SmartRF™ Packet Sniffer on Windows-8

Milan Joshi

Prodigy 100 points

Other Parts Discussed in Thread: CC2540

Hi Team,

I have installed "SmartRF™ Packet Sniffer" on windows-8 PC. I have connected "CC USB Dongle" to PC.

Now when I run sniffer application from,

C:\Program Files (x86)\Texas Instruments\SmartRF Tools\Packet Sniffer\bin\Packet Sniffer.exe it launches properly.

Now it asks to select protocol type and chip, I select Bluetooth low energy and click on Start button.

One new window opens in which when I click on Start the packet capturing button it dose not start and even don't give any error.

What Ideally should happen is when I click on start button, pause button should be enabled and start button will get disabled but the same is not happening

and no error is displayed.

I have fresh received development kit and I haven't flashed anything. USB dongle is tested with B-Tool to work with Keyfob.

Please guide.

over 11 years ago

0 YiKai Chen over 11 years ago

Guru 735705 points

If you want to use CC2540 USB dongle as sniffer, you have to program sniffer_fw_cc2540_usb.hex under C:\Program Files\Texas Instruments\SmartRF Tools\Packet Sniffer\bin\general\firmware\ on to it first.

0 Milan Joshi over 11 years ago in reply to YiKai Chen

Prodigy 100 points

Hi YK,

Thanks for support.

It worked after flashing "sniffer_fw_cc2540_usb.hex" but if I want to revert to normal operation then which hex is to use?

0 YiKai Chen over 11 years ago in reply to Milan Joshi

Guru 735705 points

You can use HostTestApp to recovery.

0 Milan Joshi over 11 years ago in reply to YiKai Chen

Prodigy 100 points

I programmed following and it is working fine.

BLE-CC254x-1.4.0\Accessories\HexFiles\CC2540_USBdongle_HostTestRelease_All.hex

Thanks Chen

0 YiKai Chen over 11 years ago in reply to Milan Joshi

Guru 735705 points

You are welcome. Please help to click on verify button to benefit others have the same issue.

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