Cannot get WireShark to find nRF52-DK

RE: Cannot get WireShark to find nRF52-DK

Scott — Tue, 15 Jan 2019 13:25:32 GMT

Thanks for the help, Marjeris. I will look for support for the dongle in the future, but for now can use the nRF52-DK.

RE: Cannot get WireShark to find nRF52-DK

Marjeris Romero — Tue, 15 Jan 2019 09:18:05 GMT

Hi Scott,

Glad to hear you solved the problem and your nRF Sniffer is up and running. It seems like support for the nRF52840 dongle (PCA20056) is planned to be added in the future, but the timeline is not known yet [as of Nov 2018]. See the answer from David Edwin in this thread https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/f/nordic-q-a/40331/nrf52840-dongle-sniffer

He also gives a workaround in the meantime.

Best Regards,

Marjeris

RE: Cannot get WireShark to find nRF52-DK

Scott — Fri, 11 Jan 2019 21:45:18 GMT

Does anyone know of a port of nRF Sniffer for the nRF52840-Dongle? Would be less expensive and more desirable than having to use two Development Kits. Thanks!

RE: Cannot get WireShark to find nRF52-DK

Scott — Fri, 11 Jan 2019 21:17:09 GMT

An update: I edited the nrf_sniffer.bat file to the following, which includes the path to Python:

@echo off
C:\Python27\python "%~dp0nrf_sniffer.py" %*

After restarting WireShark, I was able to see the Interfaces Toolbar, and was able to select the nRF Sniffer from the WireShark main screen. I can now see packets going by!!!

Sometimes it helps to just write out the steps and try to explain it to someone else. I hope that this might help another person in the DevZone, and if there is a "better" way to accomplish this, please reply. I have both Python 3 and Python 2.7 on my PC, which is why I did not want to reply on the PATH variable to find the python executable.

Thanks to all who read this!

Scott