How to get complete device name from another peripheral once it's connected?

[Andy]

Hi,

I'm developing a central application and I would like to be able to get the full device names of the peripherals I connect to. I know how to get the device name from the advertising data, but there are sometimes when the peripherals do not advertise the complete name, and sometimes they don't advertise it at all.

How could I get the full name once I'm connected to the peripheral?

[Simonr]

Hi Andy,

I suggest you take a look at the BLE Multi-link Example and the function adv_report_parse() for details on how the name can be extracted from advertising data, as advertising beacons are not required to advertise their device names.

Best regards

Simon

[Andy]

Hi Simon,

As I said in my question, I know how to get the name from the advertising data. What I want to know is how to get the name when it is not advertised.

I think it should be possible since my phone displays the full device name of a connected peripheral, even though the peripheral didn't advertise the complete name.

[awneil]

Andy said:

I think it should be possible since my phone displays the full device name of a connected peripheral, even though the peripheral didn't advertise the complete name.

Have you tried looking at the phone's BLE snooper log to see how it does it ... ?

[Andy]

What log?