S110 role switching

[cocoa]

Is possible to put S110 in observer role (as peripheral) , waiting for a specific advertising (or waiting for an active scanning) and then switch to advertiser role (always as peripheral) ?

Thank all.

Update : Nordic has released S130 softdevice.

[cocoa]

Hi Ole, accepted as answer and, as suggested, I will create a new post about Manufacturer specific data. Thanks. -c

[Leon Schmetz]

Heaving read this thread, I can tell you, I am looking for the exact same setup where devices switch roles. Let me explain. We are developing a device that will have a ble interface to configure settings. We want this device to be hidden. Hence we would like to implement the observer role. Now when a specific party advertises itself, this device should open up for this party only. For functional reasons we believe that roles must be switched to get the configuration job done.

So my question is, can this functionality be added to the softdevice?

thank you,

Leon

[Ole Morten]

For questions on future features, you should talk to your sales representative.

However, this kind of role-switching is an extremely complicated way to achieve what you want, and I'd strongly recommend you to instead look into using whitelisting. As far as I can see, you should be able to achieve the exact same behavior as seen from the user's perspective, but without all the complications that this role-switching will infer.

If there is anything in particular that's unclear on how whitelisting works, I'd recommend you to search around a little here, since it has been discussed several places: https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/index.php/search?query=whitelist&option=com_easydiscuss&view=search&Itemid=479

If there is anything that is still unclear, I'd be happy if you could post it as a separate question, since that will make it easier for us to find it and answer.

[Leon Schmetz]

Whitelisting does not hide the device from everybody passing. But if it is the best that can be done, it will have to do. After reading Robin Heydons book I did not think it would be so hard to implement.

[Leon Schmetz]

And in case I have to exchange a master, how do I then get a new master on the whitelist? Especially when the slave is buried somewhere.