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Help with mergBLE

Post by ctflatt » Thu Jul 13, 2017 9:49 pm

Hello!

I am using mergBLE in a new project but honestly do not know where to go from here. I am trying to connect/pair with a beacon and have gotten this far:

I have initialized mergBLE and am able to ScanForPeripheralsWithServices. I do get a device UUID.

I need to connect to this device and enter a password to complete the process. I need to be able to change its name and read certain characteristics from the device.

Where do I go from mergBLEDidConnectPeripheral?

Can anyone help?

A point in the right direction would be most appreciated :)

Thanks!

Todd

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Re: Help with mergBLE

Post by monte » Thu Jul 20, 2017 11:28 pm

Hi @ctflatt

You really need the documentation of the hardware you are connecting to to get much further.

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Re: Help with mergBLE

Post by ctflatt » Fri Jul 21, 2017 1:46 am

Monte,

Thank God!

I have it... would you help? My client is chomping at the bit...

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Re: Help with mergBLE

Post by ctflatt » Fri Jul 21, 2017 2:29 pm

Monte,

Here is the documentation/manual... I believe everything is there, I just don't know what to do with it...

https://christopherflatt.com/monte/ibeacon_manual.pdf

Many thanks!

Christopher (Todd)

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Re: Help with mergBLE

Post by monte » Tue Jul 25, 2017 3:19 am

OK so once you get your device UUID you need to:

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on mergBLEDidDiscoverPeripheral pPeripheral, pName, pRSSI
    mergBLEConnectPeripheral pPeripheral
end mergBLEDidDiscoverPeripheral

on mergBLEDidConnectPeripheral pPeripheral
   mergBLEPeripheralDiscoverServices pPeripheral
end mergBLEDidConnectPeripheral

on mergBLEPeripheralDidDiscoverServices pPeripheral, pServices, pError
   if pError is not empty then
      answer "Error discovering services:" & cr & pError
   else
      repeat for each line tService in pServices
         mergBLEPeripheralDiscoverCharacteristicsForService pPeripheral, tService
      end repeat
   end if
end mergBLEPeripheralDidDiscoverServices

on mergBLEPeripheralDidDiscoverCharacteristicsForService pPeripheral, pService, pCharacteristics, pError
   if pError is not empty then
      answer "Error discovering characteristics for "&sPeripheralA[pPeripheral]["name"] & cr & pError
   else
      repeat for each line tCharacteristic in pCharacteristics
         switch
            case pService begins with "FFF0" and tCharacteristic begins with "FFF1"
              -- password
              mergBLEPeripheralWriteValueForCharacteristic pPeripheral, pService, tCharacteristic, "fff"
              break
            -- other characteristics from docs
         end switch
      end repeat
   end if
end mergBLEPeripheralDidDiscoverCharacteristicsForService
Note that the docs are a bit funny for the password. It says 2 bytes but then 0x666666 which is 3 bytes converts to "fff". Anyway the above should show you how to write to a characteristic. If there's a problem with it I'd recommend logging all the services and characteristics found so you can see what's going on.
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