PCA10006 softdevice s110 7.1.0 DFU android Master Control Panel

[Bob]

I created a app with s110 V7 and want to program the PCA10006 with this app. To get thing working, I need to update the softdevice as well (beacon PCA10006 is shipped with an older version, am I right?). I tried to program the softdevice s110 V7 with the android Master Conrol Panel. As soon as I enter the DFU mode, and select the softdevice from my dropbox, the DFU mode is exited. What went wrong?

[Giovanni]

Try to restart Android Bluetooth!

[Bob]

Restart Android did not work for me. I am able to program my application by DFU. However I need to get the s110 V7 on the PCA10006. When I press the button on the PCA10006, the green led switches on. I can connect, and enter DFU mode. Select the s110 v7 from my dropbox and start programming. As soon as the 'uploading' message appears in the screen, the led it switched off and the connection is aborted.

[Stefan Birnir Sverrisson]

Hi

How to program the beacon kit with new softdevice and bootloader is described on this thread.

If your application is based on SDK 6.1 you can use the bootloader in SDK 6.1 together with softdevice 7.0.0 to upload your application to the beacon kit. If your application is based on SDK 7.x.x, you should use the bootloader in SDK 7.x.x and that bootloader requires init packet packet for your application. How to construct an init packet with a custom application for bootloader in SDK 7.x.x is described on this thread.

You can also upload softdevice+bootloader+application with a programmer, i.e. without using a central device to upload the application via bootloader, and that is described here.