https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/f/nordic-q-a/59916/can-a-peripheral-device-read-the-device-name-of-the-smartphone-central-device-that-is-connected-to-itI develop the peripheral BLE device. I need to read the complete local name of the smartphone, which connected to the peripheral. Is it possible?en-USTelligent Community 13Tue, 14 Apr 2020 07:52:50 GMThttps://devzone.nordicsemi.com/thread/244336?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 14 Apr 2020 07:52:50 GMT137ad170-7792-4731-bb38-c0d22fbe4515:1b3cabfc-e2c0-423f-a77f-50d9ffe42c54Arthur_Melkumov<p>Hi Simon</p> <p style="text-align:left;">Thank you for the help!</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/thread/244335?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 14 Apr 2020 07:50:28 GMT137ad170-7792-4731-bb38-c0d22fbe4515:e5d75a6e-0980-4e1e-aa60-9873561aa204Simonr<p>Hi Arthur</p> <p>Yes, your peripheral will need to be set as a central in order to do discovery, and the phone will only advertise its device name while it is advertising.</p> <p>Best regards,</p> <p>Simon</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/thread/244120?ContentTypeID=1Wed, 08 Apr 2020 15:58:55 GMT137ad170-7792-4731-bb38-c0d22fbe4515:67eb855a-6e73-426c-bd54-070a2c6c4899Arthur_Melkumov<p>Does it mean that for read characteristics of the smartphone - the peripheral device should become a central for the time? And after these operations, it should back to peripheral?</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/thread/243804?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 07 Apr 2020 07:20:04 GMT137ad170-7792-4731-bb38-c0d22fbe4515:f6753622-f746-49f2-933d-25645fbecc7fSimonr<p>Hi</p> <p>Please check out <a href="https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/f/nordic-q-a/49837/reading-the-central-device-name-smart-phone-in-nrf52dk-peripheral-and-printing-on-the-terminal">this thread</a>, where my colleague Vidar suggests a way to discover and read the device name from the connected phone.</p> <p>Best regards,</p> <p>Simon</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>