SimpleLink BLE Plugin Azure Gateway Release Notes
Table of Contents
Introduction
The SimpleLink BLE Plugin Azure Gateway Example Pack is a companion software packages that enables a user to enable their BLE applications as a gateway to the Azure IoT Cloud.
This Examples Pack requires prior download of the SimpleLink BLE Plugin, as well as the SimpleLink MSP432E4 SDK Azure IoT Plugin. Without prior installation of those plugins, as well as their SDK dependencies, the examples in this Example Pack will not work.
This is version 3.20.00.xx of the SimpleLink SDK BLE Plugin Azure Gateway Example Pack.
This plugin was verified against v3_20_00_xx of the MSP432E4 SDK and the SimpleLink MSP432E4 SDK Azure IoT Plugin.
Documentation
Please refer to the User’s Guide for in-depth documentation on the SimpleLink BLE Plugin Azure Gateway Example Pack.
What’s New (3.20.00.xx) - 7/31/2019
- First release of the SimpleLink BLE Plugin Azure Gateway Example Pack.
- This release contains the
azure_gateway
example, which demonstrates how a 2-chip GAP central role solution can act as a gateway to the Azure IoT cloud. This feature uses the MSP432E401Y as the Host device and the CC26x2R1 as the NWP. The source code used for this example can be found in the SimpleLink Bluetooth Plugin and in the SimpleLink MSP432E4 SDK Azure IoT Plugin. Theazure_gateway
example demonstrates the following features:- Host: MSP432E401Y
- NWP: CC26X2R1
- GAP Central role support
- Host Controller Interface (HCI) protocol used for communication with the NWP
- BLE5 support
- Power management
- Low Energy Secure Connection (LESC) Pairing
- Tested with up to 4 peripherals connected simultaneously (but can support more than 4 connections)
- Supports a subset of TI Vendor Specific HCI commands and Bluetooth LE HCI commands/events. More information on these APIs can be found BLE Vendor Specific API Guide.
- Works out-of-box with the Sensors BoosterPack and Project Zero examples that are in the SimpleLink SDK Bluetooth Plugin.
- Updated and verified against 3.20.00.xx SDKs
Upgrade and Compatibility Information
This is the first release of the SimpleLink BLE Plugin Azure Gateway Example Pack.
Host Support
- Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10
- Ubuntu 14.04 64-bit
- macOS Sierra
Dependencies
This release requires the following other software components and tools.
- CCS 9.1
- TI Code Generation Tools
- ARM version 18.12.2.LTS or later
- IAR Code Generation Tools
- ARM 8.20.3
- GNU C Compiler
- gcc-arm-none-eabi-7-2017-q4-major
Device Support
- MSP432E401Y
- CC26X2R1
Known Issues
- All examples that call printf() send their output to the IDE console window, hence cannot be run independently without the IDE (unless these printf() calls are removed).
Versioning
This product’s version follows a version format, M.mm.pp.bb, where M is a single digit Major number, mm is 2 digit minor number, pp is a 2 digit patch number, and b is an unrestricted set of digits used as an incrementing build counter.