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How to get the scan response data in nrf52832 while scanning nearby BLE devices?

Hi,

I am using NR52832 withnRF5_SDK_15.3.0_59ac345.

I want to scan nearby mobile BLE devices and get its data from its advertising data and also its scan response data.

I am able to scan nearby devices, also able to get information like its mac address, RSSI, name, and service data.

Here, I am advertising my mobile using the NRF Connect application via ADVERTISER.

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but I am not able to get scan response data.

So how can I get Scan response data in my NRF52832?

Here is the code for scanning configuration

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#include "nrf_ble_scan.h"


#define SCAN_DURATION_WITELIST    3000                             /**< Duration of the scanning in units of 10 milliseconds. */
#define MAX_DEV_LIMIT 30
#define APP_SOC_OBSERVER_PRIO     1                                /**< Applications' SoC observer priority. You shouldn't need to modify this value. */
#define SCAN_UPDATE_DELAY  APP_TIMER_TICKS(2000)                       /**< Time from initiating event (connect or start of notification) to first time sd_ble_gap_conn_param_update is called (5 seconds). */
#define TARGET_UUID               BLE_UUID_GATT                    /**< Target device name that application is looking for. */

int8_t RSSI=0,tmp_rssi=0;
uint8_t esp_version = 1;
int dev_count = 0;  //Number of peripheral devices
static bool                  m_memory_access_in_progress; /**< Flag to keep track of ongoing operations on persistent memory. */
static bool                  m_whitelist_disabled;        /**< True if whitelist has been temporarily disabled. */
static bool                  m_erase_bonds;               /**< Bool to determine if bonds should be erased before scanning starts. Based on button push upon startup. */
uint8_t scan = 0;
struct list_dev{
  uint8_t id;
  int8_t rssi;
  uint8_t  addr[6];
  uint8_t  name[30];
  uint8_t  service_id[2];
  uint8_t  service_data[20];
}
mac[MAX_DEV_LIMIT];

NRF_BLE_SCAN_DEF(m_scan);                                 /**< Scanning Module instance. */

APP_TIMER_DEF(m_scan_timer_id);   


/**< Scan parameters requested for scanning and connection. */
static ble_gap_scan_params_t const m_scan_param =
{
    .active        = 0x01,
    .interval      = NRF_BLE_SCAN_SCAN_INTERVAL,
    .window        = NRF_BLE_SCAN_SCAN_WINDOW,
    .filter_policy = BLE_GAP_SCAN_FP_ACCEPT_ALL,//BLE_GAP_SCAN_FP_WHITELIST,
    .timeout       = SCAN_DURATION_WITELIST,
    .scan_phys     = BLE_GAP_PHY_1MBPS,
};

static char const m_target_periph_name[] = "Nordic_GATTS"; /**< If you want to connect to a peripheral using a given advertising name, type its name here. */
static bool       is_connect_per_addr    = false;          /**< If you want to connect to a peripheral with a given address, set this to true and put the correct address in the variable below. */

static ble_gap_addr_t const m_target_periph_addr =
{
    /* Possible values for addr_type:
       BLE_GAP_ADDR_TYPE_PUBLIC,
       BLE_GAP_ADDR_TYPE_RANDOM_STATIC,
       BLE_GAP_ADDR_TYPE_RANDOM_PRIVATE_RESOLVABLE,
       BLE_GAP_ADDR_TYPE_RANDOM_PRIVATE_NON_RESOLVABLE. */
      .addr_type = BLE_GAP_ADDR_TYPE_RANDOM_STATIC,
      .addr      = {0x8D, 0xFE, 0x23, 0x86, 0x77, 0xD9}
};

static void scan_start(void);

void application(int dev_count);
bool is_new_device(ble_gap_addr_t *xmac);
void reset_device_list();
void add_device_list(int index,ble_gap_addr_t *xmac,uint8_t *name,uint8_t length);
void list_all_device();
static void on_whitelist_req(void);
static void whitelist_load();
static void scan_filters_set(void);
static void scan_init(void);
static void delete_bonds(void);

/**@brief Function for starting a scan, or instead trigger it from peer manager (after
          deleting bonds).

   @param[in] p_erase_bonds Pointer to a bool to determine if bonds will be deleted before scanning.
*/
void scanning_start(bool * p_erase_bonds)
{
    // Start scanning for peripherals and initiate connection
    // with devices  advertise GATT Service UUID.
    if (*p_erase_bonds == true)
    {
        // Scan is started by the PM_EVT_PEERS_DELETE_SUCCEEDED event.
        delete_bonds();
    }
    else
    {
        scan_start();
    }
}
/**
 * @brief SoftDevice SoC event handler.
 *
 * @param[in] evt_id    SoC event.
 * @param[in] p_context Context.
 */
static void soc_evt_handler(uint32_t evt_id, void * p_context)
{
    switch (evt_id)
    {
        case NRF_EVT_FLASH_OPERATION_SUCCESS:
        /* fall through */
        case NRF_EVT_FLASH_OPERATION_ERROR:

            if (m_memory_access_in_progress)
            {
                m_memory_access_in_progress = false;
                scan_start();
            }
            break;

        default:
            // No implementation needed.
            break;
    }
}

static void scan_evt_handler(scan_evt_t const * p_scan_evt)
{
    ret_code_t err_code;
    switch(p_scan_evt->scan_evt_id)
    {
        case NRF_BLE_SCAN_EVT_WHITELIST_REQUEST:
        {
            on_whitelist_req();
            m_whitelist_disabled = false;
        } break;

        case NRF_BLE_SCAN_EVT_CONNECTING_ERROR:
        {
            err_code = p_scan_evt->params.connecting_err.err_code;
            APP_ERROR_CHECK(err_code);
        } break;

        case NRF_BLE_SCAN_EVT_SCAN_TIMEOUT:
        {
            NRF_LOG_INFO("Scan Timeout");
            list_all_device();
            scan = 0;
            //scan_start();
        } break;

        case NRF_BLE_SCAN_EVT_FILTER_MATCH:
            break;
        case NRF_BLE_SCAN_EVT_WHITELIST_ADV_REPORT:
            break;

        case NRF_BLE_SCAN_EVT_SCAN_REQ_REPORT:
              NRF_LOG_INFO(" SCAN END");
        break;
        default:
          break;
    }
}


/**@brief Function for initializing scanning.
 */
static void scan_init(void)
{
    ret_code_t err_code;
    nrf_ble_scan_init_t init_scan;

    memset(&init_scan, 0, sizeof(init_scan));

    init_scan.p_scan_param     = &m_scan_param;
    init_scan.connect_if_match = true;
    init_scan.conn_cfg_tag     = APP_BLE_CONN_CFG_TAG;

    err_code = nrf_ble_scan_init(&m_scan, &init_scan, scan_evt_handler);
    APP_ERROR_CHECK(err_code);
}


/**@ Function for settings scan filters.
 */
static void scan_filters_set(void)
{
    ret_code_t err_code;
    ble_uuid_t target_uuid = {.uuid = TARGET_UUID, .type = BLE_UUID_TYPE_BLE};

    err_code = nrf_ble_scan_filter_set(&m_scan, SCAN_NAME_FILTER, m_target_periph_name);
    APP_ERROR_CHECK(err_code);

    err_code = nrf_ble_scan_filter_set(&m_scan, SCAN_UUID_FILTER, &target_uuid);
    APP_ERROR_CHECK(err_code);

    if (is_connect_per_addr)
    {
        err_code = nrf_ble_scan_filter_set(&m_scan, SCAN_ADDR_FILTER, m_target_periph_addr.addr);
        APP_ERROR_CHECK(err_code);
        err_code = nrf_ble_scan_filters_enable(&m_scan,
                       NRF_BLE_SCAN_NAME_FILTER | NRF_BLE_SCAN_UUID_FILTER | NRF_BLE_SCAN_ADDR_FILTER,
                       false);
        APP_ERROR_CHECK(err_code);
    }
    else
    {
        err_code = nrf_ble_scan_filters_enable(&m_scan,
                       NRF_BLE_SCAN_NAME_FILTER | NRF_BLE_SCAN_UUID_FILTER,
                       false);
        APP_ERROR_CHECK(err_code);
    }
}

/**@brief Retrive a list of peer manager peer IDs.
 *
 * @param[inout] p_peers   The buffer where to store the list of peer IDs.
 * @param[inout] p_size    In: The size of the @p p_peers buffer.
 *                         Out: The number of peers copied in the buffer.
 */
static void peer_list_get(pm_peer_id_t * p_peers, uint32_t * p_size)
{
    pm_peer_id_t peer_id;
    uint32_t     peers_to_copy;

    peers_to_copy = (*p_size < BLE_GAP_WHITELIST_ADDR_MAX_COUNT) ?
                     *p_size : BLE_GAP_WHITELIST_ADDR_MAX_COUNT;

    peer_id = pm_next_peer_id_get(PM_PEER_ID_INVALID);
    *p_size = 0;

    while ((peer_id != PM_PEER_ID_INVALID) && (peers_to_copy--))
    {
        p_peers[(*p_size)++] = peer_id;
        peer_id              = pm_next_peer_id_get(peer_id);
    }
}


static void whitelist_load()
{
    ret_code_t   ret;
    pm_peer_id_t peers[8];
    uint32_t     peer_cnt;

    memset(peers, PM_PEER_ID_INVALID, sizeof(peers));
    peer_cnt = (sizeof(peers) / sizeof(pm_peer_id_t));

    // Load all peers from flash and whitelist them.
    peer_list_get(peers, &peer_cnt);

    ret = pm_whitelist_set(peers, peer_cnt);
    APP_ERROR_CHECK(ret);

    // Setup the device identities list.
    // Some SoftDevices do not support this feature.
    ret = pm_device_identities_list_set(peers, peer_cnt);
    if (ret != NRF_ERROR_NOT_SUPPORTED)
    {
        APP_ERROR_CHECK(ret);
    }
}


static void on_whitelist_req(void)
{
    // Whitelist buffers.
    ble_gap_addr_t whitelist_addrs[8];
    ble_gap_irk_t  whitelist_irks[8];

    memset(whitelist_addrs, 0x00, sizeof(whitelist_addrs));
    memset(whitelist_irks, 0x00, sizeof(whitelist_irks));

    uint32_t addr_cnt = (sizeof(whitelist_addrs) / sizeof(ble_gap_addr_t));
    uint32_t irk_cnt  = (sizeof(whitelist_irks) / sizeof(ble_gap_irk_t));

    // Reload the whitelist and whitelist all peers.
    whitelist_load();

    ret_code_t err_code;

    // Get the whitelist previously set using pm_whitelist_set().
    err_code = pm_whitelist_get(whitelist_addrs, &addr_cnt,
                                whitelist_irks, &irk_cnt);

    if (((addr_cnt == 0) && (irk_cnt == 0)) ||
        (m_whitelist_disabled))
    {
        // Don't use whitelist.
        err_code = nrf_ble_scan_params_set(&m_scan, NULL);
        APP_ERROR_CHECK(err_code);
    }

    NRF_LOG_INFO("Starting scan.");

    err_code = bsp_indication_set(BSP_INDICATE_SCANNING);
    APP_ERROR_CHECK(err_code);
}


/**@brief Function to start scanning.
 */
static void scan_start(void)
{   
    reset_device_list();
    NRF_LOG_INFO("scanning...");
    ret_code_t err_code;
    dev_count = 0;
    // If there is any pending write to flash, defer scanning until it completes.
    if (nrf_fstorage_is_busy(NULL))
    {
        m_memory_access_in_progress = true;
        return;
    }

    err_code = nrf_ble_scan_params_set(&m_scan, &m_scan_param);
    APP_ERROR_CHECK(err_code);

    err_code = nrf_ble_scan_start(&m_scan);
    APP_ERROR_CHECK(err_code);

}


bool is_new_device(ble_gap_addr_t *xmac){
    /* NRF_LOG_INFO("MAC: %02x:%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x",
          p_gap_evt->params.adv_report.peer_addr.addr[5],
          p_gap_evt->params.adv_report.peer_addr.addr[4], 
          p_gap_evt->params.adv_report.peer_addr.addr[3],
          p_gap_evt->params.adv_report.peer_addr.addr[2],
          p_gap_evt->params.adv_report.peer_addr.addr[1],
          p_gap_evt->params.adv_report.peer_addr.addr[0]);*/
   /*NRF_LOG_INFO("MAC_: %02x:%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x",
            xmac->addr[5],
            xmac->addr[4], 
            xmac->addr[3],
            xmac->addr[2],
            xmac->addr[1],
            xmac->addr[0]);*/
   bool res = true;
   for(int i=0;i<MAX_DEV_LIMIT;i++)
   {
     int cnt = 0;
     for(int j=0;j<6;j++)
     {
       if(mac[i].addr[j] == xmac->addr[j])
              cnt++;
     }
     if(cnt == 6){
        res = false;
        break;
     }
   }
   return res;
}

void list_all_device()
{
   /*for(uint8_t i =0;i<dev_count;i++){
    raw_print("NAME :",mac[i].name,strlen(mac[i].name));
    NRF_LOG_INFO("MAC: %02x:%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x\n",
    mac[i].addr[5],
    mac[i].addr[4], 
    mac[i].addr[3],
    mac[i].addr[2],
    mac[i].addr[1],
    mac[i].addr[0]);
   }*/
}


void add_device_list(int index,ble_gap_addr_t *xmac,uint8_t *name,uint8_t len)
{
   for(int j=0;j<6;j++){
      mac[index].addr[j]=xmac->addr[j];
   }
   strncpy(mac[index].name,name,strlen(name));
   raw_print("NAME : ",name,strlen(mac[dev_count].name));
   NRF_LOG_INFO("MAC: %02x:%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x",
    mac[index].addr[5],
    mac[index].addr[4], 
    mac[index].addr[3],
    mac[index].addr[2],
    mac[index].addr[1],
    mac[index].addr[0]);
   dev_count++;
}

void reset_device_list(){
   for(int j=0;j<MAX_DEV_LIMIT;j++){
      memset(&mac[j],'\0',sizeof(struct list_dev));
   }
   dev_count=0;
}


static void scanner_timeout_handler(void * p_context)
{
    UNUSED_PARAMETER(p_context);
    /*reset_device_list();
    dev_count=0;
    RSSI=0;*/
    //NRF_LOG_INFO("Timer Timeout");
}


//----------------------------------------------------//

/**@brief Function for handling BLE events.
 *
 * @param[in]   p_ble_evt   Bluetooth stack event.
 * @param[in]   p_context   Unused.
 */
static void ble_evt_handler(ble_evt_t const * p_ble_evt, void * p_context)
{
    uint32_t err_code = NRF_SUCCESS;
    ble_gap_evt_t const * p_gap_evt = &p_ble_evt->evt.gap_evt;

    switch (p_ble_evt->header.evt_id)
    {
        case BLE_GAP_EVT_DISCONNECTED:
            NRF_LOG_INFO("DEVICE DISCONNECTED.");
            allow_access_ble(false);
            // LED indication will be changed when advertising starts.
            break;

        case BLE_GAP_EVT_CONNECTED:
            NRF_LOG_INFO("DEVICE CONNECTED.");
            allow_access_ble(false);
            //err_code = bsp_indication_set(BSP_INDICATE_CONNECTED);
            //APP_ERROR_CHECK(err_code);
            m_conn_handle = p_ble_evt->evt.gap_evt.conn_handle;
            err_code = nrf_ble_qwr_conn_handle_assign(&m_qwr, m_conn_handle);
            APP_ERROR_CHECK(err_code);

            if (ble_conn_state_central_conn_count() < NRF_SDH_BLE_CENTRAL_LINK_COUNT)
            {
                scan_start();
            }
            break;

        case BLE_GAP_EVT_PHY_UPDATE_REQUEST:
        {
            NRF_LOG_DEBUG("PHY update request.");
            ble_gap_phys_t const phys =
            {
                .rx_phys = BLE_GAP_PHY_AUTO,
                .tx_phys = BLE_GAP_PHY_AUTO,
            };
            err_code = sd_ble_gap_phy_update(p_ble_evt->evt.gap_evt.conn_handle, &phys);
            APP_ERROR_CHECK(err_code);
            break;
        }

        case BLE_GATTC_EVT_TIMEOUT:
            // Disconnect on GATT Client timeout event.
            NRF_LOG_INFO("GATT Client Timeout.");
            err_code = sd_ble_gap_disconnect(p_ble_evt->evt.gattc_evt.conn_handle,
                                             BLE_HCI_REMOTE_USER_TERMINATED_CONNECTION);
            APP_ERROR_CHECK(err_code);
            break;

        case BLE_GATTS_EVT_TIMEOUT:
            // Disconnect on GATT Server timeout event.
            NRF_LOG_INFO("GATT Server Timeout.");
            err_code = sd_ble_gap_disconnect(p_ble_evt->evt.gatts_evt.conn_handle,
                                             BLE_HCI_REMOTE_USER_TERMINATED_CONNECTION);
            APP_ERROR_CHECK(err_code);
            break;

        case BLE_GAP_EVT_ADV_REPORT: 
          if(p_gap_evt->params.adv_report.data.len != 0)
          {
           RSSI = -(p_gap_evt->params.adv_report.rssi);
           if( p_gap_evt->params.adv_report.data.len!=0)
           {
              
              if(is_new_device(&p_gap_evt->params.adv_report.peer_addr)==true)
              {
                  NRF_LOG_INFO("NEW DEVICE FOUND");
                  NRF_LOG_HEXDUMP_INFO(p_gap_evt->params.adv_report.data.p_data,p_gap_evt->params.adv_report.data.len);
                  uint8_t *name;
                  uint8_t sid[5]={0};
                  uint8_t *sdata,*sdata1;
                  uint8_t len = p_gap_evt->params.adv_report.data.len;
                  //strlen(ble_advdata_parse(p_gap_evt->params.adv_report.data.p_data, p_gap_evt->params.adv_report.data.len, BLE_GAP_AD_TYPE_COMPLETE_LOCAL_NAME));
                  //NRF_LOG_INFO("length : %d,%d",l, p_gap_evt->params.adv_report.data.len);
                  //strcpy(name,ble_advdata_parse(p_gap_evt->params.adv_report.data.p_data, p_gap_evt->params.adv_report.data.len, BLE_GAP_AD_TYPE_SHORT_LOCAL_NAME));
                  name = ble_advdata_parse(p_gap_evt->params.adv_report.data.p_data,
                                           p_gap_evt->params.adv_report.data.len,
                                           BLE_GAP_AD_TYPE_COMPLETE_LOCAL_NAME);
                  sdata = ble_advdata_parse(p_gap_evt->params.adv_report.data.p_data,
                                           p_gap_evt->params.adv_report.data.len,
                                           BLE_GAP_AD_TYPE_SERVICE_DATA);
                                        

                  //raw_print("NAME : ",name,strlen(name));
                  //raw_print("DATA : ",sdata,strlen(sdata));
                  
                  //NRF_LOG_HEXDUMP_DEBUG(sdata1,strlen(name));
                  //NRF_LOG_HEXDUMP_DEBUG(sdata1,strlen(sdata)); 
                  //NRF_LOG_HEXDUMP_DEBUG(p_gap_evt->params.adv_report.data.p_data,len);
                  add_device_list(dev_count,&p_gap_evt->params.adv_report.peer_addr,name,p_gap_evt->params.adv_report.data.p_data[0]);
                  memset(p_gap_evt->params.adv_report.data.p_data,0,len);
                                   
              }
              else{
                  //NRF_LOG_INFO("DEVICE ALREADY IN LIST");
              }
            }
         }
         break;

        default:
            // No implementation needed.
            break;
    }
}


/**@brief Function for initializing the BLE stack.
 *
 * @details Initializes the SoftDevice and the BLE event interrupt.
 */
static void ble_stack_init(void)
{
    ret_code_t err_code;

    err_code = nrf_sdh_enable_request();
    APP_ERROR_CHECK(err_code);

    // Configure the BLE stack using the default settings.
    // Fetch the start address of the application RAM.
    uint32_t ram_start = 0;
    err_code = nrf_sdh_ble_default_cfg_set(APP_BLE_CONN_CFG_TAG, &ram_start);
    APP_ERROR_CHECK(err_code);

    // Enable BLE stack.
    err_code = nrf_sdh_ble_enable(&ram_start);
    APP_ERROR_CHECK(err_code);

    NRF_SDH_BLE_OBSERVER(m_ble_observer, APP_BLE_OBSERVER_PRIO, ble_evt_handler, NULL);
    NRF_SDH_SOC_OBSERVER(m_soc_observer, APP_SOC_OBSERVER_PRIO, soc_evt_handler, NULL);
}

Guide me to get scan response data in nrf52.

Thanks.

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