ble_app_beacon and nRF51822-EK

[antoniolopes]

Hello all.

I just finished started setting up the environment for Nordic development. We have a Beacon Kit and a nRF51822-EK board.

I managed to compile and run board/phone the Heart Rate Example. Next i moved on to the beacon example, compiled ok and deployed to the board but the app on the phone just does not recognize the board as a beacon.

I am updating the FW of the board using the guide stated here: devzone.nordicsemi.com/.../

Essentially i do:

1. clean memory board

2. deploy s110-v7 in address 0

3. beacon.hex in address 0x16000

4. 'r' + 'g')

My s110 is v7 and my sdk version is 6.1.0

Hope my description helps!

Best, Antonio

[Jens Meder]

Hi Antonio,

which Phone are you using? If it's an iPhone you have to make sure that Location Services are turned on as beacon support is integrated in the Core Location API. Additionally, you have to pass the correct proximity UUIDs to Core Location as it does not allow to monitor arbitrary UUIDs.

Hope that helps,

Jens

[antoniolopes]

Thanks Jens, It is actually an Android Phone.

From what i can see the beacon is actually advertising on the nRF MCP app as an iBeacon. I thought this sdk example app (ble_app_beacon) would have worked with the iBeacon App...

[Jens Meder]

Alright, I can only speak for iOS. I have slightly modified the beacon example app so it becomes a "real" iBeacon that works out of the box with iOS and Mac OS X.

[antoniolopes]

Im trying to implement something based on the beacon app code too.

In a non-related question i had trouble with too: how can you upload an hex to the actual beacon kit instead of the board? I tried the OTA with the DFU with some hex example but it gets stuck at 0% and doesnt upload anything!

Thanks for your time helping Jens!

[Jens Meder]

Phew, I haven't progressed that far yet. We also want to use the DFU upload but I didn't have the time to evaluate and test that yet. Sorry. We also have a slightly different devkit as we are using the N5 Starter Kit from Dynastream (was a lot cheaper than the Nordic Semi kit ;-) ).

[antoniolopes]

Thanks for sharing info Jens! Its always helpful to crack on stuff! :)