How to programatically connect to an arbitrary peripheral device

[mr_jj]

I am using the example ble_app_uart_c, in which the nRF52840 is the central device. Theoretically, I could have more than one peripheral running the Nordic Uart Service (NUS). For this reason, I don't want to automatically establish a connection with the peripheral. How is can the central connect to a peripheral with a specific MAC address programmatically?

[Simonr]

Hi

Please check out the ble_app_hrs_c example project. The function below lets you decide whether you want to connect to a peripheral using a given advertising name or a given address, so you should be able to give your advertising device the necessary address to connect to it.

Best regards,

Simon

[mr_jj]

Hi Simon, which function are you referring to. I am looking at the example in the SDK 17 and do not see any function that connects to a peripheral.