peripheral displayed as Accessory on iOS

[gkovelman_tap]

Hi,

has anyone observed a behavior where the peripheral would be displayed as Accessory on iOS? I'm seeing this occasionally with my S132 v5.0.0 peripheral, but can't seem to reproduce it. Not sure if it happens after buttonless DFU or pairing with multiple centrals.

I'll appreciate the help

[ketil]

Hi,

What do you mean by accessory? Does it show up with a specific icon?

In that case it is likely caused by the firmware setting the Bluetooth Appearance Characteristic.

You can read more about changing the Appearance Characteristic in the Bluetooth Advertising tutorial. You can find information about the different values in the Infocenter.

Ketil

[gkovelman_tap]

iOS doesn't display icons. I mean that the device's name is displayed as Accessory, and not as my actual device's name.

The peripheral's appearance is Generic HID.

[Mostafa Berg]

What is the expected name and what is the accessory name that you're seeing ?

[gkovelman_tap]

Expected is my device's name, say Tap, and actually seeing Accessory

[Mostafa Berg]

What kind of device is that ? or are you writing your own firmware ? if so, please verify that the firmware has no issues that causes the peripheral to advertise the name "accessory", a quick search for "accessory" through your code will easily catch that.