Hi,

I need to run the sniffer / Wireshark combination on Linux, but there are no instructions whatsoever to compile the Wireshark packet dissectors. Just trying to compile the files results in several error messages that look like you are targeting an old Wireshark API.

Please update the source for a current version of Wireshark and provide makefiles to compile it into a library (or at least instructions on how to integrate it into the Wireshark source). Thanks very much.

When a new device is added via Device.appendOrUpdate, the RSSI check compares the newDevice against itself in the first logical expression (line 34). I believe it should compare the new device against the existing one (like it does in the second logical expression).

It looks like the new device is to be added if its RSSI is less than or greater than the existing device's (by some threshold). If so, wouldn't switching the two devices in the second logical expression make for a better filter? For example,

if (newDevice.RSSI < (existingDevice.RSSI - 5)) or (newDevice.RSSI > (existingDevice.RSSI+2)):

Is there any way that we can store the basic device log info at csv file instead of .pcap file?

Or we need to modify repo by ourselves?

Connecting to sniffer on COM16
Scanning for BLE devices (5s) ...
Scanning for BLE devices (5s) ...
Scanning for BLE devices (5s) ...

It doesn't display device list. In the logs I see:

02-Mar-2017 13:23:18 (FLE Standard Time) ERROR: 
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "Adafruit_BLESniffer_Python-master\SnifferAPI\Packet.py", line 161, in getPacket
    packetList = self.decodeFromSLIP(timeout)
  File "Adafruit_BLESniffer_Python-master\SnifferAPI\Packet.py", line 138, in decodeFromSLIP
    raise Exceptions.UARTPacketError("Unexpected character after SLIP_ESC: %d." % serialByte)
UARTPacketError: Unexpected character after SLIP_ESC: 62.
02-Mar-2017 13:23:18 (FLE Standard Time) ERROR: CRASH
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "Adafruit_BLESniffer_Python-master\SnifferAPI\Sniffer.py", line 150, in run
    self.runSniffer()
  File "Adafruit_BLESniffer_Python-master\SnifferAPI\Sniffer.py", line 175, in runSniffer
    self._continuouslyPipe()
  File "Adafruit_BLESniffer_Python-master\SnifferAPI\SnifferCollector.py", line 153, in _continuouslyPipe
    if not packet.valid:
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'valid'

I'm using Windows 10 x64. FW 1111

I used the BLE sniffer to sniff the packets between a BLE device and a phone during paring and connection. But everytime I tried to connect the BLE device and typed PIN in the phone for pairing, the sniffer was just stuck. Then I checked the log saying UART read timeout (2 seconds). I used nRF connect in my phone to connect to the BLE device which is a WSTK mainboard with Mighty Gecko. Any idea about this error?
Thanks.

Hi, this library is pretty old and I think there are online new versions of it (2.0 and 3,0) on this website:
https://www.nordicsemi.com/Software-and-tools/Development-Tools/nRF-Sniffer-for-Bluetooth-LE/Download

It would be useful to update the source in this repo to:

1. prevent use of this outdated code
2. make PR possible on the new code (I have a bugfix for Mac OS X 10.15 I'd be eager to push!)

Thanks

Normally, when I start the sniffer.py and connect, the device goes through a cycle of blue flashing (I assume 'ready') and yellow flashing (I assume scanning) and red is off. Once connected, I get red and yellow flashing (connected). When the other device connects, I get all three lights flashing, blue yellow red.

But, sometimes, the python script things it has connected, but I continue to get a blue/yellow flashing and it never really connects. The only way I can fix this is to restart the code. I'd like to re-run the setup in this case, but I can't tell when it gets into this state. I even get packets in the dumpPackets code.

Is there a way to get a status from the device regarding these LEDs? I would then be able to programmatically reset things.

Thanks.

Trying to use sniffer.py on macOS Sierra (10.12.1) is giving errors:

$ sudo python sniffer.py /dev/tty.usbserial-DJ00IO3W
Password:
Logging data to logs/capture.pcap
Connecting to sniffer on /dev/tty.usbserial-DJ00IO3W
Scanning for BLE devices (5s) ...
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "sniffer.py", line 156, in <module>
    devlist = scanForDevices()
  File "sniffer.py", line 50, in scanForDevices
    mySniffer.scan()
  File "/Users/itemir/Temp/Adafruit_BLESniffer_Python/SnifferAPI/Sniffer.py", line 62, in scan
    self._startScanning()
  File "/Users/itemir/Temp/Adafruit_BLESniffer_Python/SnifferAPI/SnifferCollector.py", line 206, in _startScanning
    self._packetReader.sendScan()
  File "/Users/itemir/Temp/Adafruit_BLESniffer_Python/SnifferAPI/Packet.py", line 186, in sendScan
    self.sendPacket(REQ_SCAN_CONT, [], timeout)
  File "/Users/itemir/Temp/Adafruit_BLESniffer_Python/SnifferAPI/Packet.py", line 183, in sendPacket
    self.uart.writeList(packetString, timeout)
  File "/Users/itemir/Temp/Adafruit_BLESniffer_Python/SnifferAPI/UART.py", line 73, in writeList
    nBytes = self.ser.write(array)
  File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/serial/serialposix.py", line 497, in write
    raise portNotOpenError
serial.serialutil.SerialException: Attempting to use a port that is not open

ble-sniffer-osx from Roland King works, so it is not an OS issue nor a hardware issue.

It also looks like there have been others who ran into this issue. See the following thread: https://forums.adafruit.com/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=82839&sid=643613138ca6829f5444dd61c1cabc7d&start=15 (Workaround mentioned there, to install 2.3 FTDI driver, does also not work).