Error NimBLE

[Hoss057]

Hello,

veryfing the sketch, I'm getting the following error:

C:\Users\horst\OneDrive\Dokumente\Arduino\SparkMIDI14MidiCommander\SparkComms.ino: In function 'bool connect_to_all()':
C:\Users\horst\OneDrive\Dokumente\Arduino\SparkMIDI14MidiCommander\SparkComms.ino:302:17: error: 'class NimBLEAdvertising' has no member named 'setScanResponse'; did you mean 'setScanResponseData'?
302 | pAdvertising->setScanResponse(true);
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| setScanResponseData
C:\Users\horst\OneDrive\Dokumente\Arduino\SparkMIDI14MidiCommander\SparkComms.ino:318:30: error: no match for 'operator=' (operand types are 'NimBLEScanResults' and 'bool')
318 | pResults = pScan->start(4);
| ^
In file included from C:\Users\horst\OneDrive\Dokumente\Arduino\libraries\NimBLE-Arduino\src/NimBLEDevice.h:289,
from C:\Users\horst\OneDrive\Dokumente\Arduino\SparkMIDI14MidiCommander\SparkComms.h:11,
from C:\Users\horst\OneDrive\Dokumente\Arduino\SparkMIDI14MidiCommander\SparkIO.h:6,
from C:\Users\horst\OneDrive\Dokumente\Arduino\SparkMIDI14MidiCommander\Spark.h:4,
from C:\Users\horst\OneDrive\Dokumente\Arduino\SparkMIDI14MidiCommander\SparkMIDI14MidiCommander.ino:109:
C:\Users\horst\OneDrive\Dokumente\Arduino\libraries\NimBLE-Arduino\src/NimBLEScan.h:48:7: note: candidate: 'constexpr NimBLEScanResults& NimBLEScanResults::operator=(const NimBLEScanResults&)'
48 | class NimBLEScanResults {
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
C:\Users\horst\OneDrive\Dokumente\Arduino\libraries\NimBLE-Arduino\src/NimBLEScan.h:48:7: note: no known conversion for argument 1 from 'bool' to 'const NimBLEScanResults&'
C:\Users\horst\OneDrive\Dokumente\Arduino\libraries\NimBLE-Arduino\src/NimBLEScan.h:48:7: note: candidate: 'constexpr NimBLEScanResults& NimBLEScanResults::operator=(NimBLEScanResults&&)'
C:\Users\horst\OneDrive\Dokumente\Arduino\libraries\NimBLE-Arduino\src/NimBLEScan.h:48:7: note: no known conversion for argument 1 from 'bool' to 'NimBLEScanResults&&'
C:\Users\horst\OneDrive\Dokumente\Arduino\SparkMIDI14MidiCommander\SparkComms.ino:321:36: error: no match for 'operator=' (operand types are 'NimBLEAdvertisedDevice' and 'const NimBLEAdvertisedDevice*')
321 | device = pResults.getDevice(i);
| ^
In file included from C:\Users\horst\OneDrive\Dokumente\Arduino\libraries\NimBLE-Arduino\src/NimBLEScan.h:24:
C:\Users\horst\OneDrive\Dokumente\Arduino\libraries\NimBLE-Arduino\src/NimBLEAdvertisedDevice.h:45:7: note: candidate: 'constexpr NimBLEAdvertisedDevice& NimBLEAdvertisedDevice::operator=(const NimBLEAdvertisedDevice&)'
45 | class NimBLEAdvertisedDevice {
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
C:\Users\horst\OneDrive\Dokumente\Arduino\libraries\NimBLE-Arduino\src/NimBLEAdvertisedDevice.h:45:7: note: no known conversion for argument 1 from 'const NimBLEAdvertisedDevice*' to 'const NimBLEAdvertisedDevice&'
C:\Users\horst\OneDrive\Dokumente\Arduino\libraries\NimBLE-Arduino\src/NimBLEAdvertisedDevice.h:45:7: note: candidate: 'constexpr NimBLEAdvertisedDevice& NimBLEAdvertisedDevice::operator=(NimBLEAdvertisedDevice&&)'
C:\Users\horst\OneDrive\Dokumente\Arduino\libraries\NimBLE-Arduino\src/NimBLEAdvertisedDevice.h:45:7: note: no known conversion for argument 1 from 'const NimBLEAdvertisedDevice*' to 'NimBLEAdvertisedDevice&&'
exit status 1

Compilation error: 'class NimBLEAdvertising' has no member named 'setScanResponse'; did you mean 'setScanResponseData'?

Could you help please?
Does your project work with SPARK 2, too?

greetings

Horst

[paulhamsh]

HiWhat version of NimBLE etc are you using? It changes a lot between versions so please try it with the ones I tested with.It should work with Spark 2 - I have updated later versions that definitely do. I need to check which when I have access to a PCPaulOn 11 Sep 2025, at 16:19, Hoss057 ***@***.***> wrote:Hoss057 created an issue (paulhamsh/SparkMIDI#13) Hello, veryfing the sketch, I'm getting the following error: C:\Users\horst\OneDrive\Dokumente\Arduino\SparkMIDI14MidiCommander\SparkComms.ino: In function 'bool connect_to_all()': C:\Users\horst\OneDrive\Dokumente\Arduino\SparkMIDI14MidiCommander\SparkComms.ino:302:17: error: 'class NimBLEAdvertising' has no member named 'setScanResponse'; did you mean 'setScanResponseData'? 302 | pAdvertising->setScanResponse(true); | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | setScanResponseData C:\Users\horst\OneDrive\Dokumente\Arduino\SparkMIDI14MidiCommander\SparkComms.ino:318:30: error: no match for 'operator=' (operand types are 'NimBLEScanResults' and 'bool') 318 | pResults = pScan->start(4); | ^ In file included from C:\Users\horst\OneDrive\Dokumente\Arduino\libraries\NimBLE-Arduino\src/NimBLEDevice.h:289, from C:\Users\horst\OneDrive\Dokumente\Arduino\SparkMIDI14MidiCommander\SparkComms.h:11, from C:\Users\horst\OneDrive\Dokumente\Arduino\SparkMIDI14MidiCommander\SparkIO.h:6, from C:\Users\horst\OneDrive\Dokumente\Arduino\SparkMIDI14MidiCommander\Spark.h:4, from C:\Users\horst\OneDrive\Dokumente\Arduino\SparkMIDI14MidiCommander\SparkMIDI14MidiCommander.ino:109: C:\Users\horst\OneDrive\Dokumente\Arduino\libraries\NimBLE-Arduino\src/NimBLEScan.h:48:7: note: candidate: 'constexpr NimBLEScanResults& NimBLEScanResults::operator=(const NimBLEScanResults&)' 48 | class NimBLEScanResults { | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ C:\Users\horst\OneDrive\Dokumente\Arduino\libraries\NimBLE-Arduino\src/NimBLEScan.h:48:7: note: no known conversion for argument 1 from 'bool' to 'const NimBLEScanResults&' C:\Users\horst\OneDrive\Dokumente\Arduino\libraries\NimBLE-Arduino\src/NimBLEScan.h:48:7: note: candidate: 'constexpr NimBLEScanResults& NimBLEScanResults::operator=(NimBLEScanResults&&)' C:\Users\horst\OneDrive\Dokumente\Arduino\libraries\NimBLE-Arduino\src/NimBLEScan.h:48:7: note: no known conversion for argument 1 from 'bool' to 'NimBLEScanResults&&' C:\Users\horst\OneDrive\Dokumente\Arduino\SparkMIDI14MidiCommander\SparkComms.ino:321:36: error: no match for 'operator=' (operand types are 'NimBLEAdvertisedDevice' and 'const NimBLEAdvertisedDevice*') 321 | device = pResults.getDevice(i); | ^ In file included from C:\Users\horst\OneDrive\Dokumente\Arduino\libraries\NimBLE-Arduino\src/NimBLEScan.h:24: C:\Users\horst\OneDrive\Dokumente\Arduino\libraries\NimBLE-Arduino\src/NimBLEAdvertisedDevice.h:45:7: note: candidate: 'constexpr NimBLEAdvertisedDevice& NimBLEAdvertisedDevice::operator=(const NimBLEAdvertisedDevice&)' 45 | class NimBLEAdvertisedDevice { | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ C:\Users\horst\OneDrive\Dokumente\Arduino\libraries\NimBLE-Arduino\src/NimBLEAdvertisedDevice.h:45:7: note: no known conversion for argument 1 from 'const NimBLEAdvertisedDevice*' to 'const NimBLEAdvertisedDevice&' C:\Users\horst\OneDrive\Dokumente\Arduino\libraries\NimBLE-Arduino\src/NimBLEAdvertisedDevice.h:45:7: note: candidate: 'constexpr NimBLEAdvertisedDevice& NimBLEAdvertisedDevice::operator=(NimBLEAdvertisedDevice&&)' C:\Users\horst\OneDrive\Dokumente\Arduino\libraries\NimBLE-Arduino\src/NimBLEAdvertisedDevice.h:45:7: note: no known conversion for argument 1 from 'const NimBLEAdvertisedDevice*' to 'NimBLEAdvertisedDevice&&' exit status 1 Compilation error: 'class NimBLEAdvertising' has no member named 'setScanResponse'; did you mean 'setScanResponseData'? Could you help please? Does your project work with SPARK 2, too? greetings Horst —Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or unsubscribe.You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[Hoss057]

Hello,

thank you for your answer. How can I get a working NimBLE-version? I did install NimBLE by "managing libraries" inside Arduino.

vours sincerely

Horst

[paulhamsh]

In Arduino library manager, change version - try 1.3.1PaulOn 13 Sep 2025, at 10:36, Hoss057 ***@***.***> wrote:Hoss057 left a comment (paulhamsh/SparkMIDI#13) Hello, thank you for your answer. How can I get a working NimBLE-version? I did install NimBLE by "managing libraries" inside Arduino. vours sincerely Horst —Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or unsubscribe.You are receiving this because you commented.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[paulhamsh]

From the NimBLE documentation there are a lot of 'breaking' changes in version 2.1.0, so definitely try with a lower version. Anything 1.x.x is probably ok.
The latest Spark libraries are in https://github.com/paulhamsh/SparkIO6 - these are tested with the Mini and Go and are much more reliable.
They will still need 1.x.x though.

[paulhamsh]

These changes seem to fix it (NimBLE 2.3.1)

In SpackComms.ino:

pAdvertising->setScanResponse(true);
needs to change to
pAdvertising->enableScanResponse(true);

pResults = pScan->start(4);
needs to change to
pResults = pScan->getResults(40000);

if (device.isAdvertisingService(SpServiceUuid)) {
needs to change to
if (device->isAdvertisingService(SpServiceUuid)) {

if (device.isAdvertisingService(PedalServiceUuid) || strcmp(device.getName().c_str(),"iRig BlueBoard") == 0) {
needs to change to
if (device->isAdvertisingService(PedalServiceUuid) || strcmp(device->getName().c_str(),"iRig BlueBoard") == 0) {

sp_device = new BLEAdvertisedDevice(device);
needs to change to
sp_device = device;

pedal_device = new BLEAdvertisedDevice(device);
needs tgo change to
pedal_device = device;

In SparkComms.h:
BLEAdvertisedDevice device;
BLEAdvertisedDevice *sp_device;
BLEAdvertisedDevice *pedal_device;
needs to change to
const BLEAdvertisedDevice *device;
const BLEAdvertisedDevice *sp_device;
const BLEAdvertisedDevice *pedal_device;

[Hoss057]

You are a genius! Now it works. I am happy!
I''m still waiting for the Mini-USB-host-board.
Could the ESP32-board connect to the spark-amp alone?

[paulhamsh]

This works better:

pResults = pScan->getResults(1000);

Yes, you can just connect to the Spark. If you change amp settings on the you can see messages in the Serial Monitor. Also you can edit SerialMIDI to send any commands to the Spark that you want. And it can connect with a bluetooth midi keyboard as a test until you get USB. Just set

#define BLE_CONTROLLER
Which is set by default

[Hoss057]

Thank you! I will try it out.

For now I have a problem with my ESP-board.
In Win-device-Manager it's ok, but it get's no connection inside Arduino.

[Hoss057]

Sorry, to bother you again. Successfully loaded up the sketch now. It ended with the line:
"hard resetting via RTS-Pin". So I pushed the EN-Button.
When I power up the board, it's doesn't appear on my bluetooth-devices on iPhone, neither in the SPARK -app or on MIDI-monitor
(BLE devices).
I bought this board:
ESP32-Entwicklungsplatine TYPE-C CH340C WiFi + Bluetooth Ultra-Low Power Dual Core ESP32-DevKitC
What's going wrong?
Thank you in advance.

[paulhamsh]

So….can you send me what appears on the arduino serial monitorDoes it connect to your Spark amp no ok? If you download the Lightblue app does it find the esp? It should look like a Spark amp - so turn off the amp and see what lightblue can see when it scansMight also be good to upload your version to github and I can test it on my esp.PaulOn 13 Sep 2025, at 19:16, Hoss057 ***@***.***> wrote:Hoss057 left a comment (paulhamsh/SparkMIDI#13) Sorry, to bother you again. Successfully loaded up the sketch now. It ended with the line: "hard resetting via RTS-Pin". So I pushed the EN-Button. When I power up the board, it's doesn't appear on my bluetooth-devices on iPhone, neither in the SPARK -app or on MIDI-monitor (BLE devices). I bought this board: ESP32-Entwicklungsplatine TYPE-C CH340C WiFi + Bluetooth Ultra-Low Power Dual Core ESP32-DevKitC What's going wrong? Thank you in advance. —Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or unsubscribe.You are receiving this because you commented.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[Hoss057]

In LightBlue the ESP doesn't appear.

I did attach the sketch, I did upload.
Would be great, if you could test.

SparkMIDI14MidiCommander.zip

[paulhamsh]

Don't #define USB_HOST for now, if you don't have one - in SparkMIDI14MidiCommander.ino
And don't #define OLED_ON unless you have an OLED attached

Once it turns on and connects to an amp, you should see something like info at the bottom

And then it should appear in LightBlue - you need to look for a service UUID of FFC0.
It should show as "Spark 40 MIDI BLE"

I'm getting some odd errors with version 14 and NimBLE 1.4.3.

It may be best to start with SparkMIDI20 as that is a later version. It doesn't have all the screen things but you may not want / need that unless making the same board I did.
(Although ideally we'd start with SparkIO6 because that has all the latest, more robust code - to handle Spark BLE errors - and perhaps retro-fit the USB and BLE MIDI code).
It all depends on your end goal.

rst:0x1 (POWERON_RESET),boot:0x13 (SPI_FAST_FLASH_BOOT)
configsip: 0, SPIWP:0xee
clk_drv:0x00,q_drv:0x00,d_drv:0x00,cs0_drv:0x00,hd_drv:0x00,wp_drv:0x00
mode:DIO, clock div:1
load:0x3fff0030,len:4888
load:0x40078000,len:16516
load:0x40080400,len:4
load:0x40080404,len:3476
entry 0x400805b4
Scanning...
Found Spark
callback: Spark connected
connect_spark(): Spark connected
Available for app to connect...
Spark found and connected - starting
MIDI 0 0 244
Message: 338
MIDI 0 252 0
Message: 338
MIDI F0 0 248
MIDI 0 224 0
MIDI FA 0 254
MIDI 0 255 0
Pinging Spark

Pinging Spark

Pinging Spark

Pinging Spark

Pinging Spark

Pinging Spark

Pinging Spark

Pinging Spark

Pinging Spark

Pinging Spark

Message: 323
Received serial number, got connection


Message: 323
Message: 323
Message: 323
Message: 323
Message: 323
Message: 323
Message: 323
Message: 323
Message: 323
Message: 32F
Message: 32A
Got checksum
Requested a preset: 0

Message: 301
Got preset 0
Requested a preset: 1

Message: 301
Got preset 1
Requested a preset: 2

Message: 301
Got preset 2
Requested a preset: 3

Message: 301
Got preset 3
Requested a preset: 5

Message: 301
Got preset 5
Fully synced now
Unprocessed message SparkIO 371:11 3 1 CC FF CD E 6F CD D 24 17 
Message: 371

[Hoss057]

I'm so thankful for your support.
With the sketch attached, I used NimBLE 2.3.1. With the changes, you told me, I'm getting no errors.
My goal is, using a MIDI Captain foot controller (I think, it's the same like MIDI Commander), to switch effects on and off and changing presets. The best with two expression-pedals to change parameters.
I will check with OLED and USB host off.

[Hoss057]

By the way, ist it important, to select the correct ESP-board-type? I'm not sure, ist it "DevModule" or "DevKit".

[Hoss057]

I'm sorry. Tried without OLED and USB, but no recognizing in LightBlue. Which board are you using? Maybe, I could buy the same one.

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________________________________ Von: Paul Hamshere ***@***.***> Gesendet: Samstag, 13. September 2025 13:48 An: paulhamsh/SparkMIDI ***@***.***> Cc: Hoss057 ***@***.***>; Author ***@***.***> Betreff: Re: [paulhamsh/SparkMIDI] Error NimBLE (Issue #13) [https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5443179?s=20&v=4]paulhamsh left a comment (paulhamsh/SparkMIDI#13)<#13 (comment)> These changes seem to fix it (NimBLE 2.3.1) In SpackComms.ino: pAdvertising->setScanResponse(true); needs to change to pAdvertising->enableScanResponse(true); pResults = pScan->start(4); needs to change to pResults = pScan->getResults(40000); if (device.isAdvertisingService(SpServiceUuid)) { needs to change to if (device->isAdvertisingService(SpServiceUuid)) { if (device.isAdvertisingService(PedalServiceUuid) || strcmp(device.getName().c_str(),"iRig BlueBoard") == 0) { needs to change to if (device->isAdvertisingService(PedalServiceUuid) || strcmp(device->getName().c_str(),"iRig BlueBoard") == 0) { sp_device = new BLEAdvertisedDevice(device); needs to change to sp_device = device; pedal_device = new BLEAdvertisedDevice(device); needs tgo change to pedal_device = device; In SparkComms.h: BLEAdvertisedDevice device; BLEAdvertisedDevice *sp_device; BLEAdvertisedDevice *pedal_device; needs to change to const BLEAdvertisedDevice *device; const BLEAdvertisedDevice *sp_device; const BLEAdvertisedDevice *pedal_device; — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub<#13 (comment)>, or unsubscribe<https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/BXH4HYB2O47EI5E3X643SXL3SP77HAVCNFSM6AAAAACGICV3D6VHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43OSLTON2WKQ3PNVWWK3TUHMZTEOBYGE2DMNRXG4>. You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>