In wireshark I'm not able to see the interface of Nrf52840DK

[Sakthivel Sugumar]

I recently purchased NRF52840DK version 3.0.0 and I was trying to setup the BLE Sniffer. But in wireshark I'm not able to see the interface

[Menon]

Hello,

Yes there is known issue with nRF52840DK rev3.0.0 and nRF sniffer firmware, the issue seems to be in  UART connection. So as a workaround try to connect your other USB port (nRF USB) in DK to the PC. Now flash the nRF sniffer firmware via the programmer app (Erase and write). Please let me know the update.

Kind Regards,

Abhijith

[brianreinhold]

What killed me was that I had the right version of Python installed but the executable was python3.exe. I spent hours trying to figure out why the sniffer interface didnt show. Renamed python3.exe to python.exe and Wireshark saw the interface.

God help me!!!

[Menon]

Hello,

Please create a new ticket of yourself explaining more details of your issue.
Also expect some delay in response as we are working very thinly staffed due to the Easter vacation here in Norway.

Kind Regards,

Abhijith

[brianreinhold]

It's not an issue I want a solution to - just something to be aware of. Apparently, newer versions of python (in this case 11) are getting installed with the executable as python3.exe instead of python.exe with no 'links'. If anything you might want to add it to the documentation when everything looks right and it still doesn't work. This might have happened because in my case python was getting installed during the installation of an Angular Cli project.

Just one of the many possible 'gotchas'!