Unable to advertise 128 bit UUID

[rf.akram.karimi]

Hi,
I am facing very basic problem which I think is because of very low experience with ESP32.
Actually, I wanna advertise complete list of 128bit service UUID in advertisement packet (which obviously is doable), but I am unable to do it with the following code:

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uint8_t adv_service_uuid128[16] = {
    /* LSB <--------------------------------------------------------------------------------> MSB */
    0x11, 0x22, 0x33, 0x44, 0x55, 0x66, 0x77, 0x88, 0x99, 0xAA, 0xBB, 0xCC, 0x00, 0xFC, 0xDD, 0xDD,
};

esp_ble_adv_data_t adv_data = {
    .set_scan_rsp = false,
    .include_name = true,
    .include_txpower = true,
    .min_interval = 0x20,
    .max_interval = 0x40,
    .appearance = 0x00,
    .manufacturer_len = 0, //TEST_MANUFACTURER_DATA_LEN,
    .p_manufacturer_data =  NULL, //&test_manufacturer[0],
    .service_data_len = 0,
    .p_service_data = NULL,
    .service_uuid_len = 128,		
    .p_service_uuid = adv_service_uuid128,
    .flag = (ESP_BLE_ADV_FLAG_GEN_DISC | ESP_BLE_ADV_FLAG_BREDR_NOT_SPT),   //ADV Data Type= 0x01
};

And then using

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esp_err_t ret = esp_ble_gap_config_adv_data(&adv_data);

As you can see that the I am not using Base UUID and also using .service_uuid_len=128 (tried 16 as well; I am not sure if this length is in bits or bytes) but of no use.

I don't get any service UUID in the advertisement packet and get the following error in the log:

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E (1862) BT: btc128_to_bta_uuid: Unknown UUID length 0!
E (1862) BT: btc128_to_bta_uuid: Unknown UUID length 0!
E (1868) BT: btc128_to_bta_uuid: Unknown UUID length 0!
E (1874) BT: btc128_to_bta_uuid: Unknown UUID length 0!

Can anyone help me in resolving this problem. Will be very grateful.
Thanks in advance.

[halfro]

Quite simple: The advertisement length of BLE is 32 bytes. With a 128bit UUID you cant even fit 2 withing an advertisement let alone a complete list.

[kolban]

Two random thoughts on this area ...

The first is that in BLE, when we perform an advertisement, there are **two** packets available to us. The BLE Server broadcasts one packet at a regular interval. When a BLE Client receives the packet, it can immediately turn around and request a second packet which the BLE Server will honor. This means that an advertisement can be of two packets in length, not just one. The second packet is governed by the set_scan_rsp flag.

The second is an issue Ive been thinking about as queried by a user of the BLE C++ classes ... this has been raised here as a Github issue:

https://github.com/espressif/esp-idf/issues/1090

It asks about the puzzle of advertising service uuids and how to advertise more than one.

[MarcoT1337]

Hi,

I know, it's a quite old post, but your problem is in your initialized adv_data struct.

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.service_uuid_len = 128

It is supposed to be:

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.service_uuid_len = ESP_UUID_LEN_128

That's why you are getting theses errors:

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E (1862) BT: btc128_to_bta_uuid: Unknown UUID length 0!