Implementing DFU OTA for beacon

[arjun]

Hi Nordic,

I am trying to extend DFU feature to my beacon application. Please help me with how to go about it. I went through the given tutorials on DFU/OTA, but I haven't got a clear idea on how to implement it for beacon.

Also I have a doubt..

Is DFU code snippet alone, enough for the beacon application, or is it to necessary to add the device manager snippets too, as given in of the peripheral examples?

[Petter Myhre]

What is it that is not clear? Exactly what snippet are you talking about?

[arjun]

The things I need to clear are following :

1.In the hrs example code, the peripheral is in non-beacon mode. So it it needs to be disconnected/shutdown and connect/start in bootloader mode. Since in the beacon mode, there is no need for connect/disconnect, is device manager relevant code snippets necessary.

2.Is the tutorial given for extending dfu to the application is generic or is it exclusive for peripherals in non-beacon mode.

Thank you..

[Petter Myhre]

It depends a bit, how do you intend to switch from beacon application to bootloader? By pressing a button or similar? Or some other way?

[arjun]

I am trying to implement buttonless dfu.

[Petter Myhre]

Then you need to add the DFU service, and you need to connect for the peer to be able to access this service, and tell the device when to go to bootloader mode. (Device Manager is not needed as long as you will not bond)