Hi,
My application is as follow:
I have 5 BLE buttons that behave like a beacon. They advertise for 5 seconds when the button is pressed. Each has a different name (Advert Data), eg Button01, Button02, Button03, etc. I have a central device that is scanning every 5 seconds. I basically want to print out the names of these buttons whenever it scans and finds any of these buttons advertising.
I am using the example in this thread to scan and also print out the all devices found on NRF Log.
https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/f/nordic-q-a/43747/nrf52832-ble-scan/171379#171379
I have added a line: NRF_LOG_INFO("Device found: %s", adv_data.p_data) inside the function device_to_list_add
However, this is scanning and printing out everything including other devices that are advertising. I only want to scan for devices with the name ButtonXX. Should I be implementing a whitelist or a scan filter?
I read on this thread about the difference between whitelist and scan filter:
https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/f/nordic-q-a/45034/scan-with-whitelist-vs-scan-filtering
And it mentions the following:
A scan filter can be set using the function nrf_ble_scan_filter_set(..) in the nrf_ble_scan library, and you can perform filtering based on these types:
- Names
- Short names
- Addresses
- UUID's
- Appearance
So in this case, should I be using a scan filter for Names? And how do I do that?
Thanks in advance.
