Is Data Written to a BLE Characteristic Returned after Write

Question

I have a working BLE app that reads data from a scanner and am sending configuration to the scanner before reading begins. I use the following code to send a string to the scanner.

let configItem = "BD1"

let data = configItem?.data(using: String.Encoding.ascii)

peripheral.writeValue(data!, for: characteristic, type: .withResponse)

I print the characteristic name and value in the call back

func peripheral(_:didWriteValueFor:CBCharacteristic:Error?)
{
    let value = String(data: characteristic.value!, encoding: .ascii)!

    print("Wrote characteristic value: " + value + "; for characterisitc: " + characteristic.uuid.description)
}

The printed value is not the configuration data I wrote but some old scanner read data. Surprisingly the same old read data is even there after the app is closed.

So is the characteristic sent in the call back valid and does it contain the data that was written?

glez · Accepted Answer · 2018-06-01 21:42:50Z

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This turns out to be a device specific "feature". The scanner doesn't return a response to a characteristic write but I still get a call back so the data is just stale. And testing shows the configuration strings never got to the scanner. Solution for this case is to send data ".withoutResponse".

answered Jun 1, 2018 at 21:42

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