Bonding process between a Puck.js and another BTLE peripheral

Hi there,

I am trying to use the Puck.js as a central device, connecting to a peripheral device (BTLE actuator).
I suppose that the procedure is as following:

1. NRF.requestDevice() with either name or id of the peripheral device already known and used as filter
   
2. connect the gatt
   
3. bond with .startBonding
   
   

Whenever my Puck.js executes the gatt.connect(), I have 2 problems appearing: First one is that the Puck.js disconnects from the IDE, and second one is that connection fails with error "ERROR Connection Timeout".

I tried to execute the code found here http://www.espruino.com/Reference#l_BluetoothRemoteGATTServer_startBonding

var gatt;
NRF.requestDevice({ filters: [{ name: 'My BT actuator name' }] }).then(function(device) {
  console.log("found device");
  return device.gatt.connect();
}).then(function(g) {
  gatt = g;
  console.log("connected");
  return gatt.startBonding();
}).then(function() {
  console.log("bonded", gatt.getSecurityStatus());
  gatt.disconnect();
}).catch(function(e) {
  console.log("ERROR",e);
});

First step of requesting the device seems to be OK as I can read found devicein the console when the puck.js doesn't disconnect from the IDE.

 _____                 _
|   __|___ ___ ___ _ _|_|___ ___
|   __|_ -| . |  _| | | |   | . |
|_____|___|  _|_| |___|_|_|_|___|
          |_| http://espruino.com
 1v92 Copyright 2016 G.Williams
Espruino is Open Source. Our work is supported
only by sales of official boards and donations:
http://espruino.com/Donate
>
=undefined
found device
ERROR Connection Timeout
>

Any idea on what goes wrong?

First, I'd update your firmware to 1v94 - that could help you a lot :)

Does it work if you don't have the bonding part in there?

Also, just wondering if right after connecting you see all 3 LEDs light up at once - that'd signal an internal error that it rebooted to try and recover from.

first attempt: upgrade to 1v94 then reload same code. Result: same

second attempt: remove the bonding part in code:

    var gatt;
    NRF.requestDevice({ filters: [{ name: 'My BT actuator name' }] }).then(function(device) {
      console.log("found device");
      return device.gatt.connect();
    }).then(function(g) {
      gatt = g;
      gatt.disconnect();
    }).catch(function(e) {
      console.log("ERROR",e);
    });

And log:

 _____                 _
|   __|___ ___ ___ _ _|_|___ ___
|   __|_ -| . |  _| | | |   | . |
|_____|___|  _|_| |___|_|_|_|___|
          |_| http://espruino.com
 1v94 Copyright 2017 G.Williams
Espruino is Open Source. Our work is supported
only by sales of official boards and donations:
http://espruino.com/Donate
>
=undefined
found device
ERROR Connection Timeout
>

Another try with bonding code removed caused the puck.js to disconnect from the IDE again.

BTW, can I expect from the Puck.js to stay connected to the IDE even when connected to a peripheral device? In other terms, can the Puck.js be at the same time a peripheral AND a central device?

OK I tried with another peripheral device and it works. I restarted my BTLE actuator and it works . looks like I made a wrong operation on it...

can I expect from the Puck.js to stay connected to the IDE even when connected to a peripheral device?

Yes, you should - it's only if something goes very wrong in the Nordic libs that it restarts. If we can get steps I can reproduce here then I might be able to do something with it though.