Cannot connect to non-advertise esp32 BLE server

[Llamachine]

I have built an android app hooked up to my esp32 ble server settings. When the ESP32 is advertising, I can connect/pair/and then issue commands via android fine. However, if I close the android app and then reopen it, select the ESP32 from my paired list in the app to connect to it, the ESP32 will not register anything, not even in verbose. Instead I have to put the ESP32 back into advertising mode to initiate the connection again even though the Android app/esp32 are paired. I thought BLE servers could be connected to without having them advertise all the time if you already have saved/paired device info on the app side.

Is there a way, with known connection info, to connect to a non-advertising ESP32 over BLE?

My arduino code.

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1. #include <BLEDevice.h>
2. #include <BLEServer.h>
3. #include <BLEUtils.h>
4. #include <BLE2902.h>
5.  
6. //UUIDs
7. #define SERVICE_UUID           "6E400001-B5A3-F393-E0A9-E50E24DCCA9E"
8. #define CHARACTERISTIC_UUID_RX "6E400002-B5A3-F393-E0A9-E50E24DCCA9E"
9. #define CHARACTERISTIC_UUID_TX "6E400003-B5A3-F393-E0A9-E50E24DCCA9E"
10.  
11. int currentCommand = 0;
12. int newCommand = 0;
13.  
14. /*====== BLE VARIABLES ======*/
15. bool deviceConnected = false;
16. const char* DEVICE_NAME = "ESP32 TEST";
17. BLECharacteristic *pCharacteristic;
18.  
19. /*====== Incoming Message Handler ======*/
20. void ParseMessage(std::string receiveValue)
21. {
22.   int newCommand = (int)atoi(receiveValue.c_str());
23.   if (newCommand != currentCommand)
24.   {
25.     currentCommand = newCommand;
26.   }
27.   Serial.println("New Command");Serial.println(newCommand);
28.  
29.   pCharacteristic->setValue(receiveValue);
30.   pCharacteristic->notify();
31.   delay(10);
32. }
33.  
34.  
35. /* ====== On Connect/Disconnect Callbacks ======*/
36. class MyServerCallbacks: public BLEServerCallbacks
37. {
38.   void onConnect(BLEServer* pServer)
39.   {
40.     deviceConnected = true;
41.     Serial.println("A device has connected");
42.   };
43.  
44.   void onDisconnect(BLEServer* pServer)
45.   {
46.     deviceConnected = false;
47.     Serial.println("A device has disconnected");
48.   }
49. };
50.  
51. /*====== NEW BLE DATA CALLBACK ======*/
52. class MyCallbacks: public BLECharacteristicCallbacks
53. {
54.   //On receive message call back
55.   void onWrite(BLECharacteristic *pCharacteristic)
56.   {
57.     std::string receiveValue = pCharacteristic->getValue();
58.     if (receiveValue.length() > 0)
59.     {
60.       ParseMessage(receiveValue);
61.       delay(10);
62.     }
63.   }
64. };
65.  
66.  
67. void setup() {
68.   Serial.begin(115200); Serial.println("Serial Started");
69.  
70.   /*====== Setup the server ======*/
71.   BLEDevice::init(DEVICE_NAME);
72.   BLEServer *pServer = BLEDevice::createServer();
73.   pServer->setCallbacks(new MyServerCallbacks());
74.  
75.   //Create a service to advertise
76.   BLEService *pService = pServer->createService(SERVICE_UUID);
77.  
78.  
79.   /*======= Create TX Characteristic ======*/
80.   pCharacteristic = pService -> createCharacteristic
81.   (
82.     CHARACTERISTIC_UUID_TX,
83.     BLECharacteristic::PROPERTY_NOTIFY
84.   );
85.   // Add descriptor
86.    pCharacteristic -> addDescriptor(new BLE2902());
87.  
88.  
89.   /*======= Create RX Characteristic ======*/
90.   BLECharacteristic* pCharacteristic = pService -> createCharacteristic
91.   (
92.     CHARACTERISTIC_UUID_RX,
93.     BLECharacteristic::PROPERTY_WRITE
94.   );
95.  
96.   pCharacteristic -> setCallbacks(new MyCallbacks());
97.   Serial.println("BLE Server ready");
98.  
99.   /*====== Start Server ======*/
100.   pService->start();
101.   Serial.println("BLE Server Started");
102.  
103.   //hacky advertising window
104.   int i = 0; Serial.println("Start Advertising");
105.   while(i < 100 && deviceConnected == false)
106.   {
107.     digitalWrite(ONBOARD_LED, HIGH);
108.     delay(50);
109.     digitalWrite(ONBOARD_LED, LOW);
110.     delay(50);
111.     i++;
112.   }
113. }
114.  
115. void loop() {
116.  
117. }

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[Llamachine]

A less hacked out copy of my arduino code. I've seen similar posts like mine around the internet on the subject of connect to paired without the server advertising but they by and large get no response. :-\

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1. #include <BLEDevice.h>
2. #include <BLEServer.h>
3. #include <BLEUtils.h>
4. #include <BLE2902.h>
5.  
6. //Service and RX/TX characteristics for UART
7. #define SERVICE_UUID           "6E400001-B5A3-F393-E0A9-E50E24DCCA9E"
8. #define CHARACTERISTIC_UUID_RX "6E400002-B5A3-F393-E0A9-E50E24DCCA9E"
9. #define CHARACTERISTIC_UUID_TX "6E400003-B5A3-F393-E0A9-E50E24DCCA9E"
10.  
11. #define ONBOARD_LED 2
12.  
13. int currentCommand = 0; //Current  command
14. int newCommand = 0; //compare to current command
15.  
16.  
17. /*====== BLE VARIABLES ======*/
18. bool deviceConnected = false;
19. const char* DEVICE_NAME = "ESP32 BLE Test";
20.  
21. BLECharacteristic *pCharacteristic;
22.  
23.  
24. /*====== Incoming Message Handler ======*/
25. void ParseMessage(std::string receiveValue)
26. {
27.   int newCommand = (int)atoi(receiveValue.c_str());
28.   if (newCommand != currentCommand)
29.   {
30.     currentCommand = newCommand;  
31.     Serial.println("New Command");Serial.println(newCommand);
32.   }
33.   pCharacteristic->setValue(receiveValue);
34.   pCharacteristic->notify();
35.   delay(10);
36. }
37.  
38.  
39. /* ====== On Connect/Disconnect Callbacks ======*/
40. class MyServerCallbacks: public BLEServerCallbacks
41. {
42.   void onConnect(BLEServer* pServer)
43.   {
44.     deviceConnected = true;
45.     uint16_t conn_id =  pServer->getConnId();
46.     Serial.print("Conn ID: "); Serial.println(conn_id);
47.     Serial.println("A device has connected");
48.   };
49.  
50.   void onDisconnect(BLEServer* pServer)
51.   {
52.     deviceConnected = false;
53.     Serial.println("A device has disconnected");
54.   }
55. };
56.  
57. /*====== NEW BLE DATA CALLBACK ======*/
58. class MyCallbacks: public BLECharacteristicCallbacks
59. {
60.   //On receive message call back
61.   void onWrite(BLECharacteristic *pCharacteristic)
62.   {
63.     std::string receiveValue = pCharacteristic->getValue();
64.     if (receiveValue.length() > 0)
65.     {
66.       ParseMessage(receiveValue);
67.       delay(10);
68.     }
69.   }
70. };
71.  
72.  
73. void setup()
74. {
75.   Serial.begin(115200); Serial.println("Serial Started");
76.   pinMode(26, INPUT_PULLUP);
77.  
78.  
79.   pinMode(ONBOARD_LED, OUTPUT);
80.   digitalWrite(ONBOARD_LED, LOW);
81.  
82.   /*====== Setup the server ======*/
83.   BLEDevice::init(DEVICE_NAME);
84.   BLEServer *pServer = BLEDevice::createServer();
85.   pServer->setCallbacks(new MyServerCallbacks());
86.  
87.   //Create a service to advertise
88.   BLEService *pService = pServer->createService(SERVICE_UUID);
89.  
90.  
91.   /*======= Create TX Characteristic ======*/
92.   pCharacteristic = pService -> createCharacteristic
93.   (
94.     CHARACTERISTIC_UUID_TX,
95.     BLECharacteristic::PROPERTY_NOTIFY
96.   );
97.   // Add descriptor
98.    pCharacteristic -> addDescriptor(new BLE2902());
99.  
100.  
101.   /*======= Create RX Characteristic ======*/
102.   BLECharacteristic* pCharacteristic = pService -> createCharacteristic
103.   (
104.     CHARACTERISTIC_UUID_RX,
105.     BLECharacteristic::PROPERTY_WRITE
106.   );
107.   pCharacteristic -> setCallbacks(new MyCallbacks());
108.   Serial.println("BLE Server ready");
109.  
110.   /*====== Start Server ======*/
111.   pService->start();
112.   pServer->getAdvertising()->start();
113.   Serial.println("BLE Server Started");
114.  
115.   //hacky advertising window.
116.   int i = 0; Serial.println("Start Advertising");
117.   while(i < 100 && deviceConnected == false)
118.   {
119.     digitalWrite(ONBOARD_LED, HIGH);
120.     delay(50);
121.     digitalWrite(ONBOARD_LED, LOW);
122.     delay(50);
123.     i++;
124.   }
125.   pServer->getAdvertising()->stop(); Serial.println("Advertising stopped");
126.   pCharacteristic->setValue("0");
127. }
128.  
129.  
130. void loop()
131. {
132. }

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