Support for multiple connections in Master Emulator API

[Tyler]

Devzone,

I'm working with the nrf51822 dev kit- specifically with master emuator API version 2.1.8. Does this current release of the API (2.1.8) or subsequent releases of master emulator API & dongle plan on supporting multiple simultaneous connections to peer devices?

Thanks! -Tyler

[Hung Bui]

Hi Tyler,

We may support multiple peripherals in the future release of the master emulator. But I don't know when and I don't think it would be ready in a few months time.

[Christopher]

You should have a look at the nRF Connect for desktop application. It supports max 8 concurrent central connections. This applications is based on the pc-ble-driver library written in C++ (and it's cross-platform).

This is not a C# API as simple as the Master Emulator API. You can do pretty much anything using the SoftDevice running on the nRF device but you will probably need to write more code on the PC side. Nordic also give Python and JavaScript bindings if you prefer do no use C/C++.

[Bhavesh Shah]

Hi Hung Bui,

Do the current version of master emulator taken from the installation of MCP 3.10.0 support the multiple simultaneous connections.

[Hung Bui]

This is a very old case. Current version of MCP is called nRF Connect. It supports multiple connection. 

[Bhavesh Shah]

Is it possible to find the source code of nRF Connect pc application? I am creating a custom application which can connect multiple pear devices, and perform DFU. More information is here. I am using MasterEmulator.dll to perform BLE operations. If nRF Connect is the current version of MCP then I want to use it for my custom application.