I having trouble setting power level above +4 dbm in my app based on the example "ble_app_beacon" using the PCA10059 nRF52840 dongle. I have updated the main.c with the following lines of code (lines 202 and 203 in main.c)
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This value can vary between 100ms to 10.24s). */ #define APP_BEACON_INFO_LENGTH 0x17 /**< Total length of information advertised by the Beacon. */ #define APP_ADV_DATA_LENGTH 0x15 /**< Length of manufacturer specific data in the advertisement. */ #define APP_DEVICE_TYPE 0x02 /**< 0x02 refers to Beacon. */ #define APP_MEASURED_RSSI 0xC3 /**< The Beacon's measured RSSI at 1 meter distance in dBm. */ #define APP_COMPANY_IDENTIFIER 0x0059 /**< Company identifier for Nordic Semiconductor ASA. as per www.bluetooth.org. */ #define APP_MAJOR_VALUE 0x01, 0x02 /**< Major value used to identify Beacons. */ #define APP_MINOR_VALUE 0x03, 0x04 /**< Minor value used to identify Beacons. */ #define APP_BEACON_UUID 0x01, 0x12, 0x23, 0x34, \ 0x45, 0x56, 0x67, 0x78, \ 0x89, 0x9a, 0xab, 0xbc, \ 0xcd, 0xde, 0xef, 0xf0 /**< Proprietary UUID for Beacon. */ #define DEAD_BEEF 0xDEADBEEF /**< Value used as error code on stack dump, can be used to identify stack location on stack unwind. */ #if defined(USE_UICR_FOR_MAJ_MIN_VALUES) #define MAJ_VAL_OFFSET_IN_BEACON_INFO 18 /**< Position of the MSB of the Major Value in m_beacon_info array. */ #define UICR_ADDRESS 0x10001080 /**< Address of the UICR register used by this example. The major and minor versions to be encoded into the advertising data will be picked up from this location. */ #endif static ble_gap_adv_params_t m_adv_params; /**< Parameters to be passed to the stack when starting advertising. */ static uint8_t m_adv_handle = BLE_GAP_ADV_SET_HANDLE_NOT_SET; /**< Advertising handle used to identify an advertising set. */ static uint8_t m_enc_advdata[BLE_GAP_ADV_SET_DATA_SIZE_MAX]; /**< Buffer for storing an encoded advertising set. */ /**@brief Struct that contains pointers to the encoded advertising data. */ static ble_gap_adv_data_t m_adv_data = { .adv_data = { .p_data = m_enc_advdata, .len = BLE_GAP_ADV_SET_DATA_SIZE_MAX }, .scan_rsp_data = { .p_data = NULL, .len = 0 } }; static uint8_t m_beacon_info[APP_BEACON_INFO_LENGTH] = /**< Information advertised by the Beacon. */ { APP_DEVICE_TYPE, // Manufacturer specific information. Specifies the device type in this // implementation. APP_ADV_DATA_LENGTH, // Manufacturer specific information. Specifies the length of the // manufacturer specific data in this implementation. APP_BEACON_UUID, // 128 bit UUID value. APP_MAJOR_VALUE, // Major arbitrary value that can be used to distinguish between Beacons. APP_MINOR_VALUE, // Minor arbitrary value that can be used to distinguish between Beacons. APP_MEASURED_RSSI // Manufacturer specific information. The Beacon's measured TX power in // this implementation. }; /**@brief Callback function for asserts in the SoftDevice. * * @details This function will be called in case of an assert in the SoftDevice. * * @warning This handler is an example only and does not fit a final product. You need to analyze * how your product is supposed to react in case of Assert. * @warning On assert from the SoftDevice, the system can only recover on reset. * * @param[in] line_num Line number of the failing ASSERT call. * @param[in] file_name File name of the failing ASSERT call. */ void assert_nrf_callback(uint16_t line_num, const uint8_t * p_file_name) { app_error_handler(DEAD_BEEF, line_num, p_file_name); } /**@brief Function for initializing the Advertising functionality. * * @details Encodes the required advertising data and passes it to the stack. * Also builds a structure to be passed to the stack when starting advertising. */ static void advertising_init(void) { uint32_t err_code; ble_advdata_t advdata; uint8_t flags = BLE_GAP_ADV_FLAG_BR_EDR_NOT_SUPPORTED; ble_advdata_manuf_data_t manuf_specific_data; manuf_specific_data.company_identifier = APP_COMPANY_IDENTIFIER; #if defined(USE_UICR_FOR_MAJ_MIN_VALUES) // If USE_UICR_FOR_MAJ_MIN_VALUES is defined, the major and minor values will be read from the // UICR instead of using the default values. The major and minor values obtained from the UICR // are encoded into advertising data in big endian order (MSB First). // To set the UICR used by this example to a desired value, write to the address 0x10001080 // using the nrfjprog tool. The command to be used is as follows. // nrfjprog --snr <Segger-chip-Serial-Number> --memwr 0x10001080 --val <your major/minor value> // For example, for a major value and minor value of 0xabcd and 0x0102 respectively, the // the following command should be used. // nrfjprog --snr <Segger-chip-Serial-Number> --memwr 0x10001080 --val 0xabcd0102 uint16_t major_value = ((*(uint32_t *)UICR_ADDRESS) & 0xFFFF0000) >> 16; uint16_t minor_value = ((*(uint32_t *)UICR_ADDRESS) & 0x0000FFFF); uint8_t index = MAJ_VAL_OFFSET_IN_BEACON_INFO; m_beacon_info[index++] = MSB_16(major_value); m_beacon_info[index++] = LSB_16(major_value); m_beacon_info[index++] = MSB_16(minor_value); m_beacon_info[index++] = LSB_16(minor_value); #endif manuf_specific_data.data.p_data = (uint8_t *) m_beacon_info; manuf_specific_data.data.size = APP_BEACON_INFO_LENGTH; // Build and set advertising data. memset(&advdata, 0, sizeof(advdata)); advdata.name_type = BLE_ADVDATA_NO_NAME; advdata.flags = flags; advdata.p_manuf_specific_data = &manuf_specific_data; // Initialize advertising parameters (used when starting advertising). memset(&m_adv_params, 0, sizeof(m_adv_params)); m_adv_params.properties.type = BLE_GAP_ADV_TYPE_NONCONNECTABLE_NONSCANNABLE_UNDIRECTED; m_adv_params.p_peer_addr = NULL; // Undirected advertisement. m_adv_params.filter_policy = BLE_GAP_ADV_FP_ANY; m_adv_params.interval = NON_CONNECTABLE_ADV_INTERVAL; m_adv_params.duration = 0; // Never time out. err_code = ble_advdata_encode(&advdata, m_adv_data.adv_data.p_data, &m_adv_data.adv_data.len); APP_ERROR_CHECK(err_code); err_code = sd_ble_gap_adv_set_configure(&m_adv_handle, &m_adv_data, &m_adv_params); APP_ERROR_CHECK(err_code); err_code = sd_ble_gap_tx_power_set(BLE_GAP_TX_POWER_ROLE_ADV, m_adv_handle, 8); APP_ERROR_CHECK(err_code); } /**@brief Function for starting advertising. */ static void advertising_start(void) { ret_code_t err_code; err_code = sd_ble_gap_adv_start(m_adv_handle, APP_BLE_CONN_CFG_TAG); APP_ERROR_CHECK(err_code); err_code = bsp_indication_set(BSP_INDICATE_ADVERTISING); APP_ERROR_CHECK(err_code); } /**@brief Function for initializing the BLE stack. * * @details Initializes the SoftDevice and the BLE event interrupt. */ static void ble_stack_init(void) { ret_code_t err_code; err_code = nrf_sdh_enable_request(); APP_ERROR_CHECK(err_code); // Configure the BLE stack using the default settings. // Fetch the start address of the application RAM. uint32_t ram_start = 0; err_code = nrf_sdh_ble_default_cfg_set(APP_BLE_CONN_CFG_TAG, &ram_start); APP_ERROR_CHECK(err_code); // Enable BLE stack. err_code = nrf_sdh_ble_enable(&ram_start); APP_ERROR_CHECK(err_code); } /**@brief Function for initializing logging. */ static void log_init(void) { ret_code_t err_code = NRF_LOG_INIT(NULL); APP_ERROR_CHECK(err_code); NRF_LOG_DEFAULT_BACKENDS_INIT(); } /**@brief Function for initializing LEDs. */ static void leds_init(void) { ret_code_t err_code = bsp_init(BSP_INIT_LEDS, NULL); APP_ERROR_CHECK(err_code); } /**@brief Function for initializing timers. */ static void timers_init(void) { ret_code_t err_code = app_timer_init(); APP_ERROR_CHECK(err_code); } /**@brief Function for initializing power management. */ static void power_management_init(void) { ret_code_t err_code; err_code = nrf_pwr_mgmt_init(); APP_ERROR_CHECK(err_code); } /**@brief Function for handling the idle state (main loop). * * @details If there is no pending log operation, then sleep until next the next event occurs. */ static void idle_state_handle(void) { if (NRF_LOG_PROCESS() == false) { nrf_pwr_mgmt_run(); } } /** * @brief Function for application main entry. */ int main(void) { // Initialize. log_init(); timers_init(); leds_init(); power_management_init(); ble_stack_init(); advertising_init(); // Start execution. NRF_LOG_INFO("Beacon example started."); advertising_start(); // Enter main loop. for (;; ) { idle_state_handle(); } } /** * @} */