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mockendon / opengradesim

Arduino sketch for the Open Grade Simulator - an open hardware and software incline simulator for indoor cycle training
MIT License
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Is it required a NPE CABLE ANT+ to BLE bridge? #4

Open cherryphilip74 opened 2 years ago

cherryphilip74 commented 2 years ago

Hi! on readme file you suggest to use a NPE CABLE ANT+ to BLE bridge due to the lack of authentication in the AdruinoBLE library 1.1.2. This solution is always needed? Is there a workaround to avoid the bridge module?

BrianFrankPalmer commented 2 years ago

Hi cherryphilip74. You are correct. I'm still learning BLE, but it's my understanding that reading most BLE characteristics require authentication. Some characteristics on older BLE devices (asset tracking tags) don't require auth and can be read using ArduinoBLE. The only workaround I am aware of is to bypass Arduino IDE and use something like Segger Embedded Studio. I've played around with this some, but it's been a while.