Bluetooth® Low Energy Air Sniffer

1 Quick References

1.1 Software Prerequisites

1.2 Hardware Prerequisites

1.3 Acronyms and Abbreviations

2 Getting Started with Bluetooth Low Energy Sniffer

3 Setting Up the Bluetooth Low Energy Sniffer

3.1 Installing Wireshark

3.2 Installing the Bluetooth Low Energy Sniffer Capture Tool Plugin to Wireshark

3.3 Adding a Bluetooth Low Energy Sniffer Profile to Wireshark

3.4 Updating the Bluetooth Low Energy Sniffer Firmware

4 Running the Bluetooth Low Energy Sniffer

4.1 Hardware Setup

4.2 Wireshark Capture Setup

5 Bluetooth Low Energy Sniffer Usage

5.1 Basic Operation

5.2 Hardware Interface

5.3 Device List

5.4 Input Key and Value

5.5 Advertising Hop Sequence

5.6 Clear Button

5.7 Default Button

5.8 Help Button and Log Button

5.9 Capturing from Multiple Hardware Interfaces

5.10 Inspecting Captured Data

6 Common Sniffing Actions

6.1 Observing Advertisements from All Proximate Devices

6.2 Sniffing Advertisement Packets Involving a Single Peripheral

6.3 Sniffing a Connection Involving a Single Peripheral

6.4 Sniffing the Pairing Procedure of a Connection

6.5 Sniffing a Connection Between Bonded Devices

6.6 Sniffing Advertisement Packets Involving a Privacy Enabled Peripheral

6.7 Sniffing Advertisement Packets Involving a Periodic Advertiser

8 Appendix A: Regulatory Approval

8.1 United States

9 Document Revision History

Microchip Information

The Microchip Website

Product Change Notification Service

Customer Support

Microchip Devices Code Protection Feature

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