nRF52832 BLE HID Mouse Win 10 Driver Error

[Mark]

test_ble_mouse_wo_bootloader.pcapngNordic_Mouse.pcapngconnect_to_phone.pcapngtest_ble_mouse_1.pcapngtest_ble_mouse.pcapngHoping someone here can help. The setup is a Sparkfun nRF52832 Breakout Board programmed with Arduino BLEPeripheral Library Example: "HID_test.ino" as is. Win 10 PC tries to pair for few seconds but then comes back with "Driver Error" and the connection is dropped. Had to remove the line bleHID.clearBondStoreData(); when using Arduino IDE to program as it overwrites something in the bootloader but even leaving it in and programming with nRF_go still get the driver error. Same PC pairs and works with a commercial BLE mouse. Tried to set up the ble_sniffer on another PC, followed user guide install verbatim, it sees the RSSI signal but not the local name so not sure if running Wireshark gives anything meaningful. Can connect using Master Control Panel but not sure how to interpret all the information it gives. Also tried running the ble_app_hids_mouse example using Keil MDK by modifying button and LED pin numbers for the PCA10040 board but could not get it to run past all the error checking in that program.

Sparkfun tech support, SF forum, Arduino forum, Github "issue" all no response. Saw a similar issue posted here where the problem was bonding but need help pursuing that.

Softdevice is s132_nrf52_2.0.0_softdevice.hex as per Sparkfun github page for the board.

Thank you to all for reading.

[Hung Bui]

Hi Mark,

Could you post the sniffer trace .pcapng file ? Make sure you use Wireshark v1.10

What kind of error you have when you test with ble_app_hids_mouse example ? I don't think the example would require many dependencies on hardware board except for the 32kHz crystal.

[Mark]

Hi Hung, I don't see a .pcapng file but also not sure the sniffer/wireshark is running properly. I installed Wireshark Ver 2.2.7, should I back off to V1.10? Using the PCA10031 dongle.

The ble_app_hids_mouse seems to get stuck in the APP_ERROR_CHECK(err_code); function as it does not get past it. The schematic for the board shows the 32KHz xtal in place.

It would be helpful if I could get the sniffer up and running, just not sure why it does not even see the local name.

Thank you for your reply, be happy to do whatever you suggest.

Mark

[Mark]

I loaded Wireshark V1.10.14 and it is working better but still no public or local name shows up. I was able to capture a *.pcapng file while attempting to pair with the PC. Trying to figure out how to attach it.

[Hung Bui]

Hi Mark,

It's not following the connection, I can see a connect request but can't see what happened in the connection. You may need to downgrade the Jlink Firmware on the Segger chip to v5.10 n as described here.

[Mark]

Hi Hung,

I replaced the JLink firware with V5.10n, followed the procedure in the link, ran JLinkConfige.exe and confirmed both the host firmware and emulator firmware are 2016 Feb 12. Then used the sniffer and wireshark to capture another pairing attempt, test_ble_mouse_1.pcapng attached.