Nameing your Puck/s

Posted on Wed 14th, December 2016

• #1

rpehlm

Is there a way to give a name to a Puck? Thinking of something along the lines of a hostname.
I currently have five of the critters. I've stuck labels on the back of each so I can remember which is which. But something like a hostname would be nice.
• #2

user71255 in reply to @rpehlm

You can rename the devices with Zadig I believe, by checking the "Edit" box to the right of the dropdown.
• #3

Gordon

I think in Zadig it's just naming the Bluetooth adaptor? I could be wrong though.

You can set the name by executing the command NRF.setAdvertising({},{name:"Foo"})

It's worth noting that due to a historical issue with some Web Bluetooth implementations the Web Bluetooth IDE and puck.js library search for devices starting with the name Puck or Espruino - so if you change the name to something else it might be hard to connect with them.

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