https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/f/nordic-q-a/47544/is-it-possible-to-maintain-ble-5-long-range-connection-in-the-meanwhile-scan-using-ble-4-1mbps-phyDear NRF gurus, We are trying to implement a BLE node to bridge BLE 5 and BLE 4 - to leverage the long range of BLE 5 in the meanwhile working with the large amount of existing BLE 4 tags. In our application one requirement is to maintain connectionen-USTelligent Community 13Wed, 22 May 2019 07:14:59 GMThttps://devzone.nordicsemi.com/thread/188420?ContentTypeID=1Wed, 22 May 2019 07:14:59 GMT137ad170-7792-4731-bb38-c0d22fbe4515:b093119a-5771-4f55-92ac-5726a3759a0fhaakonsh<p>Yes, the SoftDevice can maintain up to 20 concurrent links, so a single link is not a problem, regardless of the PHY.&nbsp;</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/thread/188389?ContentTypeID=1Wed, 22 May 2019 02:16:20 GMT137ad170-7792-4731-bb38-c0d22fbe4515:92143cf5-9369-40b7-8897-e37900e3e27ecarlche<p>Thanks for the positive answer.&nbsp;However the answer is too brief and I&#39;m still not clear on the steps involved.</p> <p>Say 528480 advertises on coded PHY and got Long range connection. Then it starts scanning on 1Mbps PHY (BLE 4). How can we ensure the link is maintained on the coded Phy? Will the SDK soft device currently automatically manage the long range link?&nbsp;</p> <p>Thanks</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/thread/188162?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 21 May 2019 09:09:39 GMT137ad170-7792-4731-bb38-c0d22fbe4515:a2d666fa-3f01-4770-b769-d1950c8e69a1haakonsh<p>You can use the Scan library and set the PHY with a call to&nbsp;<a title="nrf_ble_scan_params_set" href="https://infocenter.nordicsemi.com/topic/com.nordic.infocenter.sdk5.v15.3.0/group__nrf__ble__scan.html?cp=5_1_6_2_14_29#ga0b2219a3b3cefebcf27f386554c4d3e6">nrf_ble_scan_params_set</a>.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>