Automating commands sent to a BLE device via nRF Connect mobile App (iOS)

[sterrant]

I'd like to automate (script) the process of sending commands to my device using the nRF connect app (iOS).  Is this possible? 

[Dinesh Harjani]

Hi sterrant,

We currently don't support this. We have near-ish plans to reform the DFU UI and allow for an 'Expert' UI with a set of steps to perform. But we don't have plans to add scripting at the moment. I guess you could try to use one of our PC libraries and write the script yourself in a programming language?

[sterrant]

I'd like to ask this again with a twist. Can i script commands from the PC version of nRF Connect? There is some information online using python, but it is dated. 

[Einar Thorsrud]

Hi,

The PC version of nRF Connect does not support scripting either. If you need to script Bluetooth communication from a computer for testing, I would suggest looking into something like BlueZ on Linux or similar (there is also the pc-ble-driver-py, but that is based on the old SoftDevice and no longer maintained).