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| author | Jim Mussared <jim.mussared@gmail.com> | 2019-10-15 10:10:41 +1100 |
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| committer | Damien George <damien.p.george@gmail.com> | 2019-10-15 17:22:45 +1100 |
| commit | ea315d7d58e429d27c4d4fb4b98a432e86fdcae6 (patch) | |
| tree | 6973d9d87931f80dab7111becf27e8bb891606e3 /docs/library/bluetooth.rst | |
| parent | 4b2b05718a5b07a4cdf678fbe1005162b1e043ca (diff) | |
docs/library/bluetooth.rst: Explain how to increase char buffer size.
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diff --git a/docs/library/bluetooth.rst b/docs/library/bluetooth.rst index 3ab6c72b4..6ef660416 100644 --- a/docs/library/bluetooth.rst +++ b/docs/library/bluetooth.rst @@ -181,6 +181,13 @@ is generated during service registration. They can also be read from or written to by a remote central device. Additionally, a peripheral can "notify" a characteristic to a connected central via a connection handle. +Characteristics and descriptors have a default maximum size of 20 bytes. +Anything written to them by a central will be truncated to this length. However, +any local write will increase the maximum size, so if you want to allow larger +writes from a central to a given characteristic, use +:meth:`gatts_write<BLE.gatts_write>` after registration. e.g. +``gatts_write(char_handle, bytes(100))``. + .. method:: BLE.gatts_register_services(services_definition) Configures the peripheral with the specified services, replacing any |