Possible to copy PC-BLE-DRIVER-PY Drivers to another computer?

[mlang3440]

I recently went through the process of building the pc-ble-driver-py library/drivers and running it on my NRF528240 Dongle and have no issues with it. I wanted to share it with another user so they wouldn't have to go through the process of building it themselves. 

Will it work to copy the directory and give it to them? Assuming they are running the same type of machine with python and C++ redistributable installed. Are there any other requirements?

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks

[Edvin]

Hello,

I don't think that is a good idea. When you set up the pc-ble-driver-py, what it does is dependent on your system. Without knowing too much about this, I suspect that it can lead to a lot of weird unpredictable behavior. I suggest you build the pc-ble-driver-py on the other computer as well. It will probably not take as long as the first time you did it, if you have the setup procedure fresh in mind.

Best Regards,

Edvin

[phipi]

Is there any workaround for this? A situation we have is that a customer wants to use the python script we developed for them to perform testing on their device on multiple machines across their offices. It's quite an involved process to install these drivers especially for someone that doesn't have a software background.

Is there any way for them to run this script without needing to build the drivers? I would think that the nRF Connect installer for comes with the driver, can that be leveraged perhaps?

[Edvin]

you could look into the pc-ble-driver (not py), which is a C/C++ library, where you can generate a .exe executable file.

Is this an option?

BR,

Edvin

[phipi]

That seems like it might work. Is this a standalone serial driver for the dongle which the python script could use or would all the functionality in python need to be ported?

[Edvin]

From the Overview:

The C/C++ libraries can be interfaced with directly, but are also provided as higher-level bindings that ease development at the cost of reduced control.

But basically, this is not dependent of python. You can write an application which you can compile in C++ and export as a .exe executable file, which will work as a standalone program.

I don't have too much experience with the pc-ble-driver, but if you have more technical questions regarding that, phipi, please create a new ticket, and it will be assigned to an engineer who has worked a bit more with the pc-ble-driver.

BR,

Edvin