BLE Sniffer Failure

[Stephen]

Following the instructions from the bluetooth sniffer guide, the sniffer code finds my device. I then attempt to launch wireshark (which has been installed) and I get a plugins error.

Keyboard input error: ERROR: Plugins.exe: 1

Please let me know if anyone has seen this issue previously.

Setup:

    Windows 7 64 bit
    Wireshark: Version 1.99.5 (v1.99.5-0-g7e895c from master)
    Sniffer Install: ble-sniffer_win_1.0.1.zip
    Hardware Revision: PCA10028 v1.0.0(yes this works as a sniffer @ 460Kbps).
    JLINK Binary To Convert Board to JLINK: J-Link OB-SAM3U128-V2-NordicSemi 150311.bin
    Sniffer Firmware Loaded Onto Board: ble-sniffer_nRF51822_1.0.1_1111_Sniffer.hex

Launch Command (From Command Line, As Administrator)

    DOS> ble-sniffer_win_1.0.1_1111_Sniffer.exe
    Command To Launch Wireshark: "w"

Thanks!

Full Capture Below

     NORDIC SEMICONDUCTOR SNIFFER SOFTWARE v.1.0.1_1111
    
       Sniffer ready and connected on COM21
       Software version      SVN rev. 1111
       Firmware version      SVN rev. 1111
       Nordic Plugin version version information unavailable
       BTLE Plugin version   version information unavailable
    
     Commands:
       l            List the devices available for sniffing.
       arrow keys   Navigate the device list. Use ENTER to select.
       [#] or ENTER Select a device to sniff from list.
       e            Like ENTER, but sniffer will only follow advertisements.
       w            Start Wireshark, the primary viewer for the sniffer.
       x/q          Exit
       c            Display filter: Nearest devices (RSSI > -50 dBm).
       v            Display filter: Nearest devices (RSSI > -70 dBm).
       b            Display filter: Nearest devices (RSSI > -90 dBm).
       a            Remove display filter.
       p            Passkey entry
       o            OOB key entry
       h            Define new adv hop sequence.
       s            Get support
       u            Launch User Guide (pdf)
       CTRL-R       Re-program firmware onto board
    
    
     Available devices:
    
            # public name            RSSI            device address
        ---------------------------------------------------------------------
        [ ] 0 ""                     -99 dBm         b0:34:95:34:79:e7  public
     -> [X] 1 "XXXXXXXX"             -90 dBm         e9:16:02:6a:d0:e3  random
        [ ] 2 ""                     -97 dBm         58:62:48:b1:a9:42  random
    Sniffing device 1 - "XXXXXXXX"
    Starting Wireshark
    Installing Wireshark plugins
    Keyboard input error: ERROR: Plugins.exe: 1                

[shibshab]

Try to copy the appropriate Wireshark plugins from the Sniffer install location to you Wireshark\plugins\version folder manually.

The application should then recognize this and not run the plugins script.

[Stephen]

@ shibshab your suggestion was excellent, as that caused me to get past the issue, and show me the real issue. the real issue was that I was using wireshark 1.99 (beta) instead of the latest stable release. I uninstalled the beta, installed the latest stable, and then using "w" to launch wireshark worked perfectly. Thanks for the help!

[Stephen]

This helped expose the real issue: wireshark 1.99 beta is not supported by the sniffer executable.

[Stephen]

The real issue was that I was using wireshark 1.99 (beta) instead of the latest stable release. I uninstalled the beta, installed the latest stable, and then using "w" to launch wireshark worked perfectly.