Update Advertising Message Device Name

[SinopeXI]

Dear Nordic Team and Community!

I want to rise up the question again how to update an advertising message, especially the device name (on nRF52840Dongle, S140, 10059). I have read through similar posts and the only working way now ist to 

• Stop the Advertising Service
• Build up the packet again (like advertising init)
• Start the Advertising Service again

I set the advertising device name with the command:

 sd_ble_gap_device_name_set(&sec_mode, (const uint8_t *)"name", strlen("name"));

I know there is a update Reference in the SDK, but I did not found any effective way to get it working, like other posts also claimed. 

Do you have any examples or ideas on how to make updating the device name more effective?

Thank you for your help!

Kind Regards

[Karl Ylvisaker]

Hello,

I know there is a update Reference in the SDK, but I did not found any effective way to get it working, like other posts also claimed. 

Yes, I too noticed this - so I created this blogpost to hopefully clear out any confusion about how to update the advertising data using the BLE Advertising library. The blogpost also contains an example projects that updates its advertising data periodically, to illustrate how it can be done. I hope this helps.

Please do not hesitate to ask if you should have any questions, or if anything should still be unclear!

Best regards,
Karl

[SinopeXI]

Thank you for your fast response. I tried to get the update of the advertising working, unfortunately I get the error 

undefined Reference to - "ble_advertising_advdata_update()"

I am using SDK 17.0.2, and I did not find any working solution to fix this issue. Maybe you know why this error occurs and how to solve it.

Thank you for your help

[Karl Ylvisaker]

SinopeXI said:

Thank you for your fast response.

No problem at all, I am happy to help!

SinopeXI said:

I tried to get the update of the advertising working, unfortunately I get the error 

Undefined reference, have you added the necessary files to your project?
Make sure that you have added the ble_advertising.c file to your project, and included its header file at the top of your main.c

Best regards,
Karl