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!
My python version is (and has been throughout) 2.7.14 as display now below:
Davids-MacBook-Pro-2:~ davidelvig$ python --version
Python 2.7.14
I posted that step way back ups in this thread.
The only change I made recently, based on the post by @Richard was to edit the top of nrf_sniffer.py
I've been delayed in my end-to-end testing, but still plan to do that in the coming days
Thanks, all for your posts!
Can you also provide the output of "which python" ?
Python version
Davids-MacBook-Pro-2:~ davidelvig$ python --version
Python 2.7.14
Which
Davids-MacBook-Pro-2:~ davidelvig$ which python
/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/python
In that ...\bin directory is:
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 6B Mar 15 12:41 2to3 -> 2to3-2
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 8B Mar 15 12:41 2to3-2 -> 2to3-2.7
-rwxrwxr-x 1 root admin 140B Sep 16 2017 2to3-2.7
-rwxrwxr-x 1 root admin 310B Mar 15 12:42 easy_install
-rwxrwxr-x 1 root admin 310B Mar 15 12:42 easy_install-2.7
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 5B Mar 15 12:41 idle -> idle2
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 7B Mar 15 12:41 idle2 -> idle2.7
-rwxrwxr-x 1 root admin 138B Sep 16 2017 idle2.7
-rwxr-xr-x 1 davidelvig admin 33K Mar 23 21:57 miniterm.py
-rw-r--r-- 1 davidelvig admin 37K Mar 23 21:57 miniterm.pyc
-rwxr-xr-x 1 davidelvig admin 282B Mar 23 21:57 pip
-rwxr-xr-x 1 davidelvig admin 282B Mar 23 21:57 pip2
-rwxr-xr-x 1 davidelvig admin 282B Mar 23 21:57 pip2.7
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 6B Mar 15 12:41 pydoc -> pydoc2
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 8B Mar 15 12:41 pydoc2 -> pydoc2.7
-rwxrwxr-x 1 root admin 123B Sep 16 2017 pydoc2.7
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 7B Mar 15 12:41 python -> python2
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 10B Mar 15 12:41 python-32 -> python2-32
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 14B Mar 15 12:41 python-config -> python2-config
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 9B Mar 15 12:41 python2 -> python2.7
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 12B Mar 15 12:41 python2-32 -> python2.7-32
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 16B Mar 15 12:41 python2-config -> python2.7-config
-rwxrwxr-x 1 root admin 25K Sep 16 2017 python2.7
-rwxrwxr-x 1 root admin 14K Sep 16 2017 python2.7-32
-rwxrwxr-x 1 root admin 1.7K Sep 16 2017 python2.7-config
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 8B Mar 15 12:41 pythonw -> pythonw2
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 11B Mar 15 12:41 pythonw-32 -> pythonw2-32
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 10B Mar 15 12:41 pythonw2 -> pythonw2.7
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 13B Mar 15 12:41 pythonw2-32 -> pythonw2.7-32
-rwxrwxr-x 1 root admin 25K Sep 16 2017 pythonw2.7
-rwxrwxr-x 1 root admin 14K Sep 16 2017 pythonw2.7-32
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 9B Mar 15 12:41 smtpd.py -> smtpd2.py
-rwxrwxr-x 1 root admin 18K Sep 16 2017 smtpd2.7.py
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 11B Mar 15 12:41 smtpd2.py -> smtpd2.7.py
After my latest edit, the top of the nrf_sniffer.py looks like this
#!/usr/local/bin/python2
#####!/usr/bin/env python
# Copyright (c) 2017, Nordic Semiconductor ASA
#
# All rights reserved.
#
# Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
A listing of /usr/local/bin is as follows:
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 66B Mar 15 12:41 2to3 -> ../../../Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/2to3
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 68B Mar 15 12:41 2to3-2 -> ../../../Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/2to3-2
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 70B Mar 15 12:41 2to3-2.7 -> ../../../Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/2to3-2.7
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 47B Apr 2 09:59 JFlashLite -> /Applications/SEGGER/JLink_V630j/JFlashLite.app
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 47B Apr 2 09:59 JFlashLite.app -> /Applications/SEGGER/JLink_V630j/JFlashLite.app
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 42B Apr 6 12:47 JFlashSPI -> /Applications/SEGGER/JLink_V616c/JFlashSPI
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 41B Apr 6 12:47 JLinkExe -> /Applications/SEGGER/JLink_V616c/JLinkExe
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 47B Apr 6 12:47 JLinkGDBServer -> /Applications/SEGGER/JLink_V616c/JLinkGDBServer
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 51B Apr 2 09:59 JLinkGDBServer.app -> /Applications/SEGGER/JLink_V630j/JLinkGDBServer.app
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 52B Apr 2 09:59 JLinkGDBServerCL -> /Applications/SEGGER/JLink_V630j/JLinkGDBServerCLExe
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 56B Apr 6 12:47 JLinkLicenseManager.app -> /Applications/SEGGER/JLink_V616c/JLinkLicenseManager.app
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 47B Apr 6 12:47 JLinkRTTClient -> /Applications/SEGGER/JLink_V616c/JLinkRTTClient
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 47B Apr 6 12:47 JLinkRTTLogger -> /Applications/SEGGER/JLink_V616c/JLinkRTTLogger
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 54B Apr 6 12:47 JLinkRegistration.app -> /Applications/SEGGER/JLink_V616c/JLinkRegistration.app
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 50B Apr 6 12:47 JLinkRemoteServer -> /Applications/SEGGER/JLink_V616c/JLinkRemoteServer
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 54B Apr 2 09:59 JLinkRemoteServer.app -> /Applications/SEGGER/JLink_V630j/JLinkRemoteServer.app
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 55B Apr 2 09:59 JLinkRemoteServerCLExe -> /Applications/SEGGER/JLink_V630j/JLinkRemoteServerCLExe
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 43B Apr 6 12:47 JLinkSTM32 -> /Applications/SEGGER/JLink_V616c/JLinkSTM32
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 47B Apr 6 12:47 JLinkSWOViewer -> /Applications/SEGGER/JLink_V616c/JLinkSWOViewer
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 44B Apr 6 12:47 JTAGLoadExe -> /Applications/SEGGER/JLink_V616c/JTAGLoadExe
lrwxr-xr-x 1 davidelvig admin 28B Feb 22 20:20 brew -> /usr/local/Homebrew/bin/brew
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 11B Mar 23 22:45 capinfos -> ./wireshark
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 11B Mar 23 22:45 dftest -> ./wireshark
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 11B Mar 23 22:45 dumpcap -> ./wireshark
lrwxrwxr-x 1 root admin 74B Mar 15 12:42 easy_install -> ../../../Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/easy_install
lrwxrwxr-x 1 root admin 78B Mar 15 12:42 easy_install-2.7 -> ../../../Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/easy_install-2.7
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 11B Mar 23 22:45 editcap -> ./wireshark
lrwxr-xr-x 1 davidelvig admin 33B Feb 22 20:42 ffmpeg -> ../Cellar/ffmpeg/3.4.2/bin/ffmpeg
lrwxr-xr-x 1 davidelvig admin 34B Feb 22 20:42 ffprobe -> ../Cellar/ffmpeg/3.4.2/bin/ffprobe
lrwxr-xr-x 1 davidelvig admin 35B Feb 22 20:42 ffserver -> ../Cellar/ffmpeg/3.4.2/bin/ffserver
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 66B Mar 15 12:41 idle -> ../../../Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/idle
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 67B Mar 15 12:41 idle2 -> ../../../Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/idle2
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 69B Mar 15 12:41 idle2.7 -> ../../../Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/idle2.7
lrwxr-xr-x 1 davidelvig admin 29B Feb 22 20:42 lame -> ../Cellar/lame/3.100/bin/lame
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 11B Mar 23 22:45 mergecap -> ./wireshark
-rwxrwxr-x 1 davidelvig admin 29M Aug 1 2017 node
lrwxr-xr-x 1 502 staff 38B Aug 4 2017 npm -> ../lib/node_modules/npm/bin/npm-cli.js
lrwxrwxr-x 1 root admin 65B Mar 15 12:42 pip -> ../../../Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/pip
lrwxrwxr-x 1 root admin 66B Mar 15 12:42 pip2 -> ../../../Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/pip2
lrwxrwxr-x 1 root admin 68B Mar 15 12:42 pip2.7 -> ../../../Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/pip2.7
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 67B Mar 15 12:41 pydoc -> ../../../Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/pydoc
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 68B Mar 15 12:41 pydoc2 -> ../../../Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/pydoc2
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 70B Mar 15 12:41 pydoc2.7 -> ../../../Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/pydoc2.7
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 68B Mar 15 12:41 python -> ../../../Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/python
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 71B Mar 15 12:41 python-32 -> ../../../Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/python-32
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 75B Mar 15 12:41 python-config -> ../../../Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/python-config
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 69B Mar 15 12:41 python2 -> ../../../Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/python2
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 72B Mar 15 12:41 python2-32 -> ../../../Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/python2-32
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 76B Mar 15 12:41 python2-config -> ../../../Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/python2-config
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 71B Mar 15 12:41 python2.7 -> ../../../Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/python2.7
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 74B Mar 15 12:41 python2.7-32 -> ../../../Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/python2.7-32
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 78B Mar 15 12:41 python2.7-config -> ../../../Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/python2.7-config
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 69B Mar 15 12:41 pythonw -> ../../../Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/pythonw
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 72B Mar 15 12:41 pythonw-32 -> ../../../Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/pythonw-32
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 70B Mar 15 12:41 pythonw2 -> ../../../Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/pythonw2
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 73B Mar 15 12:41 pythonw2-32 -> ../../../Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/pythonw2-32
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 72B Mar 15 12:41 pythonw2.7 -> ../../../Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/pythonw2.7
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 75B Mar 15 12:41 pythonw2.7-32 -> ../../../Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/pythonw2.7-32
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 11B Mar 23 22:45 randpkt -> ./wireshark
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 11B Mar 23 22:45 rawshark -> ./wireshark
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 70B Mar 15 12:41 smtpd.py -> ../../../Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/smtpd.py
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 73B Mar 15 12:41 smtpd2.7.py -> ../../../Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/smtpd2.7.py
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 71B Mar 15 12:41 smtpd2.py -> ../../../Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/smtpd2.py
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 11B Mar 23 22:45 text2pcap -> ./wireshark
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 11B Mar 23 22:45 tshark -> ./wireshark
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 833B Feb 23 14:00 wireshark
lrwxr-xr-x 1 davidelvig admin 29B Feb 22 20:42 x264 -> ../Cellar/x264/r2854/bin/x264
I've verified the fix by running through a use case from Mohammad Afeneh's Bluetooth LE eBook for using the sniffer with Wireshark. All looks good.
WireShark "sees" the nrf_sniffer on start-up, and the subsequent steps in Mohamad's tutorial, and in the nRF_Sniffer_User_Guide_v2.1.pdf work as expected.
Now I have the WireShark learning curve... and am thankful to get on to it.
Thanks to those that helped, particularly Richard and David Edwin in this thread!
The fix is a bit of a hack, it seems, and I'll look forward to staying in touch on how to standardize the setup - either by explicit documentation of this work-around in the nRF_Sniffer_User_Guide_v2.X.pdf, or in a update that allows "latest versions" default installation options for required software.
Thanks again!
Ok, I tried all three of the above suggestions. So far no luck.
The last thing I tried was reverting the Wireshark version back to v2.0.x, as recommended in the "OS X Sniffer for BTLE" link. In all cases, the nRF Sniffer capture interface does not show up in the interfaces list. Also, there is not an interface toolbar available under the View menu as described in the v2.1 User Guide. See the attached screenshot of the Wireshark window.
Also, I have verified using minicom that packet data is arriving on the /dev/tty.usbmodem1411 interface from the pca10040 board.
