Callback for advertisement packets of type ADV_NONCONN_IND

[pressure_sensor_nonconn_adv]

Hi,

I have a question about the behavior of the Softdevice S132_nrf52_7.0.1 for the nRF52832 in case of the reception of an advertisement packet of type ADV_NONCONN_IND.

I am trying to extend existing program code that connects to a HRS and uses the callback in nrf_ble_scan_on_adv_report to connect to the HRS and later the on_hvx callback to receive notification events and data from the HRS.

My sensor however is not connected to the central and therefore I wonder if any other callback apart from the nrf_ble_scan_on_adv_report is called upon the reception of a ADV_NONCONN_IND packet where I could read out the data? (a bit like the on_hvx callback)

Thank you for your help. 

[Vidar Berg]

Hi,

There aren't any other callbacks when you have the observer role. The Softdevice raises the BLE_GAP_EVT_ADV_REPORT when it receives an advertising packet, and its corresponding event structure (ble_gap_evt_adv_report_t) will provide a pointer to the advertising data it has received.

Please take a look at this beacon scanner example and let me know if you have any questions to the implementation:

5127.nRF5_SDK_17.0.2_ble_app_beacon_scanner_extended_advertising.zip

This was a small demo sample I made earlier to scan for beacons that use advertising extensions, not legacy ADV_NONCONN_IND  packets like in your case. But it should still be relevant as it shows how the encoded advertising payload may be parsed with the help of the Advertising and Scan Response Data Encoder APIs.