Reference Manual
Table Of Contents
- Introduction
- Electrical specifications
- Pinout
- Quick start
- Functional description
- State indication using the LED pins
- Sleep mode
- Identification of a Proteus-III device on the radio
- Connection based data transmission, with or without security
- Unidirectional connectionless data transmission using Beacons
- Energy-efficient distance estimation solutions
- Configure the module for low power consumption
- Start the direct test mode (DTM)
- Using the 2 MBit and LE Coded phy
- Connection setup using LE Coded phy
- Host connection
- The command interface
- Scan for other modules in range
- Setup connections
- Transmit and receive data
- Configuring the module and modifying the device settings
- Manage the device state
- Run the Bluetooth test modes
- Switching GPIOs by remote control
- Other messages
- Message overview
- UserSettings - Module configuration values
- FS_DeviceInfo: Read the chip type and OS version
- FS_FWVersion: Read the firmware version
- FS_MAC: Read the MAC address
- FS_BTMAC: Read the BLE conform MAC address
- FS_SerialNumber: Read the serial number of the module
- RF_DeviceName: Modify the device name
- RF_StaticPasskey: Modify the static passkey
- RF_SecFlags: Modify the security settings
- RF_SecFlagsPerOnly: Modify the security settings (Peripheral only mode)
- RF_ScanFlags: Modify the scan behavior
- RF_BeaconFlags: Interprete the advertising data
- RF_AdvertisingTimeout: Modify the advertising timeout
- RF_AdvertisingFlags: Configure the advertising packet
- RF_ScanFactor: Modify the scan factor
- RF_ScanTiming: Modify the scan timing
- RF_ConnectionTiming: Modify the connection timing
- RF_TXPower: Modify the output power
- RF_SPPBaseUUID: Configure the SPP base UUID
- RF_Appearance: Configure the appearance of the device
- UART_ConfigIndex: Modify the UART speed
- CFG_Flags: Configure the module
- DIS_ManufacturerName: Configure the manufacturer name
- DIS_ModelNumber: Configure the model number
- DIS_SerialNumber: Configure the serial number
- DIS_HWVersion: Configure the HW version
- DIS_SWVersion: Configure the SW version
- DIS_Flags: Configure the device information service
- Timing parameters
- Peripheral only mode
- Remote GPIO control
- Customizing the Proteus-III
- Custom firmware
- Firmware update
- Firmware history
- Design in guide
- Reference design
- Manufacturing information
- Physical dimensions
- Marking
- Bluetooth SIG listing/qualification
- Regulatory compliance information
- Important notes
- Legal notice
- License terms
2. during a reset and while restarting, a low signal has to be present on the BOOT pin of
the module to start it in bootloader mode
The bootloader mode has started successfully if LED_1 has turned on. After the boot-
loader has started successfully, the module goes into the advertising mode using the name
"DFUProteus-III". Now, any BLE device hosting an application that understands the com-
mands of the Nordic nRF52 BLE DFU Bootloader can connect in order to update the Proteus-
III firmware.
The DFU application of the used App (see Table
23
) is such an application. For more details,
please refer to chapter
14.2.1
. As soon as a connection has been set up, LED_1 turns off
again and LED_2 turns on.
The implemented Nordic nRF52 BLE DFU bootloader uses a dual bank
method to update the firmware. Thus, the old firmware is only replaced once
the new firmware has been transferred successfully. This prevents the module
from being flashed with a faulty firmware.
An OTA firmware update will take several minutes to be performed, the duration
is also dependent how much of the firmware shall be updated (application only
or complete update).
The max connection interval of the update service is set to 30ms. Please check
whether your mobile supports this speed.
This method is only applicable if the Proteus-III still contains an intact boot-
loader. In order to be able to recover a faulty module, we recommend to have
access to the relevant JTAG pins required to perform a wired firmware update.
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