BLE Sniffer Interface

The BLESnifferInterface provides the ability to write PCAP files from a connected Nordic BLE sniffer. The homepage for sniffer is found here.

BLESnifferInterface

Provides an interface to a Nordic BLE sniffer module, connected via serial port. This interface creates PCAP files by managing a child process that runs separately from the tests to optimally use multiple CPUs.

__init__(serial_port)

Create a BLESnifferInterface.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description	Default
serial_port		Name of BLE sniffer serial port	required

_send_command(command_type, data)

Send a command via the input queue and wait for a result from the output

start_sniffing(outfile, device_address, address_is_random=True)

Start sniffing for a specific device by address.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description	Default
outfile	str	Name of output pcap file	required
device_address	str	Address (as a string of octet values separated by colons) of device to follow	required
address_is_random	bool	True if address is random (default), False if address is public	True

Returns:

Type	Description
bool	True on success, False otherwise

stop_sniffing()

Close the sniffer, stop the child process and cleanup all resources. This function may block while the child process is joining.

Returns:

Type	Description
bool	True on success, False otherwise