please correct me.

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