bluetooth tasking reworked

src/blecsan.cpp

@@ -224,11 +224,17 @@ esp_err_t register_ble_functionality(void)
 	return ESP_OK ;
 }
 
+void stop_BLEscan(void){
+	ESP_LOGI(TAG, "Shutting BT Down ...");
+	esp_ble_gap_register_callback(NULL);
+	esp_bluedroid_disable(); 
+	esp_bluedroid_deinit(); 
+	esp_bt_controller_disable();
+	esp_bt_controller_deinit();
+}
 
-// Main start code running in its own Xtask
-void bt_loop(void * pvParameters)
-{
-	configASSERT( ( ( uint32_t ) pvParameters ) == 1 ); // FreeRTOS check
+void start_BLEscan(void){
+	ESP_LOGI(TAG, "Initializing bluetooth scanner ...");
 
 	esp_err_t status;
 	
@@ -277,15 +283,9 @@ void bt_loop(void * pvParameters)
 		goto end;
 	}
 
-	while(1)
-    {
-		vTaskDelay(10/portTICK_PERIOD_MS); // reset watchdog
-    }
-
 end:
-	ESP_LOGI(TAG, "Terminating BT logging task");
-	vTaskDelete(NULL);
+ESP_LOGI(TAG, "Bluetooth scanner initialization finished");
 
-} // bt_loop
+} // start_BLEscan
 
 #endif // BLECOUNTER

src/main.cpp

@@ -583,17 +583,17 @@ wifi_sniffer_init(); // setup wifi in monitor mode and start MAC counting
 // note: do this *after* wifi has started, since gets it's seed from RF noise
 reset_salt(); // get new 16bit for salting hashes
  
-// run wifi task on core 0 and lora task on core 1 and bt task on core 0
+// run wifi channel switching task on core 0 and lora lmic task on core 1 (arduino main loop runs on core 1)
 ESP_LOGI(TAG, "Starting Lora task on core 1");
 xTaskCreatePinnedToCore(lorawan_loop, "loratask", 2048, ( void * ) 1,  ( 5 | portPRIVILEGE_BIT ), NULL, 1); 
 
 ESP_LOGI(TAG, "Starting Wifi task on core 0");
 xTaskCreatePinnedToCore(sniffer_loop, "wifisniffer", 2048, ( void * ) 1, 1, NULL, 0);
 
+// start BLE scan callback if BLE function is enabled in NVRAM configuration
 #ifdef BLECOUNTER
-    if (cfg.blescan) { // start BLE task only if BLE function is enabled in NVRAM configuration
-        ESP_LOGI(TAG, "Starting Bluetooth task on core 0");
-        xTaskCreatePinnedToCore(bt_loop, "btscan", 4096, ( void * ) 1, 1, NULL, 0);
+    if (cfg.blescan) { 
+        start_BLEscan();
     }
 #endif
     

src/main.h

@@ -41,4 +41,7 @@ void wifi_sniffer_set_channel(uint8_t channel);
 void wifi_sniffer_packet_handler(void *buff, wifi_promiscuous_pkt_type_t type);
 
 // defined in blescan.cpp
-void bt_loop(void *ignore);
+#ifdef BLECOUNTER
+    void start_BLEscan(void);
+    void stop_BLEscan(void);
+#endif

src/paxcounter.conf

@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@
 
 // set this to include BLE counting and vendor filter functions
 #define VENDORFILTER                    1       // comment out if you want to count things, not people
-#define BLECOUNTER                      1       // comment out if you don't want BLE count
+#define BLECOUNTER                      1       // comment out if you don't want BLE count, saves power & memory
 
 // BLE scan parameters
 #define BLESTACKSIZE                    8192    // stack size for esp_bt_controller
 #define BLESCANTIME                     0       // [seconds] scan duration, 0 means infinite [default], see note below
 #define BLESCANWINDOW                   10      // [milliseconds] scan window, see below, 3 .. 10240, default 10
-#define BLESCANINTERVAL                 10      // [milliseconds] how long to wait between scans, 3 .. 10240, default 10
+#define BLESCANINTERVAL                 10      // [milliseconds] scan interval, see below, 3 .. 10240, default 10
 
 /* Note: guide for setting bluetooth parameters
 *
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 * Scan window sets how much of the interval should be occupied by scanning. Should be >= BLESCANINTERVAL.
 * Scan interval is how long scanning should be done on each channel. BLE uses 3 channels for advertising.
 * -> Adjust these values with power consumption in mind if power is limited.
+* -> Scan interval can be changed during runtime by remote comammand.
 */
 
 // WiFi scan parameters

src/rcommand.cpp

@@ -9,12 +9,6 @@
 #include <lmic.h>
 #include <hal/hal.h>
 
-// Bluetooth specific includes
-#ifdef BLECOUNTER
-    #include <esp_gap_ble_api.h>                // needed for switching interval parameter by rcommand
-    esp_err_t register_ble_functionality(void); // defined in blescan.cpp
-#endif
-
 // Local logging tag
 static const char *TAG = "rcommand";
 
@@ -97,25 +91,14 @@ void set_wifichancycle(uint8_t val) {
 
 void set_blescantime(uint8_t val) {
     cfg.blescantime = val;
-    ESP_LOGI(TAG, "Remote command: set BLE scan time to %d seconds", cfg.blescantime);
+    ESP_LOGI(TAG, "Remote command: set BLE scan time to %.1f seconds", cfg.blescantime/float(100));
     #ifdef BLECOUNTER
-
-        // stop scan
-        ESP_LOGI(TAG, "Stopping BLE scan");
-		if (esp_ble_gap_stop_scanning() != ESP_OK) 
-			ESP_LOGE(TAG, "Stopping BLE scan failed");
-		
-        // modify parameters
-        ESP_LOGI(TAG, "Re-register BLE functionality");
-        if (register_ble_functionality() != ESP_OK)
-            ESP_LOGE(TAG, "Re-register BLE functionality failed");
-
-        // restart scan
-        ESP_LOGI(TAG, "Restarting BLE scan");
-		if (esp_ble_gap_start_scanning(BLESCANTIME) != ESP_OK) 
-			ESP_LOGE(TAG, "Restarting BLE scan failed");
-		
-
+        // stop & restart BLE scan task to apply new parameter
+        if (cfg.blescan)
+        {
+            stop_BLEscan();
+            start_BLEscan();
+        }
     #endif
 };
 
@@ -167,14 +150,20 @@ void set_loraadr(uint8_t val) {
 };
 
 void set_blescan(uint8_t val) {
-    ESP_LOGI(TAG, "Remote command: set BLE scan mode to %s", val ? "on" : "off");
+    ESP_LOGI(TAG, "Remote command: set BLE scanner to %s", val ? "on" : "off");
     switch (val) {
         case 0:
             cfg.blescan = 0;
             macs_ble = 0; // clear BLE counter
+            #ifdef BLECOUNTER
+                stop_BLEscan();
+            #endif
             break; 
         default: 
             cfg.blescan = 1;
+             #ifdef BLECOUNTER
+                start_BLEscan();
+            #endif
             break; 
         }
 };