Can't figure out why I'm not receiving notifications

Question

I don't ever receive notifications from 6E400006-B5A3-F393-E0A9-E50E24DCCA9E. I must enable the sensor by writing 0x01 to Characteristic 6E400009-B5A3-F393-E0A9-E50E24DCCA9E. I'm using the Bluepy Python Library.

Verified Services and Characteristics using LightBlue iOS App. Log:

21:58:33.956 — Characteristic (6E400009-B5A3-F393-E0A9-E50E24DCCA9E) wrote new value: <01>
21:58:33.999 — Characteristic (6E400009-B5A3-F393-E0A9-E50E24DCCA9E) read: (null)
21:58:39.339 — Characteristic (6E400006-B5A3-F393-E0A9-E50E24DCCA9E) notified: <06020341 090000>
21:58:39.849 — Characteristic (6E400006-B5A3-F393-E0A9-E50E24DCCA9E) notified: <06020338 090000>
21:58:40.329 — Characteristic (6E400006-B5A3-F393-E0A9-E50E24DCCA9E) notified: <0602033f 090000>
21:58:40.840 — Characteristic (6E400006-B5A3-F393-E0A9-E50E24DCCA9E) notified: <06020338 090000>
21:58:41.349 — Characteristic (6E400006-B5A3-F393-E0A9-E50E24DCCA9E) notified: <0602033a 090000>

from bluepy.btle import UUID, Peripheral, DefaultDelegate
import time
import struct

class MyDelegate(DefaultDelegate):
    def __init__(self):
        DefaultDelegate.__init__(self)

    def handleNotification(self, cHandle, data):
        print(cHandle, data)
        #Should recieve notification from 6e400006-b5a3-f393-e0a9-e50e24dcca9e

#Connect to device
print('Connecting...')    
dev = Peripheral("df:4c:cf:e7:9b:1f")

#Setup Notifications
dev.setDelegate( MyDelegate() )

#Get sensor services
sensorServices = dev.getServiceByUUID( UUID("6E400000-B5A3-F393-E0A9-E50E24DCCA9E") )
print(sensorServices)

#Get Stream Characteristic
enableStreamCharacteristic = sensorServices.getCharacteristics( UUID('6E400009-B5A3-F393-E0A9-E50E24DCCA9E') )[0]
print(enableStreamCharacteristic)

#Write 0x01 to 6e400009-b5a3-f393-e0a9-e50e24dcca9e
enableStreamCharacteristic.write( struct.pack('<B', 0x01) )

print("Waiting...")
while True:

    if dev.waitForNotifications(1.0):
        # handleNotification() was called
        continue

dev.disconnect()
print('Done')

Results:

Connecting...
Service <uuid=6e400000-b5a3-f393-e0a9-e50e24dcca9e handleStart=9 handleEnd=65535>
Characteristic <6e400009-b5a3-f393-e0a9-e50e24dcca9e>
Waiting...

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 04 '20 at 03:21

The reason you aren't getting notifications is because you need to enable notifications for the specific characteristic first. Add this to your code:

Declare some values for use when necessary

notiOn = b"\0x1\x00"
notiOff = b"\0x1\x00"

Before you start listening for notifications, enable them for the characteristic(s) that are sending the notifications (in your case probably one between 6e400001-6e400008):

yourCharacteristicDesc = yourCharacteristic.getDescriptors()[0]
yourCharacteristicDesc.write(notifOn, withResponse=True)

After you add this code you should start receiving notifications.

Can't figure out why I'm not receiving notifications

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