Current Time Service on nRF Connect iPhone app

[DaleScott]

I have been trying to use the nRF Connect app on my Apple iPhone in order to get the Current Time Service.

I bought a Arduino Primo that has an nRF52 on it.

The example sketch from Arduino is called CTSClient under the BLE Peripheral section (special section for the Primo).

On my nRF Connect app I defined the device nRF52 (also tried CTSClient) and added the service "Current Time Service" (x1805) and then turned on the green switch next to nRF52 device. Then at the Arduino IDE, I loaded the CTSClient sketch. On the nRF Connect app I connected to the  advertised CTS-Client signal and received the message "Connect event" on the Serial printout of my PC. The sketch was supposed to "discovered" the CTS service and print the time out on my Serial printout when I push the USER1 button, but nothing happened. So my question is "should this have worked (or is it out of date), and/or did I leave any setup steps out.

[DaleScott]

Haakonsh,

So even though Current Time Service 1805 is a service from the list of GATT services suggested as advertisers, it may not support the CTS server? Bizzarre. 

Also, I do not know how to sniff the BLE communications. Is there a guide as to what code would allow me to do so?

Thanks for your help.

[haakonsh]

"So even though Current Time Service 1805 is a service from the list of GATT services suggested as advertisers, it may not support the CTS server? Bizzarre. " -I'm currently at my home office, but I'll check it out tomorrow. (I need to have a DK plugged into the PC i'm remoting into in order to use the BLE server implementation of nRF Connect).

We've got the nRF Sniffer, but you need an nRF52DK. 

[haakonsh]

I'm confused, you're using the nRF Connect application as the CTS server right? If so you need to add the CTS characteristics to the service in nRF Connect. 

[DaleScott]

Hmmm. I wish I could get that screen to pop up on my nRF Connect. I checked, it says I have the latest version. How did you get that screen?

[haakonsh]

It's the PC spplication not the phone application, my bad! 

I see the Android version has a pre-built CTS service, but it seem to lack the Reference Time Information characteristic, that might be it. Or it is the arduino sketch. We do not have much, if any, experience with the Primo or Sketch, so you will have to depend on help from the community. 

Also I believe Arduino scrapped the Primo project after they merged the two company branches so this is not really a platform with any future support :/

 

[DaleScott]

 Yes, guess my Arduino Primo is a mixed blessing. Has a lot of neat potential capabilities (combine BLE and IR, etc.) but they "retired" it almost as soon as it was released for sale! 

Ok, well thank you for your time. I guess this case belongs in the "who cares" pile and should be closed.

[haakonsh]

We're were very excited about the Primo ourselves and find it sad that it was such a short lived project.