CC2540: Disabling connectable advertising

Do you want to just use it as a broadcaster or you want to have it as connected to a Master also broadcasting in the same time?

Also

GAPRole_SetParameter( GAPROLE_ADV_NONCONN_ENABLED, sizeof( uint8 ), &connEnabled );

is for non-connectable event.

This one is for connectable advertising

  GAPRole_SetParameter( GAPROLE_ADVERT_ENABLED, sizeof( uint8 ), &initial_advertising_enable );

Hi

I'm hoping to basically allow run-time switching between peripheral and broadcaster roles. If my understanding is correct, SimpleBLEPeripheral implements the Peripheral/Broadcaster multirole profile.

Doesn't setting GAPROLE_ADVERT_ENABLED to FALSE disable advertising completely (rather than changing the PDU Type)? According to the doc

GAPROLE_ADVERT_ENABLED Enable and disable advertising. Default is TRUE = enabled.

For a Peripheral to be a Broadcaster, I'd like it to continue advertising but with PDU set to a NONCONN type.

Thanks

Then all you need to do is adding the pre-define symbol "PLUS_BROADCASTER" to the project, then you will be able to run it as connectable advertising and non-connectable advertising during run time.

Setting PLUS_BROADCASTER will need SBP_ADV_IN_CONNECTION_EV set too. It's not clear what it is and I can't seem to find it used much elsewhere. The only place I've found it used (MiniBeacon.h) has it set to 0x04. What is this symbol supposed to represent and how come 0x04 is an appropriate value?

If my reading is correct, running it as PLUS_BROADCASTER will only turn on advertising whilst in a connection. Enabling/disabling connectability will still need to be managed separately. So, back to my original question: what's the right way to disabling connectability?

Thanks

can you re-word what you want? I am not really sure if I follow.

operating as a connectable device first and switch to non connectable after a while?

For enable/disable for connectable

uint8_t advState;

advState = TRUE; // enable

advState= FALSE; // disable

GAPRole_SetParameter(GAPROLE_ADVERT_ENABLED, sizeof(uint8_t),  &advState);

This line can be set at any point of your program.

Same goes for enable/disable for non-connectable

GAPRole_SetParameter(GAPROLE_ADV_NONCONN_ENABLED, sizeof(uint8_t),  &advState);

Hi Christin

Sure. Basically I'm hoping to dynamically switch between connectable (peripheral) and non-connectable (broadcaster) modes. Indeed there's the multirole peripheral/broadcaster multirole profile, but it seems that SimpleBLEPeripheral only switches on advertising whilst in a connection if the PLUS_BROADCASTER flag is set. It doesn't perform switching between connectable and non-connectable modes, i.e. between peripheral and broadcaster equivalent profiles.

From an old version of the SWRU271, it states:

The peripheral / broadcaster multi-role profile operates almost identically to the peripheral role profile; however it provides additional functionality allowing the device to operate in both the peripheral and broadcaster GAP roles simultaneously

[snip]

This allows the developer to take a single-role application and add multi-role support with minimal changes to the existing source code.

It's not quite clear how the multi-role functionality could be utilised. I'm guessing P/B multirole should be designed to address scenarios like mine (switching between P and B), but how should connectability be disabled/re-enabled at run-time?

Thanks

Sorry, I'm confused. Doesn't setting GAPROLE_ADVERT_ENABLED to FALSE completely disable advertising rather than disabling for connectable? The doc says "Enable and disable advertising." and indeed I don't get any advertising packets when it is set to FALSE.

I'm hoping to continue advertising (broadcasting) but not let the device be connectable. That is, to switch from peripheral to broadcaster (and back).

Thanks
Steve

Sorry, I'm confused. Doesn't setting GAPROLE_ADVERT_ENABLED to FALSE completely disable advertising rather than disabling for connectable? 

as a BLE device, you have 5 states, in order to make a connection, peripheral device needs to advertising as a connectable device then the Master(your phone) will scan and initialize connect request. So once you turn off advertising, or advertising as non-connectable device, then there is no way to connect.

if you set it to false, then it's turned off. When you set it to true, then it will be on and advertising.

GAPROLE_ADVERT_ENABLED--> means it's a connectable

GAPROLE_ADV_NONCONN_ENABLED--> device will be not connectable.

if you want to switch it back and forth based on some condition, then just add a if in the program to make it what you want.

I would recommend you to go thru our software developer's guide and try out.