nrf52840 multiprotocol ble & 802.15.4 without zboss

[_maibi]

hello, Nordic developers!

I needs help develop rnf52840.

Goal

My goal is ble & 802.15.4 mutiprotocol, not using zboss network.

Actually, It is the same situation as link. with this situation, We need to use ble.

Situation

I already tested example "wireless_uart" in nRF5_SDK_15.0.0_a53641a\examples\802_15_4\ on development board.

I successfully sended & received 802.15.4 packet in this test. --> this is the role I want to in 802.15.4 protocol.

NEXT, For multiprotocol with ble, I am trying to the example ZIGBEE SDK 1.0.0 - multiprotocol/ble_zigbee_dynamic_light_switch_nus.

but I can't send 802.15.4  packet at all.... dev board just send repeatedly "Beacon request" - (i think it is to join zboss network)

So,,, I try to compile uart_ble adding wireless_uart (802.15.4) source... but it is fail...

Questions

Q1. To reach my goal, What should I start with? (example or extension with example...)

Q2. As of now, Is There no solution of nrf52840 in this case?

Q3. Is There any way to simply send & receive 802.15.4 protocol in multiprotocol examples?

Thanks for reading.

[Jørgen Holmefjord]

Hi,

The SDK for Thread and Zigbee is intended for sending Thread and Zigbee packets (which lays on top of 802.15.4 MAC and PHY layers), you will not be able to use this for sending RAW 802.15.4 packets.

The 802.15.4 implementation in the regular SDK do not have the dynamic multiprotocol support that the Thread and Zigbee solutions have.

I would recommend that you look into using the 802.15.4 Radio driver available on our GitHub. This is the same 802.15.4 PHY layer implementation used by Thread and Zigbee stacks, and have the dynamic multiprotocol support. The Wiki page have information on how to use the driver, and some sample applications for transmitter and receivers.

Best regards,
Jørgen

[_maibi]

thanks for your response, I already tried to implement 802.15.4 Driver Sample application to SDK15.0.0 ble uart example. but failed with Softdevice Arbiter, So I changed SINGLE PHY Arbiter with no init softdevice --> it worked..

Q1. with softdevice arbiter, sending 802.15.4 packet worked for a few micro seconds. But after this, sending 802.15.4 packet always Failed.

Q2. how can i configure sending 802.15.4 packet without waiting ack ?

[Jørgen Holmefjord]

Q1. I would guess that there is some error that put you in the error handler. You should debug the application and fix the error(s).

Q2. The ACK request bit is set in the frame that is sent. You can set ACK timeout and control Auto ACK feature using driver functions.