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

RE: nRFSniffer-V2,2.0.0-1.beta, Linux issue

Steph van Schalkwyk — Thu, 08 Feb 2018 15:39:07 GMT

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.

Step

RE: nRFSniffer-V2,2.0.0-1.beta, Linux issue

Håkon Alseth — Thu, 08 Feb 2018 08:58:32 GMT

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

RE: nRFSniffer-V2,2.0.0-1.beta, Linux issue

Steph van Schalkwyk — Thu, 08 Feb 2018 02:23:34 GMT

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

RE: nRFSniffer-V2,2.0.0-1.beta, Linux issue

Håkon Alseth — Wed, 07 Feb 2018 21:40:36 GMT

Hi Steph,

[quote user=""]Have installed pyserial with: sudo pip install pyserial --upgrade --ignore-installed[/quote]

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

[quote user=""]Version 2.2.6 (Git Rev Unknown from unknown)[/quote]

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

RE: nRFSniffer-V2,2.0.0-1.beta, Linux issue

Steph van Schalkwyk — Wed, 07 Feb 2018 17:49:18 GMT

No packets: