Implementing whitelisting on a consumer product

RE: Implementing whitelisting on a consumer product

Kenneth — Thu, 22 Nov 2018 15:06:49 GMT

Hi,

There is one other option, when the peripheral start advertising it can setup a whitelist for scan request or connection requests.

If it setup whitelist for connection requests, but no whitelist for scan requests, then the peripheral can receive a BLE_GAP_EVT_SCAN_REQ_REPORT for every time a central send a scan request:

http://infocenter.nordicsemi.com/topic/com.nordic.infocenter.s132.api.v6.1.0/structble__gap__evt__scan__req__report__t.html?cp=2_3_1_1_0_2_1_4_47

The BLE_GAP_EVT_SCAN_REQ_REPORT contain the RSSI value and peer address. The peripheral can then based on the RSSI value decide to add the peer address to the whitelist to allow connection request.

Best regards,
Kenneth

RE: Implementing whitelisting on a consumer product

Chukwuemeka — Thu, 22 Nov 2018 05:33:38 GMT

To my knowledge, the HID examples are hard coded with the desired addresses for whitelisting. My question was how can I add an address for whitelisting by measuring the RSSI. In that way, the customers can add their addresses to the whitelist when they buy the product.

RE: Implementing whitelisting on a consumer product

Kenneth — Mon, 19 Nov 2018 12:57:48 GMT

Hi,

Typically the BLE peripheral HID examples (mouse and keyboard) show how to enable and use whitelisting.

Best regards,
Kenneth