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UART write to BLE function

I am using the ble_app_uart example and I am having a hard time finding the function that writes a UART message to BLE from the Nordic to the host. uart_event_handle() seems to be reading from BLE, is there one that writes?

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  • The functions in main.c? They seem to be doing the opposite way. The comments for the uart_event_handle(): "[Handling the data received over UART]"

  • Here is the code with the comments:

    /**@brief   Function for handling app_uart events.
     *
     * @details This function will receive a single character from the app_uart module and append it to
     *          a string. The string will be be sent over BLE when the last character received was a
     *          'new line' '\n' (hex 0x0A) or if the string has reached the maximum data length.
     */
    /**@snippet [Handling the data received over UART] */
    void uart_event_handle(app_uart_evt_t * p_event)
    {
        static uint8_t data_array[BLE_NUS_MAX_DATA_LEN];
        static uint8_t index = 0;
        uint32_t       err_code;
    
        switch (p_event->evt_type)
        {
            case APP_UART_DATA_READY:
                UNUSED_VARIABLE(app_uart_get(&data_array[index]));
                index++;
    
                if ((data_array[index - 1] == '\n') ||
                    (data_array[index - 1] == '\r') ||
                    (index >= m_ble_nus_max_data_len))
                {
                    if (index > 1)
                    {
                        NRF_LOG_DEBUG("Ready to send data over BLE NUS");
                        NRF_LOG_HEXDUMP_DEBUG(data_array, index);
    
                        do
                        {
                            uint16_t length = (uint16_t)index;
                            err_code = ble_nus_data_send(&m_nus, data_array, &length, m_conn_handle);
                            if ((err_code != NRF_ERROR_INVALID_STATE) &&
                                (err_code != NRF_ERROR_RESOURCES) &&
                                (err_code != NRF_ERROR_NOT_FOUND))
                            {
                                APP_ERROR_CHECK(err_code);
                            }
                        } while (err_code == NRF_ERROR_RESOURCES);
                    }
    
                    index = 0;
                }
                break;
    
            case APP_UART_COMMUNICATION_ERROR:
                APP_ERROR_HANDLER(p_event->data.error_communication);
                break;
    
            case APP_UART_FIFO_ERROR:
                APP_ERROR_HANDLER(p_event->data.error_code);
                break;
    
            default:
                break;
        }
    }
    /**@snippet [Handling the data received over UART] */

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