non-connectable advertising timeout not working in Eddystone example

[Gustavo Velasco-Hernández]

Hi, I tried to enable non-connectable advertising timeout using the macro APP_CFG_NON_CONN_ADV_TIMEOUT in es_app_config.h, but it has no effect. I test this using nRF connect App, I continuously receive data from the beacon. Then I set a breakpoint in function es_adv_timing_stop (es_adv_timing.c:153), and the program never reach that line.

PD. misspelled function es_adv_start_non_connctable_adv() should be es_adv_start_non_connectable_adv() (es_adv.h:58 / es_adv.c:180)

[Sigurd]

Hi,

We do not support having timeout on non-connectable Eddystone advertisement. The Eddystone non-connectable advertisement is started and stopped all the time, so it does not make sense to configure this value to anything but 0. The APP_CFG_NON_CONN_ADV_TIMEOUT define will be removed in the next SDK release.

[Gustavo Velasco-Hernández]

Thanks for clarifying this. However, I found a timeout useful in the case I would like to avoid broadcasting during certain time intervals or whether I am able to detect or estimate when potential scanners are in range.