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 again Andy,

I have talked to my colleagues regarding your issue, and I am sorry to report that there is no way for the central to find the device name of a connected peripheral if it was not included in the advertisement. 

Best regards

Simon

[Andy]

Hi Simon,

I just found out a way to get the complete name from the peripheral :) You just have to read the device name characteristic (0x2A00) in the Generic Access Service (0x1800). Apparently, there aren't any definitions for this in the ble_srv_common.h header file. I already implemented the whole thing and it works nicely.

[Simonr]

Thank you for posting your solution Andy, I will report it internally.

Best regards,

Simon