Prolong advertising duration

[beginner]

Hey,

simple question: What is the recommend approach on prolonging the advertising period?

Example:

User clicks a button -> advertising starts for 180 seconds.

User clicks button again while the device is advertising -> prolong advertising for 180 seconds 

[Vidar Berg]

Hi,

You can make it advertise forever by setting the adv. timeout to '0' and use the BLE_GAP_ADV_FLAG_LE_GENERAL_DISC_MODE flag (see adv. init). BLE_GAP_ADV_FLAG_LE_LIMITED_DISC_MODE  limits the max. advertisement duration to 180 seconds. Else you can use a button event to extend the advertisement duration in 180 s increments like you said.