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BLE waitForEvent() not working - nRF52
Hi,
Having an issue with the BLE waitForEvent() function.
Problem: waitForEvent() is completely ignored by my nRF52 mBED program. This happens also with sample BLE programs provided. Tested on multiple nRF52_DK boards. mBED 5.0. Would have sworn it was working correctly about a month ago.
Example program below. Output = YESYESYESYES.... without interacting with the device.
Why doesn't the waitForEvent() function, actually wait for a BLE event? E.g. smartphone connecting/writing to characteristic/etc ?
Any help would be amazing.
#include "mbed.h" #include "ble/BLE.h" DigitalOut led(LED1, 1); uint16_t customServiceUUID = 0xA000; uint16_t readCharUUID = 0xA001; uint16_t writeCharUUID = 0xA002; const static char DEVICE_NAME[] = "ChangeMe!!"; // change this static const uint16_t uuid16_list[] = {0xFFFF}; //Custom UUID, FFFF is reserved for development /* Set Up custom Characteristics */ static uint8_t readValue[10] = {0}; ReadOnlyArrayGattCharacteristic<uint8_t, sizeof(readValue)> readChar(readCharUUID, readValue); static uint8_t writeValue[10] = {0}; WriteOnlyArrayGattCharacteristic<uint8_t, sizeof(writeValue)> writeChar(writeCharUUID, writeValue); /* Set up custom service */ GattCharacteristic *characteristics[] = {&readChar, &writeChar}; GattService customService(customServiceUUID, characteristics, sizeof(characteristics) / sizeof(GattCharacteristic *)); /* * Restart advertising when phone app disconnects */ void disconnectionCallback(const Gap::DisconnectionCallbackParams_t *) { BLE::Instance(BLE::DEFAULT_INSTANCE).gap().startAdvertising(); } /* * Handle writes to writeCharacteristic */ void writeCharCallback(const GattWriteCallbackParams *params) { /* Check to see what characteristic was written, by handle */ if(params->handle == writeChar.getValueHandle()) { /* toggle LED if only 1 byte is written */ if(params->len == 1) { led = params->data[0]; (params->data[0] == 0x00) ? printf("led on\n\r") : printf("led off\n\r"); // print led toggle } /* Print the data if more than 1 byte is written */ else { printf("Data received: length = %d, data = 0x",params->len); for(int x=0; x < params->len; x++) { printf("%x", params->data[x]); } printf("\n\r"); } /* Update the readChar with the value of writeChar */ BLE::Instance(BLE::DEFAULT_INSTANCE).gattServer().write(readChar.getValueHandle(), params->data, params->len); } } /* * Initialization callback */ void bleInitComplete(BLE::InitializationCompleteCallbackContext *params) { BLE &ble = params->ble; ble_error_t error = params->error; if (error != BLE_ERROR_NONE) { return; } ble.gap().onDisconnection(disconnectionCallback); ble.gattServer().onDataWritten(writeCharCallback); /* Setup advertising */ ble.gap().accumulateAdvertisingPayload(GapAdvertisingData::BREDR_NOT_SUPPORTED | GapAdvertisingData::LE_GENERAL_DISCOVERABLE); // BLE only, no classic BT ble.gap().setAdvertisingType(GapAdvertisingParams::ADV_CONNECTABLE_UNDIRECTED); // advertising type ble.gap().accumulateAdvertisingPayload(GapAdvertisingData::COMPLETE_LOCAL_NAME, (uint8_t *)DEVICE_NAME, sizeof(DEVICE_NAME)); // add name ble.gap().accumulateAdvertisingPayload(GapAdvertisingData::COMPLETE_LIST_16BIT_SERVICE_IDS, (uint8_t *)uuid16_list, sizeof(uuid16_list)); // UUID's broadcast in advertising packet ble.gap().setAdvertisingInterval(100); // 100ms. /* Add our custom service */ ble.addService(customService); /* Start advertising */ ble.gap().startAdvertising(); } /* * Main loop */ int main(void) { /* initialize stuff */ printf("\n\r********* Starting Main Loop *********\n\r"); BLE& ble = BLE::Instance(BLE::DEFAULT_INSTANCE); ble.init(bleInitComplete); /* SpinWait for initialization to complete. This is necessary because the * BLE object is used in the main loop below. */ while (ble.hasInitialized() == false) { /* spin loop */ } /* Infinite loop waiting for BLE interrupt events */ while (true) { ble.waitForEvent(); /* Save power */ printf("YES"); } }