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How to combine ble_app_beacon and ble_app_blinky togather and having both switching and running at different interval?

Hi There,

I very new to Nordic BLE application and was looking for method to combine ble_app_beacon and ble_app_blinky togather and having both switching and running at different interval? Purpose is to have the device send out non connectable advertising and at the same time still able to switch to scanning and connectable.

  • Can you please clarify your use case a bit more?  Am I to understand that you want the device to be a beacon for some period of time and then switch and be scanable and connectable for some other period of time?  Do you want this pattern to repeat?

  • Hi Darren,

    Yes. The device should able to act as a beacon(when disconnected) to sent out customized insensitive data while still able to be scanable and connectable.

  • Hi ,  why do you think it's necessary to combine the ble_app_beacon and ble_app_blinky  example projects together?  The ble_app_blinky example is scannable and connectable.  You can just modify the advertising data in this example to be more like the advertising data in the ble_app_beacon example.

  • Hi Darren,

    Thanks! I managed to get it works for beacon and blinky. Below is the code example. Do you know any method for me to add custom data in the beacon data? For example, I want to add temperature data, gps location data in the beacon package. Where could I start? Thanks!

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    /**
     * @brief Blinky Sample Application main file.
     *
     * This file contains the source code for a sample server application using the LED Button service.
     */
    
    #include <stdint.h>
    #include <string.h>
    #include "nordic_common.h"
    #include "nrf.h"
    #include "app_error.h"
    #include "ble.h"
    #include "ble_err.h"
    #include "ble_hci.h"
    #include "ble_srv_common.h"
    #include "ble_advdata.h"
    #include "ble_conn_params.h"
    #include "nrf_sdh.h"
    #include "nrf_sdh_ble.h"
    #include "boards.h"
    #include "app_timer.h"
    #include "app_button.h"
    #include "ble_lbs.h"
    #include "nrf_ble_gatt.h"
    #include "nrf_ble_qwr.h"
    #include "nrf_pwr_mgmt.h"
    
    #include "nrf_log.h"
    #include "nrf_log_ctrl.h"
    #include "nrf_log_default_backends.h"
    
    #include "nrf_delay.h"
    
    #define NON_CONNECTABLE_ADV_INTERVAL    MSEC_TO_UNITS(100, UNIT_0_625_MS)  /**< The advertising interval for non-connectable advertisement (100 ms). This value can vary between 100ms to 10.24s). */
    
    #define APP_BEACON_INFO_LENGTH          0x17                               /**< Total length of information advertised by the Beacon. */
    #define APP_ADV_DATA_LENGTH             0x15                               /**< Length of manufacturer specific data in the advertisement. */
    #define APP_DEVICE_TYPE                 0x02                               /**< 0x02 refers to Beacon. */
    #define APP_MEASURED_RSSI               0xC3                               /**< The Beacon's measured RSSI at 1 meter distance in dBm. */
    #define APP_COMPANY_IDENTIFIER          0x0059                             /**< Company identifier for Nordic Semiconductor ASA. as per www.bluetooth.org. */
    #define APP_MAJOR_VALUE                 0x01, 0x02                    /**< Major value used to identify Beacons. */
    #define APP_MINOR_VALUE                 0x03, 0x04                         /**< Minor value used to identify Beacons. */
    
    #define APP_BEACON_UUID                 0x01, 0x12, 0x23, 0x34, \
                                            0x45, 0x56, 0x67, 0x78, \
                                            0x89, 0x9a, 0xab, 0xbc, \
                                            0xcd, 0xde, 0xef, 0xf0            /**< Proprietary UUID for Beacon. */
    
    
    #define ADVERTISING_LED                 BSP_BOARD_LED_0                         /**< Is on when device is advertising. */
    #define CONNECTED_LED                   BSP_BOARD_LED_1                         /**< Is on when device has connected. */
    #define LEDBUTTON_LED                   BSP_BOARD_LED_2                         /**< LED to be toggled with the help of the LED Button Service. */
    #define LEDBUTTON_BUTTON                BSP_BUTTON_0                            /**< Button that will trigger the notification event with the LED Button Service */
    
    #define DEVICE_NAME                     "Nordic_Blinky"                         /**< Name of device. Will be included in the advertising data. */
    
    #define APP_BLE_OBSERVER_PRIO           3                                       /**< Application's BLE observer priority. You shouldn't need to modify this value. */
    #define APP_BLE_CONN_CFG_TAG            1                                       /**< A tag identifying the SoftDevice BLE configuration. */
    
    #define APP_ADV_INTERVAL                64                                      /**< The advertising interval (in units of 0.625 ms; this value corresponds to 40 ms). */
    #define APP_ADV_DURATION                BLE_GAP_ADV_TIMEOUT_GENERAL_UNLIMITED   /**< The advertising time-out (in units of seconds). When set to 0, we will never time out. */
    
    
    #define MIN_CONN_INTERVAL               MSEC_TO_UNITS(100, UNIT_1_25_MS)        /**< Minimum acceptable connection interval (0.5 seconds). */
    #define MAX_CONN_INTERVAL               MSEC_TO_UNITS(200, UNIT_1_25_MS)        /**< Maximum acceptable connection interval (1 second). */
    #define SLAVE_LATENCY                   0                                       /**< Slave latency. */
    #define CONN_SUP_TIMEOUT                MSEC_TO_UNITS(4000, UNIT_10_MS)         /**< Connection supervisory time-out (4 seconds). */
    
    #define FIRST_CONN_PARAMS_UPDATE_DELAY  APP_TIMER_TICKS(20000)                  /**< Time from initiating event (connect or start of notification) to first time sd_ble_gap_conn_param_update is called (15 seconds). */
    #define NEXT_CONN_PARAMS_UPDATE_DELAY   APP_TIMER_TICKS(5000)                   /**< Time between each call to sd_ble_gap_conn_param_update after the first call (5 seconds). */
    #define MAX_CONN_PARAMS_UPDATE_COUNT    3                                       /**< Number of attempts before giving up the connection parameter negotiation. */
    
    #define BUTTON_DETECTION_DELAY          APP_TIMER_TICKS(50)                     /**< Delay from a GPIOTE event until a button is reported as pushed (in number of timer ticks). */
    
    #define DEAD_BEEF                       0xDEADBEEF                              /**< Value used as error code on stack dump, can be used to identify stack location on stack unwind. */
    
    
    BLE_LBS_DEF(m_lbs);                                                             /**< LED Button Service instance. */
    NRF_BLE_GATT_DEF(m_gatt);                                                       /**< GATT module instance. */
    NRF_BLE_QWR_DEF(m_qwr);                                                         /**< Context for the Queued Write module.*/
    
    static ble_gap_adv_params_t m_adv_params;     
    
    static uint16_t m_conn_handle = BLE_CONN_HANDLE_INVALID;                        /**< Handle of the current connection. */
    
    static uint8_t m_adv_handle = BLE_GAP_ADV_SET_HANDLE_NOT_SET;                   /**< Advertising handle used to identify an advertising set. */
    static uint8_t m_enc_advdata[BLE_GAP_ADV_SET_DATA_SIZE_MAX];                    /**< Buffer for storing an encoded advertising set. */
    static uint8_t m_enc_scan_response_data[BLE_GAP_ADV_SET_DATA_SIZE_MAX];         /**< Buffer for storing an encoded scan data. */
    
    /**@brief Struct that contains pointers to the encoded advertising data. */
    static ble_gap_adv_data_t m_adv_data =
    {
        .adv_data =
        {
            .p_data = m_enc_advdata,
            .len    = BLE_GAP_ADV_SET_DATA_SIZE_MAX
        },
        .scan_rsp_data =
        {
            .p_data = m_enc_scan_response_data,
            .len    = BLE_GAP_ADV_SET_DATA_SIZE_MAX
    
        }
    };
    
    /**@brief Struct that contains pointers to the encoded advertising data. */
    static ble_gap_adv_data_t m_adv_data_2 =
    {
        .adv_data =
        {
            .p_data = m_enc_advdata,
            .len    = BLE_GAP_ADV_SET_DATA_SIZE_MAX
        },
        .scan_rsp_data =
        {
            .p_data = NULL,
            .len    = 0
    
        }
    };
    
    static uint8_t m_beacon_info[APP_BEACON_INFO_LENGTH] =                    /**< Information advertised by the Beacon. */
    {
        APP_DEVICE_TYPE,     // Manufacturer specific information. Specifies the device type in this
                             // implementation.
        APP_ADV_DATA_LENGTH, // Manufacturer specific information. Specifies the length of the
                             // manufacturer specific data in this implementation.
        APP_BEACON_UUID,     // 128 bit UUID value.
        APP_MAJOR_VALUE,     // Major arbitrary value that can be used to distinguish between Beacons.
        APP_MINOR_VALUE,     // Minor arbitrary value that can be used to distinguish between Beacons.
        APP_MEASURED_RSSI    // Manufacturer specific information. The Beacon's measured TX power in
                             // this implementation.
    };
    
    /**@brief Function for assert macro callback.
     *
     * @details This function will be called in case of an assert in the SoftDevice.
     *
     * @warning This handler is an example only and does not fit a final product. You need to analyze
     *          how your product is supposed to react in case of Assert.
     * @warning On assert from the SoftDevice, the system can only recover on reset.
     *
     * @param[in] line_num    Line number of the failing ASSERT call.
     * @param[in] p_file_name File name of the failing ASSERT call.
     */
    void assert_nrf_callback(uint16_t line_num, const uint8_t * p_file_name)
    {
        app_error_handler(DEAD_BEEF, line_num, p_file_name);
    }
    
    
    /**@brief Function for the LEDs initialization.
     *
     * @details Initializes all LEDs used by the application.
     */
    static void leds_init(void)
    {
        bsp_board_init(BSP_INIT_LEDS);
    }
    
    
    /**@brief Function for the Timer initialization.
     *
     * @details Initializes the timer module.
     */
    static void timers_init(void)
    {
        // Initialize timer module, making it use the scheduler
        ret_code_t err_code = app_timer_init();
        APP_ERROR_CHECK(err_code);
    }
    
    
    /**@brief Function for the GAP initialization.
     *
     * @details This function sets up all the necessary GAP (Generic Access Profile) parameters of the
     *          device including the device name, appearance, and the preferred connection parameters.
     */
    static void gap_params_init(void)
    {
        ret_code_t              err_code;
        ble_gap_conn_params_t   gap_conn_params;
        ble_gap_conn_sec_mode_t sec_mode;
    
        BLE_GAP_CONN_SEC_MODE_SET_OPEN(&sec_mode);
    
        err_code = sd_ble_gap_device_name_set(&sec_mode,
                                              (const uint8_t *)DEVICE_NAME,
                                              strlen(DEVICE_NAME));
        APP_ERROR_CHECK(err_code);
    
        memset(&gap_conn_params, 0, sizeof(gap_conn_params));
    
        gap_conn_params.min_conn_interval = MIN_CONN_INTERVAL;
        gap_conn_params.max_conn_interval = MAX_CONN_INTERVAL;
        gap_conn_params.slave_latency     = SLAVE_LATENCY;
        gap_conn_params.conn_sup_timeout  = CONN_SUP_TIMEOUT;
    
        err_code = sd_ble_gap_ppcp_set(&gap_conn_params);
        APP_ERROR_CHECK(err_code);
    }
    
    
    /**@brief Function for initializing the GATT module.
     */
    static void gatt_init(void)
    {
        ret_code_t err_code = nrf_ble_gatt_init(&m_gatt, NULL);
        APP_ERROR_CHECK(err_code);
    }
    
    static void advertising_beacon_init(void)
    {
        uint32_t      err_code;
        ble_advdata_t advdata;
        uint8_t       flags = BLE_GAP_ADV_FLAG_BR_EDR_NOT_SUPPORTED;
    
        ble_advdata_manuf_data_t manuf_specific_data;
    
        manuf_specific_data.company_identifier = APP_COMPANY_IDENTIFIER;
    
    #if defined(USE_UICR_FOR_MAJ_MIN_VALUES)
        // If USE_UICR_FOR_MAJ_MIN_VALUES is defined, the major and minor values will be read from the
        // UICR instead of using the default values. The major and minor values obtained from the UICR
        // are encoded into advertising data in big endian order (MSB First).
        // To set the UICR used by this example to a desired value, write to the address 0x10001080
        // using the nrfjprog tool. The command to be used is as follows.
        // nrfjprog --snr <Segger-chip-Serial-Number> --memwr 0x10001080 --val <your major/minor value>
        // For example, for a major value and minor value of 0xabcd and 0x0102 respectively, the
        // the following command should be used.
        // nrfjprog --snr <Segger-chip-Serial-Number> --memwr 0x10001080 --val 0xabcd0102
        uint16_t major_value = ((*(uint32_t *)UICR_ADDRESS) & 0xFFFF0000) >> 16;
        uint16_t minor_value = ((*(uint32_t *)UICR_ADDRESS) & 0x0000FFFF);
    
        uint8_t index = MAJ_VAL_OFFSET_IN_BEACON_INFO;
    
        m_beacon_info[index++] = MSB_16(major_value);
        m_beacon_info[index++] = LSB_16(major_value);
    
        m_beacon_info[index++] = MSB_16(minor_value);
        m_beacon_info[index++] = LSB_16(minor_value);
    #endif
    
        manuf_specific_data.data.p_data = (uint8_t *) m_beacon_info;
        manuf_specific_data.data.size   = APP_BEACON_INFO_LENGTH;
    
        // Build and set advertising data.
        memset(&advdata, 0, sizeof(advdata));
    
        advdata.name_type             = BLE_ADVDATA_NO_NAME;
        advdata.flags                 = flags;
        advdata.p_manuf_specific_data = &manuf_specific_data;
    
        // Initialize advertising parameters (used when starting advertising).
        memset(&m_adv_params, 0, sizeof(m_adv_params));
    
        m_adv_params.properties.type = BLE_GAP_ADV_TYPE_NONCONNECTABLE_NONSCANNABLE_UNDIRECTED;
        m_adv_params.p_peer_addr     = NULL;    // Undirected advertisement.
        m_adv_params.filter_policy   = BLE_GAP_ADV_FP_ANY;
        m_adv_params.interval        = NON_CONNECTABLE_ADV_INTERVAL;
        m_adv_params.duration        = 0;       // Never time out.
    
        err_code = ble_advdata_encode(&advdata, m_adv_data_2.adv_data.p_data, &m_adv_data_2.adv_data.len);
        APP_ERROR_CHECK(err_code);
    
        err_code = sd_ble_gap_adv_set_configure(&m_adv_handle, &m_adv_data_2, &m_adv_params);
        APP_ERROR_CHECK(err_code);
    }
    /**@brief Function for initializing the Advertising functionality.
     *
     * @details Encodes the required advertising data and passes it to the stack.
     *          Also builds a structure to be passed to the stack when starting advertising.
     */
    static void advertising_init(void)
    {
        ret_code_t    err_code;
        ble_advdata_t advdata;
        ble_advdata_t srdata;
    
        ble_uuid_t adv_uuids[] = {{LBS_UUID_SERVICE, m_lbs.uuid_type}};
    
        // Build and set advertising data.
        memset(&advdata, 0, sizeof(advdata));
    
        advdata.name_type          = BLE_ADVDATA_FULL_NAME;
        advdata.include_appearance = true;
        advdata.flags              = BLE_GAP_ADV_FLAGS_LE_ONLY_GENERAL_DISC_MODE;
    
    
        memset(&srdata, 0, sizeof(srdata));
        srdata.uuids_complete.uuid_cnt = sizeof(adv_uuids) / sizeof(adv_uuids[0]);
        srdata.uuids_complete.p_uuids  = adv_uuids;
    
        err_code = ble_advdata_encode(&advdata, m_adv_data.adv_data.p_data, &m_adv_data.adv_data.len);
        APP_ERROR_CHECK(err_code);
    
        err_code = ble_advdata_encode(&srdata, m_adv_data.scan_rsp_data.p_data, &m_adv_data.scan_rsp_data.len);
        APP_ERROR_CHECK(err_code);
    
        ble_gap_adv_params_t adv_params;
    
        // Set advertising parameters.
        memset(&adv_params, 0, sizeof(adv_params));
    
        adv_params.primary_phy     = BLE_GAP_PHY_1MBPS;
        adv_params.duration        = APP_ADV_DURATION;
        adv_params.properties.type = BLE_GAP_ADV_TYPE_CONNECTABLE_SCANNABLE_UNDIRECTED;
        adv_params.p_peer_addr     = NULL;
        adv_params.filter_policy   = BLE_GAP_ADV_FP_ANY;
        adv_params.interval        = APP_ADV_INTERVAL;
    
        err_code = sd_ble_gap_adv_set_configure(&m_adv_handle, &m_adv_data, &adv_params);
        APP_ERROR_CHECK(err_code);
    }
    
    
    /**@brief Function for handling Queued Write Module errors.
     *
     * @details A pointer to this function will be passed to each service which may need to inform the
     *          application about an error.
     *
     * @param[in]   nrf_error   Error code containing information about what went wrong.
     */
    static void nrf_qwr_error_handler(uint32_t nrf_error)
    {
        APP_ERROR_HANDLER(nrf_error);
    }
    
    
    /**@brief Function for handling write events to the LED characteristic.
     *
     * @param[in] p_lbs     Instance of LED Button Service to which the write applies.
     * @param[in] led_state Written/desired state of the LED.
     */
    static void led_write_handler(uint16_t conn_handle, ble_lbs_t * p_lbs, uint8_t led_state)
    {
        if (led_state)
        {
            bsp_board_led_on(LEDBUTTON_LED);
            NRF_LOG_INFO("Received LED ON!");
        }
        else
        {
            bsp_board_led_off(LEDBUTTON_LED);
            NRF_LOG_INFO("Received LED OFF!");
        }
    }
    
    
    /**@brief Function for initializing services that will be used by the application.
     */
    static void services_init(void)
    {
        ret_code_t         err_code;
        ble_lbs_init_t     init     = {0};
        nrf_ble_qwr_init_t qwr_init = {0};
    
        // Initialize Queued Write Module.
        qwr_init.error_handler = nrf_qwr_error_handler;
    
        err_code = nrf_ble_qwr_init(&m_qwr, &qwr_init);
        APP_ERROR_CHECK(err_code);
    
        // Initialize LBS.
        init.led_write_handler = led_write_handler;
    
        err_code = ble_lbs_init(&m_lbs, &init);
        APP_ERROR_CHECK(err_code);
    }
    
    
    /**@brief Function for handling the Connection Parameters Module.
     *
     * @details This function will be called for all events in the Connection Parameters Module that
     *          are passed to the application.
     *
     * @note All this function does is to disconnect. This could have been done by simply
     *       setting the disconnect_on_fail config parameter, but instead we use the event
     *       handler mechanism to demonstrate its use.
     *
     * @param[in] p_evt  Event received from the Connection Parameters Module.
     */
    static void on_conn_params_evt(ble_conn_params_evt_t * p_evt)
    {
        ret_code_t err_code;
    
        if (p_evt->evt_type == BLE_CONN_PARAMS_EVT_FAILED)
        {
            err_code = sd_ble_gap_disconnect(m_conn_handle, BLE_HCI_CONN_INTERVAL_UNACCEPTABLE);
            APP_ERROR_CHECK(err_code);
        }
    }
    
    
    /**@brief Function for handling a Connection Parameters error.
     *
     * @param[in] nrf_error  Error code containing information about what went wrong.
     */
    static void conn_params_error_handler(uint32_t nrf_error)
    {
        APP_ERROR_HANDLER(nrf_error);
    }
    
    
    /**@brief Function for initializing the Connection Parameters module.
     */
    static void conn_params_init(void)
    {
        ret_code_t             err_code;
        ble_conn_params_init_t cp_init;
    
        memset(&cp_init, 0, sizeof(cp_init));
    
        cp_init.p_conn_params                  = NULL;
        cp_init.first_conn_params_update_delay = FIRST_CONN_PARAMS_UPDATE_DELAY;
        cp_init.next_conn_params_update_delay  = NEXT_CONN_PARAMS_UPDATE_DELAY;
        cp_init.max_conn_params_update_count   = MAX_CONN_PARAMS_UPDATE_COUNT;
        cp_init.start_on_notify_cccd_handle    = BLE_GATT_HANDLE_INVALID;
        cp_init.disconnect_on_fail             = false;
        cp_init.evt_handler                    = on_conn_params_evt;
        cp_init.error_handler                  = conn_params_error_handler;
    
        err_code = ble_conn_params_init(&cp_init);
        APP_ERROR_CHECK(err_code);
    }
    
    
    /**@brief Function for starting advertising.
     */
    static void advertising_start(void)
    {
        ret_code_t           err_code;
    
        err_code = sd_ble_gap_adv_start(m_adv_handle, APP_BLE_CONN_CFG_TAG);
        APP_ERROR_CHECK(err_code);
    
        bsp_board_led_on(ADVERTISING_LED);
    
    }
    
    /**@brief Function for stop advertising.
     */
    static void advertising_stop(void)
    {
        ret_code_t           err_code;
    
        err_code = sd_ble_gap_adv_stop(m_adv_handle);
        APP_ERROR_CHECK(err_code);
    
        bsp_board_led_off(ADVERTISING_LED);
    }
    
    
    /**@brief Function for handling BLE events.
     *
     * @param[in]   p_ble_evt   Bluetooth stack event.
     * @param[in]   p_context   Unused.
     */
    static void ble_evt_handler(ble_evt_t const * p_ble_evt, void * p_context)
    {
        ret_code_t err_code;
    
        switch (p_ble_evt->header.evt_id)
        {
            case BLE_GAP_EVT_CONNECTED:
                NRF_LOG_INFO("Connected");
                bsp_board_led_on(CONNECTED_LED);
                bsp_board_led_off(ADVERTISING_LED);
                m_conn_handle = p_ble_evt->evt.gap_evt.conn_handle;
                err_code = nrf_ble_qwr_conn_handle_assign(&m_qwr, m_conn_handle);
                APP_ERROR_CHECK(err_code);
                err_code = app_button_enable();
                APP_ERROR_CHECK(err_code);
                break;
    
            case BLE_GAP_EVT_DISCONNECTED:
                NRF_LOG_INFO("Disconnected");
                bsp_board_led_off(CONNECTED_LED);
                m_conn_handle = BLE_CONN_HANDLE_INVALID;
                err_code = app_button_disable();
                APP_ERROR_CHECK(err_code);
                advertising_start();
                break;
    
            case BLE_GAP_EVT_SEC_PARAMS_REQUEST:
                // Pairing not supported
                err_code = sd_ble_gap_sec_params_reply(m_conn_handle,
                                                       BLE_GAP_SEC_STATUS_PAIRING_NOT_SUPP,
                                                       NULL,
                                                       NULL);
                APP_ERROR_CHECK(err_code);
                break;
    
            case BLE_GAP_EVT_PHY_UPDATE_REQUEST:
            {
                NRF_LOG_DEBUG("PHY update request.");
                ble_gap_phys_t const phys =
                {
                    .rx_phys = BLE_GAP_PHY_AUTO,
                    .tx_phys = BLE_GAP_PHY_AUTO,
                };
                err_code = sd_ble_gap_phy_update(p_ble_evt->evt.gap_evt.conn_handle, &phys);
                APP_ERROR_CHECK(err_code);
            } break;
    
            case BLE_GATTS_EVT_SYS_ATTR_MISSING:
                // No system attributes have been stored.
                err_code = sd_ble_gatts_sys_attr_set(m_conn_handle, NULL, 0, 0);
                APP_ERROR_CHECK(err_code);
                break;
    
            case BLE_GATTC_EVT_TIMEOUT:
                // Disconnect on GATT Client timeout event.
                NRF_LOG_DEBUG("GATT Client Timeout.");
                err_code = sd_ble_gap_disconnect(p_ble_evt->evt.gattc_evt.conn_handle,
                                                 BLE_HCI_REMOTE_USER_TERMINATED_CONNECTION);
                APP_ERROR_CHECK(err_code);
                break;
    
            case BLE_GATTS_EVT_TIMEOUT:
                // Disconnect on GATT Server timeout event.
                NRF_LOG_DEBUG("GATT Server Timeout.");
                err_code = sd_ble_gap_disconnect(p_ble_evt->evt.gatts_evt.conn_handle,
                                                 BLE_HCI_REMOTE_USER_TERMINATED_CONNECTION);
                APP_ERROR_CHECK(err_code);
                break;
    
            default:
                // No implementation needed.
                break;
        }
    }
    
    
    /**@brief Function for initializing the BLE stack.
     *
     * @details Initializes the SoftDevice and the BLE event interrupt.
     */
    static void ble_stack_init(void)
    {
        ret_code_t err_code;
    
        err_code = nrf_sdh_enable_request();
        APP_ERROR_CHECK(err_code);
    
        // Configure the BLE stack using the default settings.
        // Fetch the start address of the application RAM.
        uint32_t ram_start = 0;
        err_code = nrf_sdh_ble_default_cfg_set(APP_BLE_CONN_CFG_TAG, &ram_start);
        APP_ERROR_CHECK(err_code);
    
        // Enable BLE stack.
        err_code = nrf_sdh_ble_enable(&ram_start);
        APP_ERROR_CHECK(err_code);
    
        // Register a handler for BLE events.
        NRF_SDH_BLE_OBSERVER(m_ble_observer, APP_BLE_OBSERVER_PRIO, ble_evt_handler, NULL);
    }
    
    
    /**@brief Function for handling events from the button handler module.
     *
     * @param[in] pin_no        The pin that the event applies to.
     * @param[in] button_action The button action (press/release).
     */
    static void button_event_handler(uint8_t pin_no, uint8_t button_action)
    {
        ret_code_t err_code;
    
        switch (pin_no)
        {
            case LEDBUTTON_BUTTON:
                NRF_LOG_INFO("Send button state change.");
                err_code = ble_lbs_on_button_change(m_conn_handle, &m_lbs, button_action);
                if (err_code != NRF_SUCCESS &&
                    err_code != BLE_ERROR_INVALID_CONN_HANDLE &&
                    err_code != NRF_ERROR_INVALID_STATE &&
                    err_code != BLE_ERROR_GATTS_SYS_ATTR_MISSING)
                {
                    APP_ERROR_CHECK(err_code);
                }
                break;
    
            default:
                APP_ERROR_HANDLER(pin_no);
                break;
        }
    }
    
    
    /**@brief Function for initializing the button handler module.
     */
    static void buttons_init(void)
    {
        ret_code_t err_code;
    
        //The array must be static because a pointer to it will be saved in the button handler module.
        static app_button_cfg_t buttons[] =
        {
            {LEDBUTTON_BUTTON, false, BUTTON_PULL, button_event_handler}
        };
    
        err_code = app_button_init(buttons, ARRAY_SIZE(buttons),
                                   BUTTON_DETECTION_DELAY);
        APP_ERROR_CHECK(err_code);
    }
    
    
    static void log_init(void)
    {
        ret_code_t err_code = NRF_LOG_INIT(NULL);
        APP_ERROR_CHECK(err_code);
    
        NRF_LOG_DEFAULT_BACKENDS_INIT();
    }
    
    
    /**@brief Function for initializing power management.
     */
    static void power_management_init(void)
    {
        ret_code_t err_code;
        err_code = nrf_pwr_mgmt_init();
        APP_ERROR_CHECK(err_code);
    }
    
    
    /**@brief Function for handling the idle state (main loop).
     *
     * @details If there is no pending log operation, then sleep until next the next event occurs.
     */
    static void idle_state_handle(void)
    {
        if (NRF_LOG_PROCESS() == false)
        {
            nrf_pwr_mgmt_run();
        }
    }
    
    
    /**@brief Function for application main entry.
     */
    int main(void)
    {
        // Initialize.
        log_init();
        leds_init();
        timers_init();
        buttons_init();
        power_management_init();
        ble_stack_init();
        gap_params_init();
        gatt_init();
        services_init();
    //    advertising_init();
        conn_params_init();
    
        // Start execution.
    //    NRF_LOG_INFO("Blinky example started.");
     //   advertising_start();
    
        // Enter main loop.
        for (;;)
        {
           advertising_init();
            NRF_LOG_INFO("Blinky example started.");
            advertising_start();
            nrf_delay_ms(10000);
            advertising_stop();
            advertising_beacon_init();
            NRF_LOG_INFO("Beacon example started.");
            advertising_start();
            nrf_delay_ms(10000);
            advertising_stop();
            idle_state_handle();
        }
    }
    
    
    /**
     * @}
     */
    

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    advertising_init
    on line 313.  This where the advertising data get set initially.

    Looking at your main loop, it's pretty inefficient from a power perspective since you have delays are performed in the CPU.

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