ble_advertising_init returns error 6

[Kenneth]

I'm trying to implement advertising only on a single channel

Here is my initiation function

static void advertising_init(void)
{
    ret_code_t             err_code;
    static ble_advdata_manuf_data_t manuf_specific_data;
    static ble_advdata_manuf_data_t srsp_manuf_specific_data;


    manuf_specific_data.company_identifier = COMPANY_IDENTIFIER;
    srsp_manuf_specific_data.company_identifier = COMPANY_IDENTIFIER;

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

    manuf_specific_data.data.p_data = (uint8_t *) m_srespons_info;
    manuf_specific_data.data.size   = APP_SRESPONSE_INFO_LENGTH;
    srsp_manuf_specific_data.data.p_data = (uint8_t *) m_srespons_info;
    srsp_manuf_specific_data.data.size = APP_SRESPONSE_INFO_LENGTH;



    init.advdata.name_type               = BLE_ADVDATA_NO_NAME;
    init.advdata.include_appearance      = false;
    init.advdata.flags                   = BLE_GAP_ADV_FLAGS_LE_ONLY_GENERAL_DISC_MODE;

    init.advdata.p_manuf_specific_data = &manuf_specific_data;
//    init.srdata.p_manuf_specific_data = &srsp_manuf_specific_data;

    m_advertising.adv_params.primary_phy = BLE_GAP_PHY_1MBPS;
    m_advertising.adv_params.secondary_phy = BLE_GAP_PHY_1MBPS;
    m_advertising.adv_params.properties.type = BLE_GAP_ADV_TYPE_CONNECTABLE_SCANNABLE_UNDIRECTED;
    m_advertising.adv_params.scan_req_notification = 1;
    m_advertising.adv_params.p_peer_addr     = NULL;    // Undirected advertisement.
    m_advertising.adv_params.filter_policy   = BLE_GAP_ADV_FP_FILTER_BOTH;
    m_advertising.adv_params.interval        = APP_ADV_INTERVAL;//NON_CONNECTABLE_ADV_INTERVAL;
    m_advertising.adv_params.duration        = APP_ADV_DURATION_UNLIMITED;       // Timeout after 500 ms
    
    m_advertising.adv_params.channel_mask[0] = 0x01;
    m_advertising.adv_params.channel_mask[1] = 0x10;
    m_advertising.adv_params.channel_mask[2] = 0;
    m_advertising.adv_params.channel_mask[3] = 0;
    m_advertising.adv_params.channel_mask[4] = 0;

    init.config.ble_adv_whitelist_enabled = true;
    init.config.ble_adv_fast_enabled  = true;
    init.config.ble_adv_fast_interval = APP_ADV_INTERVAL;
    init.config.ble_adv_fast_timeout  = APP_ADV_DURATION;
    init.config.ble_adv_slow_enabled  = true;
    init.config.ble_adv_slow_interval = APP_SLOW_ADV_INTERVAL;
    init.config.ble_adv_slow_timeout  = APP_SLOW_ADV_DURATION;
    init.config.ble_adv_primary_phy = BLE_GAP_PHY_1MBPS;
    init.config.ble_adv_secondary_phy = BLE_GAP_PHY_1MBPS;

    init.evt_handler = on_adv_evt;

    err_code = ble_advertising_init(&m_advertising, &init);
    APP_ERROR_CHECK(err_code);

    ble_advertising_conn_cfg_tag_set(&m_advertising, APP_BLE_CONN_CFG_TAG);

}

but ble_advertising_init is returning err_code 0x00000006 

I believe it's the sd_ble_gap_adv_set_configure that is returning this error.

Am I initiating this wrong?

[Vidar Berg]

Hello,

sd_ble_gap_adv_set_configure() will return NRF_ERROR_NOT_SUPPORTED with this channel mask as you can only mask primary channels as Sigurd explains in post: https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/f/nordic-q-a/33591/softdevice-s140-v6-0-0-how-to-set-the-channel-mask-for-different-channels