pc-ble-driver-py : trying to build from sources and create v6 lib

[carmel shabalin]

after building the pc-ble-driver-py and creating v5 lib, we need to build v6. 

using WIN 7, python 3.8.

I changed file CMakeLists.txt row 40 to 'set(SD_API_VERS "2;6")' and got the following linkage errors(related to changing to v6):

• LINK: command "C:\PROGRA~2\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\VC\Tools\MSVC\
  14.16.27023\bin\Hostx86\x64\link.exe /nologo CMakeFiles\nrf_ble_driver_sd_api_v6
  .dir\outdir\nrf_ble_driver_sd_api_v6PYTHON_wrap.c.obj /out:_nrf_ble_driver_sd_ap
  i_v6.pyd /implib:nrf_ble_driver_sd_api_v6.lib /pdb:_nrf_ble_driver_sd_api_v6.pdb
  /dll /version:0.0 /machine:x64 /INCREMENTAL:NO C:\Users\amAdmin\Desktop\Carmel\
  nrf-ble-driver-4.1.4-win_x86_64\lib\nrf-ble-driver-sd_api_v6-mt-4_1_4.lib c:\use
  rs\amadmin\appdata\local\programs\python\python38\libs\python38.lib kernel32.lib
  user32.lib gdi32.lib winspool.lib shell32.lib ole32.lib oleaut32.lib uuid.lib c
  omdlg32.lib advapi32.lib /MANIFEST /MANIFESTFILE:_nrf_ble_driver_sd_api_v6.pyd.m
  anifest" failed (exit code 1120) with the following output:
  Creating library nrf_ble_driver_sd_api_v6.lib and object nrf_ble_driver_sd_ap
  i_v6.exp
  nrf_ble_driver_sd_api_v6PYTHON_wrap.c.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external s
  ymbol __imp_sd_ble_gap_adv_addr_get referenced in function _wrap_sd_ble_gap_adv_
  addr_get
  nrf_ble_driver_sd_api_v6PYTHON_wrap.c.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external s
  ymbol __imp_sd_ble_gap_qos_channel_survey_start referenced in function _wrap_sd_
  ble_gap_qos_channel_survey_start
  nrf_ble_driver_sd_api_v6PYTHON_wrap.c.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external s
  ymbol __imp_sd_ble_gap_qos_channel_survey_stop referenced in function _wrap_sd_b
  le_gap_qos_channel_survey_stop
  nrf_ble_driver_sd_api_v6PYTHON_wrap.c.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external s
  ymbol __imp_sd_ble_uuid_vs_remove referenced in function _wrap_sd_ble_uuid_vs_re
  move
  _nrf_ble_driver_sd_api_v6.pyd : fatal error LNK1120: 4 unresolved externals

 what files methods shall be fixed to overcome these errors and produce v6 lib?

[Jørgen Holmefjord]

Hi,

pc-ble-driver-py does not support sd_api_v6, it only supports sd_api_v2 for nRF51 and sd_api_v5 for nRF52. Even if you managed to build the libraries for sd_api_v6, the python code does not support sd_api_v6, so you would have to rewrite the whole library to support this API. 

If you need to use v6 API, you need to use the C/C++ version of pc-ble-driver. The reason that we have not added support for v6 API in the Python bindings is described in this comment.

Best regards,
Jørgen