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galo_1045026
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Can anyone tell me how to tell if the BLE connection is 4.2 or 4.0? I should have told you I am using the PSoC 214015 module.  I thought the info would be in the connection data, but I don't see it there. Thank you for your help.

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GyanC_36
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Hello,

If both the central and peripheral device are BLE 4.2 Compliant device then the BLE connection is 4.2 else if both or one of the device is 4.0/4.1 then the BLE connection will be 4.0/4.1.

The device you are using 'CYBLE-214015-01' is a BLE 4.2 compliant device. You can read the BLE 4.2 features from this document -http://www.cypress.com/file/224826/download

Also, in PSoC Creator Top Design,if you double click on BLE component and go to the GAP setting-> General tab ,You can observe a variable 'Enable Link Layer Privacy'( BLE 4.2 feature),if you can check the variable ( Not grayed out) that means the selected device is BLE 4.2 compliant.

Please let me know if it answers your query or your question is otherwise.

Regards,

Gyan

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Anonymous
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The features of BLE 4.2,4.1, 4.0 are backwards compatible, and thus unless you try to use a new BLE v4.2 feature to test if the other device supports that feature, there is no other way to tell. (Besides knowing what device/chip you are connected to in the first place)

The module you are using is BLE 4.2 fyi.

Try using data length extension to 250+ data bytes for a characteristic to see if it is an older BLE version than 4.2: http://www.electronicdesign.com/communications/ble-v42-creating-faster-more-secure-power-efficient-d...

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GyanC_36
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250 replies posted 100 replies posted 50 replies posted

Hello,

If both the central and peripheral device are BLE 4.2 Compliant device then the BLE connection is 4.2 else if both or one of the device is 4.0/4.1 then the BLE connection will be 4.0/4.1.

The device you are using 'CYBLE-214015-01' is a BLE 4.2 compliant device. You can read the BLE 4.2 features from this document -http://www.cypress.com/file/224826/download

Also, in PSoC Creator Top Design,if you double click on BLE component and go to the GAP setting-> General tab ,You can observe a variable 'Enable Link Layer Privacy'( BLE 4.2 feature),if you can check the variable ( Not grayed out) that means the selected device is BLE 4.2 compliant.

Please let me know if it answers your query or your question is otherwise.

Regards,

Gyan