You must connect a development kit or dongle running the nRF Sniffer firmware to your
computer to use the nRF Sniffer for 802.15.4.
See
Supported
development kits and dongles for a list of development kits and dongles that
can run the nRF Sniffer firmware.
There are various ways to program the nRF Sniffer
firmware. The following instructions use nRF Connect Programmer, but
you can also use the command line tool nrfjprog (which is part of
the nRF Command Line Tools).
To program your development kit or dongle, complete the following
steps:
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Install nRF Connect Programmer.
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On macOS and Linux, install the SEGGER J-Link Software.
Note: On Windows, the J-Link software is included in nRF Connect for Desktop, so
you can skip this step.
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Locate the firmware hexadecimal file for your development kit or dongle.
All firmware hexadecimal files are located in
Sniffer_Software/nrf802154_sniffer/.
Use the suitable file for your development kit or dongle:
Table 1. Firmware file names
| Development kit/dongle |
Firmware file name |
| nRF52840 DK (PCA10056) |
nrf802154_sniffer.hex |
| nRF52840 Dongle (PCA10059) |
nrf802154_sniffer_dongle.hex |
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Follow the instructions in Programming a Development Kit or the nRF51 Dongle or Programming the nRF52840 Dongle to program the HEX
file.