advertise as i beacon

[manikandan]

hello,

i am using nrf52840 with sdk 15 and using ble_app_blinky example i want to advertise my device as i beacon(only mac address) without any name what i did until now is 

err_code = sd_ble_gap_device_name_set(&sec_mode,
// (const uint8_t *)DEVICE_NAME,
// strlen(DEVICE_NAME)); commented this line in gap_params_init and changed this to BLE_ADVDATA_FULL_NAME->BLE_ADV_NO_NAME iin advertising_init i also commented this line but that also  not working my device always  advertising as nrf_app_blinky what should i do

thanks and regards

manikandan v

[Hung Bui]

Hi, 

Please aware that to be able to advertise as an iBeacon you need to follow Apple's iBeacon standard. Please have a look at this case. 

If you simply want to remove the name in your blinky application advertising packet, you can just change this line in advertising_init() : 

  advdata.name_type          = BLE_ADVDATA_FULL_NAME;

to 

  advdata.name_type          = BLE_ADVDATA_NO_NAME;