Issues with nRF51822 EK ble_uart_example and iOS 8.0

[Stephan]

Hi everyone,

I dont know if I encounter these issues because of iOS 8.0 but I'm not able to receive data from the console, send via PCA100001, on my iPhone. Though, what does work is sending text from the iPhone to the PCA100001.

I connected a USB-UART-Dongle and I can read my text messages sent from the iPhone. But when I try to send anything from the pc -> PCA100001 -> iPhone I dont see anything...

For experimentation I'm using the fixed ble_uart_example from this devzone, together with the 4.x SDK

Is it my fault or is there something weird with the iOS App? I downloaded the latest with the iOS 7 fix.

**UPDATE: I'm still pretty much wondering wether this is mine or iOS' fault.

From the screenshot you can see that the string ("test" input from console) is processed right and that the resulting errcode is 0. Still it does not show on the iOS-App?

Kind regards, Stephan

[Asbjørn]

It is true that it is not recommended to start a new development on the C0 version of the nRF51822 and that the latest SDK and Softdevice isn't tested properly on the C0 version of the nRF51822. There's a matrix in the this document that describe the various SDK and softdevice version and which on to use.

That said, I would still temporarily give the latest SDK and softdevice a go. As Ngyuen says, he got some code examples working on his C0 version, but you might have to modify the default code examples to get it going there as well.

EDIT: I just got around to checking out the behavior on iOS8 myself and I see the same as you do here. We're working of fixing the issue on our app and will hopefully post an update soon. In the mean time, yes, it is our app for that's not displaying the data sent from the PC through the nRF51822 to the iOS device.

[Asbjørn]

Yes, you do need to type 20 characters, but there also seems to be a need for updating the app. So we'll try to do that as well.