Hi,
I've been trying to build a custom characteristic and so far I can display a single digit number on my BLE app. My update value function looks like this:
uint32_t ble_cus_custom_value_update(ble_cus_t * p_cus, uint8_t custom_value) { NRF_LOG_INFO("In ble_cus_custom_value_update. \r\n"); if (p_cus == NULL) { return NRF_ERROR_NULL; } uint32_t err_code = NRF_SUCCESS; ble_gatts_value_t gatts_value; if (p_cus->conn_handle != BLE_CONN_HANDLE_INVALID) { // Initialize value struct. memset(&gatts_value, 0, sizeof(gatts_value)); gatts_value.len = sizeof(uint8_t); gatts_value.offset = 0; gatts_value.p_value = &custom_value; // Update database. err_code = sd_ble_gatts_value_set(p_cus->conn_handle, p_cus->custom_value_handles.value_handle, &gatts_value); APP_ERROR_CHECK(err_code); if (notifications_enabled) { NRF_LOG_INFO("Sending notification for whatever"); uint16_t len = sizeof (uint8_t); ble_gatts_hvx_params_t hvx_params; memset(&hvx_params, 0, sizeof(hvx_params)); hvx_params.handle = p_cus->custom_value_handles.value_handle; hvx_params.type = BLE_GATT_HVX_NOTIFICATION; hvx_params.offset = 0; hvx_params.p_len = &len; hvx_params.p_data = custom_value; err_code = sd_ble_gatts_hvx(p_cus->conn_handle, &hvx_params); APP_ERROR_CHECK(err_code); } } }
And my add function looks like this :
static uint32_t custom_value_char_add(ble_cus_t * p_cus) { uint32_t err_code; ble_gatts_char_md_t char_md; ble_gatts_attr_md_t cccd_md; ble_gatts_attr_t attr_char_value; ble_uuid_t ble_uuid; ble_gatts_attr_md_t attr_md; uint8_t init_value = 0; // Add Custom Value characteristic memset(&char_md, 0, sizeof(char_md)); memset(&cccd_md, 0, sizeof(cccd_md)); memset(&attr_md, 0, sizeof(attr_md)); memset(&attr_char_value, 0, sizeof(attr_char_value)); // Set permissions on the CCCD and Characteristic value BLE_GAP_CONN_SEC_MODE_SET_OPEN(&cccd_md.read_perm); BLE_GAP_CONN_SEC_MODE_SET_OPEN(&cccd_md.write_perm); BLE_GAP_CONN_SEC_MODE_SET_OPEN(&attr_md.write_perm); BLE_GAP_CONN_SEC_MODE_SET_OPEN(&attr_md.read_perm); // CCCD settings (needed for notifications and/or indications) cccd_md.vloc = BLE_GATTS_VLOC_STACK; // Characteristic Metadata char_md.char_props.read = 1; char_md.char_props.notify = 1; char_md.p_char_user_desc = CustomCharName; char_md.char_user_desc_size = sizeof(CustomCharName); char_md.char_user_desc_max_size = sizeof(CustomCharName); char_md.p_char_pf = NULL; char_md.p_user_desc_md = NULL; char_md.p_cccd_md = &cccd_md; char_md.p_sccd_md = NULL; // Define the Button ON press Characteristic UUID ble_uuid.type = p_cus->uuid_type; ble_uuid.uuid = CUSTOM_VALUE_CHAR_UUID; // Attribute Metadata settings attr_md.vloc = BLE_GATTS_VLOC_STACK; attr_md.rd_auth = 0; attr_md.wr_auth = 0; attr_md.vlen = 0; // Attribute Value settings attr_char_value.p_uuid = &ble_uuid; attr_char_value.p_attr_md = &attr_md; attr_char_value.init_len = sizeof(uint8_t); attr_char_value.init_offs = 0; attr_char_value.max_len = sizeof(uint8_t); attr_char_value.p_value = &init_value; return sd_ble_gatts_characteristic_add(p_cus->service_handle, &char_md, &attr_char_value, &p_cus->custom_value_handles); }
Now, how do I send a character say : char test[20] = "Hello, World!" via this instead of a number? Any leads?