ancs on pca10028

[pbljung]

I have a a new pca10028 DK board and a pca10000 dongle. Using Keil v5.14 and Nordic SDK v7.2 I can compile, download and test several pack examples (e.g. ble_app_hrs, ble_app_alert_notification) to pca10028 and test them using Master Control Panel v3.7.1 or lightblue on a iOS handset.

However I could not follow the instructions for experimental_ble_app_ancs. I can successfully compile and download experimental_ble_app_ancs to the pca10028. A Putty terminal displays uart printfs including "BLE ANCS”. Using lightblue I see "ANCC" peripheral, and I can connect and see notifications and attributes (by adding printf statements) in the terminal.

However I cannot successfully test experimental_ble_app_ancs with the Master Control Panel. In master control panel I select the pca10000 dongle, load the ANCS_central.bin, stop and re-start the server, start discovery, select the ANCC device, and click connect, bond, discover services. I always get a link loss during bonding and then see BTLE_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT in the terminal.

How do I successfully use master control panel to test experimental_ble_app_ancs? Since lightblue works, I suspect that the default settings for ANCS_central.bin are incorrect.

[Asbjørn]

I tried your setup here now and on the first attempt I selected the ANCS device and then I pushed "Bond". When I did this I ran into the same behavior as you do. If I however select the same device, but before bond I push "Connect" and then "Bond" and then discover services everything was working as intended.

Which MEFW are you using on the PCA10000? Make sure you use the 0.9 version of MEFW.

[pbljung]

That is what I have been doing, but I always get Received Link Loss error.

In Master Control Panel I select File>FlashProgramming. I select the MEFW 0.9.0 and click program.

In Master Control Panel I select File>ServerSetup, then File and select ANCS_central.bin. I stop the server, and then I re-start the server. I close the server setup window.

I click Discover, MCP finds the ANCC device. I click ANCC and click select device. I click connect, and the console reports connected, and 5s later it reports that connection parameters are updated.

I click Bond, MCP console reports encryption change, then a few seconds later there is the error "Received link loss".

The last lines of the MCP log (attached) shows that there is a BTLE connection timeout, and then a link loss is reported. How to proceed?

log MCP 20150316.rtf