Studio Bluetooth

[ns_4270701]

Development environment:

Windows 8.1 pro

Platform: CYBT-423028-02

IDE: Wiced Studio 6.2.1

What are the use of below characteristics, and when/how can we use it

     Re connection address

     Peripheral preferred connection parameters

      Peripheral privacy flag

[SheetalJ]

Hi ns_4270701​,

These are BLE GATT characteristics whose details can be found in BT core spec.

If you check /20719-B1_Bluetooth/include/20719/wiced_bt_uuid.h, these characteristics are defined with their default values.

UUID_CHARACTERISTIC_PERIPHERAL_PRIVACY_FLAG

= 0x2A02,

UUID_CHARACTERISTIC_RECONNECTION_ADDRESS

= 0x2A03,

UUID_CHARACTERISTIC_PERIPHERAL_PREFERRED_CONNECTION_PARAMETERS

= 0x2A04

Please check implementation of other services like battery services in hello_sensor.h. You can implement these services in the same way.

[ns_4270701]

What are the uses of it? Where it will be useful?

[SheetalJ · Accepted solution]

Apparently these were privacy features added in BT core 4.0 but removed from BT 4.1 spec. Therefore I could not find much information about its use. But you can refer following articles which provide some idea about these features: https://www.bluetooth.com/blog/bluetooth-technology-protecting-your-privacy/

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/29444709/how-can-i-reconnect-my-application-at-every-opening-to-...

An Overview of Addressing and Privacy for Laird's BLE Modules - Laird Technologies Wireless Connecti...