nRF Connect Scan Problem

[Gokhan]

Hi, I'm using nRF52832 Software Development Kit, PCA10040, S132.

In nRFgo Studio, I erased all my SDK. In nRFConnect, I selected serial port which SDK connected. And I saw a confirm message: No connectivity firmware was detected. Do you want to update to version 1.1.0? I clicked OK. Then I connected nRF5x. And, I started Scan. But, I couldn't see any devices which was discovered.

How Can I discover devices?

[Hung Bui]

Do you have any other device advertising around ? You can test with any example in the SDK such as the ble_app_hrs, please try to test first with the pre-compiled hex file in "hex" folder. The file is included the softdevice, you don't need to flash the softdevice.

[Gokhan]

I programmed my board with ble_app_uart's pre-compiled hex file by using nRFgo. And I saw a confirm message: No connectivity firmware was detected. Do you want to update to version 1.1.0? When I clicked OK, Everything was the same. By the way, My PC's and My Phone's Bluetooths are open.

[Hung Bui]

How many board do you have ? If you have only one board, and you use the board as the BLE hardware for the nRFConnect then it won't work as the ble_app_uart anymore. You need two boards to do what you plan, one board for scanning, and one board for advertising. You can use the phone to do scanning.

[Gokhan]

I have one board. All right. I started advertising on nRF Connect. And I'm using my phone to do scanning. But I can't see nRF Connect. How Can I see my board?

[Hung Bui]

I think you should verify that the board and the phone works properly first. If you flash a normal example such as the ble_app_uart app, do you see the board advertise as NordicUART (or similar) on the phone?

When you advertise with nRFConnect what do you do ? Do you see the transmitting logo (look like wifi logo) appear on the box on the left top corner ? Did you do any Advertising setup... ?