Sniffer on OSX - revisited

[David Elvig]

It looks like the last discussion of Sniffer on Devzone was 2-3 yrs ago.

I’ve ordered the nRF Dongle and will download the Windows-based nRF Sniffer app.

i can run this with WireShark on a Windows VM on my Mac, though I would like a Mac OSX option.

- Any news on that front?

- Any way the Bluetooth hardware built into the MacBook could serve a Mac Sniffer app?

thanks!

[Martin Lesund]

Hello David,

Please check out the nRF SnifferV2. (download link)

 

snippet from the documentation:

 

[Kristian Sylwander]

Hi guys,

Any luck getting this to work on OSX.

I've performed the same steps as David and so far the nRF Sniffer interface is not shown in Wireshark.

This is my setup:

OS X 10.13.3
Wireshark : 2.4.4
python 2.7.14
pyserial 3.4 (also tried with 3.2.1 as mentioned in a comment)
nRF Sniffer v2 Beta 1

PCA10040
Segger jlink 6.16c

Would really want this to work.

Cheers!

[David Elvig]

No luck for me. 

My setup is similar. 

Nordic colleagues, I’d welcome a phone/Web session to tackle this. 

Can we take some more active step than the forum?

[David Edwin]

Actions:

pyserial 3.4.x does not seem to work on OS X. OS X 10.13.3 has been successfully tested only with pyserial 3.2.1.
You need to be on pyserial 3.2.1

Have you verified that the jlink 6.16c is loaded on the jlink emulator IC on the nRF5x-DK ? Use the troubleshooting step "nRF Sniffer occasionally works and appears unstable" in the nRF Sniffer v2.1 user guide and verify using jlinkconfig.exe that the emulator is also downgraded correctly to 6.16c.

Verify that Jlink emulator firmware is correct version, using the section "Verify that Jlink emulator firmware is correct version" in the nRF Sniffer v2.1 uder guide.