BLE Sniffer recommendation

[Masahiro Kondo]

Hello, I use nRF51822 for my project and I would like to purchase some BLE packet sniffer. Does anyone recommend any sniffer? My purpose for that is debugging and check transaction, so it will be good that it has a good analysing software on PC. I don't really know how much they cost but I am expecting $500 or something.

Thank you.

Masa

[Masahiro Kondo]

Hello. I have tried sniffer from Nordic with my PCA10000 but it doesn't seem to work. I get error message like below. User manual says "silicon revision 2 chip which is found on all boards that are version 2.1.0 or later" and my PCA10000 is V1.0 so I guess this is why it doesn't work. Is this correct? I have V2.0.0 board but it is not V2.1.0 or later so I guess this doesn't work either... Does it mean I have to buy development kit to use sniffer?

Thanks for your help.

Masa

[Ole Morten]

If you use the dongle, you'll most likely need version 2.1.0 as the UART pinout have changed between the versions...

[Masahiro Kondo]

I tried with my dongle V2.0.0 and it worked! That sniffer looks great. If I need more complex functions I may need to buy protocol analyser but it is good enough for now. Thank you very much. Great support!

[Artem Zemlyanukhin]

Hello,

I have usb dongle PCA10000 v1.0. Can I use sniffer software?

Regards Artem

[David Edwin]

PCA 10000 v1.0 USB dongle will not work using 0.9.5 version of the sniffer, it may work on later versions, but we cannot confirm schedules at this point. I am locking this thread. Please ask new question in a new thread. It is difficult to find your question if you add it as a comment. Search for an answer and if you do not find it post a new question. A new question helps us serve you better as it will be seen as "unanswered".