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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");
}
}