nRF Connect on Mac shows DIS Serial Number String as hex, not a string

[Saxman58]

The Mac version of nRF Connect shows the Device Information Service characteristic Serial Number String as hex, not a string.  It shows properly as a string on the iOS version of nRF Connect.  For example, with string "12345678" I see 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38.  The other DIS characteristics show properly as strings.

[tesc]

Hi,

Thank you for reporting this. It is highly appreciated!

I have reported it internally, and the team will fix it.

As a temporary workaround, you can add the detection manually, in the UUID definitions file:

The entry needed for the Serial Number String characteristic should look like this:

    "uuid16bitCharacteristicDefinitions": {
        "2A25": {
            "name": "Serial Number String",
            "format": "TEXT"
        }
    },

Regards,
Terje

[Saxman58]

Tusen takk Terje,

That's a good trick to know.  I knew that you could add your own definitions, but not override the format for the standard services too.