Ported code not working PCA20006

[arsalanjun]

Hi,

I have a beacon Kit PCA20006. I have programmed it with

1. SOFTDEVICE

   C:/Users/Arsalan/Desktop/Engineering/Devices/nRF51822/SDK/sdk11/components/softdevice/s130/hex/s130_nrf51_2.0.0_softdevice.hex

2. Application

    C:/Users/Arsalan/Desktop/Engineering/Devices/nRF51822/SDK/sdk11/examples/ble_peripheral/ble_app_hrs/pca10031/s130/arm5_no_packs/_build/nrf51422_xxac_s130.hex
   

In order for it to work with PCA20006 board I have just changed the Pre-processor symbol with

BLE_STACK_SUPPORT_REQD S130 BOARD_PCA20006 NRF_LOG_USES_UART=1 SWI_DISABLE0 SOFTDEVICE_PRESENT NRF51

The flashing took place successfully and I can see the lights blinking on the PCA20006 board.

When I try to connect it with my Android Phone, nRFToolbox, HRM APP sometimes I can search it and try to connect but doesnt work or It is invisible. Even when I try to restart my PCA20006 board it is invisible.

What is the issue? Am I missing something?

[arsalanjun]

Just an update. I have erased all and then tried this again and now I have ported the PCA10028 code to PCA20006. It is working now.

But the problem is when I install

1. Softdevice SDK10 S130
2. Proximity App S130

It looks like it is programmed properly and now I can find the Nordic_Proxi from my mobile. When I open the Proximity app and connect, it says that it doesnt have the required services. I am using the latest nRFToolBox app with lollypop Samsung Galaxy Prime. Please Help. Thanks.

[Øyvind Karlsen]

Hi,

There's a gotcha with PCA20006 which is good to be aware of. The beacon kit is likely to use a revision 2 chip, which means that it is incompatible with some SoftDevices and SDKs, please see the compatibility matrix.

You can also find out how to read the chip markings to find revision in the IC revision overview.

Best regards,

Øyvind

[arsalanjun]

Thanks for the quick answer Øyvind. You are saying that my Beacon kit has a rev2 kit so SDK10 or 11 should not work on it. Fortunately, I have tried the BLE Blinky, BLE Proximity and Heart rate scanner programs with SDK10 and 11 and they are working.

If they are getting programmed and working so what part will not work properly? So that I can see if there is any problem in my code.

Thanks

[Øyvind Karlsen]

You should check wether or not it has a rev 2 chip, if it does it is not specified to work with the SoftDevices and SDKs, specifically the old erratas from these chips are no longer applied, which means that you can run into trouble.