nRF Connect Bluetooth Low Energy v4.0.0 or later

Setting up advertising

The nRF Connect Bluetooth® Low Energy app enables the local device to operate as a peripheral that can send connectable advertising packets. The contents of the advertising packets can be configured in the advertising setup.

To start sending advertising packets, complete the following steps:

  1. Click the local Device options icon Device options icon.
  2. To start advertising the device, click Start advertising.
  3. Specify the contents of the advertising packets:
    Advertising setup
    1. Click the local Device options icon Device options icon.
    2. To display the Advertising setup dialog, click Advertising setup.
    3. From the AD type drop-down menu, select an AD type.
    4. In the Value field, add a data value.
    5. Select Add to advertising data or Add to scan response.
    6. Repeat until all wanted fields are present.
    7. Click Apply, then click Close.

To save an advertising setup to file for later use, complete the following steps:

  1. Click the Save setup button.
  2. Choose a directory and type a file name, then click Save.

To load a previously saved advertising setup from file, complete the following steps:

  1. Click the Load setup button.
  2. Navigate to the right directory and select the file, then click Open.
Parent topic: nRF Connect Bluetooth Low Energy