BT5 long range feature and nRF Connect scanning

[Mathieu]

Hello,

I am developing a beacon using the long range feature of BT5. In order to do so, I added the line m_adv_params.primary_phy   = BLE_GAP_PHY_CODED in advertising_init(). I see the beacon in the nRF Connect Android App. This raises two questions:

• Is the 150kbps or the 500kbps mode used ?
• My smartphone is not BT5-compatible, I was not expecting to see the beacon using it. Does it mean that the configuration of the beacon was not properly done ?

[AndreasF]

Hi.

Is the 150kbps or the 500kbps mode used ?

Which SDK and SoftDevice have you used?

In SDK 15.0 with SoftDevice 6.0.0 it always 125 kbps, not 150 kbps or 500 kbps.

My smartphone is not BT5-compatible, I was not expecting to see the beacon using it. Does it mean that the configuration of the beacon was not properly done ?

 Then the configuration is not correct, you should not be able to see CODED_PHY advertiser on a non BT5 phone.

- Andreas