Can I advertise BLE (StartAdvertising)?

18637 · October 3, 2020, 9:34am

Hi, I'm very new to Inventor and have searched high and low but cant seem to find what I am looking for.

Is it possible to advertise BLE I'm trying but it just returns false.
Can you edit a BLE Mac address (advertise with a different on)

My Arduino type device listens for a certain mac address then turns on its advertising so that I can connect to it.

I've looked for similar examples but had no luck.. any help is appreciated..

Cheers

Vitamin · January 10, 2021, 1:16pm

Hello
I meet the same problem. I tried to use my Android 10 phone to start ble advertising but the value of "IsDeviceAdvertising" remains false when I use method "StartAdvertising".

The BLE extension version is 20200828 and the device is Android 10 mobile phone.

I would be really appreciated if there is any help. Thank you.

ABG · January 10, 2021, 8:11pm

See

for a more recent BLE extension.

Vitamin · January 11, 2021, 6:00am

Hello! Thank you for your reply. After updateing the latest version of BLE extension, the advertising problem remains. Here are my blocks:

When I test in AI2 Campanion, the value of "IsDeviceAdvertising" remains false no matter how I click button1. Would you mind to help me with it? Thank you.
Device Information: Oneplus5 Android 10.
BLE Extension Version: 20201223

Joemt · August 29, 2024, 12:06am

SAME PROBLEM!!!!!
It just stays false no matter what!

Joemt · August 29, 2024, 12:12am

Hello, it seems like it still is not working

ABG · August 29, 2024, 1:12am

See the more recent BLE and Companion versions at

and

Joemt · August 29, 2024, 4:37pm

I did I'm using 2024-08-22 problem persists.

ABG · August 29, 2024, 4:54pm

and your Companion version?

Joemt · August 30, 2024, 6:39am

2.72

ABG · August 30, 2024, 11:15am

There is a new version in the FAQ

Joemt · August 30, 2024, 11:47am

even the builds do not work

ABG · August 30, 2024, 4:12pm

Do they give you an .apk file?

Joemt · August 30, 2024, 9:47pm

Yes

ABG · August 31, 2024, 7:52pm

(Canned Reply: ABG- Export & Upload .aia)
Export your .aia file and upload it here.

export_and_upload_aia

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Joemt · September 2, 2024, 6:48am

TestBLE.aia (199.3 KB)

ABG · September 2, 2024, 4:18pm

I don't think you can advertise "Hello World!!!" according to what I see at

(I seem to be unable to download and open .apk files on my phone at the moment.)

Joemt · September 4, 2024, 5:22pm

I tried numbers and it didn't work, also btw the documentation says it requires a text value