NRF52840 Long range, non connectable (as beacon) advertisement

[SHUBHAM]

Hi,

I am working on NRF52840 soc with SDK 15.0. I am trying to advertise beacon adv to long range. But i got to know that non connectable long range Advertisement not possible through this link: https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/f/nordic-q-a/29993/non-connectable-long-range-advertisement . However  some other links show that long range advertising is possible  if we add LE PHY Parameters such as :  .primary_phy = BLE_GAP_PHY_CODED and .secondary_phy = BLE_GAP_PHY_CODED.  But is it for connectable advertising or non_connectable that is my concern?

One more query: Do we have to change the SCANNER  parameters too to scan Advertising devices in long range?

Thanks in advance.

[Edvin]

Hello,

This depends on what you input to your .properties.type parameter. The different modes are listed in the ble_gap.h file, around line 360.

As for the scanner, you must also set it to long range mode.

 

This mode is usually set in a scan_start() function:

m_scan_param.scan_phys     = BLE_GAP_PHY_1MBPS;

 

Best regards,

Edvin